Murder at Easter Service Shatters Cove Arkansas Church
At Hilltop Holiness Church in Cove Arkansas a 20 year old Helen Griffith was shot four times and died during a Good Friday service. A 61 year old man was wounded in the leg as shots were fired through a church window. A man named Haskell Sullivan 25 a rejected suitor fatally shot himself in Oklahoma after leaving a note claiming he killed Helen. The incident interrupted the service as about 40 adults and children witnessed the chaos.
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Cove
Helen Griffith
Gil
Arkansas
Haskell Sullivan
Nano Chito
Okla
Arkansas-Oklahoma
McCurtain County
Sullivan
J. L. Sullivan
Griffith
Helen
Jesus
Blake
Young
Gene ' Davis
Jin
Walter Manley
Eng
Mystery of Smoking Tree Is Explained
LITTLE ROCK A allergy specialist Dr. Alan G. Cazort explained that the so called smoking mulberry tree emits pollen, not smoke. He noted mulberry pollen has the smallest granules of any known pollen and drifts into the air like smoke, with heavy release during rainy springs.
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Little Rock (A
Little Rock
Alan G. Cazort
United States
Cazort
Arkansas
Alpha T. Wallace Dies at 83 in Saratoga
Alpha T. Wallace aged 83 died Friday morning at his Saratoga home. Survived by wife Sara, four sons William and Carl Wallace of Little Rock, Joe H. Wallace of Texarkana, Jesse T. Wallace of Sacramento, one daughter Emma Wallace, sister Mrs. Robert Burns of Wet Springs, two brothers Sam and Sterling Wallace of Louisiana. Funeral at 2:00 pm Sunday at Saratoga Church of Christ with Rev. Mason Harris. Burial Oakcrest Funeral Home Cemetery in Saratoga.
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Alpha T. Wallace
Saratoga
Sara Wallace
William
Carl Wallace
Little Rock
Joe H. Wallace
Texarkana
Jesse T. Wallace
Sacramento
Calif
Emma Wallace
Robert Burns
Wet Hot Springs
Sam
Sterling Wallace
Louisiana
Saratoga Church of Christ
Mason Harris
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Eisenhower Sees Farm Subsidy Figure Revised as Error
President Eisenhower’s offhand remark claiming half the farmer’s income came from federal subsidy was labeled in error by the White House. Budget officials and senators weighed the farm budget for the coming year, with figures around five billion dollars and direct payments near 1.29 billion as part of overall farm and foreign aid expenditures. Senator Morse criticized the president for his frequent misstatements.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
United States
Benson
Benscn
Sen
Thye
R-Minn
Senate
Morse
No Nuclear Work for German Scientists
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said German nuclear scientists will not be asked to develop atomic weapons. He left open the possibility of obtaining such arms from other nations as part of the ongoing debate over West Germany arming itself.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Rainy weather drifts across nation ahead of Easter
Pre Easter shoppers faced more rainfall as a storm belt spanned from the Dakotas into western Texas. Severe thunderstorms rattled South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and northern Oklahoma with hail and strong winds in spots. Rain totals exceeded an inch in six hours in parts of South Dakota and Oklahoma while light rain spread from Pennsylvania to the Northeast.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Texas
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Mrs. J. K. Kennedy Dies Here Friday
Mrs. J. K. Kennedy died Friday morning at her grandson David Sinyard’s home in Hope. Survivors include three sons Tom Kennedy of Nashville John Kennedy of Hope and Homer Kennedy of Brea California and one sister Stella McDaniel of Minden Louisiana. The body remains at Oakcrest Funeral Home until Sunday at 1 pm. Burial will be at 2 pm at Newhope Church eight miles south of Hope on the Patmos road.
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J. K. Kennedy
David Sinyard
Hope
Tom, Kennedy
Nashville
John of
Homer Kennedy
Brea
Calif
Stella McDaniel
Minden
Oakcrest
Newhope Church
Patmos Road
Congress in Recess for Holidays Ends Holiday Session
Congress adjourned for an Easter recess after a bitter fight over 275 million dollars in public assistance funds. The Senate won on one point regarding administrative cost limits, while the House blocked other items. The bill sent to President Eisenhower included 45 million for small business loans, with farm ownership, disaster, and drought measures omitted for later consideration.
