Rail Freight Rates Hiked Nationwide by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized a general rise in basic rail freight rates to take effect next Sunday with a half cent rise for light shipments and one cent for heavier ones. It suspended some special service increases and kept fruit, vegetable, and petroleum coke changes under review while allowing coal, iron ore, and switching charges to proceed pending further review.
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Nixon Sides With Abutment On Defenses And Prestige
In a partisan crossfire, Abbott argues tyranny distance is real across the Iron Curtain, while Smathers counters Kennedy doubts defensibility. Smathers warns of waning American prestige as Nixon’s stance is challenged. Stephens alleges Lodge’s Harlem pledge shifts between cities, casting doubt on campaign consistency.
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Smathers
Kennedy
Charlotte
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TV debate format outlined for Nixon Kennedy matchup
A mimeograph only allows one side and Nixon and Kennedy prepare for a televised debate before 70 million viewers. Nixon will broadcast from New York ABC studios and Kennedy from a separate location with private two room cottages. The panel will include Cronkite Edwards and Chancellor with moderator Quincy Howe. No live audience. questions come from a four member panel and agreed speaking times apply.
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Nixon
New York
ABC
California
John Edwards
Walter Cronkite
CBS
Frank Singiser
Mutual
John Chancellor
NBC
Quincy Howe
Rail switching rate increases approved for industrial car handling
Railroads gain approval for higher switching charges. Inside plant switching set at 3 per car and 7.50 per car for moves between plants or terminals. Refunds promised to shippers if hikes deemed unreasonable. Changes hinge on new tariff adjustments and enforcement by regulators.
Price of Gold Opens Lower After Treasury Statement
London dealers fixed opening price at 36.40 dollars per fine ounce, down from 40.60 reached Thursday. The U S Treasury price stood at 35 dollars, with experts tying the drop to a Treasury pledge not to raise prices to avoid devaluing the dollar. The statement came too late to calm Thursday’s market.
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US. Treasury
London Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Washington
Economists warn of continued production decline into fall
Economists on BAC forecast September indicators show a drop in overall production possibly sinking below 500 billion. A $2 billion third quarter dip implies about a 2 percent fall in goods and services value, driven mainly by reduced inventory buildup across industries. No clear upturn is seen in the near term by the panel.
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Anderson
Migrant Worker Charged With Shooting in Warren County
FRONT ROYAL An itinerant worker is jailed in Warren County charged with felonious shooting of another worker at Harmony Hollow. John Thomas Knight Jr will face the grand jury Nov 7 with a $25 000 bond. Archie Butler is hospitalized paralyzed from the neck down after the incident. Trooper P F Click says both men were assigned to a Sperryville labor camp and Butler had visited Warren for a weekend before disappearing. Knight, the foreman, pursued Butler after he did not return.
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Warren
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Nixon aides clash over Kennedy attacks and reforms
Nixon supporters urged a tougher line after Kennedy criticized his stance. Finch blasted a Kennedy film as vicious political trickery and accused him of using smear sheets from Walter Reuther’s auto union. Eisenhower denounced the item, and Reuther apologized for it. Nixon eyed his fourth TV debate with Kennedy.
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Kennedy
Finch
Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Walter Reuther
Eisenhower
Rivalry ends in shooting in Warren County
A Harmony Hollow resident boasted of beating Butler and threatening to make him walk to Sperryville. Knight defeated Butler with a rubber hose, then used a .45 automatic pistol to shoot him in a car. Butler was taken to Warren Memorial Hospital as officials corrected the location to Warren County.
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Butler
Sperryville
Knight
Warren Memorial Hospital
Rappahannock County
Warren
Silk Mills and Silk Plant Operations Described
Description notes the largest silk plant in Altoona Pennsylvania manufacturing synthetics. The local plant handles pure silk and the Luray operation is a twisting plant with cutting operations underway.
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Altoona
Historic first possible in 97 years if plan schedule strike proceeds
The Allentown Pa area faces a potential historic event as a plan schedule strike may occur, which would be the first of its kind in the 97 year history of the company.
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Allentown
Civic League attorney recipients 1959 Syracuse medal
A Civic League attorney who moved to St. Petersburg in 1948 joined groups such as the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century. In May 1959 she received Syracuse University's George Arents Medal for public affairs excellence.
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St. Petersburg
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Colonial Dames of the
United Givers Appeals Board
George Arents
Syracuse University
Eddie Mathews Joins Elite 30 HR Eight Straight Seasons
Milwaukee third baseman Eddie Mathews becomes the first National League player to hit 30 or more home runs in eight consecutive seasons marking a historic power run in the league.
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Milwaukee
Eddie Mathews
Rock Enon Church Bible School and Worship Services
Sunday afternoon at Rock Enon Church features a 1:30 p.m. Bible lesson taught by C. W. Good of Galilee Christian Church followed by future Bible School classes. Worship starts at 2:30 p.m. with a message from Grady Spry and the Galilee Youth Choir singing specials. Open to the public.
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C. W. Good
The
Galilee Christian Church
Future Bible School
Grady Spry
the Galilee Church
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