Witnesses Fail to Appear in Uniform Buying Probe
Senate Investigation of graft in Army uniform purchases stalled as two key witnesses Jack Schwartz and Attillo Musto failed to appear. Subcommittee leader Senator McClellan warned of contempt and possible resumption with other witnesses. The probe centers on bonds bought in names of Schwartz, Musto, and Abrams, with potential payoffs to Army officials and tax evasion schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Kelly Washington
Senate
Chirman
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Jack Schwartz
Attillo Music
New York
Ihei
Joseph
Joys)brams
Abrams
Schwartz
Mart Valet
Great Neck Road
Great Neck
Musto
Altillo Fashions, Inc
57Th St
Brooklyn
Sgcess
Washington
Joseph Joey Abrams
Atillio Musto
MecCieran
Nathan Rosen
Brooklyn, N.Y
Rosen
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Buchanan Foundation Grants
The Texas Supreme Court approved a $400,000 grant to the University of Arkansas and a $500,000 grant to the University of Texas from the William Buchanan Foundation. It also allowed a $1,600,000 trust fund allocation for charitable work in Bowie County and nearby areas. The case centered on whether funds must be used solely in Bowie and adjacent counties or if trustees may exercise discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
University of Arkansas Today
G. Grant
William Buchanan
Texas Supreme Court
Texas High Court
Bowie County
Texas
University of Texas
Buchannan
Buchanan
Texarkana
Rairoad
N. L. Dalby
102Nd District Court
Bowie
6Th Judicial District & of Civil Appeals
Ie Judicial District Court of Civil Apeals
Supreme Court
Texas Attorney General
Buchanan Foundation
Foreign student Afif Srouji speaks at Hope Kiwanis
Afif Srouji, a 23 year old Nazarath Israel student and Ouachita College freshman, addressed Hope Kiwanis about Middle East customs and religion. He outlined plans to study three more years at Ouachita then medical school in the United States before returning to Nazareth. He noted Nazareth’s five doctors serving 22 000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afif S. Srouji
S. Screw-gee
Nazareth
Israel
Hope Kiwanis Club
F. C. Crow
Young Srouji
Ouachita College
Arkadelphia
Middle East
Lfe
United States
Ouachita
Jesus
Jane McAlister
Henderson State Teachers College
Roy Taylor
Hope
ESD Decisions Reflect Policy of Union Head
Arkansas Employment Security Division aligns with AFL CIO policy, with ties to union leadership. Desegregation orders extend to the Little Rock ESD office by April 23, amid NAACP pressure and Governor Faubus backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Speela
Arkansas Employment Security Division
State Labor Department
Aflcio
Afl-Cio
ESD
James L. Bland
Capitol Transit Co
Clyde
Beryl
Union Locals
Citizens Coach Co
North Little Rock
Froam
National Assciation For the Advancement of Colored People
Faubus
Wld
Third
Center Streets
ESD Srafé
Afe-Cios
CIO
NAACP
Engineers approve two Arkansas hydroelectric flood control projects
Army engineers endorsed Greers Ferry on Little Red River near Heber Springs and Beaver Dam on White River in Arkansas as feasible and economically justified. Each would cost about 43 million dollars with a planned capacity of 32 000 kilowatts. Congressmen Mills and Wrimble said they will push for funding though no money was allocated in Eisenhower budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arkansas
Army
Greets Ferry
Little Red River
Heber Springs
Beaver Dam
White River
Reps
Mills
Wrimble
Congress
Eisenhower
Budget Bureau
Greers’Ferry
Rail per mile railroad tax in Arkansas lower than six southwest states
Frisco and Kansas City Southern challenge tax assessments before the Arkansas Public Service Commission in Pulaski County. Peter J. Ward testified the Arkansas per mile track value is lower on average than six nearby states, while PSC figures show Arkansas paying about half as much per mile as others. Ward noted states use different assessment factors and that Arkansas set a higher unit value for railroad property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Frisco
Pulaski
Kansas City Southern
State Public Service Commission
Peter J. Ward
PSC
John R. Thompson
Thompson
Ward
Arkansas Psc
World of Today Offers Nonstop Buzz and Bahamas Quest
