Arkansas School Tax Fight Warns of Budget Disaster
The Legislative Council in Little Rock hears that state commitments to local districts require an extra 6.1 million dollars this year and a 5 million dollar tax boost. A sales tax hike is debated but opposed by Our Daily Bread. experts warn only local property taxes can sustain school salaries amid fiscal strain and potential budget cuts.
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Legislative Council
Little Rock
State Department of Education
Arkansas
Educational High Command
Lee Roy Beasley
L. H. Autry
Mississipppi
Burdette
Autry
Texas
Hope
Liquor People
Ifs
State Department of
Gib Lewis Auto Agency to Rebrand as Gib Win Sales
Gib Lewis announces the auto agency will change its name after January 1 to Gib Win Sales. The move shifts branding while confirming ongoing ownership and operation by Gib Lewis.
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Gib Lewis
Automobile’ Agency
Gibwin Sales
Redistrict Plans Put Tackett Against Senior Colleagues
Arkansas legislative council forwards two redistricting plans to the 1951 legislature reducing seven districts to six. Both schemes force Rep. Boyd Tackett of Nashville to run against a senior colleague for renomination, either against Rep. Oren Harris of El Dorado or Rep. J W Trimble of Berryville, depending on the plan.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Legislative Council
Arkansas
Boyd Tackett
Nashville
Tackett
Oren Harris
el Dorado
Howard
Harris
Union
Trimble
Carroll County
Thel
E. C. Gathings
West Memphis
Wilbur Mills
Kensett
Brooks ‘Hays
W. F. Norrell
Montiectlo
Tree Planting Program Off to Good Start
Hemnstead County tree planting effort led by Chamber of Commerce secretary Mr. Lieblang reports favorable December weather and steady progress since December 5. Fay Hammons operating the machine notes moisture is favorable. total trees planted reach 140,000 with additional counts for Mrs. H.M. Stroud, E. M. Mew Williams, Lloyd Spencer, Mrs. L. A. Keith, Graydon Anthony, Thurston Hulsey, Frank Hill, Gunter Lumber Co, and others. Machines slated to plant for Jay McDowell and J. P. Owen near Clear Lake next week.
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Hemnstead
Lieblang
Chamber of Commercce
Fay Hammons
Hammons
Chamber of Commerce Machine
8.M. Stroud
E. M. Mew Williams
Lloyd Spencer
L. A. Keith
Graydon Anthony
Thurston Hulsey
Washington
Frank Hill
Gunter Lumber Company
Jay McDowell
J. P. Owen
Clear Lake
Mrs. Lou Billingsley Dies Here in Hope
Mrs Lou Briant Billingsley aged 81 died at her home in Hope early today. She taught school here for many years and is survived by three daughters, a granddaughter, a sister, and a brother. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at her home with Rev J M Hamilton officiating, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Lou Briant Billingsley
Hlere
Hope
W. G. McGill
Lewisville
Mary Lou Billingsley
Little Rock
Mamie Briant
C. L. Briant
Ashdown
J. M. Hamilton
Rose Mill
Arkansas Youth Dies in Wreck Near Beckham Louisiana
An 11 year old Arkansas boy Billy Earl Norrell of Crossett was killed in a truck train crash near Beckham Louisiana. Companions Ralph Stanley and Hilly Hiway, also of Crossett, were hurt with Stanley in critical condition. The group rode in a truck at a grade crossing when the Arkansas Louisiana and Missouri train struck.
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Bastrop
Arkansas
Beckham
Billy Earl Norrell
Crossett
Ark
Crassett
Ralph Stanley
Hilly Hiway
Bastrap
Louisiana
Missouri
Beekman
Robert Harp
Norrell
Stanley
Hisaw
Auto Industry to Cut New Car Output
Detroit news reports auto makers plan output cuts at year start due to national emergency. GM Packard Ford and Studebaker announce reductions ranging 20 to 30 percent, idling thousands. layoffs considered temporary as industry shifts to defense work amid material restrictions.
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Detroit
Automotive News
General Motors
Packard
Ford
Studebaker
Linden
N. J
Packard Motor Car Co
Ford Motor Co
Lincoln-Mercury
Metuchen
United States
Studebaker Corp
South Bend
Ind
Telephone Rates at Stuttgart Increased
The Arkansas Public Service Commission authorized a $24,000 yearly increase in Stuttgart local telephone rates. Southwestern States Telephone began temporary collection with a refund bond. Stuttgart protested but withdrew. The commission made the rates permanent.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Stuttgart
Southwestern States Telephone Company
Strength Is Key to Peace Speaker Rayburn Speech
In Sanhora Texas Speaker Sam Rayburn asserts the United States must become so strong that enemies fear attack, pledging cost disregard while speaking at Bonham’s ground-breaking for a $470,000 low rent housing project. He adds that leaders are all trying to bring world peace.
