Social Security Changes Expand Coverage and Benefits
Congress passes a new law increasing Social Security coverage and adjusting taxes. Workers and employers contribute at rising rates through 1953 and beyond, expanding eligibility to about 45 million of 62 million in the labor force. Retirement pensions, widows and dependents benefits, and lump sum death payments are clarified with liberalized terms and defined maximum and minimum primary benefits.
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U. S
OSI
Forestry Festival Here Friday
Hope residents are told the first forestry festival will be held Friday at the Coliseum, Fairpark, starting at 2 p.m. The event aims to gauge future support, with contests open to most Bergens and prizes donated by local merchants. An 7:30 p.m. address by James Pilkinton, a free motion picture, and prize awards cap the afternoon.
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James Pilkinton
Holiday Toll Tops 500 In Labor Day Accidents
A nationwide survey counted 512 deaths from Friday afternoon to Sunday midnight during the holiday weekend, with 361 in traffic. The toll reflects 78 hours of travel as millions took trips, with fatalities highest in New York, Texas, California, Virginia, Wisconsin and Illinois.
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National Safety Council
Utica
N. Y
Milwaukee
New York
Texas
California
Virginia
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Delaware
Maine
South Dakota
Alabama
Arizona
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinoia
Indiana
Town
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Maryland
Massachusets
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Stock Show Group Plans Two Tours
A committee led by Jim LaGrossa maps two goodwill tours by Hope merchants to promote the Third District Livestock Show. The first tour departs Hope September 13 visiting Prescott Chichester Camden Smackover Magnolia Waldo Buckner Stamps Lewisville Garland City Texarkana Fulton and Shepard. The second tour leaves September 26 visiting Washington Quan Nashville Murfreesboro Kirby Glenwood Hot Springs Malvern Donaldson Friendship Arkadelphia Gordon Prescott and Emet with lunch at Hot Springs. Participants are urged to wear western attire and a large turnout is hoped.
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Jim LaGrossa
Milton Dillard
Fred Robertson
Bob Shivers
C. A. Armitage
Hope Merchants
Livestok
Hope
Prescott
Chichester
Camden
Smackover
Magnolia
Waldo
Buckner
Stamps
Lewisville
Garland City
Texarkana
Fulton
Sheppard
SW Bell Accused of Inferior Service Protest Filed
North Little Rock, Sept. 5. City Attorney W. H. Phipps filed a protest with the Arkansas Public Service Commission against Southwestern Bell’s request for a rate increase. He argued no increase should be allowed until service is improved.
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North Little Rock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
W. HK. Phipps
Arkansas Publi Service Commission
Phipps
Bus Routes for Schools Announced
James H. Jones announces the first school bus runs start Thursday morning September 7 with 8 a m departures. Registrations for 1st to 3rd grades Thursday at 8 30 a m and 4th to 6th Friday at 9 30 a m. Routes list drivers Otto Sisson Glenn Calhoun Clyde Sanders Homer West and others serving Hope Garland Oglesby Paisley and High School with all Hope district students to ride.
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James H. Jones
Otto Sisson
Sisson
Proving Ground Road
Oakhaven
Hope
Oglesby
Paisley
Clyde Sanders
Old
CCC
Hope High School
B. H. Foster
Centerville
Brookwood
High School
Homer West
District Line
Experiment Station
Providence
Tenarogue Creek
Otis Fuller
Fuller
Shower Springs
Bowden's Lane
Fabmos Road
Country Club
Garland
J. F. Newberry
Newberry
Rocky Mound
Old 87
Jim Talley
River
S. L. Churchwell
Shover Springs
Harmony Loop
Russell's
Royal tour planned for Australia and New Zealand in 1952
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth plan a royal tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1952, Buckingham Palace announced. The note recalls a canceled 1849 tour and mentions about 70 old treasure ships located in rough terms.
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London
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Australia
New Zealand
Buckingham Pallace
Iness of
King
Army aims to draft 70 000 men in November
The army requested a November draft of 70 000 men, raising total calls to 170 000 for the army. Earlier calls were 60 000 for September and 50 000 for October. Navy and air force not planning drafts in November. Draft now targets men 19 through 25 with older men called first, and broadening seems likely to meet a 3,000.000 under arms by June. Vinson signaled January review to raise draft age and possibly draft WWII veterans.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air
Nal
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Lewis B. Herald
Selective Service
Soviet Bomber to Be Main UN Subject at Lake Success
United Nations Security Council members were summoned to consider the U S report that a Soviet plane was shot down while attacking the U N fleet off Korea. The session was to focus on whether Soviet action violated ceasefire resolutions and risked broader intervention.
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Lake Success
Security Council
United States
WU. N
Korea
U. S
U.N
Trygver Lie
Britain
Gladwyn Jebb
Jebb
Jakob Malik
South Korea
Forest Fires Threaten Towns in California
Forest fires burned about 100000 acres in northern California touching Navarro Ukiah Willits and Ridgewood ranch threatening Mendocino Stanislaus and Mount Shasta areas. Fire crews from Arizona New Mexico and Oregon joined local fighters amid hot dry winds as one Navarro office and two homes burned.
