Hope Public Schools Schedule Opening For Fall Term
James H. Jones announces Hope Public Schools will open Tuesday September 6 at 9 00 am. Pre school meetings run Sept 2 and 5 with staff gatherings, grade reports begin Sept 6 for grades 1 3 9 10 and 11 12 while grade 4 6 report Sept 7. All buses will start Sept 6 with a half day through Sept 7 and lunchrooms opening Sept 12.
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James H. Jones
Hope Public Schools
Hope High School
Will V. Rutheford
Blevins Discusses Water System and Chamber Plans
Over 100 residents and traders in Blevins and surrounding territory met at the High School to discuss installing a water and sewerage system organizing a local Chamber of Commerce obtaining a fire truck and attracting industry. Speakers included I J Steed Joe Dildy Jim Dildy and others with a film shown and a follow up meeting set for August 19 to organize the Chamber and elect officers.
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Blevins
Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas Economic Council
Arkansas Power and Light Company
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
I. J. Ste
Local Guardsman Injured in Camp Polk Wreck
Thomas Duckett a National Guard member at Camp Polk Louisiana was injured in an automobile accident. He suffered four broken ribs and was taken to Lake Charles Air Force Hospital for treatment and is expected to be hospitalized for at least two weeks. Duckett resides in Hope Arkansas and was part of the Warren unit.
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Thomas Duckett
National Guard
Camp Polk, la
Lake Charles la. Air Force Hospital
Duckett
Hope
Warren, Ark
Council to Help Pave Hospital Drive
Hope City Council agreed to join with the County to pave a driveway in front of Hempstead County Hospital. The project is on hospital land and not a street. A public hearing will be held after a formal complaint about chicken-yard concerns.
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Hope City
Hempstead County Hospital
A. G. Garret
Herber Rogers
Peaceful India strike leaves 15 dead near Goa border
In Belgaum and Calcutta a general strike continues as eight hundred Indians pursue entry into Portuguese Goa after Monday's killings. The marchers, aiming for the Goa frontier, faced government resistance while India presses to merge the enclaves into the republic.
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Belgaum
India
Goa
Calcutta
Portugal
Pony League Boys Win in State Playoff
Pony League boys clinched a state playoff victory, defeating their opponent to advance. Key players contributed strong hitting and pitching as the team pushed toward the championship round.
Quartet Entertains Kiwanis at Hope Luncheon
Kiwanis club members heard Joe Roper and his Melody Boys Quartet during the Tuesday noon program at Hotel Barlow. Elmer Brown and Royce Wiesenberger organized the event, which drew praise. The quartet is set for Friday at the livestock coliseum as Horace Kennedy’s singing school grows with about 250 singers from Kentucky, Illinois and nearby states.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Joe Roper
Melody Boys
Hotel Barlow
Elmer Brown
Royce Weisenberger
Livestock Coliseum
Horace Kennedy
How To Make More Money Tips From Marvin Small
Washington column reviews Marvin Small's pocket book How To Make More Money 35 cents. He argues success comes from matching needs with solutions, citing Leo Gerstenzang and Q tips and a gawky youth who became a dancer through opportunity.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Marvin Small
Pocket Books
Small
Leo Gerstenzang
Nebraska Prison Riot Ends Peacefully After Trooper Invasion
A 12 hour Nebraskan prison riot at the State Penitentiary ended when armed troopers and National Guardsmen moved in and ordered inmates back to cells. About 225 prisoners had set six shops afire and damaged facilities but no guards were hurt and only three convicts were injured. Governor Victor Anderson credited Warden Bovey for the rapid, lethal threat that deterred further violence. This was the state’s second prison uprising this year following a March siege that lasted 314 days.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Pententiary
Victor Anderson
Joseph Bovey
Gov. Anderson
Bovey
Nebraska
Light year distance fact cited in simple terms
The note states a light year equals about six million miles. It presents a basic astronomical conversion without context to a specific article or event.
