New CC Head: Jack Lowe Elected by Hope Chamber Board
Hope Chamber of Commerce directors elected John B. Jack Lowe as resident for 1958, succeeding Ray Turner. Lowe, born in Clark County and educated at Gordon, the University of Texas, and Henderson State Teachers College, later moved to Hope in 1939 and became partner at Hope Builders Supply Co. The board also named Vance Smiley and George Frazier as vice presidents, Frank Douglas treasurer, Leonard Ellis publicity chair, and re-elected B. N. Holt secretary-manager. New full-term members include Gunter, Ellis, Franks, Smith, Moore, Spraggins, with John L. Wilson added to fill Roy Thrash’s unexpired term. Plans were set for the late January annual banquet with Turner as general chairman and Dewey Baker, LaGrone Williams, Jewell Moore Jr., and Lyle Brown in key roles.
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Hope Chamber of Commerce
John B
Jack) Lowe
Fife
Ray Turner
Lowe
Clark County
Gordon
University of Texas
Henderson State Teachers College
Arkadelphia
Hope
Hope Builders Supply Co
First Presbyterian Church
Hope Rhyanls Clib
Southwest Proving Ground
Vance Smiley
George Frazier
Frank Douglas
Leonard Ellis
B. N. Holt
Chamber of Commerce
W.H. Gunter, Jr
Fred Ellis
J. W. Franks
Royce Smith
Jewell Moore, Jr
Hendrix Spraggins
John L. Wilson
Roy Thrash
Dewey Baker
LaGrone Williams
Jewell Moore Jr
Lyle Brown
Kiwanis Hears Value of Game Preserve Near Fulton
Nelson Cox of the Game and Fish Commission tells the Hope Kiwanis Club that the Bois d Arc project near Fulton, encompassing 228 acres, could become a major local and tourist draw. Land costs total $124,000 with plans to add two more tracts. when completed it should benefit Hope economically and recreationally. He cites Arkansas fishing license sales to out of state tourists and the state's 70,000 acres of water as attracting hunters and fisherman, noting 135,000 nonresident license buyers spent about $5 million in-state this year. Guests included Jack Dyer and Gene White among others.
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Bois d'Arc
Fulton
Nelson Cox
Game ‘and Fish Commission
Hope'Kiwanis Club
MyCox
Arkansas
State of
Ouit
Jack Dyer
Life
Rogk
Gane
Tish Commission
Gene White
George Peck
Charles, Harris
Bethel Church Plans Yule Program December 22
A Bethel Church Christmas program is planned for December 22 at the Old Highway 29 site between Clevins and Highway 19. The notice notes a special event with readings and a nylon- themed program.
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Bethel Church
Yule & Program
US nonwhite population grows 19 percent since 1950
Census Bureau estimates a nonwhite population of about 18.8 million in the United States from April 1950 to July 1957, rising nearly 19 percent. The white population grew roughly 17 million, or 13 percent, in the same seven-year span, with nonwhites' share increasing from 10.4 percent to about 12 percent.
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Washington i
United States
Census Bureau
Wnth
Bureau
U.S
Arkansas Safe Cracker Back in Trouble
An Arkansas safecracker, Wilson Woolen of Springs Ark, returned to trouble after an arrest for a September 25 heist in Jackson Tennessee. He drilled a bottling company safe with nitroglycerin, stole about 700 dollars and checks, then disposed of the evidence in his motel room. He complained about hubcaps stolen from his car as police investigated.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Wilson Weolen
Ark
Safecracker
Jackson
Tenn
Safe Blasted
Wooten
Ear
Ilese
Nesseo
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Arkansihs
Menphis
Arkansan
Hungary Accuses Spy for United States in Hungary
Nepaza badsag, the official Communist daily in Budapest, reports a 23 year old student Shad Illessy was given severe punishment for spying for the United States. The paper identifies him as Gabor Illessy son of a rich farmer and a student at Budapest School of Agriculture. It says Col Welwyn Dallam, the U.S. air attache, recruited him and paid him to spy on an airport under construction in a provincial town. No U.S. comment available. Dallam calls the charges utterly ridiculous.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nepazabadsag
Shad
United States
Gabor’ Illessy
Agrus Dent
School of Agriculture
Welwyn Dallam
U.S
Sun Mer
Tlessy
Dallam
Alabama Votes to Abolish Macon County
In Birmingham Alabama voters approved a move to abolish Macon County as part of a state constitutional election. The ballot, amid 25 amendments, reflects Deep South resistance to federal civil rights enforcement and fears of black political gain. White residents faced strong opposition to the measure.
