GM UAW reach 12.04 cent raise in economic pact
General Motors and the United Auto Workers announced a national economic settlement offering 12.04 cents per hour after tax adjustments for GM’s 350,000 production workers. The deal, aimed at stopping wildcat strikes at several plants, preserves non economic disputes for later resolution and aligns with terms seen in American Motors contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Mahan
Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Gm-Uaw
American Motors Corp
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
American Motors
Wildcat
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Atlanta
Mansfield
Ohio
Marion
Ind
Louis G. Seaton
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Wis
AMC
Peace Probe Points to Wartime East West Talks
An East West peace probe outlines a four step path toward negotiations led by U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson. Western ministers would meet in New York and with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to set an agenda for real talks. Khrushchev may seek a summit after the October Moscow party congress.
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Nehru
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Thompson
Berlin
Russia
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
Jelse Khrushchev
Firemen Answer Only Two Alarms Thursday
Firemen responded to two alarms Thursday both for car fires. A car owned by Jay McSween in Slaton burned with light damage from wiring and paint. The second incident involved a vehicle at 2915 Grinnell Detroit at 8 52 a.m. Thursday.
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Lam
Jay McSween
Slaton
Grinnell
Detroit
Pickets Stage Solidarity Rally Over Union Hiring Fight
After negotiators left, women picketers vowed to return to the union hall to press for hiring from a hall. Contractors offered reasonable terms, but the union’s insistence on in-house hiring stalled a settlement. Morrow plans to reconvene talks.
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Kfau
Morrow
Hurricane Carla Hits Cuba Blows Train Car Off Tracks
Havana reports Hurricane Carla slams Pinar del Rio Province with winds near 300 miles per hour. It flattens 70 small buildings in Paradero Mendoza, snaps telephone poles, and floods the Cuyaguteje River basin, causing livestock losses and tobacco damage. Ten people are reported injured.
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Havana
Pasha
Local births listed for Lubbock area families
A sequence of birth notices from Lubbock area households records newborns at various hospitals. Entries name parents, addresses, birth weights, and times, with fathers’ occupations ranging from engineering and contracting to bakery and farming, across Goodnight, Methodist, West Texas, Latif, and other clinics.
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E. J. Sumner
Rt. 3
Lubbock
West Texas Hospital
Baldridge Bakery
Local Problems Studied As Grand Jury Reports 34 True Bills
Grand jury reports 34 true bills including check and theft by false pretext under 50 dollars. Forgery indictments named Dwayne Jolly 23 of Tohoka Don Edward Gunthry a fugitive Earl Clarence Smith 42 of 2112 Ave R James Frank.
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Dwayne Jolly
Tohoka
Don Edward Gunthry
Earl Clarence Smith
R. James Frank
Wagnon
Oklahoma City
Bobbie Archer Gambino
Gist St
Robert Juarez Berlange
Ave
H. Frank Dickerson
27Th
Ave. W
Woodrow Rampy
A. J. Ramirez
Wayne Prather
Clarence Byars
QO. L. Byrd
Alton Abbott
Elizabeth Watson
Harold Seawright
Emory
Jackie Rowland
Durant
Okla
Jerry Clarke Tarrant
Roaring Springs
Wayne Edward Garner
22Nd St
Ruben Escobar
14Th St
Marcelino Acuna Jr
15Th St
Robert Lee Contee
24Th St
Cecil B. Lawson
E. 27Th St
Herman Lang
E. Th St
Joe Lopez Rocha
Sammy McDowel
Ave. C
Edward Ellesworth Lewis
Ave. H
Douglas Thomas
Coleman Alley
George Edward White
James Lee Gailey
Ave. N
Betty Louise Childress
Ave. B
Helen Johnson
Elm
Louanna Marie Griggs III
Gilkerson
Irrigated Cotton and Sorghum Farms Tour Details
A farming tour visited J W Hawkins Carl Griffing Tom Adams L L Howell Frank Ratliff Jr Monroe Rowden Fayne Smith and Farrar. The group noted irrigated cotton and sorghum systems at multiple properties plus a pecan orchard and a Bermuda grass pasture. Indictments listed include passing a worthless check and various burglary and theft charges across Lubbock and nearby cities.
