Witnesses Face Charges in Oregon Court
Portland testimony by George Mintelly could trigger contempt in a state circuit court as he testifies in a federal wiretap case involving Kim Elkins and Raymond Clark. Elkins and Clark face charges for tapping Tom Maloney and others. six people are indicted in a year-long probe into vice and corruption in Portland. The dispute centers on a raid on Clark's home and the legality of tapes seized by the FBI.
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Portland
Ore
George Mintelly
Mintelly
Senate
Washington
Big Kim Elkins
Elkins
Raymond Clark
Tom Maloney
Seattle
Elling
Maloney
Teamster
Potland Dist
Atty
William Lang- Icey
Vice
Miniely
Charles W. Redding
Clark
Redding
Langley
U.S
William East
FBI
Juror Charges Arkansas Judges Association Money Lore
A Pulaski County grand jury member in Little Rock alleges tax money was illegally paid to the Arkansas Judges Association and used for lobbying. Foreman Dan Sprick said a five member committee would be named to investigate after documents from county clerks suggested warrants and claims showing county funds reaching the association.
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Little Rock
Pulaski County
Grand’ Jury
Arkansas County Judges Association
James K. Walls
Dan T. Sprick
Wells
Judges Association
Ouachita
Jefferson,Clark, Garland
Montgomery
Grant Hot Spring
Bradley Craigs
Cleverland
Sprick
Association For
Iig
Grand Jury
Residents Told to File State Income Taxes
LITTLE ROCK a concerted effort will be made to catch people who miss the May 15 deadline for filing state income tax returns. Revenue Commissioner J Orville Cheney said late filers may face penalties of 10 percent for late filing and 25 percent for failing to file at all. Roby Bearden says about 67 000 returns will be filed this year, about 10 000 more than last year, with tax take around 14 300 000 and five million from individuals. new law boosts revenue by about five million for incomes paid in 1958.
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Little Rock
J. Orville
Cheney
Roby Bearden
Atent
General Assembly
Bearden
Flurry denies limits to oil price probe
Horace L. Flurry, long time Justice Department antitrust lawyer, denounces as false a charge he wanted a more limited grand jury probe into oil price boosts. He resigned after clashing with superiors Wallace Kirkpatrick and Worth Rowley. Assistant Attorney General Victor R. Hansen said Flurry was removed for non cooperation. Flurry contends the charge is untrue and argued for a thorough investigation.
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Washington
Horace L. Flurry
Flurry
Justice Departments
Anti-Trust Division
Grand Jury
Adty
Victor R. Hansen
Antitrust Division
Hansen
Wallace Kirkpatrick
Worth Rowley
Market Edges Downward on Mixed Early Trading
New York stock market edged downward on balance in fairly active trading Friday afternoon. Steels motors and some oils advanced while Middle East oil interests fell amid Jordan crisis uncertainty. Bethlehem and Chrysler traded actively after their record earnings reports.
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New York
Middle East
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Brenton McRonald 78 Former City Attorney Dies
Brenton McRonald seventy eight year old former city attorney died at his home yesterday. A University of Arkansas Law School graduate, he also served as city attorney at Clovis New Mexico for several years before moving to Ferndale in 1946 where he resided.
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Brenton,mcronald
Rock
University of Arkansas Law School
Clovis
N. M
Ferndale
A. Aly
Fourteen convicted in Oklahoma liquor case in Tulsa
Tulsa police officials including suspended Commissioner Jay L. Jones and ex-chief Paul Livingston were among 14 men found guilty in a federal trial for plotting to bring liquor into dry Oklahoma. Two defendants were also found guilty of conspiring to sell whisky without proper taxes. Sentencing set for May 3 with bonds at $1,000 each.
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Keith K .King
Tulsa
Okla
Jay L. Jones
Paul ‘J. “Livingston
Oklahoma
U. S
Royce H. Savage
Tulsa Tribune
Nolen Bulloch
Savage
Martin Edwards
John Hood
Arkansan Saved From Death
The Army board of review in Washington set aside a death sentence for Roy T. Dunnahoe 25 of McGehee Ark, upheld a life confinement and dishonorable discharge with forfeiture of pay and allowances. Dunnahoe has been at the U S Disciplinary Barracks since December 1954 after a 1954 court martial in Augsburg Germany for murder by stabbing Wilhelm Sieber. The board affirmed a conviction of unpremeditated murder instead of premeditated murder.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Army Board of Review
Washington
Roy T. Dunnahoe
Rt. 1
McGehee Ark
Post Information Office
Hard Iqkor
Flakkaserne
Augsburg
Germany
Wilhelm Sieber
Munich
Board of Review
Renewed search for missing mother of five in Arkansas
Horatio officers and volunteers planned to resume the hunt for 83 year old Inez Cadsteel, who vanished between 2 and 5 am Tuesday. Sheriff said the search, suspended last night, would restart today as about 200 people combed the area near the west Arkansas town. Cadsteel had been grieving her brother Wayne Hearn's death in a recent auto accident near Texarkana.
