UAW Walkout Begins at GM Plants Nationwide
United Auto Workers members start a one day strike at General Motors plants at 10 am as talks pause until 7 pm. UAW represents about 325,000 hourly workers at 129 GM facilities nationwide. Negotiations paused and IBEW and GM extend contract deadline to midnight Thursday amid a stalemate on noneconomic issues and relief time from machines.
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Detroit Cap
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors’ Corp
Nye Uaw
International Union of Electrical Workers
Ltte Reyesente
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Fallout Likely To Reach Arkansas From Russian Nuclear Test
Dr J T Herron Arkansas state Health Officer says fallout from recent Russian nuclear tests may reach the state today or tomorrow but daily checks show no rise in radiation at Little Rock and no danger to residents.
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J. T. Herron
Herron
Little Rock
Little Rok Mt
Weather Report Summary for Sunday and Outlook
Weather station reports 24 hours to 6 pm Sunday with high 90 and low 70. Total precipitation 30.41 inches year to date through August, up from 29.98 last year. Arkansas partly cloudy, scattered afternoon thunderstorms, higher rainfall in southwest. Louisiana windy with showers and squalls, high tides and rough seas, tonight and Tuesday. Highest temperatures mid 80s in Arkansas, low to mid 70s tonight, highs Tuesday around 80s.
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Arkansas
Southwest Iron
Parkon
Pouislana
Escapes Defy Barriers and Guns Across Berlin Border
East Germans evade Communist blocks and live fire to reach West Berlin. A 18 month old baby in a tub crosses the Yellow Canal on a rope amid a family reunion plan. A dump truck crashes through blocks, scattering debris, while a 12 year old youngest child slides down to safety. Police clash with crowds using water cannons tear gas and clubs as West Berliners confront East German forces.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
West Berlin
Iron Curtain
Tellow Canal
Red Guards
East
Water tank explosion injures 1 at Crowley’s Ridge Academy
A 1-year-old youth at Crowley’s Ridge Academy near Paragould was critically injured when a high pressure water tank exploded as Johnny Carter of La Grange inserted air to boost pressure. Carter, an employee at the school, was thrown against the building roof. Two others in the room, Emmett Smith and Jesse Cable, escaped injury.
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Fakagould
Ark. Lap
Sam Hunt
Johnny Carter
Laie
Pinigould
Carter
Crowley's Ridge Academy
Paragould
Emmett Smith
Church of Christ School
Jesse Cable
Williams Farm Tour Planned at Lamar Williams Farm
Ralph Montgomery announces a Sept 20 farm tour at Lamar Williams farm Tons of garbled text. Involves Hempstead County C of C Agriculture Committee, County Agents and U of A Experiment Station. Tour aims to spotlight beef cattle industry and local farming operations.
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Ralph Montgomery
Agriculture Committee
C of C
Hempstead County Cittlemen’s' Assn
County Agents Office
U of A
Staton
Lamar Williams Farm
Pubton
C of
Hempstead
Montgomery
Lou
My. Williams
Americans Die in Shannon Estuary Plane Crash
Rescue teams in the Shannon estuary search for bodies after a chartered President Lines DC6B Thed or Roosevelt crashes, killing 88 aboard. The disaster is noted as the worst for a U.S. commercial flight.
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Colin Frost
Shannon
Ireland
Shannon Estuary
President Air Lines
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S
Paar Denies Any Undue Cooperation In TV Berlin Controversy
New York AP reports Paar denies collusion with U S Army personnel over a Berlin East West Border TV segment. He cites reporters blamed for furor and questions Congress should finish unfinished business with James Hoffa. Army officials were cited for poor performance and judgment in a Hoffa era context. NBC planned to show the Berlin sequence on A Haus Paar program Tuesday night.
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New York
Dadk Paar
Berlin
Congress
James Hoffa
Molla
Tearisters Union
Eleanor Harris
Look Magazine
New York Herald Welhune
Army
Cal
Dalla Hoadley
Baltimore
Paar
National Broadcasting Co
al Hie Paar
Mrs Collins of Spring Hill Dies at 65
Mary Eleanor Collins age 65 lifelong Spring Hill resident dies Sunday at her home. Survived by one son Brooks of Spring Hill and five daughters including Mrs Chester Munt of Hope and Mrs A M McDowell. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Spring Hill Methodist Church with burial in Anderson Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed.
