Triple Murders in Arkansas Linked to Highway 67
Police suspect a psychopathic killer is targeting victims along U S Highway 67 in Arkansas. The latest victim, a young woman found near Gordon, was shot at close range. two earlier victims include 14 year old Joe King and an unidentified man. Sheriff Hardin and investigators seek clues as fingerprints and laundry marks are checked. Funeral services for King were held as officers pursue leads from the Little Rock Air Force Base.
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Arkansas
Buren Hardin
Clark County
U.S
Gordon
Joe King
Jacksonville
Hardin
M. Holden
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Washington
FBI
Little Rock
Anderson Wnettleship
Tom Gulley
Air Force
James R. King
Gulley
King
Little Rock Air Force Base
Briar
Youngstres
Howard Dishough
Texarkana Judge hears sanity motion in McClanahan case
Clyde McClanahan 31 and co defendant Nathan Coleman 39 face robbery charges for the December 14 liquor store heist on Highway 67. Attorney W S Atkins seeks commitment of McClanahan to a state hospital for observation as insanity defense is prepared. Judge Lyle Brown will rule next week and also sentences Coleman who pleaded guilty.
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Texarkana
Clyde McClanahan
State Hospital
Lyle Brown
W. S. Atkins
Hope
Brown
McClanahan
Nathan Coleman
Coleman
Emmet
Mississippi Penitentiary
Polio Cases Lowest in Arkansas Since 1948
Arkansas health officials report 186 polio cases through week 51 of 1955, the lowest total since 1948. Last year had 364 cases by this date, with 186 cases in all of 1948. No cases were reported in the state last week.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Health Department
Department
Arkansas Racing Commission seeks Gentry for dog racing case
The Arkansas Racing Commission, with a new member, plans to hire Attorney General Tom Gentry to represent the state in court defense of a ruling denying Southland Racing Corp. a permit for a West Memphis dog racing track. The decision followed an appeal to Crittenden Chancery Court.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Racing Commission
Tom Gentry
Southland Racing Corp
West Memphis
Southland
Crittenden Chancery Court
Gentry
Joe E. McKennon
Dumas
Orval Faubus
June Gibson
Dermott
Step up in Far East Predicted by Soviet Leaders
Western diplomats report Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin used speeches in the Supreme Soviet to signal increased Soviet activity in Asia. They stressed anti colonial solidarity with Asian non Communist powers on colonialism, nuclear weapons, and recognition of Communist China, aiming to exploit anti colonial sentiment for strategic gains.
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Moscow
Bulgarin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russia
Asia
Yalta Papers Show Soviet Trickery Amid Wartime Bonds
Newly released Yalta documents indicate Soviet duplicity while allying with the United States and Britain. The papers, from the Roosevelt collection and State Department files, discuss Harriman noting Soviet suspicions and stalled cooperation, Molotov’s China claims, and premeeting oil concessions in Iran.
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Washington
Yalta
State Department
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Averell Harriman
Moscow
Harriman
New York
United States
Soviet Union
Joseph Grew
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
China
Grew
Patrick Hurley
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Russia
Britain
Iran
Hyde Park
Hodges Describes a Radad for Christmas
Gov. Luther Hodges says he received a radad as a Christmas gift. He describes it as pencil sized with snowflake like material inside and explains its use to detect uranium. Reporters questioned the device's purpose and origin.
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Raleigh, N. C
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Problem of How to Stay Alive on New Year's Eve
HAL BOYLE notes the growing danger of New Year celebrations with wilder parties, risky driving, and crowded venues. He urges practical safety advice and likens revelries to battlefield chaos, warning that hospitals fill after midnight.
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Hal Boyle
New York
One Ce Untary
Chinese Blasting Both Ends of Nationalist Isle
Reported from Taipei that Chinese Communists bombarded both ends of the Nationalist island chain in a possible invasion prelude. Heavy air and naval patrols are near Matsu and Kaoteng with skirmishes in the past week and artillery duels at Quemoy. The Reds reportedly fired 700 shells into Quemoy yesterday.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu
Quemoy
Kaoteng
Quemoy Island
Chiang Kaishek
School Head at Hoxie Quits Position
Hoxie School Superintendent K E Vance resigns amid a $3500 shortage in school funds and criticism from Prosecutor W J Arnold over missing records and improper cash advances. Arnold steps from the case. the grand jury may decide on charges. Racial integration and segregation groups fueled the investigation and resignation.
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Walnut Ridge
Hoxie School
K. E. Vance
W. J. Arnold
Arnold
Vance
Lawrence County
Grand Jury
Hoxie
L. R. Howell
Varace
Little Rock
State Comptroller
Arkansas Extended Forecast Through New Year
The forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with minima near 30 to 38 degrees and a southern extreme of 34 to 48. Expect cold conditions through Sunday with a gradual warming afterward. Light precipitation is possible in coastal areas Saturday, with minimal or no precipitation elsewhere.
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Arkansas
Sandsy
Iit
Sees Relief for Small Businesses
Rep Mills of Arkansas predicts Congress will act next year on tax relief for small businesses. He cites potential exemption from certain surtaxes on corporate income as a path to lighter taxes. A Mills led joint subcommittee report urged policies that foster a favorable climate for small and new enterprises.
