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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
1
A damaged OCR passage references individuals like Ives Millikin Smith and mentions travel, meals, and vitamins. It notes lacking vitamins B1 and a product called Haddacol with unclear medical claims and timing around a house event, conveying a murky consumer health fragment.
The report describes Chinese forces advancing in valleys near Oro and Hamhung, with American artillery and planes bombing the area. A U S Third Division platoon was cut off, tanks failed to rescue them, and Chinese forces boarded and seized hatches. General MacArthur cites undetermined air sorties over Manchuria with unclear results as radio propaganda from Chinese leaders calls troops to continue fighting.
Lawmakers hear testimony on a large emergency energy bill seeking 2.09 billion dollars for the atomic energy commission. The testim ony reveals plans for two gaseous diffusion plants, including a project in South Carolina with cost estimates around 360 million or more. AEC Chairman Gordon Dean notes dual use for hydrogen bomb fuel and questions reliability of the H bomb project.
Chrysler announced 1951 model price rises matching Ford and GM increases after government discussions on wage price stabilization. The move, tied to higher material and labor costs and new engineering features, follows a five year labor contract signed this week covering about 100,000 workers and a suppliers agreement for 34,000 more.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced plans to build a 500 million dollar atomic plant near Paducah Kentucky to produce uranium-235 for weapons and reactor fuel. The facility at the Kentucky Ordnance Works will span about 5000 acres, employ up to 1600 workers permanently, and be operated by Union Carbide and Carbon Corp with power supplied by a TVA and Electric Energy, Inc. syndicate. The project marks a major expansion of the commission's atomic facilities and aims to support weapon and reactor fuel production.
Chrysler’s 1951 passenger car lines including DeSoto, Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler models hit the market with trucks priced from 80 to 295 dollars. Other makers’ 81 models are already on streets or show windows as the new year begins in January.
A selective service official, Lt. Col. Hullett Stoddard, says Arkansas can meet draft quotas under existing rules through July 4, 1851. January quota rises from 426 to 864. February calls for 887 inductees. About 4,250 men may take pre-induction physicals in January for future drafts. March, April and May calls loom as the main concern, with deferments for college students to finish the semester.
Two Hot Springs polio patients Cherlene Teray aged 22 and Steve Spearman aged 19 were flown to Houston at 5 a.m. in a National Guard plane, accompanied by nurses to operate portable iron lungs if batteries fail. They will be treated at the Jefferson Davis Respirator Center operated by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Teray had been at University hospital since June 3, Spearman since August 4, and both hope to live without fixed iron lungs after treatment.
The committee approved continuing funding that would raise defense spending to about 50 billion dollars for the year, targeting 2,766,022 uniformed personnel. It would add 1,264,000 in the army, 83,872 in the navy, 651,155 in the marine corps, and 651,025 in the air force, with 993,400 for Alaska communications and 4,003,014,000 for the air force. The panel urged maximum economy compatible with safety and sped up selective service funding.
About 10,000 rail workers are off the job in Chicago and the South, halting freight and mail movement. Passenger trains run but behind schedule. meat, perishables, and express shipments face delays as rails, shipping yards, and national logistics feel the impact of the stoppage amid wartime strain.
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