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Alabama
Macon County
Birmingham
Ala
Deep South
Farm program blamed for harming cotton industry says Morse
Secretary Morse argues current laws push farmers to risky practices, shrinking cotton acreage from 3 million to 16 million acres over a decade while synthetic fiber makers expand. He notes foreign cotton growers prosper and warns the U S must restore competitiveness to sustain the cotton industry and jobs.
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Memphis
Morse
American Ensign
Marase
Apparl
Forim
Marae
Launching a Ship Has Moments of Tenseness
HAL BOYLE reports from Pascagoula Mississippi on the dramatic launch of the largest passenger ship yet built in the Deep South. The event featured 80 steady workers and a frightened volunteer who helped tilt the ship into the water at exactly 3 p.m. amid cheers, buck fever, and ritual pins that released the ship from the ways.
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Hal Boyle
Pascagoula
Brasil
Deep South
Moores McCormacl Pets
Abu Alas
Surgery touted as cure for sex offenders in California
The report describes California's experimental program using surgical castration for sex offenders. Court officials note 120 court approved castrations have been considered, with mixed opinions on effectiveness and calls for alternative approaches for first offenders.
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Sam Diego
Calif
Callegfornia
N. Turrentine
Pie
Hov
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Wih
ORH
Associated *Press
Mario Stefanini
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Arkansas urged to attract plants and expand industries
Governor addresses Arkansas State Cooperative Inc. on attracting new industries to the state. He notes rural co-ops investing in the Arkansas Development Finance Corporation and urges support from groups to spur economic growth benefiting citizens and regional business. Rockefeller era plans are referenced as context.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Bleepre Cooperative, Inc
Winthrop Rockefelley
Jésse
Vaubys
Rockefeller
Arkansas Development Finance Corporation
Ifs
Hi State
Pavernor
Arkansas “Industrial Development Commission
Rackefeller
Wa New Industries
Pes
Negro Student Suspended as Los Angeles Crisis Boils
In Little Rock a Negro student was suspended after an incident at Conte Mluh School amid a broader crisis. The suspension, official for three days, followed a cafeteria altercation where a white student allegedly provoked the Black student. The incident comes as integration tests the city under U.S. Army guard protection. Mrs. Bates and NAACP figures deny the circulations alleging sedition and recount prior arrests on her record, while defense centers on minor offenses and recent court matters.
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Little Rock
Ayli Rock
Conte Mluh
Cilzuns Corneil
L. C
Daisy Brites
Suph Virgil
Blosseng
Newry
Boyd
Michnie Brown
New
Pra
Arkansas National Guardsman
Blossom
U.S. Army Wiratroopers
Citizen's Council
Bates
Naational Association For Thas Advancement of
Mre
Black youth admits to 53 burglaries in Jonesboro
A 17 year old Black boy confessed to a string of burglaries including loot from First Baptist Church and a safe at Jonesboro High School. Police say he admitted setting a $5000 fire at Janesboro Lumber Co and burning loot valued over $2000. No charges yet as investigation continues.
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Jonesboro
Arki
Neil McDaniel
Mel Daniel
Pollee
Janesboro Lumber Co
McDaniel
First Baptist Church
Jonesboro High
Meaniel
Nesro
Annual Christmas Theater Party at Swenger Theater
The annual Christmas theater party for Nope and Hempstead County is scheduled for 10 am Saturday at the Swenger Theater. Sponsored by the theater and Hone Kiwanis, admission includes food, with proceeds to Lions Club of Hope for distribution to needy families in the area.
