Refunds Likely for Ark La Gas Customers
About 150 000 Ark La Gas residential customers may receive refunds averaging 6 50 or lower rates on natural gas if a legal action on Arkansas Louisiana rate increase ends. Pulaski Circuit Judge J Mitchell Cockrill will affirm a prior PSC decision granting a 2 654 million annual increase, with refunds totaling 1 1 million to 389 cities and a 830 000 yearly rate cut. Integrated system cities include Little Rock Hot Springs El Dorado Texarkana Pine Bluff North Little Rock Russellville Conway Morristown Hope Malvern and more served by Arkansas Louisiana pipelines.
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Little Rock
Aransas
Louisiana Gas Co
Arkansas
PSC
Hot Springs
el Dorado
Texarkana
Pine Bluff
North Little Rock
Russellille
Conway
Morriston
Hove
Camden
Benton
Magnolia
U S Plans Billion Dollar Boost for Guided Missiles
Secretary of Defense Wilson outlined a request to Congress for a one billion dollar increase in defense spending next year. The plan also seeks nearly two billion more for defense over the current year's 33 billion budget, with about a billion to fund future weapons and the first atomic powered surface ship for the Navy.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Wilson
Congress
Wilson
Mrs. Ollie Robinson 43 Dies in Local Hospital
Ollie Robinson aged 43 of Hope died early Wednesday in a local hospital. She was the wife of Harry Robinson. She leaves her mother Mrs. W. L. Clark, eight sisters, and a brother. Funeral services will be at DeAnn Baptist Church with burial at DeAnn Cemetery. time announced by Herndon Cornelius.
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Ollie Robinson
Hope
Harry Robinson
W. L Clark
Lillie Clark
DeAnn
Neil Buchanan
Prescott
Charles Smith
Burton Stuart
Nashville
Wayward Burke
Wilbur Ross
George Calhoun
Hampton
Troy Butler
Magnolia
Grady Clark
DeAnn Baptist Church
DeAnn Cemetery
Herndon Cornelius
Sign Misspells Christmas Spelling Says He Spells It
Knoxville restaurateur Jimmy Caracostis explains he misspells Christmas on his sign. He says he spells it the way he says it to customers who notice the error.
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Knoxville Tenn
Jimmy Caracostis
Baghdad Pact Protested in Jordan
Amman witnesses large rallies as more than 200 demonstrators press Jordan’s prime minister to vow a nonparticipation in the Baghdad pact. Arab Legion troops deploy tear gas to quell a 400-strong riot against the Western alliance amid six days of unrest.
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Amman
Jordan
Arab Legion
U.S
Jerusalem
Anticipad
560 Persons Due to Die Christmas
The National Safety Council estimated 560 Americans will be killed in traffic accidents during the long Christmas holiday period. The count would set a new record and spans from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. Dec. 24 is usually the deadliest day, with heavy travel for Christmas Eve. The council warns risk rises Friday afternoon and evening as many motorists begin trips.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Youth Center Christmas Formal Announcement
On Friday night December 23 at 8 o'clock the Youth Center hosts its annual Christmas formal inviting all college and high school students from the area. Attendees should bring a small gift valued around 25 cents. Helpers are invited to decorate Friday morning at 10:00.
Cities Give Up on Phone Rate Hike in Arkansas
Seventy seven Arkansas cities dropped their fight against a 2.5 million dollar rate increase granted to Southwestern Bell in 1953. Judge Cockrill dismissed the appeals after Bell’s lawyers and protesters sought affirmation of the order. The rate hike remains in effect.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Pulaski
J. Mitchell Cockrill
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Southwestern Bell
Cockrill
Bell
O. D. Longstreth Jr
Congress
Blake Downie
Congressman Lane Objects to IRS Tax Help Curtailment
Representative Thomas J. Lane of Massachusetts argues against reducing IRS aid in completing income tax returns. He says the average American needs more assistance, not less, to avoid fears of punishment or federal penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas J. Lane
D-Mass
Internal Revenue Service
Lane
Federal Correctional Institution
Hand That Rocks the Cradle Drives Car Design Forward
HAL BOYLE discusses a shift in car design toward feminine preferences led by interior designer Melanie Kahane. The piece notes Mrs. Moneybags now guides purchases and envisions the car as a comfortable, home-like space with domestic touches, signaling a gendered change in the automobile market.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Melanie Kahane
Byrd Attacks Foreign Aid Spending And Debt Help
Sen. Byrd accuses the United States of wasting billions in foreign economic aid. He cites $100 million to Denmark and $200 million to Britain to finance tax cuts, signaling opposition to increased aid spending while supporting military aid at about $3 billion.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Denmark
The
Virginian
Congress
Eisenhower
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
Britain
Thorne Announces Run for Arkansas Attorney General
Thorne a Little Rock attorney and former 1935 Arkansas House speaker enters the Democratic primary for state attorney general on a pro segregation platform. He supports the Virginia plan of segregation and interposition doctrine, claims no ties to segregation groups, and is a native of Poinsett County.
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Little Rock
Harve Thorney
Arkansas
Thorne
State Land Commission
Virginia
Tom Gentry
Gentry
Arkansas House
Poinsett County
University of Arkansas
Arkansas Nonfarm Work Increases in November
The Arkansas Employment Security Division reports non agricultural employment rose about 700 in November to an estimated 320,000, driven by non manufacturing sectors. Manufacturing jobs fell about 400 due to seasonal decline, leaving the November 1955 figure roughly 4,600 higher than November 1954.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Ford to Sell 10 Million Ford Stock Shares
Ford Motor Co plans a public stock issue of 10 200 000 shares, the largest equity offering in history, with voting rights shifting from the Ford family to public investors. The company reports nine month earnings of 12 200 000 and announces a 60 cent quarterly dividend starting 1956.