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Mary Eleanor Collins
Spring Hill
Brooks
Chester Munt
Hope
A. M. McDowell
Worth
Louis Soater
Springhill
Melvin Shipp
Irving, Tex
Lloyd Turner
Spring Will
Metharlist Charch
James Shiddes
Werndan-Cornelius
Andersson Cemetery
Warr Baitley
Norman Taylor
Joe Himnle*ton
Harold Austin
Gilbert Brown
Lester Buyce
Officials Questioned On Pulaski Garhand Counties Probe
A request seeks questioning of county and state officials including Pulaski and Garhand counties and State Police tied to a Senate Investigations Subcommittee gaming probe. The effort targets sheriffs prosecutors and judicial and education officials for inquiry.
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Lpptle
Kenneth Coavih
Juha Lo Mechel
Pulaski
Garhand
Senate
State du
Soviet Union fires more nuclear blasts amid tests
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union triggered two new atmospheric nuclear detonations, one in the several megatons range and the other in the low to intermediate kiloton range, marking a continuation of tests revealed near Novaya Zemlya. The AEC noted no fallout danger from earlier shots, but ongoing testing raises radiation risks and spurred calls for underground detonation. The Kremlin cited Western arms race pressures as the reason for resuming tests.
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Soviet Union
Atomic Energy Commission
Uneion
Khrushchev
Fiesland
United States
Hiroshima
U.S
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Khrushchev I
Khrustcchev
Moscow
India
Nehru
Tass
AEC
Arctic
Novaya Zemlya
Pravda
Cyrus L. Sulzberger
New York Times
Sovviet Union
National Planning Association
Entral Pacific
Winds of 150 mph hit coast of two states in Carla
Hurricane Carla brought 150 mph winds and giant waves to Louisiana and nearby areas. Evacuations continued with over 40,000 people fleeing inland as waters rise and levees breach. In Cameron, eight-foot tides and 65 mph winds were reported from the courthouse. The town was largely abandoned except for a few deputies. Nearby Lafitte faced rising floodwaters as residents fled toward New Orleans.
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Lake Charles
Carla
Louisiana
Cameron
B. Carter
Carter
Audrey
Lafitte
New Orleans
Simdbay
Carla Sweeps Texas Coast In Historic Hurricane
The hurricane Carla lashed the Texas coast and southern Louisiana with 140 mph winds and 20 mile per hour gusts, battering Corpus Christi Galveston and Port Aransas. Rivers of seawater flooded low-lying towns, knocked out power and communications, and forced tens of thousands to flee inland. The Weather Bureau called Carla the most intense hurricane to strike the East in this century and possibly Texas history, with tides up to two feet above normal and widespread industrial damage along 200 miles of coast.
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Galvston
Cat
Cermer
Pexus
Louisiana
Miles
Inaver
Dain Stade Tings
Corpus
Red Cross
Don
Carky
Mexico
Corpus Christi
Port Arkansas
Corepu Christi
Weather Bureau
Sid John White
Texas
Icullare
Galveton
Park Aransas
Lowelying
Mustang Island
Coast
Splinxs
Bay City
Carla
Paravira
Matagorda Bay
Vily
Hinds
Port Aransas
National Guardsmia
North Beach
Chicago
Ateast
Pires
Cara
AL Kaplan
Nancy Ann Simon
Court approves placement law in desegregation plan
Little Rock school board wins federal cost approval to assign 49 students to once white schools in fall under Arkansas pupil placement laws. U.S. District Judge Gordon E. County approved the plan, saying it does not violate a desegregation speedup mandate. Of the applicants, 2 of 841 Negroes seeking seventh grade and 16 of 32 seeking tenth grade were admitted to integrated schools.
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Little Rock
API
U.S
Gordon E. Couny
Circuit Court of Appeal
Young
Ruthie Hicks of McCaskill Dies at 42 in Little Rock
Mrs Ruthie Hicks Buckley Hicks age 42 of McCaskill died Friday in a Little Rock hospital after a lengthy illness. Lifelong resident, member of Pleasant Springs Missionary Baptist Church, past Friendship Quartet member. Survivors include Cecil of McCaskill, two sons David Ronald a student at Southern State College and James Larry of McCaskill, her father James L Buckley of —, two brothers Elder Harvey Buckley of Bearden and Troy Buckley of Bearden, two sisters Mrs Lloyd Hicks of Shreveport and Mrs Jim Stone of McCaskill.
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Ruthie Proyce Buckley Hicks
McCaskill
Little Rock
Pleasant Springs Missionary
L. Bucklcy
Mcausens
Lwo
Harvey Buckley
Beurden
Troy Buckley
Lope
Lloyd Flicks
Shreveport
Jim Stone
Welcome Planned at Pine Bluff
Funeral services were held Sunday at Friendship Cemetery for Frances Jane Anderson of Pine Bluff Ark. The service, led by Rev A C Kirby, followed by burial in Friendship Cemetery. She was described as rested and toured in New York City and planned to leave New York Wednesday to arrive in Pine Bluff.
