News Strike at Memphis Is Settled
In Memphis the Commercial Appeal and the Press-Scimitar, owned by Scripps Howard, reached a two year contract with the American Newspaper Guild. Top salaries rise from 155 to 180 weekly and benefits total 15.50 weekly including pensions. Four weeks vacation after ten years, retroactive to December 10. A strike deadline extended to six this morning.
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American Newspaper Guild
Scripps+ Howard
Evening Press
Scimitar
Planes Stay Away From Hanoi Area
U S warplanes avoided Hanoi area amid global furor over attacks near the North Vietnamese capital. Weather limited missions to 58 over the North with two strikes near Haiphong and raids mainly in southern North Vietnam. The U S Command said bombs did not strike inside Hanoi, with ordnance expended five miles south and six miles northeast of the city.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
North
Haiphong
North Vietnam
U. S
Dien Bien Phu
U.S
Dina Merrill Divorce Granted in Juarez Mexico
Movie actress Dina Merrill has obtained a divorce from Stanley M. Rombaugh Jr in Juarez Mexico. The 1st Civil District Court reportedly awarded custody of their three children to Merrill in a decree signed earlier this week. The suit cited incompatibility as the grounds.
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EL Paso, Tex
Dina Mererill
Stanley M. Rombaugh Jr
Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
1St Civil District Court of
Miss Merrill
You’re Middle-aged if a Few of These Apply in Your Case
AP reports a humorous list defining middle age by quirks and habits. It notes memory lapses, multiple glasses, self talk in shaving, old wallet items, delayed decisions, preference for short news, and care about price tags and salvage value as signs of aging.
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Nol Boyle
New York
Johnstown
Sister of Publisher Succumbs at 76 in Arkansas
Agnes Josephine Newman 76 owner at Times Publishing Co died after a heart attack in Harrison Arkansas. Sister of John R. Newman editor, she was a Methodist and Arkansas Press Women member. Survived by sister Mary M. Clark and nephew Frew Newman. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Agnes Josephine Newman
the Times Publishing Co, Inc
Harrison Daily Times
John R. Newman
Arkansas Press Women’s Association
Mary M. Clark
Houston
Tex
Frew Newman
Independence
Cotton Growers Vote Surplus Checkoff Approved in Close Referendum
Washington AP The Agriculture Department rejected a recanvass of a referendum where cotton growers narrowly approved a $1 per bale checkoff to fund research and promotion. Final tally shows 93,124 for and 83,373 against with Arkansas support 12,402 to 3,903. a volume-based recount was postponed pending final official results.
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Agriculture Department
Arkansas
John Schnittker
Cuba Faces a Rationed Christmas in Havana
Havana faces a rationed holiday season with limited toys, food, and gifts under Cuba's equal distribution system. The regime downplays religious observance, emphasizes year end fiestas and Fidel Castro's 8th pow er anniversary, and plans a large 3 peso per plate year end dinner in Revolutionary Plaza. Prices and items vary by supplier, with bicycles, dolls, and toy rifles among scarce items from a mix of suppliers.
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ORES
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Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ending Friday 7 A.M.
The report shows a high of 56 and a low of 26 with .76 inch precipitation. Arkansas observes mostly cloudy and cool conditions with scattered showers mainly in the south through Saturday morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Louisiana faces partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers ending Saturday, cooler in the west, with highs 52 to 60.
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Experiment Staton
Associated Press
Arkansas
Louisiana
Weather Elsewhere Elsewhere
Australian aborigines sharpen a boomerang with precision trimming to achieve the proper curve. They also craft spears by shaving portions from the shaft to balance with the thrower’s arm length for optimal use.
Airman Graeham P McElhanon selected for Chanute AFB training
San Antonio born airman Graeham P McElhanon son of E H and Mrs E H McElhanon Prescott Arkansas has been chosen for missile electronics specialist training at Chanute Air Force Base Illinois He is a 1962 Fairview High School Camden Arkansas graduate who recently finished basic at Lackland Air Force Base Texas and attended Southern State College Magnolia Arkansas The second paragraph notes the bat radar system and its sensitivity to sound waves and echolocation in flight
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G. E. Sutton
Route 2
Gordon
John D. Sapp
Army Commandant General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Sutton
Vietnam
Emmett High Schol
Peggy
Leavenworth
San Antonio
Graeham P. McElhanon
E. H. McElhanon
Royston Road
Prescott
Ark
Chanute Afb
Air Force
Fairview High School
Cameden
Lackland Afb
Tex
Southern State College
Magnolia
Ex Sheriff Guilty of Tax Evasion in Arkansas
In Little Rock U S District Judge J Smith Henley fined former Jackson County sheriff Oscar L Woodman 7500 dollars and placed him on two years probation after he pleaded no contest to evading income taxes for 1961 and 1963 The judge noted Woodman’s prominence and said a law enforcement official must face consequences while citing community opinions and Woodman’s years of service.
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Little Rock
U.S
J. Smith Henley
Jackson County
Oscar L. Woodman
News*port
Woodman
William Penn
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