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Mills
Mills
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Embezzlement Charge F Future Hearing Delayed in Norfolk Case
Miss Minie C. Mangum, 52, a longtime aide at Commonwealth Building & Loan Association, faces embezzlement charges over alleged losses starting around 100000 with potential further irregularities of 500000 across five years. Police court continued the hearing to February 7 as auditors assess missing funds and assets valued at 200000 have been recovered.
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Norfolk
Minie C. Mangum
Commonwealth
Linwood B .Tabb Jr
Max R. Broudy
Mangum
Commonwealth Building & Loan Association
Tabb
Virginia
Portsmouth
Miss. Mangum
Esther M. Cannon
Waukegan
Til
Hope Mayor’s Accomplishments Mark Four-Year Term
John L. Wilson Jr will end his mayoral tenure in Hope in 1955. He highlights key achievements including a $425,000 water and light plant expansion, a full time youth program, downtown street resurfacing at no cost to owners, annual city audit publication, continued blacktopping and graveling, expanded police and fire staffing, early retirement of bonded debt with substantial interest savings, diesel option study for the plant, new water mains and hydrants, flood improvement projects, and council cooperation. He thanks the council, city employees, and pledges support to the incoming administration.
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John L. Wilson Jr
Hope
Water & Light
South Main
South Walnut
South Elm
Wreck Victim to Be Buried at Fordyce
Richard Frank Coleman, 47, died in a highway collision near Hope on Highway 4. Funeral services are set for 1:30 PM Friday at Herndon Cornelius Chapel in Fordyce with burial there. He is survived by two sisters, Edith Wilson of Beaumont and Nellie M. Monore of Houston, and two brothers, Harry Coleman of Longview and Jack Coleman of Temple.
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Fordyce
Richard Frank Coleman
Hope
Herndon Cornelius Furneral
Edith Wilson
Beaumont
Texas
Nellie M. Monore
Houston
Harry Coleman
Longview
Jack Coleman
Temple
Huge Gains in Store Sales
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports district department store sales last week reached record levels for a pre Christmas week, up 27 percent from a year earlier. Gains were led by St. Louis at 34 percent with solid increases in Little Rock Louisville Memphis and eight smaller cities. For the four weeks ending Christmas Eve district sales were 11 percent ahead of 1954.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Little Rock
Ark
Louisville
Governor Sees Prosperity for Arkansas
Governor Orval Faubus forecast continued prosperity and industrial growth for Arkansas in 1956 while urging thrift as revenue improves. He cited farmers outside price support programs and noted gains in schools and agencies if a total program is adopted. He warned against rapid spending and declined to reveal personal plans for 1956.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Presbyterians to Dedicate New Chimes
A Presbyterian church will dedicate a new organ console and chimes with a five o'clock Sunday service. Short talks by James H. Pilkinton Gordon Bayless Crit Stuart Jr and Robert Wilson precede color footage by Jack Lowe of the May 1953 Ground Breaking. Mrs Haskell Jones will sing All Through the Year with a microphone for sanctuary and tower broadcasts.
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Presbyterian Church
James H. Pilkinton
Gordon Bayless
Crit Stuart, Jr
Robert Wilson
Jack Lowe
Haskell Jones
All Around the Town Highlights January 2 Holiday
The city observes a holiday with most stores and offices closed. Schools meet Monday morning and dismiss at noon with regular schedule resuming Tuesday. The Star notes New Memorial Hospital's completion as the year's best development in Hope and Hempstead County. A suggested north side underpass to reach the hospital is proposed. A Paisley fifth grader’s poem appears in Children's Activities. A fire at 603 North Elm Street destroys a couch. The era’s cold snap and a 38 degree high-low from the Experiment Station are reported.
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The
Star
USA
Hope
Hempstead County
Memorial Hospital
Missouri Pacific Railway
Usey
Eisenhower Stands Firm on Foreign Policy
President Eisenhower denounces Khrushchev's claim of interference in Eastern Europe and states the United States will not retreat from its foreign policy. He argues peaceful liberation of captive peoples remains a major goal and rejects Soviet pressure, with Dulles and Hagerty clarifying the stance.
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Wacosr
Fla
Eisenhower
Iznist
Russia
Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
James C. Hagerty
Khrushchev
Pper
Communist Party
Soviet Presidium
John Foster Dulles
East Europe
Ropean Peonies
Dulles
Geneva
Fisenhow
Survivors of Wreck Are Charged Here
Sheriff Jimmy Cook arrested Clyde Reed and Jim Chamberlain of Texarkana on charges of driving while intoxicated. The men were in an accident near Hope Municipal Airport that killed Frank Coleman of Texarkana. Reed and Chamberlain were injured and had been hospitalized before arrest.
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Jimmy Cook
Clyde Reed
Texarkana
Severene
Jim Chamberlain
Frank Coleman
Arkana
Hope Menicipal Airport
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Hot Springs
J. E. MccKennon
Far East
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Gdynia
Nationalist Isle
William Miller
Matsu Island
Roy Phillips
Miss Mangum
Phillips
Cannon
Wilson
Citizens of
Red Bess
Presbyterians
Children’s Activities
Virginia Ellen Church
Paul Church
Mitchell
N. Elm St
Merriman Smith
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