Franch air fleet afield near Algeria coast
A scrambled report notes France’s helicopter fleet building near Sappor and the Riviera coast, ships assigned to blockade duties, with an American agreement to ship H21R and H31C choppers to Algeria. Sporadic clashes and arrests mark the North Africa front as tensions rise with graphite-related thefts and sabotage by suspected operatives.
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France
Airm
Levediuallys
Algeria
Lay
Sted
Washington
North
Africa
Blizzardlike New York Transforms Into Village Atmosphere
A sweeping New York snowstorm turns the city into a village scene. Residents walk Fifth Avenue, buses fill with strangers becoming friends, and shoppers commiserate over stalled cars. The narrator notes beauty in the white city and shares streetcorner vignettes.
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New York
Nework
Mother Nature
Manhattan
Fifth Avenue
First State Union Merger United AFL CIO in Arkansas
The first state merger of the AFL and CIO was completed in Little Rock, forming the Arkansas State Labor Council with about 40,000 workers. Odell Smith led the new body, with Wayne Glenn as executive secretary and Charles M. Catton as treasurer. Delegates elected officers by acclamation and approved a new constitution.
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Little Rock
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
Arkansas State Labor Council
Cio-Afl
National Labor Organizations
Arkansas
Odell Smith
Arkansas Federation of Labor
Smith
Feamsters Union
W. C.bill Demers
Communications Workers Union
CIO
Wayne Glenn
AFL
Charles M. Catton
Fort Smith
Gid Cio
Fid McMath
Democratic Party
President outlines farm parity goals and civil rights stance
In a news conference the President favored a 400 percent parity aim but warned legal methods could raise farm surpluses and trouble for farmers. He criticized a Senate farm bill as unworkable, urged a better measure, and held talks with leaders. He discussed segregation, urging patience and suggesting the South show progress toward school integration in line with the Supreme Court. He also commented on Soviet policy and expressed interest in visiting India, noting timing challenges.
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Senate
Senate House
Stalin
India
Far East
Eisenhower
Nehru Heres
John Foster Dulles
Defense Department
Hoover Commission
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
South
Supreme Court
Markets and Livestock Prices Across Regions
Market reports show steady demand for broilers and fryers in Arkansas and surrounding areas with prices around 21 to 22 cents. Chicago and St Louis live poultry and eggs markets run steady to slightly higher on hogs, cattle, and veal with specific cuts and weights noted. wholesale poultry, eggs, and beef quotes reflect mixed changes amid broad trading activity.
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Broilers
Little Rock
Northwest
Ares
Batesville-Florala
New York
Stoge S
Chicago
USDA
Buller
ST. Louis
I,p
U. Ss
Market Rise of redress and Ark La dividends plan
Market rise of redress is 18700.435.80. Ark La dividends 50 cents per year unless consent of Mississippi River Fuel raises them. Interest and principal will be affected. Until last October Stephens held 51 percent of Ark La stock under an agreement spinning off gas wells and plants to Mississippi River Fuel. Abandonment led to financing changes and sale of Stephens stock to Union Securities which endorsed Stephens notes. Stephens and Union each put up 2.5 million toward stock, plus Union and King paid Mississippi River Fuel 1 million. Current holdings post 10 percent December dividend: Stephens 1,185,893 shares, cost 141,589,295, estimated market val
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Ark-La
Stephens
Aki-La
Mississippi River
Union Securities
Stephens and
Union
King
American Stock Exchange
State Public Service Commission
Stephens Company
Cities Service
PSC
Pulaski Circuit Court
Pilkinton Envisions Flood Dam Growth and Economic Boost
Pilkinton cites 53 500 more cars 2000 more retail businesses and urges full water storage at Millwood Dam as flood control. He links upstream watershed storage to enhanced value stating a dry Millwood is impractical. The report notes stock values and Ark La rate increases and a PSC appeal affecting profits.
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U.S. Corps of Engineers
Millwood Dam
Mul Wood
Pilkinton
Pea Ridge Park Hopes Dim
Little Rock reports prospects fading for Pea Ridge battlefield becoming a national park. Secretary McKay says success depends on a board's March 28 recommendation. the board previously found Pea Ridge not nationally significant. Benton County recalls the 1862 Civil War clash where three Confederate generals died.
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Little Rock
Pea Ridge Battlefield
Dovglas McKay
George H. Benjamin
Gev. Orvel Faubus
Jome McKay
Advisory Board of
National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings and Monuments
Washington
Pea Ridge
McKay
Arkansas
Benton County
Mississippi River
Water supply cited as vital to progress in Magnolia region
The speaker warned that a dry dam would sell out the area for generations to come and stressed that an ample water supply is essential to industrial, agricultural, and municipal progress. He was accompanied by Mayor Boyette Powell of Lewisville, with Judge Pilkinton and Mr Powell reinforcing the point.
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Arkansas
Magnolia
Boyette Powell
Lewisville
Pilkinton
Powell
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Hudson
Clayssner
First State Union
Buttalo i Acuak
Pea Ridge Park
Ward & Son
Toraway
Oldamobile
Hydra
Matic
Oldsmobile
Olds
OSMV
MiNos
Gib Lewis
Capemorse
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