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Horatio
Cecil Dillahunty
Payid Castee
Inez
University Building Contract Let in Arkansas
The B Sweetser Construction Co of Fayetteville won the contract to build a university student apartment in Little Rock Arkansas for 618423 dollars. The board chairman Dorado said the bid is favorable as federal estimates reached 907000. Nine bids ranged to 745000. The 100 apartment units will be federally financed and repaid via rentals.
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Little Rock
B. Sweetser Construction Co
Fayetteville
Universit Arkansas
Hetty Yooumi
Dorado
University ~‘Board of
Fistees
Benson Calls for Rehash of Cotton Prices
New Orleans Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson urged revamping the cotton price control law at the 33rd annual American Cotton Shippers Association convention. He warned against complacency amid rising exports and lower carryovers and urged using the coming years to shift toward a program benefiting cotton farmers amid surpluses and changing technology. He cited rising production per worker, higher yields, and a need to rethink price supports and acreage allotments as surpluses shrink. The Cotton Credit Corp. losses from exporting cotton also drew criticism.
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New Orleans
Agriculture
Ezra Benson
Benson
American Cotton Shippers Association
Seil
Bern Fon
United States
Tornadoes and Floods Hit Texas Forcing Evacuations
Dozens of rivers and creeks overflowed across Texas as torrential rains unleashed at least six tornadoes in central and east regions. Five people were injured and property damage exceeded one million dollars. Dallas evacuated 500 to 2,000 families as Trinity River crested near 44 feet. Tyler was hit hardest with schools and hundreds of homes damaged. Killeen and Fort Hood reports of roofs blown off. Hamilton floodwaters washed cars and a building. power and phones failed in Gormanche. High winds and downpours continued across south and central Texas with more flooding expected.
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Dallas
Texas
South
Kennedy
Karnes County
Trinity River
Botom
Trinity
Department of Public Safety
Gomanche
Port Worth
Killeen
Fort Hood
Tex
Officers’ Club
Tyler
Hamilton
Waco
Aluminum Food Containers Planned
Victor Metal Products Corp announces expansion of its Newport New York plant to manufacture what it calls the nation s first aluminum beer and soft drink containers. The Newport plant currently employs about 400 people and the firm expects further job creation though exact numbers were not yet determined.
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Little Rock
Victor Metal Products Corp
Newnpoort
Victor, Muscat of
News York
Yestersday
Newport
R. D. Tiberis
One Killed in Nebraska Tornado Hits Milbord
A tornado struck Milbord Nebraska killing Paul Cast, 76, whose body was found in his farm home wreckage ten miles southwest of town. Sheriff Ray Welch said Cast lived alone. The storm damaged or demolished 75 to 100 homes and businesses in rural areas nearby.
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Milbord
Neb
Nebraska
Paul Cast
Here
Ray Welch
Cast
Memphis Safety Record Broken
Memphis records a fatal traffic accident ending a 65 day safety streak when a moving van struck a man at a bus stop. The victim was identified as John Brown, and the city had touted a 100 deathless days campaign before the incident. The deathless run had been lauded in 1951.
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Memphis
Jon
John ‘Brown
SCC
Equipment Installers Return at Little Rock
Western Electric installers in Arkansas resumed work after a one day suspension following a sympathetic walkout. The dispute stemmed from transfers and involved a Texas employee.
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Little Rock
Azttre
State finances move toward $1 million in local bonds
LITTLE ROCK April 25 The state Board of Finance reports investments in local industrial development bonds nearing $1,000,000. Through April 1 the board held $519,000, with plans to add $600,000 more in two issues for Searcy Industrial Development Coop and the Arkadelphia Tectum project. Other holdings include Helena West Helena Mohawk Rubber, West Memphis United Wood, Van Buren Kay Chair, and Montgomery County Indianapolis Glove bonds, all secured by mortgages and insured for rental payments.
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Little Rock
State Board of Finance
Travearold
A. Storey Dry
Searcy Industrial Development Cooporation
Clary Corporation
Arkadelphia Corporation
Helena-West Helena
Kay Chair Company
Montgomery County Industrial Development Corporation
Indianapolis Glove Company, Inc
Storey
U.18
Arkansas
State Chamber of Commerce
Finance Board
Securities Reserve Fund
Development Finance Corporation
Finance Corporation
Willian Nash
Bitte Boek Alloys Ney
Crump Home in Memphis Sold for Forty Nine Thousand
The two story colonial residence of late Memphis political figure H. H. Crump was sold for 49000 dollars. The buyer is Joseph T. Misoti, an official from a knee cutting firm, and the house dates from 1909. Crump died in 1984 and left the home to his widow and two sons RB. W. Crumper and Robert M. Crump, who inherited it from their mother who died last year.
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Memphis
H. H. Crump
Joseph T. Misoti
Crumip
RB. W. Crumper
Robert IM. Crump
Winners in Flower Show Here Friday
Flower show winners announced sponsored by the Hope Federation of Garden Clubs. Sweepstakes winners include the Tris Club for arrangements and Junior Garden Club for juniors. Numerous classes list Iris, Daffodil, Lilac, Jonquil, Azalea, Gardenia, and Pansy clubs with winners from Oxleyby School, Garland School, Oglesby, and Paisley, among others, with many named participants and judges.
