Labor Turmoil Grows Across Industries This Year
In a turbulent year for labor, widespread strikes and stalled wage talks disrupt White House guidelines. A Wall Street Journal survey cites hospital workers, trash collectors, firemen, construction crews, farmhands, and motel staff among those affected, with 2.87 million man days lost by May. The note warns of a potential first national strike in the electrical industry as eight unions push for coordinated bargaining, and anticipates more workers facing negotiations next year in autos, trucking, rubber, and textiles, highlighting deep rifts between organized labor and business.
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Ing
White House
Wall Street Journal
Menge
General Electric
Westinghouse
Department of Labor
Wheeling
W. Va
Artificial Heart Pump Is Working in Houston
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez, 31, a Mexico City beauty parlor operator, shows steady improvement after August 8 surgery for a temporary left ventricular bypass pump at Methodist Hospital. She has walked short distances and rests without complications as doctors remove the device after confirming the natural heart healed.
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Houston
Tex
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez
Mexico City
Methodist Hospital
Medicare brings new care rules to Hempstead Hospital
Co L Cross administrator Hempstead County Memorial Hospital outlines Medicare principles stressing patient care and understanding of rules. He cautions older citizens about misleading insurance sellers, touts staff cooperation, and notes paper work exceeds patients now, with three to five years needed to resolve issues. Talks about youth programs and a new grain facility underway in Hope with storage, drying capacity, and economic hopes.
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Co. L. Cross
Hempstead Memorial Hospital
Sam
Washington
Uncle Sam
Hampstead County Memorial Hospital
Clyde A. Monts, Jr
Mont's
East Second Street
Kansas City
Basket Factory
South Hervey
South Grady Streets
Mr. Monts
Chamber of Commerce
Hempstead County Industrial Foundation
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Monts
Hope
Traffic at School Is Big Problem
Parents and students are urged to cooperate with school authorities to ease traffic around schools. Suggestions include not allowing student drivers from nearby homes, keeping parked cars on school grounds after the day ends, forfeiting car access for driving violations, and avoiding bus zones from 3:00 to 3:20 pm. The aim is safer streets and fewer accidents.
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Fals
Guernsey Grade School Bus Routes Announced
Guernsey Elementary and interested students will board buses at Paisley School on Thursday morning September 1. Routes include Old 67 Melrose Lane to Weight Station and Guernsey Lane to Guernsey Elementary. Bus No. 19 will pick up on Highway 67. other Guernsey buses run regular routes. A single bus will transport Junior and Senior High pupils from Guernsey to Hope at about 8:05 a.m.
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Guernsey
Paisley School
Melrose Lane
Weight Station
Guernsey L Ane
Selo
Bun. Sus No
Robbins to headline Arkansas Livestock Exposition show
Recording star Marty Robbins, a Grand Ole Opry regular since 1953, will headline the Grandstand Show at the Arkansas Livestock Exposition in Little Rock from October 4 to 8. His top records include Don't Worry El Paso Singing the Blues White Sport Coat and Devil Woman.
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Little Rock
Marty Robbins
Grand Ole Opry
Robbins
Man Drowns at Sugarloaf Lake Near Ft. Smith
Coroner Ray Vines says J. D. Owens, 48, of Midland, drowned in Sugarloaf Lake about 20 miles south of Ft. Smith. Owens had been missing since Monday and his body was recovered Sunday.
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Fort Smith, Ark
J. D. Owens
Midland
Sugarloaf Lake
Here
Ray Vines
Owens
Three Die in Arkansas Weekend Traffic Accidents
The Associated Press reports three fatalities in Arkansas over the weekend. A two year old girl, Tammy Lynn Dean of Fisher, died when struck by a pickup driven by her uncle Jerry Earls. Haskell Honeycutt, 41, of West Memphis, died in a car truck collision near Marked Tree as his vehicle collided with a car driven by Johnny Sadler of Toronta. Florence Watkins Wade, 39, of Texarkana, was killed when her car was struck by a Missouri Pacific train near Texarkana city limits.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Tammy Lynn Dean
Gary Dean
Fisher
Bill Young
Jerry Daniel Earls
Haskell Honeycutt
West Memphis
James Merrell
Honeycutt
Johnny Sadler
Toronta
Florence Watkins Wade
Texarkana
Missouri Pacific
Texarkana City
Lmits
Those Seeding Faith Gone at Wrong Time
Miami AP report on Hurricane Faith drifting toward the Bahamas. Project Stormfury planners faced delays as key scientists left base, questioning whether seeding operations can proceed. If Faith slows, the team may still attempt a storm modification later.