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Washington
Congress
D. Forelief
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Ladon B. Johnson
Texas
Welfare ‘Department
Aber
Hit by Officer Damages Awarded
Crane Walker a 19 year old University of Arkansas student from Hot Springs won 500 dollars in circuit court damages against Little Rock Patrolman Yerble Ory. Walker alleged Ory struck him during a July 3 traffic arrest while Ory claimed the student made a threatening gesture. Walker had been acquitted of the traffic charge months earlier.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Crane Walker
Hot Springs
Yerble Ory
Walker
Ory
Christians to Celebrate Easter Sunday Worldwide
The world observes Easter with churches filled from Jerusalem to Rome as Pope Pius XI broadcasts his Easter message in 28 languages via 14 networks. In the United States sunrise services unfold from Walter Reed to Arlington Cemetery, with Eisenhower family among attendees and government officials delivering prayers.
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Eltes
Old Jerusalem
Middle East
Rome
Pius XI
Europe
Vatican Radio
United States
Eisenhower
Augusta
Washington
Walter *Reed Army, Medical. Center
Arlington National, Cemetery
NBC
Arthur Summerfield
Ike Holds to Budget Plan Despite Proposed Cut
President Eisenhower sticks to his spending plan as Congress faces calls for cuts. He had proposed a nearly two billion dollar reduction, but his latest message suggests only 1.8 billion in possible cuts, largely from the 14% billion not needed for 1958 spending. The administration argues the figures reflect arithmetic, not a contradiction, keeping the 1958 budget near a peacetime record.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Fisga
Sniper Fire Injures Three Children in Denison
In Denison Texas a sniper fired from a car at a housing development injuring three youths: Arthur Gable fourteen Rubio Ricks sixteen and Harry Sam Ricks thirteen. They suffered non life threatening pellet wounds to arms legs and body and were treated at a local hospital. Authorities label the event part of a new wave of demonstrations linked to a racial incident.
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Denison
Tex
AHA
Younge Neo Frees
Arthur Gable
Rubio Ricks
Harry Sam Ricks
Caes
Boys Rescued After Snowbound Trek Above Sierra Madre
About 159 Boy Scouts and leaders were cut off on the 65 mile Silver Moccasin hike from Sierra Madre to Big Pines by five feet of new snow ice and fog atop Mt Baden Powell. Rescue crews reached the marooned group at 8600 feet after a severe weather front. Denis Swingle and David Letelmant both 13 from Lynwood Calif were frostbitten along with several others. Three deputies aiding the operation also suffered frostbite.
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Wrightwood Calif
Soume
Fron
Baden
Sheriff's Posse
Ieastawo
Denis Swingle
David Letelnant
Lynwood
Alif
Pietgher
Scout ‘Movement
Sierra Madre
Big Pines
Burglars Slain in Chicago Store by Police
Three burglars were killed in a brief gunfight with Chicago police detectives in the credit department of a State Street department store. Seven detectives had concealed themselves on the 11th floor as the men tried to force a safe, opening fire when ordered to surrender. All three burglars died. no officers were hurt. Suspects were identified as Jimmy Rentner, 30, James Wulf, 28, and James Bertimio, with Bertimio reportedly carrying a portable radio.
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Chicago
Credit Department
State Street
James J. Lynch
Lynch
PooHee
Mande Brothers
Loop
Jimmy Rentner
James Wulf
James Bertimio
Bertimio
James O'Neil
O'Neill
City Manager questions answered for Hope voters
Local readers learn how a city manager form would operate including possible dismissals, officer retention, and electoral procedures. It explains that managers cannot form political machines, that elected offices stay, and how citizens can place a candidate on the ballot by securing fifty voter signatures before filing with the City Clerk.
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Tnanager
Council
Jefficiency
Securit
Cincinnati
Tetersboro
New Jersey
California
Maine
Texas
Memphis to Erect Crump Statue at Overton Park Entrance
Workers finish the pedestal for a bronze statue of Edward Hull Crump to stand at an Overton Park entrance. The 5 foot base sits on an 80 ton granite slab, funded by 1,480 citizens at a total cost of 85000 dollars, with dedication ceremonies planned for Sunday.
