Debate and freedom of speech in wartime academies
An editor defends broad debate on Red China at West Point and Annapolis, praising Senator Fulbright and President Eisenhower for supporting cadet discussion. The piece argues dissent fuels informed citizens and warns against censorship as a danger to democracy and national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fulbright
West Point
Annapolis
United Nations
Fulbright
Red
China
Preseot Eisenhower
Um N
Reunited With His Dying Son
Fort Thomas Kentucky reported a dramatic family moment as 22 year old airman Sergeant Eugene Keenan flew from Germany to be at his 22 month old son's bedside who is dying of leukemia. Keenan was granted a 30 day emergency leave after appeals by the Red Cross and lawmakers. The baby's mother said the child is responding to treatment but doctors offer little hope.
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Fort Thomas
Eugene P. Keenan
Ord Ayed
Jeukemija
Germany
Gene
Wayne Keenan
Keenan
Hanh Air Forge
Red Cross
Spence
D-Ky
Sen
Clemente
Air Force
Witness Susan Hayes testifies of affair with Dr Sheppard
In Cleveland Susan Hayes testified she had intimate relations with Dr Samuel Sheppard from 1952 to mid 1953. She described gifts and love declarations and said he spoke of divorce from his wife Marilyn as grave trouble loomed. Prosecutors say the physician killed his wife during disputes over affairs.
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Cleveland, D
Susan Hayes
Samuel H. Sheppard
Miss Hayes
Cleveland
Sheppard
Marilyn
Susan
Thomas J. Parringo
Allies See Commie Meet as a Bluff
Berlin reports quote Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl deeming Moscow conference threats to boost a Communist Army as likely bluff. Allied observers in Berlin say West Germany’s rearmament would hinge on ratifying Paris treaties. Western circles see Moscow propaganda aimed at Western parliaments wary of arming West Germany with a half million troops.
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Tom Reedy
Berlin
Germany
Otto Grotewoht
West Germany
Aidl
Givng
County Cotton Acreage Alloted in Hempstead County
Hempstead County allocates 1955 cotton acreage for 11 eligible farms under the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation program. Farmers will receive mail notices of their individual allotments before the December 11 marketing referendum. the national allotment is based on historic county cotton acreage and yields.
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Hempstead
Garland Kidd
Hempstead County
Extension of Draft Seems Inevitable
Edwin B Harkinson reports that four senators agreed the West Congress will extend the draft net with a four year extension of the draft law. A modified universal service plan would balance long and short term draftees, boost pay for longer serving men, and keep the reserve and National Guard framework largely intact. President Eisenhower was expected to present the plan in January State of the Union.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
West Congress
Pentagon
Secretary of ‘Defense
Wilson
Reserve
National Guard
Eisenhawe
Congress
Saldenstall
R-Mass
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennly
Case
Christmas Scarred by Memory and Giftless Hours
HAL BOYLE reflects on Christmas as joy and pain, recalling a frugal childhood with cranberry strings, orange gifts, and nuts from Brazil. He laments grown obligations, seeking the right tribute to a father who shaped his heart, and wonders how to gift a lasting mellow remembrance.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Wal
Brazil
Gonlaued Po
Students Seek Yule Season Work at Hope High
Several Hope High School students seek part time holiday work to earn Christmas money. Anyone with a job opening or potential opening should contact Horace Hubbard at Hope High School.
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Hope High
Horace Hubbard
Hope High School
Health Department Budget Slashed by Arkansas Council
The Arkansas Legislative Council reduced the Health Department budget from 930 470 to 682 000 yearly. The council also cut the State Game and Fish Commission request from 1 606 790 to 1 460 000 and trimmed the State History Commission funding from 22 400 to 17 200.
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Little Rock
Health Department
Arkansas Legislative Council
State
Gone and Fish Commission
State History Commission
Faubus to Keep Out of Move to Fire Eldridge
Governor elect Orval Faubus says he will keep hands off the controversy over State Highway Director Herbert Eldridge. Legislative figures discuss merging the director role with chief engineer, while Eldridge contemplates resignation plans affecting Johnson and the department. Faubus will fill one Arkansas Highway Commission opening and may announce a state education commissioner nominee.
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Little Rock i
Orval Faubus
Herbert Eldridge
Legislative Council
Artie Gregory
Little Red
Reul
Ali E. Johnson
Johnson
Faubus
Arkansas
Eldridge
Arkansas ‘Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Raymond Orr
Fort Smith
Cecil Lynch
Pine
Bluir
Orr
Lynch
Hot Springs
Sam Rayburn
W C Handy Returns to Beale Street Blues Icon Back in Memphis
W C Handy, the veteran blues figure aged about 81, arrived from New York to attend a charity Blues Bowl football game between two high school teams on Beale Street. He plans to perform a brief horn solo despite limited strength after several weeks rest.
