Eisenhower Signs Minimum Wage and Polio Vaccine Bills
President Eisenhower signed a new federal minimum wage of one dollar an hour affecting 24 million workers and approved a polio vaccine program allocating 30 million dollars to states. The measures come as hundreds of bills await action and Congress reconvenes in January.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Emese
Colorado
White House
Gettysburg
South
Santa Fe Shaken by Minor Earth Tremor
A minor tremor rattled Santa Fe at 9:30 a.m. MST with no injuries reported. Police and residents felt the quake and waves of telephone reports spread across the city and state, though no seismographs were present to measure its intensity.
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Santa FE
N. M
Ben Larragette
Jack Gale
United Press
Bob Wistland
United Press Bureau
Westland
Civil Air Patrol
Good Yields Forecast for Arkansas Crops
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service says Arkansas corn sorghum and hay crops look better than average with some delays from rain. Early rice heads well soybeans grow strongly and watermelon harvests near completion in Nevada and Hempstead counties while cotton remains a strong money crop with promising yields across sections.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Nevada
Hempstead
Hoffman Enjoys Leather-bound Atom for Peace Volume
Dr. Frederic B. Hoffman of Los Angeles, a U. S. delegate at the Atoms for Peace conference, received one of the leather-bound volumes of the proceedings from the Russian delegation and said he will display it in his library though he cannot read Russian.
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Geneva
Frederic B. Hoffman
Los Angeles
U. S
Weeks and Celler clash over Business Advisory Council files
Washington rows over access to BAC files as Rep Emanuel Celler presses for records from 165 top executives advising Secretary Weeks on anti trust and labor issues. Weeks defends confidentiality and executive branch powers, citing separation of powers.
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Washington
Sinclair Weeks
Brooklyn
Emanuel Celler
Celler
House
Weks
Bostonian
Business Advisory Council
America
Weeks
BAC
Walter White
Commerce Department
Roosevelt
Secretary of Commerce
White
Congress
Executive Branch
Riots and Shooting Mark Rising Tension in Korea Amid Demands
South Korea faced renewed riots and a fatal shooting as President Syngman Rhee pressed for the expulsion of pro Communist truce inspectors by midnight. U N commander Lemnitzer and Rhee traded denials over government role in demonstrations. U S forces faced crowd clashes at Inchon and Wolmi Island with several wounded and one death.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
U S
U. S
L. L. Lemnitzer
United Nations
Lemnitzer
United States
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Panmunjam
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
NNSC
South Korea
8Th Army
Inchon Harbor
U. S. Army
Wolmi Island
MAC
Inchon
Wolmi
National Defense Youth Corps
Mink Skins Required for a Coat Report
A brief note states that producing one coat requires 65 to 100 mink skins. It highlights the scale of fur farming and fabricating luxury goods, reflecting industry standards of the period.
Soviet to Cut Armed Forces by 640000 by Dec 15 1955
Tass reports the Soviet government will reduce its armed forces by 640000 men by 15 December 1955 to ease international tension and build trust among nations. The plan follows Geneva Conference results and aims for broader reductions, with comparisons to U S and Austrian treaty withdrawals.
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Soviet Union
Tass
Russia
Austria
Geneva
United States
Britain
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense contends Gallagher resisted Reds during 1953 prison riot
Defense for Sgt. James C. Gallagher argues he resisted Chinese during a Ko rea prisoner riot in 1953. Capt. George E. Walker Jr. testified the riot began when a mentally ill soldier was to be moved from a barracks. Gallagher is accused of throwing two corporals from a barracks leading to their deaths by exposure and beating another soldier.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Korea
George E. Walker, Jr
St. Albans
William Ring
Gallagher
John William Jones
Detroit
Donald Thomas Baxter
Waukon
Iowa
Sgt
Donell Adams
Cottonwood
Ala
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Jones
Baxter
Adams
Century Class to Hear Special Music at First Methodist
The Century Bible Class at First Methodist Church will feature the Joe Roper Quartette of Little Rock performing well known spirituals. Otis Blackwood, Fulton Methodist lay leader, will teach the class. A large crowd of regular members and guests is expected for the program.
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Century Bible
First Methodist Church
Joe Roper
Little Rock
Otis Blackwood
Fulton
Truck line worker dies from collision injuries in Jonesboro
Billy Joe Thompson 28 a Cotton Belt line worker died at a Memphis hospital from injuries suffered in a collision here early last Saturday when his car struck a switch engine. Survived by his widow and a daughter.
