08 Feb 1956
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1956
Page
1
A district notes ongoing conflict as parents of 23 pupils refuse a stated invitation to enroll their children in a stabilized program. The case centers on two families seeking entry for disabled youths and the district’s plan to place them in a basement facility at Tuley Park fieldhouse with free transportation.
Cotton futures gained as traders absorbed selling while grain and provisions markets showed mixed activity. USDA reports noted softer live poultry prices and steady eggs as US markets drifted with mixed early price movements and later fluctuations in major indices.
The text presents fragmented references to radio broadcasts and propaganda themes, mentioning the YW, balloons sent into Russia, Tass and Communist papers, and the American Free Europe Committee with Radio Free Europe. It appears as garbled OCR from a historical newspaper page with loose phrases about broadcasts and propaganda loans from West Germany.
In Tuscaloosa Ald.18 the University of Alabama faces two crises as a Black coed challenged to be admitted threatens court action, while dean of admissions William Adams is summoned to federal court to justify enrollment denial. Separate UNC notices report three Black undergraduates integrating with minimal disruption amid ongoing desegregation tensions.
Discussion of campaign contributions and bribery law explains when giving money to a senator’s re election effort is legal or criminal. It cites Sen Francis Case and Nebraska lobbyist John Neff over a $2500 donation linked to influence on natural gas price regulation and political outcomes.
Rain and thundershowers dominate this afternoon into tonight across Central and Northeast Arkansas with cloudy, colder conditions Thursday. Highs mainly mid to high 40s, lows 30s to 40s. Northwest Arkansas may see freezing rain or snow tonight and a colder Thursday. Oklahoma and East Texas show light snow, freezing drizzle, and showers with markedly cooler temperatures later.
The report notes Case's shifting stance on the gas bill before returning funds to a mutual acquaintance. Neff denies pressuring Case's vote and claims no strings attached. Senate moves to a four member special committee to probe Case's disclosures with potential broader inquiries by Senator Hennings into oil and gas firms.
BP JACK BELL WASHINGTON Sen George D Gat said the Senate must resolve who will investigate a 2500 campaign contribution offered Sen Francis Case The four man committee set by a 90 0 Senate vote expects Case and six subpoenaed witnesses to testify at public hearings beginning Friday The panel aims to finish by Saturday and report next week then seek Senate action after next Wednesday Sen Hennings planned to ask the Senate Rules Committee for backing in an Elections sub committee inquiry
A tip about a man with a gun near Greer Trade schools prompted detectives and police to respond. The object turned out to be a machinegun wrapped in sloth and was being repaired by an FBI agent at the school.
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