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Memphis
Tenn
Beale Street
Wickeness
W. C. Handy
New York
Truck and Auto Collide on South Main Street
A truck driven by Charles S. Justus of Oklahoma City collided with an auto driven by Barbara Griffins of Hope this morning on South Main Street causing considerable damage. Justus was charged with following too closely, according to City police.
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South Main Street
Charles S. Justus
Oklahoma
Barbara Griffins
Hope
Tluse
Justus
Baptists to Hear Special Speakers Dr and Mrs John H Miller
Dr and Mrs John H Miller will be missionary guest speakers at First Baptist Church Wednesday night at 7 45 in the auditorium. Dr Miller is a Camden Arkansas physician and surgeon who has served as a Medical Missionary to China. The Millers travel to learn about foreign lands and assist missionaries adopting countries away from home. A nursery will be provided for small children.
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John H. Miller
First Baptist Church
Miller
Camden
Arkansas
China
Millers
Mexico
Cuba
Former Hope resident dies in Texarkana at 75
Louis Sanders, 75, a former Hope resident and cotton broker who served as president, died Monday night in Texarkana. He is survived by brothers Port Sanders of Texarkana and Omar Sanders of Los Angeles. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Hast Funeral Home in Texarkana.
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Louis Sanders
Hope
Texarkana
Port Sanders
Omar Sanders
Los Angeles
Califo
Hast Feneral
Hope Abandoned: Trapped Miner Rescue Falters After Slide
In Pal-1 South Clair a second rock slide halted efforts to reach Frank Pescavage, 37, of Gilberton, trapped 280 feet underground in an anthracite shaft. Mine officials warn it may take a month to decide if the miner can be reached as crews work around the clock.
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St, Clair
Frank Pescavage
Gilberton
Timothy Ryan
Pescavage
Faint Radio Hint Sparks Missing Plane Search
A faint emergency radio message and a Civil Air Patrol sighting prompted a big search for Northeast Airlines Flight missing since yesterday. Ground and air units converged near Bald Mountain five miles northeast of Berlin Airport, while Air Force officials awaited confirmation of the sighting.
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North Conway
N. H
Northeast’ Airlines
Civil Air. Patrol
Bald Mountain
Berlin
Air Force
Robert L. Turner
Airline
Viee
Meld Hill
Turner
Ark-La Tries to Show Rate Insufficiency in Hearings
In Little Rock Arkansas Louisiana Gas and Electric faces hearings on a permanent 3.054 million dollar annual rate increase. PSC utility director M. J. Michell defended methods used to calculate the proposed rate base, noting he used average monthly balances rather than year end balances during cross examination by counsel P. A. Lasley.
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Littl Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana
Public Service Commission
Michell
PSC
P. A. Lasley
Lasley
Merchants Hold Open House Before Christmas Rush
Merchants plan Thursday night open houses with gifts and specials for the public. No one is required to buy, but shoppers can preview each store’s full merchandise before the Christmas rush. Stores will stay open Thursday nights and also Wednesday through Friday during Christmas week.
Pair Charged With Robbery Makes Bond
Helen Yancy Green 32 and Guy Adams 48 of Texarkana posted 2000 bond each and were released from Hempstead County jail after being charged with robbing a DeKalb Texas man on the Fulton McNab road. Deputy Sheriff Jimmy Cook said the trio began in Texarkana, then headed into Hempstead County, with the trial to be held locally.
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Texarkana
DeKalb, Texas
Fulton-McNab Road
Stead County
Helen ‘Yancy 'Green
Guy Adams
Hall
DeKalb
Adams
Jimmy Cook
Tex
Hempstead County
Final Rites for Thomas P Parsons and Youth Fund Drive
Funeral services for Thomas P Parsons age 84 were announced to be at 2:30 p m Wednesday at Great Faith Church with burial at a local cemetery. The First Christian Church youth fellowship plans a Saturday fundraiser offering jobs from 9 am to 9 pm including miscellaneous tasks to raise money, two McNab Negroes Joe Greathouse and James Greathouse were arrested after a fight and drunkenness charge.
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First. Christian Church
Youth Fellowship
Ike Wabian
Pegareata
Joe
Greathouse
Nash ‘Stanton
Grassy Lake Club
Jimmy
Thomas P [Ecuk
Parsons
Cook
Joe Greathouse
Washington
L. A
We Tits Reese Tenian Church
Great
Sophy
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