Chamber Banquet Highlights and Notable Attendees
The annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet at the High School drew about 280 guests. Highlights included piano selections by local performers, remarks by William H. Hadley Jr. of KTTV, and a keynote on Industry for Arkansas stressing regional cooperation.
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Chamber of Commerce
H. H. McKenzie
J. H. Nelson
Joe Smith
Arkadelphia
R. W. Reynods
George Wylie
Manater
William H. Hadley Jr
K. A. T. V. Television
Weil Knoch
Arkansas
S. Vv. Fore
Prescott Lions hear Charles Garrett on leadership program
President Wallace Sage presided at the Prescott Lions Club meeting with Rev W A Lindsey introducing Lester Macumber who introduced Charles Garrett, FFA member, speaking on leadership. Guests included Zack Fine, George Wylie, Joe Burke, Freeman Ligon, and Don Mitchell, welcomed as a re-instated member, as a luncheon and district meeting occurred at the Broadway Hotel.
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Wallace Sage
Prescott Lion's Club
Oddities and curios from an early 20th century column
A collage of quips on a range of topics from food in old Abe days to aviation, double joints, joke authorship, tax evasion by moonshiners, traffic growth, TV prize ethics, hidden hearing aids, travel by Bosphorus swim, and North Carolina folk wisdom. Names include Ford, Uncle Sam, Joe Miller, John Mottley, and references to 1900 era predictions.
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Harvard
Joe Miller
Miller
John Mottley
Uncle Sam
America
Turkey
Europe
Asia
Bosphorous
Istanbul
Ruth
North Carolina
Woman Injures from Tornado Damages in Arkansas and Ohio
A tornado wrecked the home of Mr and Mrs James Burrell at Cleveland injuring a woman. The storm damaged two other homes and caused extensive destruction including a church and buildings in Sardis. In Hot Springs Arkansas a flood from a 24 hour storm flooded streets, damaged businesses, and forced hotel congestion as Oaklawn Park prepares to open in 10 days. No confirmed fatalities were reported though unverified claims mentioned possible drownings.
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Cleveland
James Burrell
Hawkins
Burrell House
Burrells
Jednette
Joyce Evans
Wade Oats
Ary
Hot Springs
Atk
Arkansas
Oaklawn Park
Ck Ridgway
K . Bald
Markets Rally as Eisenhower Report Boosts Stocks
Active trading in New York leads to a sharp market advance with the Associated Press average up to 175.50 as industrials, rails, and utilities climb. Strength across steels, moths, aircraft, copper, and autos accompanies higher prices in cattle and hog markets, while butter and eggs hold steady amid mixed farm quotes.
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New York
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Livestock Market Opens Weak at St Louis Stockyards
USDA reported a slow opening with about 100 head light yearlings and mixed lots under heavyweights. Prices showed declines across many classes including cattle and hogs, with light demand and some firming notes for good demand on mixed yearlings under 800 pounds and prime loads of 759 to 800 pounds.
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National Stockyard
Iff
USDA
Hoys
U. S
Tintee Cattley
Humphrey urges GOP leadership on civil rights action
Sen. Hubert Humphrey demands that the Eisenhower administration lead congressional action on civil rights. He criticizes Vice President Nixon for saying Democrats were helpless, arguing Republicans paused civil rights bills in the 83rd Congress and urging GOP help to advance substantial civil rights legislation this session.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Mina
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nixon
New York
Jungs
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
Many Negroes Enter Colleges in the South
An Associated Press survey shows eight Southern states admit Negro students in graduate and undergraduate programs with no violence. Arkansas alone added a Negro to its university law school in 1948 and hundreds more followed quietly in Oklahoma Texas Virginia Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee and Louisiana. Negroes live on campuses and share cafeterias with white students though social mingling remains limited.
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Associated Press
Uni
Autherine Lucy
University of Alabama
Arkansas
Universiy Law School
Dixie States
Oklahoma
Texas
Virginia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Louisana
Supreme Court Desegregation Sparks Political clash
Senator Stennis denounces President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon over the court's desegregation ruling. He says Nixon's remarks acknowledge the decision as politically motivated while discussing the court's impartiality. Humphrey comments on the partisan nature of the issue.
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Earl Warren
Stennis
Supreme Court
Humphrey
Nixon
Eisenhowwer
Eisenhower
Senate
Sun Power for Telephone Calls Emerges
Solar batteries promise power for low power portable radios and similar gear. The Bell Solar Battery demonstrates how telephone researchers push improvements, even using sunlight. The invention highlights ongoing efforts to enhance what is claimed to be the finest telephone service in the world.
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Bell
Negroes in Southern colleges show growing integration
Estimates place 500 to over 1,000 Negro students in eight Southern states' state colleges. Dr. Guy Johnson reports about 1,000 in state schools and another 1,000 in private institutions. In North Carolina a federal court order ended the barrier at Chapel Hill last fall, with three Negroes entering the university.
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Guy Johnson
University of North Caroline
North Carolina
University of Chapel Hill
University
N. C. State
Tennessee
Fisk University
Nashville
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Social Ivorie
Fulbright Warns Americans Lacked Political Maturity
Senator Fulbright urged that Americans have misread opportunities in foreign policy due to political immaturity. Speaking at the Taft School in Watertown he cited postwar and postwar era misses and urged education to develop foresight for democratic policy. He also warned gradual integration in the South and criticized Supreme Court intervention as potentially fueling violence.
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Watertown
Conn
Fulbright
D-Ark
Robert A. Taft
Taft School
Yace
South
Supréme
Supreme Court
University of Alabama
Bell Solar Batteries Light Rural Phone Lines
A new sand silicon disk battery from Bell Solar Batteries converts sunlight directly into electricity. An Americus Georgia experiment powers amplifier stations on rural telephone lines, delivering reliable early results amid ongoing questions about widespread impact and timing.
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