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Nope
Hempstead
Swenger
Hone Kiwanis ‘Club
Lions Club
Hear
British Eyes Fresh Talks With Moscow Amid NATO Debate
London papers weighed European calls for talks with Moscow after the Paris summit. Die Presse of Vienna blasted Eisenhower while The Times stressed a united Atlantic stance and possible renewed diplomacy, noting skeptics doubt a summit without Moscow’s clear intent.
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Tom Ochileter
London
Frnjish News-Pipers Today
NATO
Naw
Russia
Biseshower
Hew
Die Presse
Vienna
Eisenhower
Pals
U.S
the Times
Paris
Her' Ad
Macmillan
Macmilhin Daext
Nyee
Gloria Vanderbilt Sued for $75,000
Gloria Vanderbilt faces a $75,000 suit amid a series of claims including false arrest and rape accusations. The case unfolds as Vanderbilt’s name appears in court records with related remarks about a dissatisfactory trial and ongoing legal action.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Vivredarbitt and
Hertts
Roland Bawson
Ted
Supreme Court
Misa Vanderbilt
Hane Stemney
Hind
Villa Tuener
Bellevue Hospital
Pepal
Missile Test Far Exceeded Expectations At Sea Flight
The Atlas missile flew over 600 miles across the Atlantic on a long-distance test yesterday and reached over 80 miles in altitude. Officials said the flight went faster higher and farther than planned while remaining within a safe recovery zone. No dates or future launch schedule were disclosed.
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Vern
Haughlana
Cape Canavtral
Ila
Ue Atlantic
Donald N. Vulusy
Air Moree Misese
Tole
Defense Department
Wu “Hiltud Orange
Yates
Isay
Arkansas Man Leaps From Fast Train in Columbus
An 84 year old Arkansas man Lennon Kelly of Helena, Arkansas, leaped from a speeding streamliner near Columbus, New Mexico, yesterday. Justice of the Peace Al C. Noble said Mrs. Kelly reported she and her husband had been worried about business and money matters and that he appeared distressed before the plunge.
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Columbus
N.M
Arkansas
Justice of the Peace
al C. Noble
Lennon Kelly
Helena
Avs
Noble
Kelly
Christmas Tree Sale Prompts Holiday Support In Hope
About 125 of 400 Hope Kiwanis Christmas trees remain for sale with proceeds benefiting the Girl Scouts of Hope for cabin repairs at Diary Park. Trees are at the Third and Malin Baptist Church lot or the Checkered Cafe year. Community groups like 4-H and the Lions Club are active with awards, donations, and toy drives as Christmas approaches, while local residents and volunteers coordinate events and fundraising efforts.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Girl Scouts of Hope
Diary Park
Baptist Churchiot
Third and
Malin
U S Wins Major Purpose of Conference
The NATO meeting in Paris reached principle agreement to base missiles in Western Europe as part of a broader disarmament effort. Leaders including Eisenhower and Konrad Adenauer shaped a cautious path toward final approval, with ministers outlining military alignments before heads of government.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
Bea
Eisenhower
NATO
Tee
Tee Why Tude
Klagnnowen
Konrad Adequer
Erhardse
Pite
Hans Christian Hansen
Denmark
Weather Report Summary of Arkansas 24 Hours
Weather data shows 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday with high near 68 and low around 60. Precipitation in December measured 1.30 inches and year rainfall near 69.20 inches. Arkansas forecast cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered showers, cooler nights around 40 to 60, highs 54 to 65 Thursday, varying by region. Central, northeast and southeast Arkansas expect rain tonight and Thursday with occasional drizzle and cooler air moving in. Northwest to west areas report high 60s to 70s with some 40s expected in far north.
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THE
Associated Press
Ari
Jay High
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