Rural Saratoga rally spurs Hope bid for Coliseum upgrades
Our Daily Bread reports a crowded Saratoga gym during a rural basketball night with Hope hoping to outfit the Livestock Show Coliseum for hoops. The piece notes attendance, local leaders, and a critique of the 1955 Arkansas General Assembly proposals on workers compensation and insurance law changes, urging public input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
RFD
Hope
Livestock Show Coliseum
Hope Girls
Nashville
Blevins
Touke Daseys
Supt. M. H. Peebles
Warmer Is Picture for the Weather
A marked warming continued over the eastern half of the country though northern New England stayed below freezing. The Ohio Valley showed the biggest temperature rises with Columbus at 87 and Indianapolis at 41, up from subzero or near 15 to 23 degrees from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Ohio Valley
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
Boyle on specialists and knowledge limits
Hal Boyle notes that specialization grows as people know more about less, comparing handy men who can fix many problems to experts who know one niche deeply. He questions whether society risks losing broad common sense while praising deep expertise. The piece cites cold weather and varied tasks, ending with a reflection on intellectual division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Ohio Valley
New England
Moe
Jess
Harvard
Gerling
Fire kills ten in Amsterdam tenement so far
A blaze in a two story Amsterdam tenement trapped and killed eleven people including a father and ten children. Oil in a overheated apartment sparked the fire and an oil drum exploded in the cellar at about 12 55 am. Twenty two occupants escaped while neighbors and dogs aided rescue efforts amid sub freezing weather. The fire adds to a week of rising fire toll across six states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Mohawk River
Jsan Rivere
Gigelow-Sanford Carpet Co
Albany
Aiso
Anna Gagliardy
Celia Kosiba
Mary King
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Proclaiming February as American Heart Month in Hope
Mayor John L. Wilson proclaims February as American Heart Month in Hope urging citizens to back the 1955 Heart Fund campaign. He calls on schools churches scientific bodies civic groups businesses and the public to cooperate with heart disease education and prevention efforts. The Arkansas Heart Association affiliate of the American Heart Association backs the aims. The proclamation emphasizes heart disease as the leading cause of death and disability and urges broader public understanding and rehabilitation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bett
Arkansas Heart Association
American Heart Association
John L. Wilson
Hope
City of Hope
John L, Wilson
Miller says 22 subscribers are eavesdroppers
Springfield tle report quotes Miller, president of a rural telephone company, noting 22 subscribers on his own party line and declaring they are all eavesdroppers. When asked what happens when he picks up his phone, he says in hour 22 clicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Miller
Power Fuss Seems Settled Peaceably
A legislative brawl over a 90,000 kilowatt cooperative power plant ends in a peaceful compromise. Amendments define which agencies can buy surplus power and keep cooperatives nominally regulated by the Public Service Commission. The deal aims to limit private utility raids while preserving construction feasibility and future power sales to the federal agency and other buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkassas
Compine of Electrical Co
Arkansas State Electrical Co-operativs
Arkansas Powr & Light Co
State ‘Public Service “Commission
Ap&l Board
C. Hamilton Moses
Senate Public Service Corporations Committee
General, Assembly
Moses
Federal
Southwestern Power Administration
John R. Thompson
House
SPA
J. O. Porter
Mulberry
Senate
Reth Thomson
Ap&l
Presid
R. E. Ruehle
Newport
House Acts to Strengthen Demo Primaries
Arkansas House passed a measure to require independents seeking state office to file petitions signed by 15 percent of qualified electors in the relevant party’s primary area. About 90,000 signatures would be needed in 36 days after the final Democratic primary, with municipal elections exempt. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Paul Van Dalsem and Rep. Jin Bruton, targets independents upset by primaries and seeks to curb independent runs before general elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rockm
Paul van Dalsem
Perry County
Jin Bruton
Conway County
Arkansans
van Datsem
House
Rep
Ray Smith Jr
Garland County
A. M. Metcale
Shary County
Polio Drive Nears $4,500 With Regional Gifts
A Hempstead March of Dimes campaign roundup shows donations push toward $4,500 as individuals and local groups from Hope Furniture Co. to Guernsey School contribute. Major boosts include a $935 gift from Mrs. Steve Carrigandr and a near $1,000 cumulative total from Mothers March on Polio organizers. Downtown box jars yielded $106.02, with schools and clubs adding hundreds more. Volunteers urge remaining cash be turned in at the Star office or mailed to the March of Dimes, General Delivery, Hope, Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Drake
Baker HD Club
Blevins
Hope Furniture Co
Guernsey School
Rufus Herndon Jr
Joe's City Bakery
Scott Store
Paul Raley
Kathleen Delaney
Paisley School
Bill Hansen
William Stephenson
Robert D. Mitchell
Marguerite Smity
George Frayier
E. Kaden
J. S
Bennie Sinyard
Sue Putman
Fred Lee
Charles West
