Peron Told to Quit Politics or Leave Spain
Argentine ex President Juan Peron faces a Spain ultimatum to quit politics or leave within a month. Spanish government expelled his supporters and prepared a written reply expected from Peron. Peron, 69, is in Torremolinos after a prior return flight to Madrid was ordered back by Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio Moya Madrid
Juan Peron
Retir
Spain
Peron
South America
Manuel Fraga
Peorn
Rio de Janeiro
Argentina
Madrid
Fraga
Torremolinos
Ris
General Confederation of Labor
Quit
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Will Try to Reinsta te Mrs Johnston in Welfare Post
In Arkansas Rep Ben Allen defends Ruth Johnston director of the Child Welfare Division and says he will seek to restore her job in the next legislative session. The Legislative Council recommends elimination of her post and shifts duties to the Family Service Agency. supporters argue she did a good job amid adoption disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ben. Allen
Pulaski County
Ruth Johnston
Legislative Council
Sentences for Espionage Soon
John W. Butenko and Igor A. Ivanov are slated for sentencing December 18 in Newark for conspiring to commit espionage. Butenko, 31, an American engineer, and Ivanov, 34, a Russian chauffeur, face up to death on the espionage count, plus additional terms for unregistered foreign agent violations and other related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
John W. Butenko
Igor A. Ivanov
Butenko
US. Dist
Anthony J. Augelli
Palr
Ivanov
U.S
Soviet Union
Russia
Remembering Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge
A 20th anniversary commemoration of the Ardennes campaign recalls Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe and fellow veterans. Belgian ambassador Louis Cheyven praises the heroes as Pentagon officers watch a WWII film. participants discuss the brutal siege, cold, and the famous “Nuts” reply.
Buddhists Plan Hunger Strike to Topple Premier Huong
Vietnamese Buddhist leaders begin a weekend of fasting and prayers and threaten renewed personal crisis reports to force the resignation of Premier Tran Van Huong. Saigon Buddhist headquarters announces a multi pronged anti government campaign as United States aid rises for South Vietnam’s armed forces and economy. Monk Thick Tinh Khiet, leader of the Buddhists, and aides say a 48 hour hunger strike will be conducted with headquarters opening for continuous round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Arnett
Saigon
Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
Huong
United States
South Viet Nam
Thick Tinh Khiet
Faubus Holds ALC Off of Police Issue
In Little Rock, Gov. Faubus urged the Legislative Council to address State Police funding but the panel held the line. It approved a 1955 56 budget of 2 375 30 for Sea Police, with hints of more money in the regular session. The council cut 224 000 from the Children's Colony budget and kept education TV funding at 275 000 a year. The session adjourned to 10 30 am next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Legislative Council
Orval E. Faubus
Sea Police
Faubus
Children’s Colony
Educational Television Commission
Educational Television Fund
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Publicity and Parks Commission
Parks
Game and Fish Commission
Christmas on Christmas Island and Hawaii Traditions
A reflective look at how Christmas is celebrated in Hawaii and the holiday spirit on Christmas Island. The piece notes Honolulu and other towns decked in festive decor, popular mainland songs and local favorites like Alfred Apaka, and the enduring Christian core rooted in Kawaiahao Church founded in 1820. It links Hawaii’s statehood to a shared Christmas meaning, with Mele Kalikimaki and Me Ka Hauoli Makahiki Hou echoing the same joy as mainland greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christmas Island
Iland
Alma Atkins Drew
Huband
Lloyd Drew
Hawaii
Louis Sutton, Jr
United States
Honolulu
Bing Crosby
Alfred Apaka
Kawaiahao
Westminister Abbey
Nawaii
Christmans
Christ the Lord
Thomas Nickerson
Congress
Weather outlook shows clear to partly cloudy skies
The forecast describes mainly clear to partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change for today and tonight. Highs and lows remain close to current levels across the region as winds stay light.
