Newspaper Carriers to Get a 10 Cent Stamp
The piece recalls local newspaper carriers like Snowball on a route and explains a 1951 congressional effort by Kenneth A. Roberts to issue a 10 cent postage stamp honoring newspaper carriers. Roberts notes a bicycle pic and carriers in campaign history, with the post office moving ahead due to public interest.
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America
Hope
Snowball
Carrice
Alabama
Kenneth A. Roberts
Congress
Roberts
Vie
Refugee Fights Way Out of Red Embassy
A Latvian lumberman, 25, who had spent eight years in Sweden, fought his way from the Soviet Embassy after being attacked by six Russians. He claimed they seized his passport and planned to fly him out. He escaped to a Swedish factory and reported the incident to workers before police detained him for questioning.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Adolf Otemov
Coonskin
Este Kefauver
D. Tenn
Washington, D. C
Newbold Morcis
Atty
Gen
McGrath
Sharon
Conn
M. Higgason Dies at Home Near Hope
The death of T. Merritt Higgason, about 59, longtime Hempstead resident, was reported today at his home near Hope in a store area along Highway 87. Hempstead Coroner R. Y. V. Herni don Jr. ruled the cause a heart attack and noted survivors including his brother and another relative.
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T. Merritt Higgason
Hempstead
R. Y. V. Hernidon Jr
Brainer
H. H
Hope man dies at 81 at home on West 4th Street
W H Allen aged 81 longtime Hope resident died Monday at his home 806 West 4th street. He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Henry Fenwick of Hope and a son Everett Allen of Nashville. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at Herndon Cornelius Chapel with Rev Virgil Keeley officiating active pallbearers Bob Turney Ed Aslin Thomas Fenwick John Keck Vic Cobb.
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W. H. Allen
Hope
West 4Th Street
Henry Fenwick
Everett Allen
Nashville
Herndon- Cornelius Chapel
Virgil Keeley
Bob Turney
Ed Aslin
Thomas Fenwick
John Keck
Vic Cobb
Woods and Adams Deny Misuse of State Funds
Hoth Highway Commissioner Charlie Adams and Gov McMath aide Henry Woods deny diverting 2981 to McMath’s 1950 campaign. Adams cites no agreed allocation and seeks to add donors W C Storey and Mr and Mrs P P George as parties. Woods contends that the controversy cannot be resolved without those who delivered the money.
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Little Rock
Charlie Adams
Henry Woods
McMath
Pulaski
Monroe County
Ike Murry
State Highway Department
Adams
Highway Commission
Indian Bay Road
W. C. Storey
P. P. George
Adama
Woods
Farm Bureau Dinner Starts Annual Drive
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau opened its 1952 membership campaign at the First Christian Church in Hope with 34 attendees. Mass Rowe presided. goal is 702 members, up from 638 in 1951, as township workers begin neighbor contact and a two week campaign heads toward a February cleanup drive.
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Hempstead
Ivan Bright
Farm Bureau
Ury McKenzie
Shover Springs
Meison Fraziey
Washington
Oscar Hodnett
Hope
Hempstead County
U S Embassies Behind Curtain May Be Closed
Washington reports the United States weighing a plan to close all American embassies in Soviet satellite countries. A Paris meeting of ambassadors is tentatively set for early March as officials discuss protection for embassy staff and private Americans in Eastern Europe.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Europe
State Department
Yonlicy
Thein
All America
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Robert A. Vogeler
U.S
William Davis
Associated Press
Prague
Hempstead Polio Campaign Totals Over $3600 Reported
In Hempstead County a March of Dimes campaign shows over $3600 collected though many areas remain unreported. Local organizers hope for broader participation as efforts continue to raise funds for polio relief.
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Hempstead
Hempstead County
UW. W. Andrews
Kidnapped Miss Shelton Kidnapping Suspect Named
In Germany, U S Army agent hunted Pvt Eugene F Wallers after a masked man abducted Minnie R Shelton, a Hot Springs VA stepdaughter. She was kept in a stalled car overnight in a snowy field before escape and discovery by military police.
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Germany
U.S. Army
Minnie Rith Shelton
Eugene F. Wallers
Miss Shelton
West Germany
Shelton
Jrankfurt Post
Sel
Franklin B. Burns
Hot Springs
Rey
Lonelywood
Arkansas Highway Dept Reports Sunbury Income At 4.12 Million
The Arkansas Highway Department reported today that its net income for Sunbury stood at 4 120 407 45. Total gasoline, taxes and license fees before deductions for county aid and collection costs were 4 530 058 39. The January income raised the net for the bond year begun last April 1 to 20 001 896.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Department
Sunbury
Paratrooper's Biggest Jump Came After Wounding on Belgian Field
Purcell Virginia February 5. John Shineberger a former paratrooper with the American Army Paratroop I Corps made 13 parachute jumps as a prohucty organizer. On a Belgian battlefield in 1944 a mortar burst wounded him but he vowed to become a Christian minister. He survived five months in hospitals and later became rector of three Episcopal churches in Virginia. Now at 43 he preaches and counsels across denominations, seeking to live by the gospel.
