Furniture Industry Shows Leveling Off in August Demand
Seidman & Seidman report overall strength in the furniture sector mirrors the U S economy but notes a leveling off in new orders. August bookings fell 5 percent from August 1952 and 14 percent from July, while eight month shipments remained ahead of 1952 by 8 percent. Unfilled orders held steady with 1952, payrolls rose modestly, and total eight month dollars were up 6 percent from the prior year.
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United States
Seidman & Seidman
Verdin Pursues New World Speed Record in Skyray Flight
Navy test pilot Lt. Cmdr. James Verdin plans a second speed run in the Delta-wing Skyray at the Salton Sea to beat his Monday mark of 742.7 mph and possibly surpass the official 748.5 mph best. The outcome hinges on FAI ratification between Verdin and rival Cmdr. Mike Lithgow, with temperature and average speed key to a new record.
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EL Centro
Calif
James Verdin
Navy
Verdin
California Desert
Sahara
Douglas
Salton Sea
Cmdr
Mike Lithgow
Libyan
Great Britain
Charles Logsdon
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Logsdon
FAI
Lithgow
Farmer pays fee for barn fire that proves to be fireflies
Floyd Iowa. Farmer Art Debban paid the Charles City Fire Department a $100 call fee to extinguish a barn fire. Firefighters found the blaze was caused by harmless fireflies and no damage resulted.
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Floyd
Iowa
Art Debban
Charles City
Where's The Bicycle Man Arrested In Pants Missing Incident
Philadelphia police stopped a man dressed as a gentleman on a street corner after noting he was without trousers. He claimed his pants were in the cleaners and that he was waiting for a six day bicycle ride. A friend later retrieved the trousers.
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Philadelphia
John Duffy
Paul
Duffy
Leaf prices hold steady to higher across Carolina belts
The U S Department of Agriculture reports average prices for flue cured tobacco largely steady to slightly higher across four Carolina Virginia belts. Gains of one to five dollars occurred in the Old Belt with improvements in quality noted. volume ranged from light to heavy and demand remained strong.
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Raleigh
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina-Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina Border Belt
North Carolina Middle Belt
Old Belt
Asheville Citizen-Times Newspapers Are Sold
The Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Co. acquired by Peace Publishing interests and J Kelly Sisk of Greenville South Carolina. The deal includes the morning Citizen the afternoon Times the Sunday Citizen-Times Radio Station WWNC and the Citizen Express Inc. Ownership transfers await FCC radio license approval. Charlie Peace leads the new firm with Roger C Peace as chair J Kelly Sisk as VP and secretary Don S Elias remains publisher. No personnel changes planned.
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Asheville 2
Asheville Citizen-Times Co
Peace Publishing
J. Kelly Sisk
Greenville
8. C
Morning Citizen
Afternoon Times
Sunday
Citizen-Times
WWNC
Citizen Express, Inc
Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Co
Federal Communications Commission
Charlie Peace
Roger C. Peace
Don S. Elias
Junius G. Adams
R. Stanford Webb
Charles A. Webb
Asheville
Een 8
News
Piedmont
WFBC
Quaker Teachers Club Set for Segregation Discussion
Guilford College hosts the Quaker Teachers Club annual meeting on October 3 4 at Quaker Lake Conference Center Route 421. Seth Hinshaw Guilford College executive sec of North Carolina Yearly Meeting leads openities for developing appreciation for moral and spiritual values. Ben L Smith Greensboro City Schools superintendent Clyde A Milner Guilford College president discuss Friends Teachers face segregation issues.
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Guilford College
Quaker Teachers Club
North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends
Quakers
Quaker Lake Conference Center
Seth Hinshaw
North Carolina Yearly Meeting
Ben L. Smith
Greensboro
Clyde A. Milner
Supreme Court
Shirley Temple Expects Third Baby in March
Hollywood reports former child star Shirley Temple expects her third child next March with husband Charles Black. She said the baby is due in April but will be delivered by caesarean section at the end of March. Temple has a daughter Susan, 5, by John Agar and a son Charles Jr, 17 months, by Black.
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Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Miss Temple
Charles Black
Susan
John Agar
Charles Jr
Black
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