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Hope Federation of Garden Clubs
Tite
Tris Club
Irigs Club
Oxlesby School
A. A Halbert
Iris
Orls
Coy Breeding
J. W.cunningham
Jonquil
Carroll Yocom
Billie Rae Seals
R. L. ‘Branch
Sid ‘Rogers
C. Whittworth
Lloyd ‘Kinard
Mabel Ethridge
Owen Nix
Claud Sutton
A. A. Albritton
Homer Jones
J. V
Moore Jr
Wayne Russell
Guy Downing
A.C. Ball
Wallis’ Monore
George Byrd
Gardenia
P. H
Webb
F. “Baker
WimiCole
Graydon’ Anthony
Roy ‘Stephenson
R.il
Broach
Hendrix Spraggins
Daffodil
Jim LaGrossa
Don Westbrook
Horton Banker
Lynn Harris
Wim O'Neal
Albert Jewell
P. Young Jr
George Prazier
Lloyd Guerin
Rose
Allen
Luck
Imrs. Dodson
Calvin Hare
W. Martin
Kahrey Spates
Carl Zagg
Martin
William Tolleson
Floyd Leverett
Azalea
J. I. Liebling
Oliver Adams
Paisley
Oglesby
Children’s Home Benefactor Dies in Arkansas Probate Filing
Lawrence C. Merritt died March 10 at 81 in Little Rock. He owned a local pawnshop and had business interests in El Paso and Albuquerque. His will names 10 other beneficiaries and the Arkansas Children’s Hospital is the major beneficiary. estate value awaits inventory.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Pulaski
Lawrence C. Merritt
Joan Companies
el Paso
Tex
Albuquerque
N.M
Thomas C. Trimble, Jr
Low Bidder Named for Arkansas River Work at King's Bayou
Fi Yancey B Tuner of Pine Bluff Ark was the apparent low bidder with 48610 for construction of Arkansas River bank stabilization works and pile dike repairs at Kings Bayou Ark the U S Corps of Engineers said yesterday Col M Barschdarl district engineer said the site is 73 miles above the mouth of the Arkansas River at Asine's Bayou Jefferson County Ark
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Vicksburg
Miss
Yancey B. Tuner
Pine Bluff
Ark
King’s Bayou
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Brown Charged With Giving Out Illegal Circulars
Formal charges were filed against J. L. Brown, resident, for unlawfully printing and distributing unsigned political circulars door to door urging Hope voters to oppose the city manager plan. Arrested yesterday, Brown posted $1,000 bond and was questioned after flier distribution before the city election carried 3 to 1.
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J. L. Brown
Focal
C. V. Nunn Jr
Brown Wiis
Hope
Brown
Hempstead
Roads Bureau Okays Fourth L. A. Bridge
The U S Bureau of Public Roads approves preliminary plans for a fourth bridge in Little Rock and a by pass route from near Mablevale on Highway 70 The plan notes several years for actual construction and warns built up areas may alter the route as regions develop The Arkansas Highway Department credits the bureau in the four state interstate progress statement
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Little Rock
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Directo
Herbert Eldrige
Eldridge
Schenke
Ueling
Bureau of Public Roads
Department’s
Mablevale
Angas
OkKlah Lee
A. Schenke
Highway “Department
Reo
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Infant Son of J. E. Burns Dies
Jesse Earl Burns Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Burns of 712 East Division, died in a local hospital. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Holly Grove Cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of Oakcrest Funeral Home.
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Jesse Earl Burns Jr
J. E. Burns
East Division
Holly Grove Cemetery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Little Rock College Names New Dean Nicholas Quick
Dr Nicholas Quick assistant to the press Men of Texas A&M was named dean of Little Rock Junior College last night He will also direct the evening division and assumes duties September 1 following the retirement of Dean Brothers chosen by the Board of Trustees to succeed him at the end of the current school year
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Rock
Nicholas Quick
Men of
Texas A&m
Little Rock
Quick
Board ‘of Trustees
Dean FE
Brothers
Only 7 Governors to Attend Meet
Washington reports that seven of 28 Democratic governors have replied they will attend a party conference here on May 4. Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler invited governors to discuss state and federal problems with congressional leaders. A $100 fundraising dinner will follow to help reduce the party deficit of more than $400,000. Accepted are G. Mennen Williams Michigan, Orville L. Freeman Minnesota, James Blair Jr. Missouri Averell Harriman New York Raymond Gary Oklahoma George M. Leader Pennsylvania and Fane G. Clement Tennessee.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Fay
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
James “Th Blair Jr
Missouri Averell
Harariman
New York
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Fane G. Clement
Tennessee
Scattered showers forecast with storms and mild temps
Scattered showers and focal thunderstorms are expected today with little change in temperatures. The report notes rainfall totals around 13.17 inches at one station and 21.00 inches at another, with the period ending April 13.17.
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St. Michel de Provence
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Mount Palomar
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Commodity Credit Corp
State Capital Bureau
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Children’s Home
Roads Bureau
L. A. Bridge
Little Rock College
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