Strike Looms at Nash and Hudson Plants
The CIO United Auto Workers prepared for an Aug. 1 strike vote at American Motors Corp after talks broke down following a union offer rejected by AMC. The vote covers 24,000 hourly workers at AMC plants in Milwaukee, Kenosha, El Segundo, Detroit, and Grand Rapids. AMC executives contend pattern settlements raise costs while the union cites wage parity across AMC sites. Nash and Hudson cars and Kelvinator appliances are made by AMC.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
AMC
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
el Segundo
Calif
Grand Rapids
Mich
America
Ford
General Motors
Edward L. Cushman
American
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Cushman
Chrysler
Woodcock
Nash and Hudson
Kelvinator
Blevins Road Completion Is Praised
Nashville editorial lauds completion of 11 miles on the Nashville Prescott highway to be celebrated August 4 with Highway Commission members Director Eldridge and Governor Faubus. It notes three Highway 24 segments and credits Mack Blackwell amendment for accelerating state highway paving to a five or six year span.
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Nashville News
Nashville
Nashville-Prescott
Highway Commission
Eldridge
Faubus
Highway Department
Mack- Blackwell Amendmnt
Mineral Springs
Saratoga
Murfreesboro
Arkadelphia
Dierks
New Hope
Ex Local Woman's Brother Killed in B47 Crash Near Barksdale
Capt. J. B. Brashear 35 of Newport Ark was named by yesterday AP dispatch among four Air Force men killed in a six engine B47 Starfighter crash near Barksdale Field He was brother of Mrs W C Dickey Jr formerly of Hope now living in Little Rock
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J. B. Brashear
Newport
Ark
Associated Press
Air Force
Barksdale Field
W. C. Dickey, Jr
Hope
Little Rock
Court orders pickets withdrawn after Terry Dairy Plant bombing damage
Pulaski County Chancellor Rodney Parham ordered all picket lines around the Terry Dairy Products plant removed and reinstated a $500 fine against the striking union. He also jailed Dewey Birchfield for 10 days and cited violence linked to the protests after two dynamite blasts at the plant. Police investigated a pre-dawn bombing tied to AFL Teamsters Local 878 members.
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Terry
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Rodney Parham
Parham
Union
Dewey Birchfield
Birchfield
E. L. McHaney
Tom _ Gentry
Theunion
Gentry
Terry Dairy Products Co
Fred W. Terry
John Wunsch
Wunsch
AFL Teamsters Local
Pine Bluff
James Harrison
Fordyce Newspapers Sold to Whitehead and Kimball
William R. Whitehead of Magnolia and Ray Kimball of De Queen bought the Fordyce News Advocate and Arkansaw Plaindealer from C. H. VerBeck. Whitehead will edit the two papers and serves as president of Fordyce Publishing Co. Inc., with Kimball as vice president. Both men are past Arkansas Press Association presidents.
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Fordyce
William R. Whitehead
Magnolia
Ray Kimball
de Queen
C. H. VerBeck
Fordyce News Advocate
Arkansaw Plaindealer
Hampton
Whitehead
Magnolia Daily Banner News
Kimball
Fordyce Publishing Co., Inc
DeQueen Daily Citizen
DeQueen Bee
Stuttgart
Daily Leader
VerBeck
The
Arkansas Press Association
Argentines Not Liable For Criticism Of Peron In Homes
Federal Judge Carlos Gentile ruled Argentines cannot be tried for disrespecting President Juan D. Peron when they criticize him at home. He dismissed a complaint by a woman whose neighbor allegedly attacked the President verbally in her house.
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Buenos Aires
Carlos Gentile
Juan D. Peron
Democrats push final vote on road tax plan
House Democrats moved toward final approval of a major road construction program funded by roughly 11.8 billion in new taxes over 14 years. The plan would finance 40,000 miles of highways with 24 billion from the federal government and 2.5 billion from states, plus annual 25 million increases for roads.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
House Democrat
Public Works Committee
Rep
Burnside
D-W.va
Eisenhower
Inch of Rain Here Second Straight Day
For the second consecutive day Hope saw an inch of rain with Thursday’s total at 1.08 inches per the Fruit Truck Branch Experiment Station. The system reached about 50 miles north of Hope and brought heavy precipitation to Washington Ozan Nashville and Murfreesboro. Indications point to record corn and feedstuff crops this season after three dry years.
