University survey reveals income, marriage, and car ownership patterns
A graduate university survey of 420 respondents shows 18 percent earning between 5000 and 7000, 16 percent between 6000 and 11000, and 12 percent between 3000 and 5000 yearly. Five percent earn over 20000, about 4 percent have wives with jobs, 22 percent have wives with separate incomes, and 6 percent own one car while 27 percent own two. Republicans lead at 63 percent, with 15 percent Democrats and 22 percent Independents. Five percent bought appliances at discount houses in the last year.
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Jé'théome-Wise
Yoleimon
Flooding hit southern states as rivers rise
Lowlands along the Alabama Georgia and Mississippi rivers were set for further flooding Monday while relief efforts surge ahead in flood ravaged West Virginia Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee. A lineman was electrocuted in Kentucky bringing deaths to 15 and damage to more than 750 million dollars with 15 900 homeless and many idle. Water systems were being checked and doctors nurses planned for southwest Virginia as crews prepared typhoid clinics. The Coosa River near Gadsden Alabama and the Tombigbee near Columbus Mississippi surged, with extensive flooding expected for days.
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Georgia
Mississippi
West Virginia
Virginia
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Tenessee
Irginia
Coosa
Gadsden
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Tennessee
Resaca
Oostanaula
Vacumatic Carburetor Promises Gas Savings in Wisconsin
Wisconsin inventor unveils a Vacumatic Carburetor claimed to cut fuel use by automatic jet-ing and vacurmating under an over rich mixture. It fits cars trucks and tractors and is easy to install. the Vacumatic Carburetor Coy of Wauwatosa invites owners to request full details by postcard.
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Wisconsin
Vacumatic Carburetor Coy
State St
Wauwatosa
Mig
Six Die in Blytheville Fire Tragedy Details
Six members of a Negro family died in a house fire in Blytheville yesterday trapping six children while the parents and one child escaped. Fire officials called it the worst blaze in Blytheville history and cited a likely kitchen origin from a stove fire before the family left for work. Nearby, a 67 year old Wrightsville man, Hugh Davis, was found dead beside railroad tracks, apparently struck by a train. The Rev Fred Hatfield, 40, Batesville pastor, died in Little Rock after his pickup rolled on an icy highway near Evening Shade Thursday.
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Blythevile
Arkansas
Biyitheville
J. el Toe
Clara ‘Mae
Booby
Norma Jean
Erma
Negrusman
Missouri Pacific
Wrightsville
Little Rock
Hugh Davis
Fred Hatfield
Harbor Lights Temple
Batesville
Noar Arkansas
University to create technology college to lure industry
Arkansas University trustees favor establishing a college of technology in Little Rock as a branch offering chemistry physics and engineering courses. The plan, to be sent to the Legislature, contemplates initial outlays of 790000 dollars the first year and about 300000 the next. An idea to repurpose the old Medical School building is suggested.
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University Medical School
Hickinbotham fails new trial on Sunday closing charge
News briefs from Little Rock and across Arkansas report H V Hickinbotham lost a bid for a new trial on 20 charges under the Sunday closing law. Circuit Judge William J. Kirby denied the motion as meetings were postponed by northern Arkansas highway officials. Russellville office head Dave Wallington plans retirement April 1. Arkansas Automobile Club naming Henry W. Russell president and Louis J Hurley treasurer at El Dorado. Cleve land donor Birkett E Williams gives 870 dollars to Ouachita Baptist College scholarship fund.
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Litle Rock
H. V. Hickinbotham
William J. Kirby
Hickinbotham
Little Rock
Henry W. Russell
Arkansas Automobile Club
Louis J Hurley
el Dorado
Arkadelphia
Birkett E. Williams
Cleveland
Ohio
Unions Charged With Corruption by AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee charged three unions with corruption and failure to reform. The merged federation accused Laundry workers Distillery Workers and Allied Industrial Workers of looting welfare funds and ties to gang influence. The reports, from 1955 Senate probes and private audits, were presented to the Executive Council for action amid a split over punishment versus reform.
