Rubber Workers Continue Parley
Akron Ohio The CIG United Rubber Workers ends weekend pact talks with Goodyear and B F Goodrich and resumes bargaining with two remaining firms. Goodyear workers ratified a raise to about 2.10 an hour. Goodrich, and 15,000 UAW workers later vote on 2.05 base. Firestone strike continues in Cleveland. U S Rubber wage talks under way in Newark.
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Akron
Ohio
CIG United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
B. F. Goodrich Co
UAW
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Cleveland
Mexican Prohibition Spreads as Govs Close Saloons
In Mexico a regional move toward prohibition spreads from Jalisco where Gov. Agustin Yanez ordered salons closed, cutting petty crime by about 40 percent. Nayarit joins Aug 15 with similar orders, while bar owners threaten strikes and saloonkeepers predict speak-easies. Gov. Simon Guzman notes market sellers may divert funds from bars to markets.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Agustin Yanez
Jalisco
Nayarit State
Pacific Coast
Nayarit
Simon Guzman
Guzman
Pretzels Weigh 125 Million Pounds in a Celephone Bag
A humorous fact states that if all annual pretzel production in the United States were poured into a single celebratory bag, the weight would reach 125 million pounds.
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United States
Legless War Vet to Be Featured on U S Radio Program
ADA Oklahoma a legless World War II veteran who used hand operated rudder devices failed to obtain a student pilot license but later in Denver learned gunsmith trade and began lessons in a wheel directed plane. He soloed in August 1953 and is building flight time toward a private license.
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Ada
Okla
Heaton
Denver
Contracts For State Truck Climbing Lanes
OKLAHOMA CITY The state Highway Department announced that contracts will be let in September for a new truck climbing lane on U S Highway 69 in Pittsburg County. The lanes permit trucks to pull to the outside on hills so they do not slow traffic.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Pittsburg
Canadian Area To Be Exploited
RIMOUSKI Que The Gaspe Peninsula area on the north shore is connected by 3% inch power cables laid by the cable ship Monarch owned by the British post office. The project links Manicoua sites and raises strategic energy concerns for the region.
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Rimouski
Que
Gaspe Peninsula
U.S
Power lines to energize Gaspe Copper Mines project
Gaspe Copper Mines Ltd plans to turn on a 28 mile underwater cable transmission system in the coming months to supply power to its operation. The project aims to boost output and stabilize energy costs for the mine complex.
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Gaspe Copper Mines, Ltd
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