Trading Post Lion Station to Open Here
Grand opening of The Trading Post Lion Service Station at Third and Laurel in Hope will be on Aug 18 and 19 announced by Ray Turner and Jim James operators. Purchasers of five gallons or more will receive two pounds of sugar free and free lollipops for children. The modern white stucco station includes two bays rest rooms sales room and office with floodlit drive and pump island. Co managers L K Boyce and Bernice Hopson bring long service station experience. Turner and James have long local ties and operate the Lincoln Mercury dealership. Local officials and Lions Oil representatives plan to attend the grand opening to showcase Lion Gasoline products.
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Trading Post
Lion
Third and
Laurel
Hope
Ray Turner
Jim James
Lion Oil Company
L. K. Boyce
Bernice Hopson
Turner
James
Boy Scouts
Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
The
Woodmen of the World
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Baptist Church
Lion Oil
W. K. O'Leary
Arkansas
al Bing
Little Rock
R. R. Wright
Medical Hearing Blocked by Arkansas Court
Pulaski County chancery court temporarily restrained the Arkansas Medical Board from hearing charges against Dr. James Beckman of Helena. The injunction follows Beckman’s claim that a prior state board cleared him of the same charges in 1938. No hearing date for a permanent injunction was set.
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Little Rockp
Arkansas Medical Board
James Beckman
Helena
Pulaski Chanesry Court
Guy E. Williams
End of Truce Sparks Violence in Buenos Aires Church Row
Disruptions erupted in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Plaza de Mayo as Catholics leaving mass clashed with opponents. Police used fire hoses. several arrests reported. The flare followed a fragile two month truce between the Catholic Church and Peronist regime, with the Radical party pushing to restore church prelates expelled to Rome.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Metropolitan Cathedral
Plaza de Mayo
Avenida Diagonal Notre
Florida Street
Florida
Catholic Church
Peronista
Radical Party
Peron
Congress
Rome
Manuel Tato
Megr
Ramon Novoa
Vatican
Peronistas
Supreme Council
Church tensions flare as Peronist party vows renewed campaign
Buenos Aires reports a move by the Peronist Supreme Council to restart anti church activities after a two month truce. The government tied the revival to an alleged plot to assassinate President Juan D. Peron and other leaders, blaming Catholic nationalists for the unrest and signaling a return to the 1946 political posture.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peronista
Supreme Council
Juan D. Peron
Council
Peronista Party
Peron
Vision study links ancestry to eyesight bias
The Better Vision Institute says people whose grandparents shared a single birthplace tend to be more nearsighted or farsighted than those with grandparents born in distant communities. The finding suggests limited geographic mixing may influence refractive error patterns.
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The
Better Vision Institute
Texarkana Board Rejects NAACP School Integration Request
The Texarkana School Board voted unanimously to keep separate Negro and white schools for the 1955 term. It stated it is studying eventual integration and will publish progress. E Melvin Jones of the NAACP filed the petition earlier this month, with action not public until now.
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Texarkana
Tex
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Texas
E. Melvin Jones
NAACP
Burke to Get Big Welcome at Annapolis
Navy ceremonial transfer of command from Adm. Carney to Adm. Burke held at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. A 17 gun salute marked the first time a new CNO swearing in occurred away from the Washington offices. The ceremony moved from shipboard to the academy steps due to Hurricane Diane.
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Burke
Annapolis
Navy
Robert B. Carney
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Naval Academy
Carney
Washington
Norfx
Odom Dies in Local Hospital At Age 44
Homer D. Odom aged 44 a long time Hempstead resident died in a local hospital Tuesday. He is survived by his wife Lona Mae, two daughters Bobby Nell Frederick and Cozette Odom, a son Brint Odom, four brothers Harvey Dwight Neal Finis, three sisters Pearl Thompson Janie Rounsadale and Annie Boyd. Funeral services set for Thursday 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church of Spring Hill with burial in Evening Shade Cemetery. Masons to conduct graveside rites.
