Fruits Is Big Business in Arkansas
Arkansas farmers produced large tomato crops in 1958 and 1959, with marketing driving gains. A proposed North Little Rock farmers market aims to boost sales, replicating success seen in Hermitage and Warren sheds and expanding regional fruit and vegetable markets statewide.
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Arkansas
South
Hermitage
Warren
Little Rock
U.S. Crop Reporting Service
New Orleans
San Antonio
Tex
Casey Laman
North Little Rock
Laman
Craighead
Sharp
Terrorist Gangs Under Police Watch
New York police the FBI and the RCMP pursued possible additional members in the thwarted plot to dynamite the Statue of Liberty the Washington Monument and the Liberty Bell. Reports said the search spread to Cleveland Detroit Washington Philadelphia Chicago Baltimore Toronto and Montreal with aid of undercover officer Raymond Wood. Police arrested three American Negroes and a white suspect in Lonoke Pulaski Hempstead and Lincoln counties. Officials note major sweet corn production centers and markets across Crawford Franklin Pulaski and Lincoln counties with harvests and shipments of strawberries tomatoes peaches watermelons and potatoes aided by highways and rail lines. the Arkansas River navigation channel could boost trade for perishable commodities.
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Larry Friedman
NEW York
FBI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Chicago
Baltimore
Toronto
Montreal
Raymond Wood
Craighead
Lonoke
Pulaski
Hempstead
Lincoln
Crawford
Franklin Pulaski
White
Woodruff
Jackson
Independence
Searcy
Stone
South Arkansas
Johnson
Pope
Howard
Pike
Crowley's Ridge
Arkansas River Navigation Channel
North
Little Rock
McNamara Deplores Grave Viet Nam Situation
Defense Secretary McNamara told lawmakers the South Viet Nam crisis is grave but not hopeless and that continued U S backing is essential to stop Communist expansion. He spoke in a closed House session outlining defense stakes and warned against U S withdrawal.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
House Armed Services Committee
McNamara
U.S
North Viet Nam
McNamara warns domino theory in Southeast Asia clash
McNamara states that Communist victory in South Vietnam would enable subversion in Laos and Thailand and threaten broader Asia. He argues a stand is necessary to prevent a chain reaction of communist gains and asserts success would bolster Chinese Communist tactics.
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Southeast Asia
McNamara
South Viet Nam
Senate reintroduces bill for U S Commission on Science
Washington AP reports Sen. John L McClellan introduced a bill to create a U S Commission on Science and Technology to coordinate national scientific efforts for economy and efficiency. Two similar bills passed earlier sessions but died in the House.
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Washington
U.S. Commission On Science and Technology
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
House
Defense Budget Push Amid Viet Nam Stakes
A political speech outlines a $49 billion defense budget and urges stronger U.S. military power to meet the high stakes in South Vietnam, arguing the outcome affects more than a single country.
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U.S
South Viet Nam
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Miss Duclos
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Walter A. Bowe
Cuba
Khaleel S. Sayyed
United Nations
Laos
Thailand
Asia
Bill Long
Lorain
Ohio
Commission
Spa
Washingtons
Herbert Burns
Washington's
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