Farm Workers Covered by S Security
Otis A. Blackwood, social security district manager in Texarkana, explains that farm workers are covered if paid $150+ cash wages in a year or work 20+ days on cash pay basis. Wages may be earned any time in the year, with annual IRS Form 943 reporting and Social Security tax split 3.54 percent by employer and 3.54 percent withheld from wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis A. Blackwood
Texarkana
Mr. Blackwood
District Director of
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
Road control shift proposed from county judges to state
Arkansas legislator Rep. Hayes C. McClerkin would introduce a constitutional amendment to move county road control from county judges to the state Highway Department. The plan abolishes the 3 mill county road tax, imposes a 6 mill statewide tax, increases cities’ share to 3 mills, and aims to expand farm to market roads while easing county financial burdens. Small tax increase expected for state progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
State Highway Department
Hayes C. McClerkin
Miller County
McClerkin
Gov
Orvall
Faubus
Highway Commission
Arkansas
Highway Department
State Rests in Hamburg Murder Case
The state rested its case in the first degree murder trial of James Williams 33 charged in the death of Mrs. Thomas Degges 25 a white housewife found on an old logging road last September She had been raped and beaten to death authorities said Her four year old son said a Negro man abducted her from her house The case may go to the jury today The defense planned to call three or four witnesses The state focused on Williams whereabouts the S shaped wrench near the body and a burn on his abdomen Two witnesses testified the wrench was in Williams possession Earlier witnesses said Mrs Degges ironed at the time of the invasion Dr Lawrence Edwards testified of a healed burn on Williams abdomen the burn eight by four and a half inches Edwards compared it to an iron Williams testified the burn came from a power saw muffler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Ark
API
James Williams
Thomas Degges
Here
Thomas Cashion
Williams
T Hey
Degges
Atlas Centaur rocket test succeeds boosting moon program
The Atlas Centaur stage and a metal mockup of a Surveyor moonship reached a precise 103 mile high circular Earth orbit in a 50 minute burn. The launch from Cape Kennedy marked the third straight Cape success this week and tests hint at a Surveyor landing late next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict Cape Kennedy
Fla
Centaur
Surveyor
Cape Kennedy
Air Force
Hawless
Turn Out for Citizens Meet in Texarkana
About 38 people attended a Texarkana Citizens Council reorganization meeting, a segregationist group. John Galden introduced a speaker as 400 invitations were sent. Richard Morphew of Atlanta, PR director for Citizens Councils of America, said GOP race rhetoric could have altered presidential results, though not certifying Goldwater’s win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Therarkana, Atk
Texarkana Citizens Council
John Galden
Texarkana
Richard J. Morphew
Atlanta
Citizens Councils of America
SSC
Goldwater
Morphew
Texarkana Council
Censorship Fracas Affects U of A Lecture
Fayettville Arkansas AP professor Otlo H Zinke associate physics lecturer refused Thursday night to deliver The Information Theory in Physics to the University Philosophy Club citing censorship as the reason. He stressed meetings open to all students and opposed non public forums needing Facilities Use Committee approval. The dispute followed a prior incident involving a Bulgarian minister. Governor Faubus and Bishop Galloway criticized the university action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville, Ark
University of Arkansas
Otlo H. Zinke
University Philosophy Club
The
Arkansas Traveler
Zinke
Peter Vassilev
Washington
Legation
Bulgaria
James E. Loudermilk
Vassilev
Methodist
Orval E. Faubus
Paul V. Galloway
Loudermilk
Absentee Leaders: Madison and Conway Top Absentee Ballots
In secretary of state returns, Madison County led with about 10.9 percent absentee ballots and Conway at just over 10.7 percent, well above the state average of 5.4. Absentees favored Amendment 55 on casino gambling in Garland County, while most other amendments failed. Madison and Conway absentees backed Amendments 47 and 54, and faubus led Rockefeller among absentee voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Secretary of State
Madison
Conway
Madison County
Conway County
Garland County
Orval EK
Faubus
Winthrop Rockefeller
Perent
McNamara plans major Reserve shakeup amid protests
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara unveils a two year plan to dissolve the 300,000 member Army Reserve, transferring about half to the National Guard and creating a 150,000 reservist pool for emergency mobilization. ROA urges full investigation while critics in Little Rock fear morale decline. Congress signals strong interest as protests echo Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Robert 8
McNamara
Are
National Guard
Pentagon
Regular Army
Reserve Officers Association
ROA
Johnson
Little Rock
Ark
Maupin Cummings
39Th National Guard
Capitol Hill
Congress
Doctor urges Jenkins not to testify in Baker case
Washington AP reports Dr. Leon Yorchelson a psychiatry professor at George Washington University Medical School advised against calling Waller W. Jenkins to testify before the Senate Rules Committee. The physician cited a depressive reaction and vulnerability to stress as Jenkins resumes duties after his holiday in San Juan. The committee had voted to compel Jenkins to testify under oath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Baker
Jordan
FBI
Senate
Jordag
Ellen Rometsch
Washington
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Will
Mrs. Johnston
Perry County
Paul van Dalsem
Johnston
Q. Byrum Hurst
Hat Springs
Allen
Miss Johnstn
John A. Harrel
Child Welfare Division
Miss Johnston
Harrel
Family Service Agency
Welfare Department
Bem Price
Belgium
Bastogne
Anthony C. McAuliffe
Ardennes
George Washington
Association of the United States Army
McAuliffe
Louis Cheyven
New York
01St Airborne
Combat Command B
10Th Armored Division
Robert P. O'Connell
Boston
Bastgne
Stalingrad
ALC
Mary Anita Laseter
Star
S. Security
U of A
Elton C. Fay
Miliary
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