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Ford
Washington
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Co
Securities & Exchange Commission
Pioneer Auto
SEC
Henry Ford
Dierks Plans Pine Bluff Paper Mill Expansion
Dierks Forests Inc will build a paper mill near Pine Bluff Arkansas producing 150 tons daily and employing over 100 workers. It is the companys first foray into paper manufacturing with construction to begin next spring on a 1460 acre site near the Pine Bluff arsenal. Five buildings totaling 650 by 80 feet will rise on land bought for about 250000 dollars. The mill may produce liner board wrapping paper or bag paper or all three.
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Pine Bluff
Dierks Forests, Inc
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Dierks
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Two Accidents Investigated by Police
State Patrolman Guy Downing investigated two crashes today. At 12 05 a m a Benton Missouri Pacific Train No 2 collision with an Alfred West owned auto at Wildcat Crossing Prescott demolished the car and West was charged with parking on the railway. At about 3 am a truck driven by Earl J Hackett of Indiana was rear ended by Paul Ed Chandler of Centerville Tennessee on Highway 67 three miles south of Prescott. Passenger Bill Staggs of San Antonio Texas was injured and hospitalized.
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Guy Downing
Alfred West
Benton
Missouri Pacific
Wildcat Crossing
Prescott
Downing
West
Earl J. Hackett
Indiana
Paul Ed Chandler
Centerville
Tenn
Highway
Bill Staggs
San Antonio
Texas
Mississippi Rep-elect aims to curb quick marriages
State Rep-elect John Kennedy says he will introduce bills to end migration of couples from Tennessee Alabama and Arkansas to Mississippi for fast marriages. He cites no waiting period no blood test and weak age check and proposes raising license fees from 3 to 5 dollars.
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Jackson
Miss
John Kennedy
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Kennedy
Ford to Sell 10.2 Million Shares and Monitor Price
Ford Motor Co reports assets of 2.483 billion and nine months earnings of 312 million on 1955 sales of 4.043 billion. A public offering of 10.2 million Ford Foundation shares is filed with the SEC, with price to be set later and expected around January 18. Directors declare 60 cent quarterly dividend. capital spending since 1946 cited. New Orleans notes Hancock County oil field discovery with a Pearlinton well yielding gas and oil.
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Washington
Ford Motor Co
Ford Foundation
Securities & Exchange Commission
Ford
Henry Ford
SEC
Marshall R. Young, Sr
Fort Worth
Tex
Hancock County
Pearlington
Miss
City to Give Employees Ten Dollars for Christmas
Hope City Council in its final meeting of the year voted to give every city employee ten dollars for Christmas. The group approved extending a six inch water line about 600 feet to the city limits on Division Street. They tentatively set January 12 for a water district formation related to the Millwood project. The council agreed to pay 250 to each local bank on the Third District Livestock note to cover December payment. Firemen will gain holiday pay under a new Arkansas law. They denied a claim for repair to a television set. Depositions and witnesses costs in the city's federal court suit were approved. Outgoing Mayor John L. Wilson, Police Chief Dean Parsons, and Aldermen Jesse Brown and Mrs. Fred Johnson gave short goodbyes.
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Hope City Council
Division Street
Hope Brick Works
Millwood
First National Bank
Arkansas
John L. Wilson
Dean Parsons
Jesse Brown
Fred Johnson
Low Bid Placed for Storage Building at Little Rock AFB
Nabholz Construction Co of Conway submitted the apparent low bid of 137995 dollars for a one story storage warehouse at the Little Rock Air Force Base. The project will store flagaway kits with spare airplane parts for in flight emergencies.
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Little Rock
Nabholz Construction Co
Conway
Little Rock Air Force Base
Here
Nabholz
Hempstead County deer season totals show illegal killings
Game Warden Earl Barham reports 41 deer killed in Hempstead County during the second season with 38 legal and 3 illegal. First-season totals were 70 legal and 4 illegal, and district bonds purchases exceed 6.6 million dollars, while Hempstead's November sales raise the yearly total to 277,514 on 73 percent of its 330,000 quota.
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Earl Barham
Hempstead
Arkansas
Lafayette County
Howard
Nevada County
Lafay
Ette County
Ouachita
Clark
Little River
Miller
Polk
Union
Pike County
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Constellation Crashes Near Jacksonville Airport Killing 17
An Eastern Airlines Constellation bound from Miami to Boston crashed on approach near Jacksonville killing all 17 aboard. Witnesses said the plane hit a tree and burst into flames as it neared the runway. The crash followed two Florida air disasters in three days.
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Jacksonville
Filia
Eastern Airlines
Miami
Boston
Florida
Air Force
Tampa
Air Force 22
Port Joe
Gulf
C. B
Eastern Air Lines
Washington, D. C
War Eran
Tom McBrien
Leroy Connell
Eden Shakes Up British Government Changes Stir Debate
Prime Minister Eden announced a major reshuffle elevating seven cabinet portfolios, raising one department to Cabinet rank and swapping key posts. Richard Buller becomes government leader of the House, Harold Macmillan moves to the treasury, Selwyn Lloyd takes the Foreign Office, Walter Monckton succeeds in defense, Patrick Buchan-Hepburn becomes works minister, and the pensions ministry is dropped from Cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Cooper
London
Eden
Aother
Sir Anthony
Richard A
Rab" Buller
Exchequer
House of Commons
Harold Macmillan
Butler
Treasury
Selwyn Lloyd
Foreign Office
Macmillan
Walter Monckton
Labor
Lloyd
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
Cormmons
Nigel Birch
Ministry of Pensions
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