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Ben Punk
Miami
Fla
Harrison Faith
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Cecil Gentry
U.S
Project
Stormfury
Florida
Puerto Rico
Faith
Gentry
Whites Shout Brutality to Chicago Cops
A Chicago Police Excessive Force unit tracks brutality complaints after a West Side riot and hydrant incident. Lt. John Harris notes 687 complaints in year one, 29 sustained, 39 found no substance, 10 not sustained, with 143 investigations ongoing.
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William J. Conway
Chicago
Chicago Lawn
West Side
John Harris
Police Department
Internal Investigations Division
Supt
O.W. Wilson
Harris
Smith Candidate for Speaker Smith Candidate for Speaker
State Rep. Ray 5. Smith Jr. of Garland County said Saturday he will be a candidate for Speaker of the House in the 1967 General Assembly. He had announced previously that he was considering the race. Others seeking the speaker ship are Reps. Sterling Cockrill Jr of Pulaski County and C. B. Nance Jr of Crittenden County.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Ark
Ray 5. Smith Jr
Garland County
Sterling Cockrill Jr
Pulaski County
C. B. Nance Jr
Crittenden County
Lehigh Pushes Voting Machines For 45 Counties
El Dorado Arkansas AP Charles Lehigh Republican mayoral candidate says he mailed petitions to the League of Women Voters and the Arkansas Federation of Republican Women seeking voting machines for counties with population over 8 000 to 45 counties. New legislation allows counties to vote individually on adopting voting machines.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Charles Lehigh
Lehigh
League of Women Voters
Arkansas Federation of Republican Women
Truman Warns High Rates Risk Depression and Tax on Consumers
Former President Harry S Truman warned that rising interest rates could trigger deflation and a serious depression, labeling higher borrowing costs a hidden tax on consumers. He said the Federal Reserve action may curb inflation but risks harming government finances and the public.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Truman
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
William McChesney Martin Jr
Martin
Hope community notices and events list
Hope area groups announce a busy slate for August 30 including the All Around Town women’s bowling meeting at Gaslite Bowl at 8 30 p m and various club calls at 10 a m Coliseum Fair Park and Masonry Hall. Dan Jones reports to LSU for fall practice. booster club to name new officers.
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Assoc
Gaslite Bowl
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239
Masonic Hall
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Fair Park
Dan Jones
LSU
Eepress
Louisiana
Jones
Hope, Ark
Teddy Jones
Planes Sink North Vietnamese Boats in Gulf of Tonkin
USS planes sank two of four torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin after three attacks by carriers Constellation pilots. Another torpedo boat fired on U S planes and sank later. Viet Cong mines hit a U S minesweeper with no casualties. B52 bombers targeted Viet Cong positions near Tay Ninh and suspected depots.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nam
USS
Gulf of Tonkin
Long Tao
Baton Rouge
Haiphong
Constellation
Navy
Sulemon
U.S
Guam
Tay Ninh
China Reds Protest Soviet Group in Peking
Thousands of Red Guards massed before the Soviet Embassy in Beijing to protest perceived Soviet revisionism while remaining orderly under official warnings. The demonstrators planned further protests as the purge spread to Tibet, with mentors renaming the embassy approach as Prevent Revisionism Street.
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John Roderick
Tokyo
Red Guards
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
China
Lhasa
Tibet
Marx
Letein
Stalin
Mao Tzeding
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Cosemtic
Tulsa
Okla
Tribune
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
North Little Rock
Iase
B. N. Holt
Weaver Quillin
Cecil Bittle
W. H. Gunter
John Turner
Jack Gardner
al Graves
Clyde Monts
C of C
W. L. Tate
Dorsey Stringfellow
J. Biagiole
KCS Railway
L. Carter Johnson
Cecil Surratt
Cotton Bell Railway
Ft. Smith
The
Star
Arkansans
Rockefeller
Winrock Farm
Joe Fouse
Tommy Holt
Jimmy Pruden
Jerry Pruden
Kathy Guerin
Jeanne Pruden
Susan Clark
Debebie Helms
Ralph Routon
Fred O. Ellis
Janet Pruden
John King
Orville Burtch
Rachel Bat+son
Charles Ray Joredan
Tena
Tyler
Red River
Babettes
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