Ina Yocom
J. B. Greene
C. Lewis
Cuoco McAdams
Ho U Byers
Charles F. Marlin L. Purtle
C. Story
Geraldine Ellis
Davis Furniture
W. P. Singleton
Kid Justus
Willan Carvett
Carmen
Marry Hamm
Brenda Himm
Lindy Bowden
J. A. Coldiver
Eilen Pourgon
Wilma Cot He
Lobne Nargis
Maxine Smith
Burnell Story
Gladys Daley
Grace Murphy
Ira Jones
Opal Daniels
Faycelle Atkins
Bertha Hooten
Ruth Taylor
Charlee Winging
Mary Junior High
Gacland
Star Office
March of Dimes
General Delivery
Hope
Fighting Flares Anew in Tachen Island Area
Air and sea fighting flared around the Tachen Islands as Nationalist and Communist forces exchanged bombs and gunfire. An American source and U.S. officials prepared a statement on the status of Chiang Kai-shek’s outposts, while Nanking reported Nationalist planes strafed and bombed Red targets on Yikianghsaa and nearby islands amid anti-aircraft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipekh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
United States
China
Chiang -Kai Shek
Washington
Red
Tachen
Defense Ministry
Terry Dairy Products Co
Fred W. Terry
Yikianghsaa Island
Yikiangshan
Toumen Island
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Kiln Fire at Anthony Flooring Mill Repaired
A kiln fire at Anthony Flooring Mill was brought under control about 2 a.m. with very little damage. Firemen reported about three stacks of lumber in the kiln were damaged. At 6 a.m. in the same area a grass fire was reported but caused no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Terry, Dean to Raise Milk Prices
LITTLE ROCK Two large milk distributors today raised the milk prices two cents. Smaller distributors indicated they probably will follow the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Accused Slayer of Woman Declared Sane
Billy Ray Willingham charged with the murder of Mrs. Milton Fuller of Brinkley Arkansas has been declared sane by the State Hospital board The judge in Monroe County said he had not yet received the official report from Little Rock Willingham admitted the crime briefly later denied it and attorneys say witnesses saw him in Memphis near the time of the killing Mrs Fuller was the wife of a Brinkley auto dealer and the case hinges on the hospital finding and possible habeas corpus action by his attorney
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Mississippi
Workmen's Compensation Commission
General Assembly
S&s. B
Tattle Rock
Billy Ray Willingham
Milton Fuller
Brinkley, Ark
State Hospital
Elh
Crawlis
W. J. Waggoner
Monroe County
Lonoke
Ark
Little Rock
Willingham
Fuller
Brinkley
Ficers
Ater
Pauller
John £. Gibson
Memphis
Dean Milk Co to Match Price Increase in Milk War
In Memphis and Arkansas, Dean Milk Co and Terry face off in a price battle. A $600,000 antitrust suit over underselling remains, with Dean seeking a permanent injunction in Memphis federal court. Prices have fluctuated, with local drops from 25 to 20 cents a quart in Little Rock area and earlier Memphis cuts tied to competition. Sam Dean voices Dean Milk Co leadership as a bill moves in the Arkansas Senate to set a fair price level for milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Milk Co
Terry
Memphis
Sdeires
Arkansas
Dean
Down Milk Co
Little Rock
Gelling Nuit
Mik’ Pri
Sam Dean
Dean Mill Co
Frank
Park
Arkansas Senate
Ex Red Admits False Testimony in McCarthy Era Case
Former Communist witness Harvey Matusow says he lied in the testimony used to convict 12 second-string Communist leaders and that Roy Cohn, then an assistant U.S. attorney, helped prepare his statements. An affidavit supporting a new trial was filed in federal court in New York. Cohn later said he would not dignify the claims and noted he interacted with Matusow only in the presence of FBI agents and before leaving for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harvey Matusow
Roy M. Cohn
U.S
Matusow
Cohn
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
FBI
Europe
Local Fundraisers Support Polio Drive in Hope
Light crowds attend school gym event while local groups including Garden and B&PW Clubs and McCaskill Home Demonstration Club stage benefits. January 31 marked end of Polio drive, with cash and charge sales at Williams Flour and Feed Co to aid March of Dimes. total past county gifts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Jones
Hugh Reese
Garden
Dr. Branch
Jimmy Bruce
Legion Cam
Willams Flour Jand Feed Co
Walnut
March of Dimes
Anyi Siiiliay
Hope
McCaskill
Mcc
Fragmentary report of downtown disturbance and hospital supply incident
An unclear OCR passage describes a night event with a jet plane sighting, people ducking for cover and others fleeing buildings. It also mentions a hospital supply box opened by Robert O'Neal and an ex-soldier connected to an invoice. details are fragmentary and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew Hempstead Hospital
Robert O'Neal
AFL Endorsements Shaped by 1953 Military Reevaluation
The AFL contends that schedule reevaluations and military manpower trends will influence funding and policy. The body anticipates a rise in expenditures for new plants and services while employment shifts as older personnel leave and younger workers enter the force.
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Alex. Hy Washburn
Boyle
Hal Boyle
Arctic
Curbstone
Galveston
Joyce
Jeanette
Geraldine
Joan Badgett
Esther Badgett
Tachen Island
United
Gression
United” Nations
Zealand
Hong’ Kong
New Post
National Foundation
Hempstead County Hospital
Cecil Cox
Fulton
Rie
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