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Pine Paller
Ark
Cap
Frances Jane Anderson
Serup
New Church
McCaskill
York City
A. C. Kirby
100 4-H Club Members at Fun Night
The City Hall auditorium hosted Fun Night with about 100 4-H members leaders and agents attending. Clubs presenting talent included De Ann Centerville Shower Spring Victory and Triple A. Leaders Mrs Arnold Mitchrooks Mrs William Schooley Mrs John Haw king Mrs Archie Smith William Schooley John Hawkins County Agent Ware Benefield Calvin Caldwell and Bellie Duc lean also took part. It was a lighthearted evening with most attendees in costume.
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City Hall
De'Ann
Centerville
Shower Spring Victory
Triple A
Arnold Mitchchrooks
William Schooley
John Hawking
Archie Smith
John Hawkins
Ware Benefield
Calvin Caldwell
Bellie Duclean
Custune
Celebration planned as local leaders mourn a loss
Frances Willis expresses anxiety about returning home after the death of Twalph B Willis a Prescott resident. The deceased given as a junior at the University of Arkansas Little Rock hospital. Survivors include Sam Willis of Law and Gabriel Calif. Arrangements will be announced by Herndon Cornelius.
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Offie Lites Sai Frances
Twalph B. Willis
Prescott
Mt. 4
Inniversity of Arkansas
Little Rock Hospital
San
Sam Willis
Law
Gabriel
Calif
Herndon Cornelius
All Around Town local students head to Henderson State Teachers College
A list of students leaving for college and other local notes appears. Billy Walters Ronnie Formby Tommy Jones Phillip Gilliam David Moore Joe Math Herndon Buddy Putman Joan Willis Lana Thompson Peggy Martin Denny Hefner Roxanne Freeman Vonnie Edwards Wendell Light Gene Robinson Johnny Turner head to Henderson State Teachers College. Cynthia Forster travels to Columbus Mississippi to enroll at Mississippi State College for Women. Sharon Foster departs for Lynchburg Virginia for ambulatory studies at Randolph Macon. Mr and Mrs Thomas Kinser with family visit Denison Texas to deliver the W piece high school bank. Fawcett Bros Motor Co of Ashdown sold to Larry Ford Inc of Texarkana Hope and Nashville. Joe Perry remains manager and salesman. National Investors Life Insurance Co of Lily Rock holds stockholders meeting at 745 W coat room tonight. A few box seals remain for local football games. Local men ordered to report for physical examinations September 19 for service in the Armed Forces include Renee Moran Walter Lee Stiven Robert Henry Young Lemay Williamson Kenny Ray Knox Glenn Lee Witherspoon Don Leonard Fuller Billy Ray Jackson Odis Vickurs Thomas Henry Spetter Clyde Lee Carrigan Willie Crier Jr Jot Nathan Gilmore Hosie Werlberspoon Hour Joy Watts Thaveye Cheatham Janes Evans Walters Ausuel Mercer Burnett Cooks George Thomas Allison Benjamin Franklin Ford Howard Wayne Moten James Miller Batche Howard Alvin Dennis Frank Meidden Arneal Reed Julie Erin Oden Elvin Finery Jay Ray Garrie Frederick Clayton.
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Cellege
Billy Walters
Ronnie’ Formby
Tommy Jones
Phillip Gilliam
David Moore
Joe Math Herndon
Randolph Macon
Renee Moran
Walter Lee Stiven
Robert Henry Young
Lemay Williamson
Kenny Ray Knox
Glenn
Lee Witherspoon
Don Leonard Fuller
Billy
Ray Jackson
Odis Vickurs
Thoms Henry Spett Ver
Clyde Lee Carrigan
Willie Dae Crier Jr
Nathan Gilmore
Hosie Werlberspoon
Hour Joy Watts
Thaveye
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Clea
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Miss Arkansas
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Atlantic City
Nancea Ann Parkinson
Minnesota
NEA Telephats
Mars
Ruthie Hicks
Pine Bluff
Lyle Brown
Hempstead Memorial Hospital
Jares H. Pilkinton
Orie O. Byers
Brown
Ralph B. White
Thomas Kinser
Jett
Denison
Fawcett Bros, Motor Co
Ashdown
Larry Ford, Inc
Texarkana, Hope and Nashville
Joe Perry
National Investors Life Insurance Co
Lily Rovk Will
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