Editor urges trip abroad by Patterson
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin editorial urges the U S State Department send figures like Gov John Patterson into non Caucasian nations to explain the Souths integration problems The piece argues Patterson represents a valid point of view and should be brought into international discourse with leaders such as Ralph Bunche and Joe Louis as examples.
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Ernor
Gov. Patterson
Ralph Bunche
Joe Louis
United States
Army awards $7 million Raytheon study contract
The Army awarded a $7,008,165 contract to Raytheon Co. for a feasibility study on a new missile method under Project Defender. The work will be conducted at Raytheon’s Bedford Massachusetts laboratories under ARPA direction.
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Washington
Army
Raytheon Co
Missile and Space Division
Pentagon
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Raytheon
Bedford Mass
Great Plains Turning Brown
A scorching drought grips the Northern Great Plains from Minnesota to Canada, with sparse snow last winter and no timely rains. It harms small grain crops and cattle pastures, spurs forest fires, and leads to drought disaster declarations across North Dakota and nearby regions with farmers seeking aid from Washington.
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Great Plains
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Prairie
Canada
Washington
North Dakota
Soil Bank
Bar Admits New Group Admitted to Practice Law in Alabama
The Alabama Supreme Court announced that a group of University of Alabama Law School graduates have been admitted to practice law in the state. Names include William M. Beck Jr. Fort Payne Robert A. Beckerle Mobile David Wallace Green Mobile G M Higginbotham Birmingham Patrick E Higginbotham Bessemer William A Jackson Tuscaloosa William D Jetton Guntersville Don M Jones Birmingham Albert D Lipscomb Bessemer Charles Eugene Loftin Montgomery Robert E McDonald Jr Mobile Clarence L McDorman Jr Birmingham Ferrill David McRae Mobile Walter Jasper Price Jr Huntsville Thomas Dwight Reid Mobile Charles Reaves Mobile David Lawson Thomas Huntsville Robert L Waters Washington tax division US Department of Justice
TVA invites coal bids for long term supply contracts
The Tennessee Valley Authority calls for bids on 35 000 to 55 000 tons of coal weekly for eight steam plants. Bids due July 17. previous bidding in February bought 16.5 million tons for about 47.94 million dollars. Contracts may run six months to 10 years, deliveries start August and October to plants including Colbert John sonville Shawnee and Widows Creek.
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Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Authority
E. C. Hill
TVA
Colbert
Tt Dam
Alabama
Johnsonville
Waverly
Tenn
TVA Awards Contracts for Dam, Transmission Line, Plants
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced contract awards to Knoxville Iron Co for steel bars at Wheeler Dam in Alabama for 19,500 dollars. Reynolds Metals Co for steel reinforced cable for an Ardmore Athens line in Alabama for 79,929 dollars. Lies Electric Supply Co for insulated conductor cable for Colbert plant Unit 5 in Alabama for 23,856 dollars. Tennessee Coal & Iron Division United States Steel for steel plates shapes and bars for remodeling Muscle Shoals phosphate fertilizer plants in Alabama for 91,100 dollars.
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Chattanooga
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville Iron Co
Knoxville
Wheeler Dam
North Alabama
Reynolds Metals Co
Richmond
Ardmore
Athens
Ala
Colbert
North
Alabama
Tennessee Coal & Iron Division
United States Steel
Fairfield
Muscle Shoals
Fertilizer Works
Forest Fire Tower Watch Amid White Shell Reserve Blaze
Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouds the Whiteshell Reserve area about 100 miles northeast of Winnipeg as experienced crews battle a major blaze. Forest fire towers in the northern region stand ready while authorities assess containment options.
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Clock
Whiteshell Reserve
Win
Gadsden Weighs Negro Policemen Expansion
Police Commissioner Mark Mashburn says he is seriously considering a request from a Negro group for adding Negro officers to Gadsden Alabama’s 91 man police force. He plans a trip to southern cities today to study using Negro policemen.
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Gadsden
Ala
Mark Mashburn
Mashburn
Medical Auxiliary Selects State Woman
The 80,000 member women's auxiliary to the American Medical Association selects a state woman to lead the organization. The appointment signals continuity in the national medical group’s outreach and governance.
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Medical Auxiliary
New York
American Medical Association
Non-Inflationary Contracts Debated By Ford UAW
Ford urges non inflationary contracts as UAW begins 1961 bargaining after GM talks. Walter Reuther leads union at GM, and will meet Chrysler on Friday and American Motors on July 6. Denise urges settlement without inflationary terms and warns against government intervention.
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Denise
UAW
General Motors
Reuther
Washington
Principal Killed In Wreck At East Three Notch
MOBILE AP A one car crash killed Rodney Barton 36 principal of East Three Notch School and seriously injured his wife. The vehicle left the road and smashed into an embankment according to Highway Patrolman K M Lassiter.
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Mobile
Rodney Barton
East Three Notch
K. M. Lassiter
County Agents Begin Registration For Alabama Meeting
About 250 county agents register today for the Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents annual meeting in Birmingham. Business meetings begin tonight.
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Birmingham
Alabama Association of County Agricultural Agents
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