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Monty
J. W. Hawkins
Howell Farm
Ratliff Farm
Bermuda
Rowden Farm
Jon the Smith
Rees
Dimmitt Girl Wins Honor At Castro Event
Miss Donna Beyer, a junior at Dimmitt High School, was named Miss Grain Sorghum of the Castro County Fair in Dimmitt, earning a $500 scholarship. Second went to Miss Beth Beecher and third to Miss Kathey Gollehon, all Dimmitt residents. Livestock judging starts at 9 a.m. with a parade planned for Saturday.
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Dimmitt Girl
Castro
Dimmitt
Donna Beyer
Dimmitt High School
Grain
Castro County
Dimmitt Thursay
D and D Aerial Spray Co
Beyer
Hugo Beyer
Beth Beecher
W. E. Beecher
American Legion Post 445
Kathey Gollehon
Noel Gollehon
Happy
Friona
Deaf Smith County
Castro Fair
Divorce Case Highlights Custody And Allegations
The divorce suit continues with Mrs. Todd granted temporary custody of the children while Mr. Todd counterclaims. The complaint accuses Mrs. Todd of adultery with Landis and other men, plus neglect and immoral conduct affecting the four children. Landis, a former Harvard Law School dean, previously advised on federal regulatory agencies for President Kennedy and later served as a presidential assistant with diverse government roles.
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Youth Has Ball On Stolen Cash
An 18 year old Negro youth, after paying his rent, bought clothes and had fun with stolen funds. Police arrested him Thursday regarding a $145 theft from Kinney Shoe Store at 1215 Broadway, where he worked. He signed a statement admitting taking the money from a bank book. $63 was recovered from his room.
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Kinney
Broadway
Zoning debates shape use along streets and sites
Lubbock planners weighed requests for commercial and apartment zoning across 50th Street and nearby avenues. Opponents cited blight from nonconforming uses near amusement venues, while proponents urged higher density to serve residents, students, and local services. Multiple site plans, including motels, service stations, and apartment blocks, progressed with some tabled or amended approvals.
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Shaw
S0th Street
Ed Napier
Earl Ince Jr
50Th St
Ave. W
50Th Street
Napier
Tom
Griffith
Ray C. Livesay
Wilbur Slaton
10Th St
Knoxville Ave
Lubbock
Ave. Q
L. G. Pierce Jr
Dave Tipple
E. J. Sefcik
19Th St
Peoria Ave
Sefcik
19Th Street
Quaker Avenue
Mayme Alexander
Howell G. Killgore
2Nd Place
3Rd Place
Detroit Avenue
Killgore
Texas Tech
Joe Rushing
4Th Street
Oliver S. Cates
14Th Street
Albert Troost Jr
Techene Park
Art Archer
Avenue Q
Archer
Santa Fe
29Th Street
Sline Road
Syeed Taiz
Tippee
Santa
Hurricane Carla Nears Coast With 110 MPH Punch
A hurricane of 110 mph near Nantucket Massachusetts moves north at seven mph. Betsy’s path prompts extreme caution as Carla intensifies toward a major hurricane by Friday. Gulf tides rise and floods threaten Yucatan and western Cuba while Louisiana reports rising water. Navy evacuates ships from Key West and coastal vessels shelter. Coast Guard removes lighthouse crews. smaller boats stay in port along Florida and Gulf coasts.
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Mass
Betsy
Yucatan Channel
Yucatan
Cuba
Grand Isle
Louisiana
Gulf
Navy
Key West
Caribbean Sea
Carla
Jeye
Pinar del Rio
Las Colomas
Punta de Cartas
South Florida
iIt
Coast Guard
Alligator Reef
American Shoals
Sombrero Reef
Florida Keys
Gulf Coast
The
Keys
Sabine
Tex
House Passes Resolution on Sugar Acreage
ABILENE RP Rep W R Poage of Waco says the House Agriculture Committee passed a resolution urging the allocation of sugar tonnage for new sugar beet mills in West Texas. Logan H Walker reports Panhandle area has about 2 000 acres. a mill needs more. The resolution, sent to the Secretary of Agriculture, seeks allocations to support development ahead of a 1962 sugar act.
