Settlement Seen Boosts Furniture Market After Steel Break
A Kaiser Steel United Steelworkers contract boosts optimism in the Southern furniture trade. Retailers anticipate stronger orders and inventories as producers report good show room attendance and broad buyer interest from across the country despite prior steel strike caution.
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Robert Marks
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
Kaiser-steelworkers
High Point Furniture Firm
Thomasville
Lexington
Hickory
Drexel
Lenoir
Britain to liberalize gambling laws via betting shops
Prime Minister Macmillan's government proposes legalizing betting shops in Britain as part of Queen Elizabeth II's parliament opening speech prepared by the Cabinet. Up to 1,000 shops may operate in London, facing church opposition and heated parliamentary debate.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Parliament
Britain
Elizabeth II
House of Lords
Viscount Kilmuir
Macmillan
Trial Opens Without Bonanno at Apalachin Meeting
Federal court session begins in Apalachin case with 22 defendants present. Joseph Bonanno, 54, granted severance after heart expert notes ailment. Jury selection from 800 prospects proceeds amid questions about the November 14 1957 confab at Joseph Barbara Sr.'s home. Barbara Sr. died June 18 from a heart attack. Authorities say the gathering discussed rackets in narcotics labor unions and related industries.
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New York
N.Y
Joseph
Joe Bananas
Bonanno Bonanno
Tucson
Ariz
Simon Dack
Bonanno
Apalachin
Joseph Barbara Sr
Barbara
Gas Price Cuts Hit North Carolina Stations
Esso and other major brands reduce regular gas to 27.9 and 25.9 cents per gallon across the state. State Attorney General Malcolm Seawell criticizes the cuts as pressuring independents, while a federal probe into price cutting is considered if anti-competitive plans are found.
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Esso Standard Oil Co
North Carolina
Esso
Gulf
American
Sinclair
Atlantic
Pure
Phillips
H. R. Dowd
Carolinas
Charlotte
Shell
Texaco
Sun Oil
Dowd
Malcolm Seawell
Seawell
Voters Decide On Bonds In North Carolina Election
North Carolina voters decide on a $34.4 million bond issue to fund improvements at state institutions including higher education and mental hospitals. Officials report little opposition and expect approval across nine sections, with funds allocated to UNC, community colleges, medical care, armories, and historic sites.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hodges
Edwin Gill
Gill
University of North Carolina
Edge
John Umstead
Chapel Hill
Medical Care Commission
Army Commission
Southport
General Assembly
Red China to Return Indian Police After Frontier Clash
India accepts Beijing's offer to hand over 10 Indian policemen captured last week near Ladakh in Tibet. Nine Indian officers killed in the same clash will be returned, with transfer to occur near the scene, in a border area both sides dispute.
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New Delhi
India
Red China
Ladakh
Tibet
Russia unveils biggest budget in its history
In Moscow the Soviet government presented its largest budget to date with total expenditures at 744.8 billion rubles and revenue at 772.1 billion. Defense spending stays at 96.1 million rubles, while science, culture, health, and housing receive increases as the state projects a surplus and forecasts economic growth. Khrushchev receives ovation as Alexei Adzhubei joins the Soviet of the Union.
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Russia
Moscow
Vasilli Garbuzov
Supreme Soviet
Aleksei Kosygin
United States
Nikita
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet of the Union
The
Alexei Adzhubei
Adzhubei
Izvestia
Kaiser Pact Splits Steel Strike As Talks Move To Court
In Philadelphia the 105 day steel strike narrows as Kaiser Steel Corp and United Steelworkers reach a separate accord. 7,500 Kaiser workers return to plants in California while 500,000 strikers face a federal court decision on Taft Hartley enforcement and possible 80 day work order.
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Philadelphia
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
U.S. 3Rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Opera Opening Showcases New Star and Celebrities
New York AP reports Giulietta Simionato's Metropolitan debut as Azucena in Il Trovatore alongside a glittering audience. Attendees included Greer Garson Rosalind Russell Van Cliburn Hank Greenberg Bob Feller and Hope Hampton as Met's opening night dazzled with fashion, diamonds and mink. The Met's 25 week season is its longest. Simionato hailed as commanding with magnetism and strong stage presence.
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New York
Opera House
Italy
Giulietta Simiona
van Cliburn
Rosalind Elias
Hank Greenberg
Bob Feller
Hope Hampton
Antonietta Stella
Carlo Bergonzi
Miss Simionato
Plush Store Center Opens In Charlotte
Charlotte opens a $5,000,000 shopping center on an 18 acre site with 42 stores and a tropical theme. The one roof complex sits on land leased from Thompson Episcopal Orphanage, near Independence Boulevard and Kings Drive. Tenants include Bon Marche with 40,000 square feet and a Flower Shop at 256 square feet. an S W Cafeteria and offices are upstairs. Franklin Simon of New York is the second largest store. Expansion plans include Independence Route tunnel access and future similar centers around Asheville.
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Charlotte
Charlottetown
Thompson (Episcopal
Independence Boulevard
Kings Drive
Bon Marche
Asheville
S&w
Franklin Simon
New York
Louis Lipinsky
Kaiser Signs Separate Pact in Steel Strike End
Washington AP reports Kaiser Steel Corp and United Steelworkers Union reach a separate peace ending their walkout on its 104th day. Kaiser plans resumption at Fontana plant in about five days with roughly 500 workers recalled. The agreement is described as noninflationary and framed as serving management employees and the public.
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Washington
Kaiser Steel Corp
United Steelworkers
United Front
Kaiser
Fontana
Calif
Northeast South Carolina feels pronounced quake
A strong earthquake rattled dishes and windows across northeastern South Carolina Monday night around 9 08 p m with Hartsville at the center and reports from Chesterfield Cheraw Bishopville Patrick Bethune and McBee no major damage seen Firemen reported the Hartsville fire truck shook and gasoline sloshed stations officials and seismologists from Florence and Chapel Hill said the tremor likely centered near two miles north of McBee and could precede additional quakes tonight and tomorrow
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Hartsville
S. C
South Carolina
Florence Weather Bureau
Chesterfield
Cheraw
Bishopville
Patrick
Bethune
McBee
A. D. Hickson
Wallace de Maurice
Florence
Schoen
Robert Cadell
Pine
Dicturhansa
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Rosalind Russell
Chinchilla
Eleanor Searle Whitney
Mildred Miller
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W. G. Rogers
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