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Norman Walker
Miami Beach
Fla. 1
Afl-Cio
Distillery Workers and
Allied Industrial Workers and
Allied Industrial Workers Union
Senate
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Afi-Cio Executive Council
Laor
Ethical Practices Committee
Soldier Killed Near Brinkle in Car Crash
A Fort Smith soldier, Sgt. Zaii O Neall Yancey, 23, stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky, was killed when his car collided with a transport truck west of Brinkley. The driver, 49-year-old Fe tg nee hee Boman, was injured. Trooper Joe Cosner identified the victim.
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Brinkley
Fort Smith
Agate
Here
Joe
Zaii O' Neall Yancey
Ft. Campbell
Cosner
Fe Tg Nee Hee Boman
Soviet paper attacks US Communist party right wing
A Soviet Communist party newspaper labels the American Communist party right wing as propagating bourgeois nationalism disguised in Communist terminology. The report cites Loveit Russia, the official organ of the Russian Republican Bureau.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Loveit Russia
Mystery patient hides identity in Moscow intrigue
London dispatch reports a mystery patient in Moscow triggering international speculation about top leaders and atomic scientists. The case centers on a high‑profile figure possibly linked to the Soviet leadership, with headlines from tabloids stirring claims of Kremlin power struggles ahead of the Supreme Soviet gathering.
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London
Moscow
Ingar M. Kagakovich
Soviet party attack targets American Reds in New York convention
The Soviet backed move targets the right wing of the American party, seen in Moscow as mainly editorial staff of the New York Daily Worker. The assault aims to bolster pro Soviet elements inside the party just before the national convention in New York. Top leaders like 76 year old Chairman William Z. Foster have clashed with the right wing since Khrushchev’s anti Stalin campaign began.
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Cologne
Germany
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Washington
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Kremlin
Josef Stalin
Communist Party
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Khrushchev
Mikha Kheushcheyv
New York Daily Worker
Wess
William Z. Foster
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Khruschev
Lanti Stalin
Kremlin Plot Aims to Oust Leaders and Assassinate Kaganovich
Bulganin and Khrushchev allegedly schemed to oust top officials and eliminate Kaganovich after a failed assassination attempt. Kaganovich was gravely wounded by a bullet Thursday night and is receiving medical care. A Moscow dispatch noted no Kremlin meeting but claimed Kaganovich had just returned from a Siberia tour.
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Kolal Bulganin
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Kremlin
Kaganovich
United Press Moscow
Daily News
Siberia
Ouachita Goes Over Flood Stage Today
The Ouachita River stood 2.5 feet above flood stage at Camden and was rising, with a crest forecast near 29 feet before a gradual fall. The White River at Clarendon reached 26 feet, while the Arkansas River stayed about 15 feet below flood levels. No major losses expected, but livestock should be moved from bottom land.
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Associated Press
Ounechita
Camden
U. & Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Clarendon
White River
Arkansas
Arkansas River
San Buren
Pine Bluff
Kent
Insurance Interest in U.S. Spending Patterns
Insurance officials show keen interest in U.S. spending trends as they assess risk and set premiums. Industry observers note rising healthcare costs, consumer debt, and inflation shaping policy pricing and product development across major insurers and brokers.
Nussbaum Addresses Life Underwriters on Stable Economy
A. Jack Nussbaum, head of the National Association of Life Underwriters with 63 000 members, spoke on how the dollar’s buying power affects life insurance profits. He addressed the Arkansas Underwriters Association meeting. The note recalls that Arkansas State Horticulture Society was organized in 1879.
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National Association of Life Underwriters
Forday
Jack Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Arkansas Underwriters Association
State Horticulture Society
Learn about colon disorders and related chronic ailments
A 40 page book offered free by the Thornton Minor Hospital at 011 E Linwood, Kansas City, MO. It covers colon disorders such as constipation piles fistula and other commonly associated chronic ailments.
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Thornton Minor Hospital
Pee
E. Linwood
Kansas City , Mo
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