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Hope
Fruit Truck Branch
McCaskill
North County
Washington
Ozan
Nashville
Murfreesboro
Hempstead county at state livestock meeting in Little Rock
Hempstead county sent ten producers and workers to the Arkansas Livestock Show Grounds for the state livestock meeting. The Arkansas Beef Cattlemen's Council sponsored the event with Arch Smith of Miller County as president. Attendees from Hempstead included Hereford breeders Ned Purtle and son Ned Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Brannan, Polled Hereford producers Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Peace, Don Fuller, Jesse Duckett, and County agent Oliver L. Adams and son Oliver Jr.
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Hempstead County
Little Rock
Arkansas Beef Cattlemen's Council
Arch Smith
Miller County
Hempstead
Ned Purtle
Ned Ray
Johnny Brannan
Ford
Raymond Peace
Don Fuller
Jesse Duckett
Oliver L. Adams
Oliver Jr
Absentee Ballots Ready for City Election
Arthur C. Anderson reports that absentee ballots for the city election are ready and available from the county clerk's office.
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Arthur C. Anderson
New Hope Plans Cemetery Cleanup
The New Hope cemetery on the Hope Patmos road will host a cleanup day on Wednesday July 20. Volunteers and donors should contact W H Rateliff at Patinos for participation or assistance.
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New Hope
Hope-Patmos Road
W. H. Rateliff
Patinos
Extended Forecast Before Weekend Warmup
The forecast shows temperatures 2 to 3 degrees above normal through Friday afternoon and gradual warming by Sunday. Normal highs reach 93 and lows 71 with moderate precipitation and scattered afternoon thundershowers.
Youth Drowns in Lake Pickett Near Shoffner
Leroy Smith, 17, a Black youth from the Jon P. Ferrell farm near Shoffner, drowned yesterday afternoon in Lake Pickett. He could not swim and was wading when he stepped into a hole and went under.
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Newport
Leroy Smith
Lake Pickett
Smith
Jon P. Ferrell
Shoffner
Russia Ready to End Cold War at Geneva Summit
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin pledged to seek an end to the cold war during a Moscow press conference before leaving for Geneva. Western foreign ministers reported complete agreement on German reunification disarmament and European security and discussed possible Eisenhower-Bulganin exchanges.
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William J. Fox
Nikolai Bulganin
Moscow
Russia
Geneva
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Bulganin
Paris
Formosa
Indochina
China
United Nations
Antoine Pinay
Germany
Mosicow
Eisenhower
Belganin
George Sees Geneva Talks Shaping Far East Tension
Senator George says Geneva Big Four progress could influence the Far East. He notes Eisenhower’s diplomacy with Britain France and Russia may ease Asian tensions but cautions Asiatic issues require direct, separate handling. He calls the Formosa Strait cease fire temporary and doubts a Monday summit will reveal genuine Soviet willingness to end the cold war.
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Taipei
Formosa
George Yeh
Geneva
JAC Bell
Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Russia
Formosa Strait
How a Fly Lands on a Ceiling in Fun Study
Memphis columnist Sydel Sims hosts SLURP research on fly landings. Ben Douglas at Malden air base observes speed dictates method. High speed favors half-roll, slow speed favors half-loop to reduce wing stress.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sydel Sims
Commercial Appeal
Sims Laboratory
Sims
Ben P. Douglass
Malden
Douglas
Eisenhower to Visit Russia Rumors Spur Possible Exchange
Reports in Moscow say Premier Bulganin and President Eisenhower may exchange state visits after Geneva talks. Observers note Bulganin's press conference signals openness, while talk of reciprocal visits reflects unprecedented high level travel between Cold War rivals.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Geneva
Washington
Bulganin
Russia
Bulgarin
Communit Party
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Britain
France
Tennessee Ready to Fight After Today's Dissertation by Doctor of Words H. Boyle
HAL BOYLE visits Gatlinburg Tennessee where historian Bill Postlewaite collects Highlander folk cures and superstitions. The piece lists quirky remedies for chickens, earaches, warts, and illness and notes Postlewaite’s living museum of Southern Appalachian lore popular with tourists.
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Tennessee
H. Boyle
Hal Boyle
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Jand
Bill Postlewaite
Ridgway Challenging Ike on Defense Policy
General Ridgway criticized the Eisenhower administration’s defense approach in a 10 page letter, urging emphasis on flexible air and nuclear forces over a strong focus on air power. He warned that by 1962 Soviet capabilities could outpace U.S. nuclear air superiority and argued for urgent strategic adjustments.
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Washington
Pegon
Magner Ridgway
Thower
Army
Rig
Ridgway
Wilson
United States
Soviet Bloc
Reds
A ‘Corp
New York Times
Times
Higa Uto
Eienhower
Joint
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White America, Inc
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