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San Francisco
California
Ealeg
Arizona
New Mexico
Oregon
Mendocino
Navarro
Ukiah
Medical men hear about new drug that abolishes illness
Chicago Sept 5 A Harvard physician outlined cortisone and ACTH as hormones that can abolish disease symptoms while they are present. Dr Forsham said these hormones may prevent immune overreactions in pneumonia and other inflammatory conditions, offering relief and a better fight against disease alongside antibiotics.
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Chicago
Peter Wai
Forsham
Harvard University
Ameri Tan Chemical Society
GE Workers Hold Off on Strike
New York Sept 5 government mediation delayed a CIO strike against General Electric. The walkout of about 23 000 workers was unsettled and not affecting several smaller locals in Fitchburg and Holyoke Massachusetts. GE blamed administration interference while CIO IUE leader James B Carey claimed the strike failed and officials protected him. Carey offered no comment.
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New, York
General Electric ‘Company
Washington
Fitchburg
Holyoke
Mass
Cyrua Ching
Federal Mediation Service
General
James B. Carey
CLO’ International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Lemuel HB
Boulware
Carey
Boaeace
Vishinsky to Head Soviet Delegation at UN Opening
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky will lead the Soviet delegation at the United Nations General Assembly opening in New York on September 10. A visa request was filed for Vishinsky and for A A Arutiugian, a senior foreign ministry official familiar to UN meetings. Baranovsky will head the Ukrainian delegation, replacing Manvilsky, while Kiselev will lead the white Russian group.
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Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Foreign Affairs Ministry
United States
Vishinsky
U. S
A. A. Arutiugian
Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry
Arutiunian
U. N
Soviet Union
Geneva
Switzerland
Economic Commission For Europe
Anatoli M. Baranovsky
Dimitry Z. Manvilsky
K. B. Kiselev
First American tanks arrive in Cherbourg under aid program
The American Miller delivered the first US Army aid program tanks to Cherbourg with 21 Sherman tanks, seven six inch guns, and 3,000 boxes of equipment aboard. Luxembourg marks birthday of the grand duchess with fireworks.
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Cherbourg
France
U. S. Armer
Stock Show Prep By Hempstead County 4H Club Members
4H club members gathered at the Ponsld Ray Brown home in Spring Hill for the final fitting and demonstration before the Third District Livestock Show. Assistant County Agent Byron Huddleston and Spring Hill Vocational Agriculture Teacher Howard Pritchard led dairy heifer fitting, horn and hoof polishing, blanket fitting, and a demonstration exhibit. Attendees included Harold Wright, Richard Lynn Hunt, Kenneth Dale Sinyard, Ray Anderson, Gilbert Brown, Travis Hunt, Donald Ray Brown, and Neil Anderson with adult leaders Lester Brown, Dale Hunt, and Sid Singard. Those to enter purebred dairy cattle this year are Donald Ray Brown, Richard Lynn Hunt, Kenneth Dale Sinyard, and Travis Hunt.
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Hempstead
Ray Brown
Byron
Huddleston
Howard Pritchard
Spring Hill
Herfere Way
Harold Wright
Richa Lynn Hunt
Kenneth Dale Singard
Ray Anderson
Gilbert Brown
Travis Hunt
Donald Ray Brown
Neil Anderson
Lester Brown
Dale Hunt
Sid Singard
Richard Lynn Hunt
Kenneth Dale Sinyard
University of Virginia Ordered to Admit Negro Attorney
A three judge federal panel directed the University of Virginia to admit Negro attorney Gregory Swason to its graduate school of law in Charlottesville. The injunction also applies to all Negroes similarly situated and to the entire law department. The decree was signed by Judges Parker, Soper, and Judge Powe.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Gregory Swason
Martinsville
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
John J. Parker
Marvis A. Soper
W U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Joho Paw
Soviet bomber in Korea war incident raises security council focus
Washington reports a Soviet built twin engined bomber marked with a red star was shot down after attacking a United Nations patrol off Korea's west coast near the 38th parallel. One body recovered identified as Lieut. Michin Tennachi Vaalleblu of the Soviet armed forces. U.N. and British officials said they had no confirmation of official Moscow notice. The United States says the bomber opened fire on a U.N. fighter patrol and was shot down. a U.N. destroyer recovered the crewman. The incident prompted U.N. diplomacy as the Security Council prepared to convene at Lake Success to address Soviet involvement in Korea.
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Washington
United
Staten
Russia
Nations
Korea
Zaye
South
Ko-rean
Tokyo
State Department
U.N
Grygve ‘Lie
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Mupath
Excurity “Council
Ane
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Rose
Trimian
Pleer Fo
U.N. Pour EE
Department
38Th
North
South ‘Korea
Aoath
Manchuria
Red China
U. N
United Nations
Aieut
Michin Tennachi
Vaalleblu
Korgan
McMath Seemingly Certain on Hydrogen Bomb Plant
Governor McMath suggested a hydrogen bomb plant might be located in Arkansas. He spoke at Labor Day events as unions and workers discussed a major project with the Herald noting his certainty about Arkansas receiving part of the plant and ongoing plans drawing national attention.
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McMath
Arkyngug
Ma MecMath
United Ming Workers
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