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Sanhora
Tex
United States
Sam Rayburn
U. S
Rayburn
Bonham
Plan to Revise Jury Selection in Arkansas Counties
Little Rock reports a state legislator plans reform of jury selection laws after charges of jury fixing. Proposals include making jury fixing a felony, limiting jurors per term, restricting bystanders, rotating card draws, and a three member jury commission with fixed civilian representation. Arkansas Legislative Council to study corrective legislation. other ideas include trimming Highway Commission and possible emergency sales tax for schools.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Legislative Council
Purlfoy
Purifoy
Jack Clark
Miller County
Highway Commission
Ile
Former Athlete to Direct Church Services at Hope Festival
The Rev. Jack Robinson, a three time All-Conference Southwestern Conference basketball star, All-American in 1946 and 1948, and 1948 Olympic team member, will lead a weekend festival sponsored by the Youth of the First Baptist Church of Hope. Beginning tonight at 7:30 he will speak at Saturday night and both Sunday services.
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Jack Robinson
First Baptist Church
Hope
U S Should Use Sabotage Says Wiley
Senator Wiley urged the United States to supply arms, sabotage materials, money and support to underground groups inside Russia and Communist satellites. He called for a world revolutionary program modeled on the Cominform, saying the cost would be small next to current defense outlays. The proposal would need no new legislation, he claimed.
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Edwin
Harkinson
Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
United States
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
China
Congress
Wisconsin
Communist International
Truman
Businesses to Close on New Years Day in Hope
J J Virblong Hope Chamber of Commerce manager said some stores will remain open on New Years Day including Sears Way Groceries barber shops foundries cleaners and service stations. All other businesses will close. The Postatrice will not make rural or city deliveries and will provide no winter services. One delivery will be made in the business district. Stamps available in the lobby and mail will be dispatched and placed in boxes as usual.
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Sears Way
Hope
J. J. Virblong
Chamber of Commerce
James 1 Logan Pulpit Sunday at First Presbyterian
Logan Pulpit will preach at the First Presbyterian Church Hope on Sunday during the morning worship service. He previously served as supply pastor for the church during June July and August of the past year.
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James 1
Logen, Minnister
Austin Theological Seminary
Austin
Texas
First Presbyterian Church
Logan
U S and Russia Near End of Japansese Peace Treaty Split
Washington reports a final split over a Japanese peace treaty between the United States and Russia, with notes released detailing key points of contention. The U S rejects a Russian veto, proceeds without Communist China, and seeks inclusive defense plans for Japan while clarifying Formosa status and postwar arrangements. The exchange began Oct. 26 with U S proposals and Nov. 20 Russian questions. Bangkok's history notes a city built on pontoons and river piles.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
China
Japan
Peiping
United Nations
Formosa
U. S
Cairo
Monson
Korea
U.N
John Foster Dulles
Jacob Malik
Cobalt Central Will Hurt TV Radio Industry
Washington reports the national production authority plans to regulate cobalt sales to conserve the metal for defense use. NPR officials say the move will hit radio and television manufacturers hard and affect civilian products. Cobalt’s unfamiliarity to Americans masks its role in many goods including speaker components.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPR
Government Places Clamp on Loans
The government cuts private loan access as the Federal Reserve orders a $2 billion freeze across 6,885 banks to curb credit growth. The ESA to open 13 regional offices to tackle price and wage problems while the NPA takes control of rubber imports and distribution. The move aims to reduce lending with no immediate rate hikes, shifting to stricter reserve requirements and broader lender restraint.
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Washington
Wee
Federal Reserve Board
Joang
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
National Product Hy
NPA
Federal Reserve
Reserve System
U.S
Ten Pound Weight Loss Lists of America’s Beauties
Saul Pett reports a satirical list by Al Boon naming ten prominent women such as Jane Russell Faye Emerson Tallulah Bankhead Eleanor Steber Anne Jeffreys Eloise McIlhone Frances Langford and Margaret Piazza as the “10 most beautiful if they lost 10 pounds” with advice on reducing specific areas of the body. The piece satirically treats physical changes and beauty standards in a pretense of expert commentary on figure perfection.
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Saul Pett
Hal Boyle
New York
Jane Russell
Denise Darcel
America
al Boon
Earl Carroll
Roon
Jane Ruseeth
Faye Emerson
Tallulah Bankhead
Woist
Eleanor Steber
Anne Jeffreys
Kate
Eloise McIlhone
Frances Langford
Marguerite Piazza
Fragmentary wartime dispatches describe Korean battlefield losses
Readable fragments recount General MacArthur era operations with references to Korea, Yonchon and Yonchon areas, a camouflaged vehicle, and air observers noting Chinese presence. The text notes battalion losses and battlefield observations near Yonchon with limited coherent details.
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General MacArthur
Lee i
Oran
Korea
Yonchon
Churia
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First Presbyterian
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Thailand
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