Montgomery Bus Segregation End Despite Warning
Montgomery Alabama ended bus segregation after a Supreme Court ruling though police officials warned of prosecutions for race mixing. Montgomery City Lines ended white and Negro seating, drivers unaware at first, as King Jr voiced hope the boycott would end. An elderly Black woman became the first to ride an unsegregated Montgomery bus, then moved to the back. Continuous service resumed after 5 am CST, with enforcement to follow.
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Montgomry
Ala
Montgomery City Lines Inc
Clyde Sellers
White Citizens Council
Sellers
South Carolina
Montgomery
Alabama
U.S. District Court
Supreme Court
Gilers
Montgomery City Lines
U.S. Supreme Court
Candidate in 2nd Accident Near Hempstead County Judge Race
Clifford Russell, Hempstead County Judge candidate, escaped serious injury when his car left the Washington Highway and crashed into a ditch near city limits. He had been hospital bound a few days earlier after a tractor ran over him and left him using crutches. Officials say the crutches slid as he reached to adjust them, causing the crash. He was not believed seriously hurt in the second accident.
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Clifford Russell
Hempstead
Washington Highway
Russell
Car Crashes Into Yard. Driver Charged With DWI
Last night an auto driven by T. M. Works of Waldron left Highway 67 near city limits and crashed into Fred McElroys yard after crossing shrubs. Police report the driver suffered a finger cut and was charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Highway 67
Fred McElroys
Mouser Cemetery Funds Solicited
Donations are being solicited for cleaning the Mouser Cemetery at Rocky Mound. Interested persons should mail contributions to Mrs Norman Taylor, Hope Route Tro.
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Mouser
Rocky Mound
Norman Taylor
Four Reformatory Youths Recaught Near Mount Pleasant
Four youths escaped from a Tennessee reformatory in Nashville and fled through Arkansas before being arrested in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Identified as Frank Leel 16 Marvin Cox 18 David Watson 17 and Phil Clonts 16, they allegedly stole a car in Nashville then burglarized service stations in Alabama and Mississippi and took a shotgun in Oxford Mississippi and two suitcases in Marks Mississippi before crossing into Texas.
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Mount Pleasant
Tex
Tennessee
Nashville
Arkansas
Jay Maysse
Frank Leel
Marvin Cox
David Watson
Phil Clonts
Alabama
Oxford
Miss
Marks
Texas
Court ruling voids Arkansas bus segregation laws
The U S Supreme Court decision on racial segregation in buses will invalidate two Arkansas laws. The 1937 act on bus seating, amended in 1943, and municipal ordinances face likely repeal. Gov. Faubus and public officials offered mixed reactions as pro integration supporters welcomed the ruling.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
U. S. Supreme Court
Spo
Orval Faubus
Supreme Court
Bunny Bread Introduced in This Area
Ideal Baking Company launched Bunny loaf in Hope and surrounding territory on Monday after tests showed superior freshness flavor texture and taste. John Garvey president announced the product follows a East trip where Bunny bread proved popular with buyers and the company expands to 20 states with Ideal one of three producers distributing it in Arkansas.
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Ideal Baking Company
Hope
Bunny
John Garvey
Ideal
Gospel Singer’s Term Suspended at Kilby Prison
LMA Alabama April sentence suspended for a 1955 kidnapping case. Walter Tidwell, 25, pleaded guilty to kidnapping two other prisoners during a July escape attempt. He faces a long Kilby murder sentence and begins federal probation on release. Orville Grey, 28, formerly of Searcy Arkansas, pleaded innocent to charges in the Kilby escape bid.
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LMA
Ala
Kilby
Daniel H. Thomas
Walter William Tidwell
Suard
Tidwell
Orville Grey
Searcy, Ark
Roy Rogers Float Party to Arrive in Fulton May 4
Scout Executive Art Hughes announced the Roy Rogers float party will arrive in Fulton on Friday May 4 after a one week delay. Chester Anderson said greeting plans will follow, with a motorboat sendoff upstream, a camp site across the levee, a 7 30 p m campfire, and a chicken dinner by Texarkana Fulton scouts. Mayor Cecil Cox and Troop 65 leaders will attend as guests.
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Roy. Rogers
Fulton
Scout
Art Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Chester Anderson
Piney Woods
Rogers Group
Explorer Scouts
Troop 43
Hempstead
Texarkana-Fulton
Cecil Cox
Rogers
R. A. McDerby
Yellow Jacket Boat Company
Denison
New Orleans
Sawmill Destroyed in Camden by Sparks From Dust Pile
An early today fire attributed to sparks from a burning dust pile destroyed the Tate Brothers sawmill at nearby Fairview. Walter Tate, one of the owners, estimated the loss at 35.
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Camden
Tate Brothers
Fairview
Walter Tate
Few Women Admit Vacation Woes Back Home
HAL BOYLE notes travel reveals character on a two week voyage. He argues women often hide a lousy time on expensive trips to avoid neighbors’ judgments while saving face over diets and shipboard meals. The essay explores pride, routine expectations, and the irony of vacation bragging.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Marco Polo
Young Slayer Shows Signs of Remorse After Tragedy
An 11 year old boy who practiced for eight days before shooting and killing his mother father and brother began showing signs of remorse. He realizes the seriousness of his actions and will not attend his family's funeral service at Mansfield Baptist Church. The organ may be installed in time for the afternoon service. He had remained silent during questioning and psychiatrists findings will be released after a 30 day examination ordered by police.