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Abilene
W. R. Poage
Waco
House Agriculture Committee
Poage
Logan H. Walker
Agriculture and Livestock Department
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Walker
West Texas
Panhan
Texas
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
House Bill Defines Taxpayers Permanent Account Numbers
The House passed a bill to assign each income taxpayer a permanent account number starting next year. The plan uses the Treasury issued number tied to Social Security where available. It aims to speed tax processing and deter dodging, with a $5 penalty for omitting the number.
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Washington
API
House
Senate
Treasury
Thieves and vandals raid Lubbock area homes and cars
Thieves damaged a car owned by Robert Scales on Ave B. Burglars stole a typewriter added machine television and jewelry from Carthel B Hodge on Ave A during the first week of September. A sewing machine was taken from Harvey Bird's New Deal home. $19.20 vanished from a cigar box at Silver Queen Cafe. A suit disappeared from J L Burkett's motel while he moved. Gold lettering stolen from Bud's Store at Town and Country Center. Hubcaps and chrome fender skirts taken from Alison Sedberry's car at Fair Park Coliseum.
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Robert Scales
Ave. B
Lubbock
Carthel B. Hodge
Ave. A
Harvey Bird
New Deal
Silver Queen
King
J. L. Burkett
New Lubbock
Bud’s Store For
Town and Country
Alison Sedberry
1605
Ave. C
Fair Park Coliseum
Wittiest Red Quip Gets Prison Trip
London newspaper quips that Pravda runs contest for best political joke. The Evening Standard jokes the first prize is 23 years, reflecting Soviet punishment. The brief item notes satire on press censorship and political humor.
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London
UPD
Evening Standard
Pravda
Standard
Crystal City Receives $3.4 Million for Renewal Project
Crystal City, Texas, a town of 9,101, was awarded a total of $2,419,066 in Urban Renewal funds. The grant of $1,118,794 and a loan of $1,300,272 will back the Crystal No. 1 Urban Renewal Project in Zavala County. The plan covers 51 acres near the business district, clearing land and rehabilitating 405 dwelling units, 223 of which are substandard.
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Washington
Crystal City
South Texas
Urban Renewal Administration
Zavala County
Torch hero saves girl as trailer explodes in Spokane
Kathy Morton, badly burned, spent days on the critical list after a carnival trailer explosion near Spokane. Her mother Mrs. Morton aided by a Firefighter who tore off burning clothing. Kathy recalls little of the blast while her family and hospital staff fight for her recovery and long transplants ahead.
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Kathy
Spokane
Morton
Portland
Ore
Lucky
Rainfall Totals From Thursday Across the Southwest
Thursday afternoon brought showers to areas south of the region while Meadow saw a sprinkle. Lea County Fair activities continued despite up to 0.8 inches of rain in Lovington, Amarillo recorded 1.24 inches, Dalhart 0.82, and other towns reported varying amounts including Littlefield 0.23, Hale Center 0.60, Abernathy showers, Tulsa 1.00, Kress 0.76, Happy 0.90, and Anton 0.50 inches.
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Wellman
Meadow
Lovington
Lea County
Amarillo
Dalhart
Littlefield
Slaton
Hale Center
Abernathy
Tulsa
Kress
Happy
Anton
Lubbock
Petersburg
Brownfield
Lockney
Lockner
Rend -Aith Street
Floydada
Matador Prinkles Matador
Whiteflat
Dickens Vere
Kalgary
Levelland
Bo Ao He
Ta' Payer Fen Say
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Belgrade
Kennedy
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Nkrumah
Black Sea
Royal Air Force
Farnborough
England
Harlan Heitkamp
Auburn St
Goodnight Hospital
William Young
47Th St
Methodist Hospital
William Dunkerly
65Th St
Gene Eades
Tehoka
Jasper McKee
Railroad Ave
Laur’ Clinic
Oy Ferguson Humble
Billy Evans
Dartmouth Ave
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Texaco
Finis Keele
F. St. St
Foremost Dairy
Lupe Cano
Ave. D
Latif Clinic
Plains Laundry
Benito Martinez
Tahoka
Lauf Clinic
Guillermo Montelonga
Gifford-Hill-Western, Inc
Clarence Taylor
Magnolia Ave
Lans
Paymaster Cotton Gin
Texas State Health Department
A Decker
Dick Leard
Department
Austin
National Theatates of Health
Bethesda
Gordon Treadaway
College Avenue
Texas Town
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