Fabrication of steel for TVA Widows Creek plant ahead of schedule
The TVA Widows Creek power plant steel fabrication is completed two months early. Advocates urge generator builders to match this pace to curb overseas contracting. The piece stresses proactive chamber of commerce engagement in Decatur to drive growth and community progress through thoughtful committee work and financial commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Widows Creek
Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Hardest Job Yet for Legislature Small Loan Bill Faces Delay
The piece notes the difficulty of passing a small loan reform as a remedy against loan sharks. Rep. Bob Gilchrist and his Morgan County committee authored a measure aimed at regulated lenders, not legitimate firms, but the bill stalls in committee, possibly for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Gilchrist
Morgan County
Kennedy urges seven steps to curb labor racketeering
Robert F. Kennedy cites worsening labor conditions and public apathy. He lists seven urgent steps including a national crime commission, stronger laws, bar association action against corrupt attorneys, vigorous local enforcement, AFL CIO organizing the unorganized, a new congressional select committee in about three years, and passage of the Kennedy Ervin bill to stop racketeering in labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Rackets Committee
Life Magazine
Kennedy
Teamsters
National Crime Commission
Congress
Bar Associations
A.F.L.C
Hoffa
Congressional Select Committee
McClellan Committee
Those Little Cars Worrying Reuther Too
Walter Reuther and the UAW fear the European auto invasion cutting into U.S. jobs and market share. The piece notes German VW and a new British small car entering North America with lower costs, arguing European wages and fringe benefits outpace American pay, threatening American producers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reuther
Detroit
Berlin
Ben Hur
Red Head
United Auto Union
Auto Union
U.S
Canada
Reuther
UAW
Volkswagen
U.S.A
America
Europe
Maxim's
Paris
Cost-Plus Pacts Under Fire From Sparks Griffiths
Senate Small Business Chair Sparkman and Congresswoman Griffiths press to end cost-plus defense contracts. They cite Navy bids saving millions and urge competitive bidding to cut defense costs. Griffiths accuses bureaucrats of favoritism and warns of hidden incentives in contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Sparkman
Alabama
Martha Griffiths
Detroit
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sparkman
Senate
Small Business Committee
Royal Oak
Mich
Glove Gear Co
General Electric
Charles FE. Chapin Co
Hackensack
N. J
Allis-Chalmers
Waukesha Bearing Co
Waukesha
Wis
Griffiths
Detroit Ordnance Bureau
Defense Department
Defense
Pentagon
Cecil King
Los Angeles
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Boys' Club Summer Programs Open for Members
The Boys' Club announces a busy summer with free golf lessons for ages 11 to 12 and up at Indian Hills Golf Course taught by Frank Rarick. Sign ups begin now for three monthly classes with two lessons weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Hill
Frank Rarick
Indian Hills
America
Living Today and Death Fear in Labor Markets
The piece argues death is universal but best faced by living fully. It contrasts wages abroad with U.S. pay, noting European rates for metal and auto workers and UAW/Steelworkers averages. It mentions.Reuther traveling to Berlin to push a union drive for higher European wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Harold Fink
America
England
France
Italy
Europe
West Germany
Netherlands
Saar
Belgium
Luxemburg
Japan
U.S
Reuther
Berlin
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
U. S
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
Weathering life’s rough seas through positive thinking
Norman Vincent Peale relates a Mediterranean voyage on the SS Constitution and how Elmer Cary helps him shift from negative to positive thinking. He learns that harmony with God and proactive faith can weather storms and bring courage, faith, and victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Vincent Peale
Naples
Europe
Mediterranean
Algeciras Harbor
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Elmer Cary
Norman
Elmer
God
The
Hall Syndicate, Inc
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Decatur Daily
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Associates Press
MAIL
Christ
Alvin N. Rogness
St. Paul, Minn
Luther Theological Seminary
National Council of Churches
By Victor Riesel
Riesel
Drew Pearson
Defense Dept
Westinghouse
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
U. S. Senate
Joe Clark
Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue
Eisenhower
Truman
Senator Keating
Keating
Allen Whitfield
Atomic Energy
John Wood
Georgia
Subversive Activities Control Board
Sherman Adams
Ike
Adams
Sherman
Strauss
Secretary of Commerce
George Humphrey
Humphrey
Kuhnvestment Company
Phrey’s
M. A. Hanna Co
National Steel
Hurfiphrey
Industrial Rayon Co
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Atomic Energy Commission
Humphrey Group
Dixon-Yates
Ee Valley — of Agriculture
AEC
Cauneen Ik Gk
Pearson
United Fund Agency
By Frank Shepherd
Max Seagle
City Park & Recreation Board
Blue Haven
Rifle Club
Arts & Crafts
By Arlie B. Davidson
Davidson
Living Scriptures
Jack Hamm
Buckley
Peale
Keystone Income Fund
A. B. Love
Investment Securities Masonic
Bulova
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