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Purcell
John Bored Shineberger
Othir
Shineberger
Weat Paint
Virginia
Lisa
Shinberger
Robert 42
Tee
Stonewall Jackson
U S Grain Loss Blamed on Bad Inspection
A House subcommittee report on Arkadelphia grain storage faults details a $79,997 apparent loan to the government tied to 179,180 bushels of wheat stored in a Dallas PMS approved warehouse. The facility lacked prior inspections and the mismanagement led to grain losses, with 40,000 bushels set to be moved out to manage space.
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Washington
Arkadelphia
Art
House Agriculture Appropriations
Rep
Whitten
Q-Misa
Arkadalphia
Theeport
Dallas
The
Production and Marketing Administration
Southern Gratin & Storage Co., Inc
Whitton
Dallas Pms
PMA
Rose Stord
UN Korea Casualties Report Total 305070
The United Nations in Korea reports 305070 casualties through December 31 including killed wounded and missing among UN forces. South Korea’s count is 192960, the United States tallies 103730, with Defense Department figures cited as 105001 overall casualties for Americans.
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Paris
United Nulong
U.N
Korea
Associated Press
South Korea
Republic of South Korea
Asia
U.S
U.S. Defense. Department
Actin
Louisiana probes bullpen parties in Abbeville
District Attorney Richard Putnam widened an official probe into reports of a bullpen party for prospective voters before the January 19 Democratic primary. Private hearings opened, with five Abbeville men ordered to testify under oath about the events as described by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser report.
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Abbeville
Richard Putnam
Putnam
A. Wilmot Dalferes
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
Lafayette
Thould
Stanley Peg
Hbeville
One For
M D Downs Injured In Auto Hits Truck Crash
M D Downs suffered injuries but was not believed to be seriously hurt when the car he was driving struck the rear of a stalled truck on the Washington Highway. The truck owner remained unidentified, and Officer Scrub Mealor noted no lights or warnings on the truck. Downs had traded for the auto Monday morning and had another minor collision with Elmo Williams’ car near a local hospital about 12 hours earlier.
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Mika D, Downs
Washington Highway
Scrub Mealor
Downs
Elmo Williams
Hope Nefre
Downa
Steel Industry Accuses Union of Exaggeration
New York Fed official Jules Backman testifies before the Wage Stabilization Board panel, arguing steel industry productivity gains lag behind labor cost increases and disputing union claims of an 18 42 cent per hour wage rise. The industry seeks price increases to offset higher wages, amid a large potential strike risk.
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New York Fed. &4
Ateol
CTO
Ateol Workers’ Union Today
Jules Backman
New York University
Alxeman
Wage Stabilization Board
Tay Ngeking
Ritika
Abcel
Lantatiyely
Bob
UN Votes to Delay Talks on Korea
The Sixth General Assembly of the United Nations adjourned after approving the Western plan to postpone Korean political jurisdiction discussion until an armistice. The vote stood 61 for, five against, two abstentions as the assembly endorsed Panmunjom truce progress over U.N. takeover of talks.
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Paris
General Assembly
United Nations
Luis Padilla Norya
Mexico
Ater
Trygve Lie
France
Inet
United States
Britain
U.N
Korea
Panmunjom
U. N
Horses, Mules Damage Yards and 16th Street
Fragmentary report describes damage by horses and mules to yards along East 16th Street, with repeated disturbances and police involvement. The scattered text references a herd, chaos, and multiple individuals, but readable details are limited.
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16Th Street
Ores
Eau S Petdenty
Batore
Wally Gorral
Conan
UN Cautions on Korean Armistice Talks Progress
Don Ruth reports from Tokyo that the United Nations Command cautioned about progressing toward a Korean armistice. Negotiations at Panmunjom show minor compromises but no essential changes, with no guaranteed concessions from either side. The UN emphasizes continued talks and a plenary session planned within two months involving the five delegations.
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Don Ruth
Tokyo
U.N
U. N
Campir
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Red Embassy
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T. M. Higgason
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Thomas Finletter
Army
Frank Pace, Jr
Navy
Dan Krnmball
NEA
Virginia Theological Seminars
U. S
Gordon Brown
Louisiana
M.D. Downs
Steel
Stanley Johnson
Otis
Swage
Pricy
Pantraiss
Daft
Maybank
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