HAL BOYLE notes how modern life swims with activity leaving little spare time. He recalls a Maine farmer who visits Boston then returns, declaring he still cannot grasp the city. The Bahamas offer richness beyond Nassau, with Eleuthera island as a vivid example of a colorful, sprawling archipelago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Bahamasa
Maine
Boston
Ezra
Bahamas
Nassau
Nassa
New York City
Miami
Los Angeles
America
Thequoise
Eleuthera
Talent Night Showcases Youth Acts At Local School
Dozens of Garland and Windsor students perform in a PTA sponsored talent night on April 12 at the school. The Brookwood Rhythm Band and Drum Major Robin Bressler headline, with soloists and glee clubs from junior high and Hope High School offering dances, songs, and instrumental pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Sue Parsons
Betty Lynn Munn
Ruth Ann Wiley
Beth Lawrence
Cecila Delaney
Sandra Gibson
Gail Hartsfield
Jayilee McCellan
Ann Mitchell
Rebecca Sue Ponder
Phyllis Vines
Michael Atkins
Larry Brown
Buddy Burke
Grant Byars
David Byrd
Mike Dillard
Sidney Hollis
David Jones
Jerry Monroe
Allen Monts
Remmel Munn
Jerry Don Still
Mark Verh
Drigo
Glee Club
Peggy Martin
Dorothy Ball
Marguerite Ellis
Janet Roberts
Margie Watson
Shirley Ann Beasley
Linda Thrash
Ariene Rogers
Della Jane Lamb
Sara Mack Cox
Paulette Stewart
Shirley Allen
Betty Low Hart
Ruth Marie Gilbert
Sandra Sharron Russell
Shirley Sundberg
Martha’ Nell Biddie
Myra Elizabeth Cox
Belle Peace
Bonnie Jean Clark
Louise Lively
Carolyn Flowers
Judy Daniels
Wava Lea Hones
Brenda Kay Vickers
Barpars Ann Maxwell
Sharon House
Norma Jean McCorkle
Cecilia Ann Cox
Ann Roach
Kay Downing
Pat Valentine
Barbara Barrong
Lurlene Se Well
Barbara Vestal
Kay Burke
Becky O'Dell
Wanda Youngblood
Marilyn Shields
Julia Peck
Lagreta Barrong
Judy Keeley
Hope High School
Negotiations break off in Lion Oil strike talks
Union Local 381 of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Lion Oil refinery officials ended discussions yesterday after Lion rejected a 12 cent per hour wage increase. The union, on strike since March 2, had refused the offer and talks had only briefly resumed last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado, Im
Lion Oil
Lion
Lian
International Union of Operation Engineers
Watermelon and cucumber seed trials boost Arkansas varieties
Hempstead County farmers face frost risk while adopting University of Arkansas trials on disease resistant melons cucumbers and cantaloupes. County Agent Oliver Adams highlights Charleston Gray Congo Whitehead Whitehope Black Diamond and 4-H seed lots amid wilt anthracnose outbreaks and trials at Hope Experiment Station with demonstrations across farms this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Oliver L. Adams
DeAnn
Guernsey
Adams
University of Arkansas
Cecil Biltle
Pratt and Truck Branch
Hope
Hempstead County
Agenit Adams
Arkansas
Charleston
USDA
Hope Experiment Station
Adkins Joins W. R. Stephens firm in Arkansas gas role
Former Gov. Homer M. Adkins has joined the W. R. Stephens Investment Company and says he has worked on bond issues and other services for about 18 months. He commutes between Malvern and Little Rock, keeps an office in the Stephens building, and notes his salary is a private matter. The firm helped acquire majority stock of Ark La Gas in 1954, enabling rate increases and a quarterly dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
W. R. Stephens Investment Company
Arkansas-Louisiana ‘Gas Company
Malvern
Arkansas
Adkins
Stephens Company
Per
Littl Rock
Stephens
Capitol Avenue
Sid McMath
Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Ark-La
American Stock Exchange
Cities Service
May Balk on Paying Back Social Security Taxes
In Little Rock the Highway Commission seeks another Attorney General opinion on the legality of an agreement with the Federal Social Security Administration. The plan set an effective date of January 1955 for Social Security coverage for highway department employees. With the April 27 payment deadline nearing, the Commission faces a potential refusal to transfer about 280,000 dollars from Highway funds to the state treasury to cover the retroactive tax, of which employees owe roughly 140,000 dollars and the department must match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Highway Commissio
Tom Gentry
Kelly Cornett
The
Highway Commission
Social Security
State Treasury
Capitol
Camptroller Cornett
Faubus
J. Wayee Clayton
Hirke
Highway Department
Puge
Lions Club Bulb Sale Aids Blind School