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Norwich
Western Europe applauds Dulles stand on NATO non military role
Paris reports Western European leaders praised Secretary Dulles for urging NATO to expand beyond military tasks. Italian President Gronchi and foreign ministers Lange Beyen Von Brätano Pearson push non military fields. NATO plans to discuss peaceful activities at the May 4 8 foreign ministers meeting in Paris.
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Paris
NATO
John Foster Dulles
New York
Italy
Giovani Gronthi
Halvard Lange
Norway
Johannes Beyen
NATO Council
Granchi
United States
Guetano Martino
Armadillo Burrow Hosts Three Species in Texas
A National Geographic Seeley report notes a Texas armadillo burrow serves as home for the armadillo a rattlesnake and a rabbit illustrating a shared den ecosystem and predator prey dynamics in one site.
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Texas
National Geographic Seeley
Soil Bank Bill Aims to Empower Administration
Washington news notes a $1.2 billion soil bank bill introduced in the House by Chairman Cooley to grant the administration full authority to run the soil bank plan. The measure pairs with an appropriation sought to fund four years of land retirement contracts, long-term tree-planting options, and extended program deadlines through 1959, with discussions of tax cuts also raised at the Republican weekly meeting with President Eisenhower.
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Washington
House
Cooey
House Agriculture Committee
Coley
House Rules Committee
Eisenhower
Cooley
White House
Soil Bank
Coviey
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
GOP
Reds Break with Stalin Era in Khrushchev Speech Fallout
Two months after Khrushchev denounced Stalin, Soviet leaders began a controlled public reveal of his crimes and pursued a new ruling model. Pravda criticized Stalin with vague references as Tiflis saw early open protests by students signaling growing public daring toward the government.
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York
Nikita Khrushchev
Joseph Stalin
U.S.S.R
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Stalin
Khrushchev
Pravda
Tiflis
Dulles says Soviet hold on satellites weakens
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stated Russia’s grip on its satellites appears to be weakening due to shifts in Soviet policy favoring Titoism. He noted some satellites question following Yugoslav leader Tito’s model of a national communist state and outlined NATO’s long term growth aims and Iceland’s strategic role.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Dulles
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Stalin
Paris
NATO
New York
Atlantic
Iceland
Europe
North America
Partres
More Non-farm Work in State
Arkansas added about 4,800 non-farm jobs in March, totaling 315,900 according to the state Employment Security Division. Administrator J. L. Band cites seasonal expansion in food processing as the cause, while factory workers averaged $1.39 per hour, up slightly from February and up 11 cents from March 1955.
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Arkansas
State
ESD
J. L. Band
Chancellor candidate files for Democratic nomination in 7th District
Today Claude Lave El Drado attorney filed as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for 7th District chancellor. The district includes Lafayette Columbia Union Qua Dallas Calhoun counties. Chancellor W A Speer filed for re election.
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Little Rock
Claude
Lave
el Drado
Lafayette
Columbia
Union
Qua
Dallas
Calhoun
W. A. Speer
Assessments in 41 Counties Drop in 1955
Little Rock April special report shows 1955 preliminary property assessments by 41 counties indicate decreases in personal property values though real estate gains appear. PSC Tax Division notes many clerks’ abstracts may be incorrect and are being revised.
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Little Rock
Public Service Commission
PSC
Clay
Sebastian County
Missouri-Arkansas Association of Tax Representatives
Straw Hat week and delays shadow local events
Straw Hat week marks promotions by local merchants on Thursday while the Roy Rogers train trip to Fulton is delayed to Friday May 4. Magnolias flower show is set for Thursday afternoon at the Columbia County Show Grounds. Local Boy Scout activity includes Charleston area names, and the Capital Pride quiz show in Hope airs on KATY Channel 2 with a Hope entrant. Max D. Bolar, US Naval Reserve commander, returns from a Caribbean cruise aboard USS Willett. Dr. Jim McKenzie attends Arkansas Medical meeting in Hope Hempstead County.
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Hope
Max D. Bolar
U. S. Naval Reserve
Caribbean Sea
Willett
Endorsement Lines Stir Philadelphia Voting Debate
In Philadelphia a faction argues over party lines and endorsements. The scene centers on how leaders view votes and the impact of endorsements on the presidential race, amid calls for discipline and strategic positioning.
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Curgenven
Mansfield
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Roy Rogers
West
Eder
By William Spryane
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Kheui
United
Star
Magnolias
Columbia County Show Grounds
Boy Beach Pratayers
Finis Walden
Clyde Coffee
Jerry O'Neal
Mike Snyker
Katy
Channel 2
Bill Davis
Leon Davis
Jim McKenzie
Hite Rock
Arkansas Medical Destaction
Hempstead County
Ernest Fda
Philadelphia
Joseph M
Stevenson
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