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Homer D. Odom
Hempste
Lona Mae Odom
Bobby Nell Frederick
Ambridge
Cozette Odom
Brint Odom
Spring Hill
Harvey
Hollywood
Calif
Dwight
Chandler
Arizona
Neal
Reseda
Finis
Patmos
Pearl Thompson
Janie Rounsadale
Hope
Annie Boyd
Culver City
Baptist Church of
Carlton Roberts
Internment
Herndon Tornelius
Evening Shade Cemetery
Masons
Eisenhower backs second international atoms for peace meeting
In Geneva AP report, scientists from both sides of the Iron Curtain welcome President Eisenhower’s proposal for a second international atoms for peace conference within two to three years. The Soviet delegation led by D V Skobeltsyn greeted the idea, awaiting fresh Moscow instructions. British French Italian and Indian heads of delegation express gratification, while several scientists favor a U.S. venue with bids from France and Italy.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
D. V. Skobeltsyn
Moscow
Britain
France
Italy
India
United
Pony League Licks Searcy in State Playoff and Local Sports Night
All Around the Town reports the Pony League boys defeated Searcy in the state playoff with new uniforms and pride. The Coliseum heated up as Hershal Martin beat King in a boxing bout, followed by a wild wrestling show. Legionnaires visit Barksdale and Philadelphia this week, plus a Pro Am golf event at Fordyce Country Club from 10:30 to 1. A recruiting drive continues with Sgt Elmer Line visiting Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Community events include an Old Lewisville ice cream and cake supper at 7:30 Thursday and a 36 acre Dykes Springs land proposal at Rocky Mound with park and lake possibilities and a call for public input.
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Pony League
Searcy
Coliseum
Washington
Hershal Martin
King
Legionnaires
Barksdale
Arkadelphia
Fordyce Country Club
Dykes Springs
Rocky Mound
Fair Park
Actor Tells of Red Dealings with Seven Theatrical Figures
George Hall testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee naming seven others he said were part of a Communist cell in the theater. He described party membership from July or August 1939 to 1947 and listed David Cantor Alan Manson John Randolph Sarah Cunningham George Keane Betty Winkler Joshua Shelley Irma Jurist as figures associated with the group. The testimony touched on annual registration while Hall was a party member and his attendance at meetings of the mid branch of the Communist Party.
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Frederick M. Winship
New York
George Hall
Broadway
Drnfte Pas
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hall
Communist
David Cantor
Alan Manson
John Randolph
Sarah Cunningham
Randolf
George Keane
Betty Winkler
Keane
Joshua Shelley
Irma Jurist
Ethoes
United States
Tex
U. S. Army
Compulsory School Attendance Law Informing Arkansas Parents
A notice outlines the 1931 Compulsory School Attendance Law in Arkansas. It requires every parent or guardian to send children ages 15 and under to a public or parochial school, with penalties of arrest and fines up to $10 plus costs for noncompliance.
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Arkansas
Eighteen Girls Vie For Miss Football Title
Eighteen contestants are announced for Miss Football of Hammons Stadium to be crowned Thursday August 18 at 8 p m. The winner receives two season passes for Bee parents and a picture in the annual program. Sponsoring group is the Hope B P W Club. Contestants include Evelyn Adams Alice Anthony Margaret Ann Linda Betts Sue Burke Casson Jane Cooley Marilyn Ward Barbara Guthrie Linda Rae Bert Ginny Herndon Pat Janet McKenzie Marian M Loretta Munn Kay Ray Mary A Rodgers and Judy Watkins.
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Hammons Sadium
Agust
Begi Gold
Hope B&pw Club
Evelyn Irene Adams
Alice Anthony
Margaret Ann
Linda Betts
Sue Burke
Caston
Jane Cooley
Marilyn Wards
Barbara Guthrie
Linda
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Quartet Entertains Kiwanis Group
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Gerstenzang
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