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Jonesboro
Billy Joe Thompson
Memphis
Seiberling of Rubber Fame Dies at 95
Akron Ohio obituary notes Frank A Seiberling founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co born 187? died yesterday at age 95. He started Goodyear with 40000 borrowed capital in 1898 and built a global rubber empire amassing 20 million dollars before losing the firm and fortune in 1921. He then with brother Charles W founded Seiberling Rubber Co.
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Akron
Ohio
Frank A. Seiberling
Seiberling
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Chares W
Seiberling Rubber Co
Polio Shot Drive Shows Southern Lead In Second Injections
Nationwide AP survey finds over one million American youngsters received a second Salk polio vaccine. The South leads the effort, with eight other states showing high completion. overall deaths drop sharply 46 percent from last year. Vaccination rollout continues amid vaccine safety and policy uncertainty.
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Herb Altschull
Washington
Associated Press
South
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
West Virginia
California
National Foundation For
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Kansas
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Patmos Church Starts Revival Meeting Monday
Patmos Church of Christ will begin a revival meeting Monday August 15 with services each evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. William H. Parsons of Hobbs New Mexico will preach. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Patmos Church of Christ
William H. Parsons
Hobbs
New Mexico
Missile to Fight Cancer Being Studied
Geneva scientists outline a guided missile approach to cancer therapy using antibodies to carry radioactive material directly to tumors. Researchers from the University of Rochester report animal experiments where radioactive iodine bound to kidney antibodies localized in rabbit kidneys within days.
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Geneva
Atoms For Peace
W. F. Bale
L L. Spar
University of Rochester At Rochester
N.Y
McMath Puts Farm Up for Sale
Former Gov. Sid McMath announced his Sheridan area farm home is for sale and will relocate after selling the place. He weighs a possible bid for the Sixth District House seat and notes residence must be kept in the district if he runs. McMath recently left the Veterans Administration Hospital after two weeks for pneumonia. He is part of a Little Rock law firm.
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Sid McMath
Sheridan
McMath
Congress
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Grant
Saline
Hot Spring
Dallas
Cleveland
Jefferson
Lonoke
Arkansas
Lincoln
Drew
Chicot
Desha
W. R. Norrell
Monticello
U.S. Senate
Joan McClellan
Veterans Administration Hospital
New Boards to Review Property Tax in Arkansas
Arkansas grants state county equalization boards power to review property tax assessments across counties on Monday. Boards may adjust filings by taxpayers and assessors with appeals possible in court. Legislation altered board selection, shifting to directors from school districts and councils, while PSC seeks a permanent tax director.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Pulaski
Public Service Commission
PSC
Lewis Robinson
Orval Faubus
George Lyford
Forrest City
Conway
Robinson
Bill Gives Okay to Water Contracts
President Eisenhower signed bills authorizing states to negotiate water compacts. One measure lets Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas apportion Red River waters and tributaries.
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Bill
Washington
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Red River
Shrieking Korea Mob Drives Off Wilmi Island Clash
Rioting Koreans storm Wilmi Island as President Rhee demands Polish and Neutral Supervisory Commission spies leave by midnight. U S troops brace main land with sandbag barricades while protests flare in Kangnung Kunsan and Seoul with multiple injuries and student demonstrations.
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Seoul
Wilmi Island
Rhee
U. S
Acros
U. S.S
Kang
Nang
8Th Army
Kunsan
Korea
Senator suggests FNMA aid for housing at Arkansas bases
Abcam Senator Fulbright urged FNMA use to fund new housing at Blytheville and Jacksonville air bases. He said cities face market issues and called for federal mortgage assistance to buy and sell units for Air Force personnel, amid ongoing bomber construction and base operations.
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Abcam
m&Air Force
Blytheville
Jacksonville
Ark
Federal National Mortgage Association
Fulbright
Air Force
Bir
U. S
North Little Rock
Blythneville
New Secretary Donald A. Quarles Named Air Force Secretary
VAN BUREN i A Quarles named today as the fourth Air Force secretary. He is the son of a former Van Buren dentist, Dr. Quarles, who moved away about 25 years ago. Quarles attended Buren High School and later earned honorary degrees from Arkansas and New York University. He has two daughters Carolyn Anne and Mrs. T. M. Overton and a son Donald Aubrey Jr.
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I A. Quarles
Air Force
Quarles
Buren
Dr. Quarles
van Ren
Donald A. Quarles
Yale
University Arkansas
New York University
Carolyn
Anne Quarles
T. M. Overton
Donald Aubrey Jr
Edinburg Traffic Woes Resume After Lights Return
Edinburg police had boasted no accidents on the town square during the period with lights out for new traffic control. Within an hour after restoration, two cars collided on the square, showing the renewed risk as the lights were reactivated.
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Tex
Thouse Square
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