Opening day tobacco sales show wide price range and hopeful tone
Old Belt leaf priced around 45 to 50 dollars per hundredweight with overall averages from 30 to 65 across grades. Officials note heavy volume and good demand though light sales persist for upcoming days. Projected opening average near 54 to 55, with crop totals estimated at 216 million pounds in NC and 87 million in Virginia.
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Carolina Old Belt
North Carolina
Virginia
Stabilization Corp
W. P. Hedrick
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Hedrick
Brownell Moves To Restrain Faubus
U S marshal delivers to Gov Orval Faubus a summons directing him to appear in federal court September 20 for a hearing on a preliminary injunction to stop him from blocking the enrollment of Negro students at Little Rock Central High School. The Justice Department seeks to restrain the Arkansas governor from using the National Guard in the Little Rock school integration crisis. President Eisenhower, via Rhode Island officials, urged patience as the government moves to file the injunction and resolve the crisis.
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Orval Faubus
Lit- Rock
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Little Rock Central School
Little Rock
U.S
Federal District Court
Little Rock Central High School
Washington
Gen
Brownell
Arkansas National Guard
U. S. District Court
National Guard
Ne Boalenna
Justice Department
U. S. Dist
Ronald N. Davies
Cen
Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Ark
Rhode Island
White House
U. S S. Dist
Ronald W. Davies
Arkansas
Central High School
Faubus
James C. Hagerty
Atty
Kors
Ewing
Middle East
Syria
Weather, prediction and faith in human fate
The article contends weather patterns fluctuate seasonally and even defy scientific forecast. It argues that while weather remains unpredictable, humans can gain consistency by turning to God for guidance, forgiveness, and example, acknowledging freedom of will and the divine image in man.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
New England
U S Will Meet Force With Force Says Official
Deputy Undersecretary Robert Murphy told U S mayors in New York City that the United States is willing and able to use force if necessary. He warned against underestimating American power and said the Middle East is not a weak spot for foes to exploit.
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Washington W
Russia
Syria
United States
State Department
Robert Murphy
U.S
New York City
Murphy
Middle East
Faubus Says He Would Meet Eisenhower Over Little Rock Crisis
Governor Orval Faubus said he would meet with anyone to seek a solution to the Little Rock school integration crisis. He spoke on NBC Today amid expanding tension as National Guard presence at Central High School waned and white demonstrators clashed with a Black newsman.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
NBC
Eisenhower
National Guard
Justice Department
Central High
O. J. Newson
Civil Rights Commission Urged by Senator Mansfield
Senator Mansfield urges President Eisenhower to create a civil rights investigating commission now. He cites authority in courts and Justice to protect other rights and notes no quick timetable for appointments. Eisenhower signed the bill without comment. timeframe remains undecided.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Department of Justice
Commission
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Special Session Urges UN Action Over Hungary Crisis
United States delegate He Cabot Lodge urged a UN General Assembly special session to act swiftly to halt the grim course in Communist Hungary. The Hungarian delegation pressed for inquiry into Soviet influence, prompting calls for decisive measures and further efforts by the Assembly.
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N.Y
U.S
He Cabot Lodge
U.N. General Assembly
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Gary
Hungary
Beto Be
Lodge
Onsi
Australia
Keith C. C. Shann
Assembly
Soviet Union
United States
Syria Says U S Warships Threaten Peace In Middle East
Damascus accuses five U S warships of approaching Syria’s coast and two unidentified jets over Latakia as Washington denies any near shore presence. Syria cites Dulles and Eisenhower to claim provocation and seeks to justify anti-Syrian actions amid fears of U S aggression.
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Syria
U. S
Middle East
U.S
Latakia
Washington
U. S. Navy
U. S. 6Th Fleet
Aegean Sea
Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Dulles
White House
Eisenhower
Syrian Foreign Ministry
United States
Dynamite Blast Wrecks Hattie Cotton School in Nashville
Police hold five men for questioning after a massive dynamite blast at Hattie Cotton School, part of integrated six grade schools. Investigators found 50 feet of detonator wire and a weapon bearing KKK markings. three suspects refused to move near another school. One enrolled Black pupil among 390 total. 65 percent of the damaged building deemed total loss.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hattie Cotton School
Muller
KKK
John Kasper
J. Douglas Roach
Hattie Cotton
Reinforced Birmingham Police Guard Schools Over Racial Tension
Birmingham police reinforced after threats and rock-throwing at white schools amid renewed efforts by Negroes to enroll. A leader pledged to press integration despite attacks. Shuttlesworth urged nonretaliation. Lindbergh opposed entry, vowing police protection to keep schools white.
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Birmingham
Ala
Banks
Shuttlesworth
Lindbergh
Faubus Accepts Proposed Conciliation By Governors
Boston based Governor Furcolo outlines a five governor conciliation team plan to resolve the Little Rock integration dispute. He notes prior success in Massachusetts with a strike postponement and arbitration of wage demands in street railway drivers and Boston newspapers.
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Foster Furcolo
Massachusetts
Little Rock
Ark
Furcolo
Faubus
Arkansas
William G. Stratton
R-Il
Stratton
Furcolo Buys Time in Bid to Solve Little Rock Crisis
Massachusetts Gov. Foster Furcolo meets in Boston with aides Elwood S. McKenney and Charles D. Sloane after Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus accepts his proposal for a bipartisan governors committee to seek a solution to the Little Rock integration issue.
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Foster Furcolo
Boston
Elwood S. McKenney
Charles D. Sloane
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Biarre Committee of Governors
Little Rock
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