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Memphis
Woarkmen
EE. H
Ross
Crump
Moygow
Overton Park
Edward Hull Crump
Former Hope resident dies at 73 in Texarkana
Pan Bowden, 73, of Texarkana and formerly of Hope, died this morning at 10 o clock. Survivors include his wife, three daughters, Mrs Hannah of Little Reel, Mrs Purtle Widlis of Texarkana, Mrs Royle Anderson of Houston, Tegasi, and a son, James Bowden of Dallas. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Pan Bowden
Texarkana
Hope
Rr. Hannah
Little Reel
Purtle
Widlis
Royle
Anderson
Houston
Tegasi
James Bowden
Pallas
Cancer Drive in Hempstead Gets Started
The Hempstead cancer drive begins with Jim Cole as chairman and a $24 contribution from the larger committee. Ward workers canvass house to house in the county except Columbus, soliciting in business districts, urging rapid completion of the quota of RN15N5. The American Society reports 13,977 patients hospitalized or under domiciliary care in 1956, not counting dressings or supplies from local committees. Leaflets list seven danger signals and urge checks with a family doctor to fight cancer.
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Cole
Hiftts
WO Indies
Columbus
American Society
Hempstead County
Jim Cole County Charitat
State Hospital to Exit Hog Farming Venture
The State Hospital Board of Control voted to end hog farming at the Benson unit, citing annual losses of about 3500 to 5000 dollars. Olen Fullerton was appointed to the board replacing Mrs. Joe C. Hardin, who served seven years as secretary, with Sam G. Harris elected secretary.
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Little Rock
State Hospital Board
Olen Fullerton
Morriston
Fullerton
Joe C. Hardin
Hardin
Arkansas Highway Commission
Sid McMath
Sam G. Harris
Benson
Bert Clayton
A. C. Yoapp
Department Store Sales Rise in Eighth District
The St. Louis Federal Reserve reports last week department store sales in the Eighth District were 9 percent higher than the corresponding week from last year. Memphis led with a 12 percent gain, St. Louis up 9, Louisville 1, and eight smaller district cities up 5. Over the past four weeks district sales rose 2 percent year over year despite declines in Louisville and site Rock.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve District
Memphis
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Louisville
Rock
Braniff Liner Lands Safely at Dallas
A Braniff Airways Conair 440 with 41 aboard landed safely at Dallas Love Field after nose gear jammed on takeoff from Oklahoma City en route to Kansas City. Passengers reported injuries but all survived as the plane skidded to a halt. Captain Mittendorf and hostess Susie Brock expressed relief and passengers praised the emergency landing.
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Dallas
Tex
Braniff Airways
R. O. Mittendorf
Susie Brock
Bert Hathaway
Oklahoma City
Corpus Christ
San Antonio
Kansas City
Mietendorf
Braniff
Will Rogers Field
Mittendorf
Love Field
Senator Can't Repay Cash He Didn’t Use
Washington senator complains about new Treasury rules on unspent stationery funds. He notes prior years’ returns totaling 5 786 57 and seeks a fix from the Comptroller General after being told funds must be spent or taxed. He proposes options to avoid penalties including buying unused items or directing funds to political use while railing at the rule.
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Washngton
Seni
Hanis
Treasury
Williams
Delaware
Senate
Campbell
Republican National Committee
Clarendon to Get New Factory Plant
Clarendon Industrial Development Corp will build a factory for Stoddard Manufacturing Co of Chicago. Harry B. McCabe said Stoddard will locate a plant in Clarendon under a 20 year lease. The dairy supplies and industrial processing equipment maker plans jobs for about 300 workers with construction to begin next month.
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Clarendon
Clarendon Industrial Development Corp
Stoddard Manufactureing Co
Chicago
Harry B. McCabe
Stoddard
McGabe
Weather Outlook for Arkansas Tonight
Shundyss storms move west and north portions tonight with scattered activity. Otherwise expect considerable cloudiness and a slow temperature change through Sunday with unsettled conditions across the state. Continuous updates will follow as the weather system evolves.
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Arkansas
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