The Lions Club will hold a light bulb sale Monday April 16 at 7 00 p m. Each bag costs 2 00 and contains four 60 watt bulbs four 78 watt bulbs and two 100 watt bulbs The sale funds the Light Conservation Program benefiting visually impaired children glasses are provided free to those unable to pay, financed by the club through the Light Conservation Fund. In March twenty pairs of glasses were fitted to children in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lion's Club
Light Conservation Fund
Negro singer Nat King Cole attacked in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama Nat King Cole, a Negro musician, was attacked on stage by three white segregationists who tried to abduct him. He sustained a slight back injury but finished the show. Police intercepted the assailants who were charged with inciting a riot. three others were booked as accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Nat King Cole
Dixie
Cole
Robert Schwartz
New York
Kenneth Adams
Ie CiLis
Criminal cases slated in Hempstead court yesterday
In Hempstead Circuit Court witnesses testified in White Manufacturing Co vs Consolidated Underwriters. Today’s docket includes State of Arkansas vs Lonnie Ellis for assault with intent to kill after Ellis allegedly shot McKinley Nelson. Chancery Court issued two divorces with custody rulings by Judge James H Phisinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
White Mufacturing Co
Consolidated Underwriters
State of Arkansas
Lonnie Ellis
Ellis
McKinley Nelson
Chancery Court
James H. Phisinton
Sue M. Findley
William Edward Findley
Jewell’ . Wright
Charles Wright
Infant Debra Keith Dies in Hope Hospital
Infant Debra Ann Keith died at a local hospital early today. Survivors include father and mother Mr and Mrs Orland Keith, one sister Sandra and one brother Jerry, grandparents Mr and Mrs Keith of Chillicothe Missouri and Mr and Mrs J B McWilliams of Hope. Funeral services set for 3 PM at Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home Chapel with Bra Wesley Thomason officiating. Burial will be in Shover Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Ann Keith
Orland Keith
Sandra
Jerry
Keith
Chillicothe
J. B. McWilliams
Hopa
Herndon
All Around the Town and The Star at Hope
Hope community notes report AMA editor Miss Jerry Turney selecting the town shop for a May issue article. Mike Kelly owner praises the selection. County Judge race scare after a tractor incident at Memorial Hospital. no injuries. Local updates include Hills, Pete Allen cow sale, McLarty family awards, and Hope Auto dealer success. Plainspoken community bulletin with local names and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neries
Wi Amochean Maschbion Association
Arivle
Jerry Turney
AMA
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Adlai Leads Illinois as Kefauver Out in Primary
Chicago report notes Adlai Stevenson ahead of Estes Kefauver in the Illinois presidential preference primary with Eisenhower leading across the state. Early returns show Eisenhower, Knowland performing strongly, downstate precincts contributing large totals while Kefauver remains far behind. The piece highlights write-in efforts and mixed results across party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gal Bellee
Chicago
Misenehower
Adla E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Estes Kefauver
Aris
Scout Troop 93 Awards Recap From Patmos Area
Scout Troop 93 activities highlighted with multiple recipients earning ranks and badges. Names include Hollis Mack, Bobby Lee Burgard, Ronnie Formby, Felix McGlellan, Billy Dearley, Roy Allison, Sonny Kitcher, Mike Edwards, Mike Galloway, Bert Stacy, Albert Hargis, Rew Morris, and others. Public event notes reference Life Rank and First Class achievements within Troop 62 and associated groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fioncer
Hattie
Scout
Patmos
McDonald
Scou' Hollis
Joe
Mack’ Gybry
Bobby -Lee Burgard
Ronnie Formby
Felix McGlellan
Billy Dearley
Philip’ Ca Stamey
Roy Allison
Sonny Kitcher
Troen
Billy
Ande. Cobb
Mike B
Ne Edwards
Mike’ Galloway
Bert Stacy
Albert Hargis
and. Redd
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Kiwanis
Hempstead Memorial Hopital
Heart Foundation
Lion Strike
Bulletin
United Press
Homer Adkins
W. R. Stephens
Lions Club
Hope Hospital
Cliff Russell
Memorial Hospital
J. Hampton
Galves
Pete Allen
Pete
Route Four
McLartys of
Ford
4 Hope Auto
Pa. Herbert. Rogers
Taddy
Adlai
Bes Ce
Ridghill
Hom
Rew Morris
Is Oy
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