28 Apr 1954
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1954
Page
1
HAL BOYLE contemplates whether America is growing more civilized or regressing as crime rates rise relative to population. He weighs progress in charity, hospitals, libraries, and TV against the limits of law obedience and personal liberty, urging a sober look at the nation’s moral progress.
Turke discusses a boom in infant wear with 75 specialized products and a 10,000 outlet survey showing parents pre-buy outfits, favoring colors like paint maize and white over pink and blue. Innovations include shatterproof bottles and acetate fibers for allergic babies, while industry worries grow as children demand casual dungarees threatening proper development.
A fragment describes claims about a soldier named Schine including paying soldiers to clean his rifle, displaying unusual liberties with officers, riding in an Army truck cab on bivouac trips, receiving extended leaves for major holidays, and making frequent external telephone calls from Ft. Dix to a girlfriend. The text notes awareness among Jenkins and Stevens of a special assignment Schine reportedly received at Ft. Dix.
Arkansas races shift with filings for U S Senate and state attorney general as William Henry Price joins John L. McClellan Norman Warnock and James Johnson enter crowded races. Governor Cherry seeks a second term while Conway Senator Guy Jones announces for governor and promises to define issues.
Two children died in separate accidents in Arkansas. Donny Johnson, seven, was fatally struck by a car near his North Little Rock home, according to State Trooper Bill Rideout. Mary Alice Tillman, nine, died in Rogers from burns suffered April 12 when her clothing caught fire from a heater.
Hogs around 8,500 head sold with dull activity and prices down about 23 to 28 cents. Sows mostly 2 lower. Calves and cattle steady to lower with bulls and utility stock easing. Sheep very light, no early sales reported. Strong live cattle demand softer on average with steers and heifers in the 19 to 24 dollar range. cows and bulls mixed.
Market declined sharply in New York with broad selling pressure but paring losses as buying support emerged. Eggs show irregular receipts at wholesale prices largely unchanged. U S large and mediums quoted, with current receipts around 32.5 to 36.50. In Arkansas the Batesville Fioral area market steadier with demand fair, offerings exceeding, trading moderate. fryers and boilers priced around 22 to 23 cents.
Grains recovered from an early slump with soybeans leading the gain while wheat fell due to large supplies and an optimistic 1964 outlook. Wheat closed lower by a half to one cent, corn down about 14 points, oats mixed, and soybeans up. Live poultry prices held steady amid mixed receipts and wholesale butter prices eased slightly.
HYUNITED PRESS reports Haly's industry forms its own standards board to meet decency and church guidelines. In Rome the measure aims to align with government and Roman Catholic Church expectations for impartial reporting. Viet Nam crisis updates from Dien Bien Phu show rebels widening artillery strikes but failing to decisively break French defenses as rain floods trenches and Vietminh broadcasts predict French withdrawal.
Noon, Sir Joe dunt, leader of Britain's Everest expedition, will travel to Moscow in June to lecture Russian mountaineers and diplomats. The trip, arranged by the foreign and war offices, will have him speak at the British embassy, per today’s announcement.
Representative Vorys of Ohio warned in Washington that President Eisenhower's plan to extend one billion dollars in aid to India would face rough handling without a clearer explanation of the need. He argued there is no evident money to pour into countries lacking adequate justification.
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