Radioactive milk levels drift higher in November
In November the national average strontium 90 in milk rose slightly to 25 picocuries per liter, after a steady decline since June. Experts say the dip may reflect herd movements to stored feed. still, levels remain well below the 200 picocuries daily health risk threshold, with Minot, Little Rock, and New Orleans showing notable local changes.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Alosphere
Health Service
Efealtl £ Service
Federal Radiation Council
Minot
Little Rock
New Orleans
TV Equipment Going to Russia Business Move
A British firm announced on Wednesday that it has received a Soviet order for television equipment, signaling a significant export contract and potential broader trade ties with Russia. The deal underscores UK supplier interest in Eastern European markets amid evolving postwar procurement.
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Moscow
Trustee Appointed To Manage Slain Leader Fund Checks
In Jackson Mississippi AP a court named Marvin E Collum as trustee to handle about 5000 checks addressed to Ross Barnett as trustee of a memorial fund for the family of Medgar Evers the slain NAACP field secretary. Barnett sought relief from mail he called harassment and the court approved the appointment.
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Jackson
Miss
Ross Barnett
Mississippi
Barnett
Chancery Court
Chancery
FE. W. Stennett
Marvin E. Collum
Natounal Bank
Frult
Turstee
Memorial Fund
Medgar Byers
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Proclamation Declares Girl Scout Week in Hope 1964
Mayor Frank Douglas proclaims March 8 to 14 as Girl Scout Week and March 12 as the 32nd anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States. He urges citizens to support the program for girls ages seven to seventeen and recognizes two and a quarter million Girl Scout members and nearly three quarters of a million adult members.
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Girl Scouts
United States of America
Juliette Gordon Low
Savannah
Georgia
People of Hope
Girl Scout Organization
Girl Scout
Frank Douglas
Hope
Girl _Scout organization
Southerners Lose First Rights Battle in Senate
The Senate after five hours of debate voted 4-37 to place the civil rights bill on the agenda versus sending it to the Judiciary Committee. Leader Mansfield later sought unanimous consent to send the measure to Judiciary until March 4, but Senators Javits and others blocked it. Mansfield said hearings before the committee would be helpful, with wheat and cotton debate filling the period.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
Judiciary
Sen
Jawoh K
Javits
Ro N.Y
Mansfield
Jones Quits GOP Committee Post
Dr. Kenneth Jones, 1962 U S Senate candidate, resigns from the Pulaski County Republican Committee after it refused to rebuke chairman Wayne Babbitt for taking sides in a party feud. Babbitt sided with Winthrop Rockefeller in the Spicer dispute as Jones claimed Babbitt spoke personally.
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Little Rock
Kenneth Jones
U.S. Senate
Pulaski County
Republican Committee
Wayne Babbitt
Jones
Dr. Babbitt
Babbitt
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
William Spicer
GOP
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Babbots
Park Roads Before the Commission
The Arkansas Highway Commission reviewed four park road improvement requests. Hot Springs seeks adding linking county roads to the state system and improving US 70 through Gulph Gorge in the park. Harrisburg asks paving Arkansas 14 to Lake Poinsett State Park. Pocahontas requests improvements on Arkansas 166 from US 62 to Black Rock and a county road from Black Rock to Old Davidsonville State Park.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Hot Springs
Point Cedar
Lake Hamilton
Bernard T. Campbell
Hot Springs National Park
Gulph Gorge
Harrisburg
Lake Poinsett State Park
Pocahantas
Arkansas 166
U.S. 62
Black Rock
Old Davidsonville State Park
Pine Plywood Shipped from Georgia Pacific Plant
The first load of Southern pine plywood made from Arkansas yellow pine was shipped from the Georgia Pacific plant to North Little Rock. The Georgia Pacific facility is billed as the world’s first to produce plywood from Southern pine. A second plant is planned at Crossett to expand production. Ceremonies in North Little Rock were set with Gov. Faubus, Arkansas Forest Queen Lucinda Williams, and GP officials attending.
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North Little Rock
Georgia Pacific Corp. Fordyce
Southern Pine
Arkma-Keys Lumber Co
Crossett
Georgia Pacific
Orvald. Faubus
Arkansas Forest
Lucinda Williams
Rain postpones New Orleans Open round delays final
Persistent rain forced postponement of the first round of the $50,000 Greater New Orleans Open. Tournament officials said the opening round would be played Friday if weather allows, with the final round moved to Monday. The event drew one of the strongest fields in its history.
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New Orleans
Arkansas Democrats Split On Tax Bill Vote In House
Washington Republicans backed the Senate compromise tax cut bill as the House approved it 326 to 83. Arkansan Reps Wilbur Mills Owen Harris and James Irimble supported the measure while Rep B C Gathings joined the minority.
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Washington
B. C. Gathings
D-Ark
House
Senate
Wilbur Mills
Owen Harris
James Irimble
Arkansas
Arkansas men appeal sit-in convictions to Supreme Court
Attorney General Bruce Bennett said on Tuesday that Frank James Supper and Thomas B. Robinson, both 20 and Black, from Little Rock, appealed their convictions under Arkansas Act 14 of 1958, an anti sit in law, for demonstrations on April 13, 1960 in downtown Little Rock. He noted the court should decide the case.
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Little Rock
Quinn Glover
Lillian
Baker Garyon
Martha Upton
Sandy
Bruce Bennett
Frank James
Thomas B. Robinson
U.S. Supreme Court
Methodists to Sell Headquarters in Little Rock
The Methodist Church Conference at a special meeting decided to sell its Little Rock headquarters built in 1956 for $100,000 to an unnamed buyer. A new structure will be erected with 6,500 square feet of floor space, about 2.5 times more than the current building.
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Little Rock
Voters Asked To Decide On $4.5 Million Bond
Little Rock city manager Ancil Douthit proposed that voters be asked to approve a $4.5 million bond issue to buy land for partial development of a combined industrial port facility. The proposal would be considered under Amendment 49. The City Manager Board decided to study for two weeks whether to place the proposal on a formal agenda.
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Little Rock
Ancil M. Douthit
Stuttgart to Get Electrical Plant in 200,000 Sq Ft Facility
A joint committee led by Cecil Matthews and Winston Riddle announced Stuttgart will host an electrical products plant expected to hire 250 workers initially. The firm will occupy a $2 million, 200000 square foot site, with an $80,000 drive planned to purchase a vacant plant for the operation.
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Stuttgart, Ark
Stuttgart
Cecil Matthews
Chamber of Commerce
Winston Riddle
Stuttgart Industrial Development Corp
Arrangement Is Ruled Void in Trumann Renewal Plan
Chancellor Terry Sheil ruled the financial arrangement between Trumann city and the Trumann Urban Renewal Agency void. An urban renewal official said the ruling would not seriously affect the project. The decision covered most exceptions in a suit by the Anti-Urban Renewal Association alleging the project would uproot hundreds of citizens.
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Trumann, Ark
Terry Sheil
Jonesboro
City of
Trumann
Trumann Urban Renewal Agency
Shell
Anti-Urban Renewal Association
Unil
Russia Plans 1250 Mile Super Highway
Moscow authorities announced plans for a 1250 mile highway from Moscow to Chelyabinsk. Tass said the route will bypass cities and bridge intersecting roads, creating a fast link through the Urals industrial region.
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Moscow
Chelyabinsk
Urals
Tass
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