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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1956
Page
1
Fragmentary text reports a window cleaner John Nelson facing charges for issuing bad checks and a magistrate declining a $40,000 personal check bond. It also references Roosevelt, Eisenhower era talk, and a government contracts commission, with garbled names and locations.
Hollywood guest Jo Van Picet recalls her struggle years before winning the supporting actress Oscar. She remembers the days of hard toil and limited opportunities, before Edmond O'Brien presented the Oscar to her.
The document presents the 1955 year end financials for Hope Water and Light Plant, detailing the balance sheet items and the disposition of funds for the year ending December 31, 1955. It outlines assets, liabilities, and equity, along with how funds were allocated or utilized during the period.
An Interior Department advisory committee recommended Arkansas develop the Pea Ridge battlefield site as a state park rather than a federal park. The Arkansas delegation, led by George Benjamin, urged federal acquisition as a historic monument, while Rep. Trimble and Sens. McClellan and Fulbright backed a national park bill and promised early hearings.
The Oakland born star recalls an unlikely rise from theater usher to Oscar winner. Mentors DeMaarcus Brown Elia Kaan and Cheryl Crawford provided hope during lean years. She credits Kaan for East of Eden role and notes her current film Gunfight at the OK Corral casts her as a shady elder mistress.
Market notes show weak demand in the Northwest and Batesville regions with broilers and fryers mainly at 20 cents. Cotton futures opened firm then drifted, while New York stocks rose modestly amid mixed results. Chicago poultry steady. livestock at National Stockyards and Dallas area quotes provided.
Democratic presidential agri grants were beating the bushes to day to flush out votes in the Mik hels New Jersey and Florida primaries, as Kefauver backers rally to Stevenson in Wisconsin. Talks of write-ins in Illinois, a Knowland ballot clash in Illinois, and a Kingsland Georgia Stevenson speech frame a day of campaign maneuvering and cross-state efforts.
A New York gossip column notes wild speculation that Arthur Godfrey would fire Frank Parker, traced to a Waldorf Bar sighting and anonymous chatter. The columnist and AP monitored the story, but a reliable source says Godfrey will not fire Parker, highlighting the fragility of rumor in media dynamics. Kefauver appears on the New Jersey primary ballot with his name listed alone.
Executors and administrators have filed their final settlements for approval in Hempstead County Arkansas. Names include Gladine B. Morris executrix and Maude H Routon executrix among others. Interested parties must file objections within sixty days from filing dates in March 1956 to April 6 1958 or be barred from contest.
Legal notice warns Dorothy Staggers to appear in Hempstead County Arkansas chancery court within thirty days to answer Lerone Staggers complaint. Witness Garrett Willis clerk marks the seal on March 21. Publication dates are March 23 30 and April 6 13.
Selma Mitchell Tyus, plaintiff, files suit in Hempstead County Chancery Court against James H Tyus Jr. requiring the defendant to appear within thirty days and answer the complaint. Clerk Garrett Willis notes the dated March 14 1956 with notices published March 16 23 30 and April 6 1956.
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