Deaf Navajo Boy Faces Incoming Blindness
David Ghee a 13 day old Navajo infant from Manuelito New Mexico has congenital glaucoma that will likely cause blindness within months He is deaf since birth attends the New Mexico School for the Deaf and loves art especially horses Doctors say there is no cure and his family hopes he can learn to read lips through touch to communicate before his sight fails
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Santa Fel N. M
David Ghee
David
New Mexico School For the Beat
Manuelito
N. M
Marshall Hester
School For the Deaf
Brookwood PTA Hosts Benefit Party Tonight at School
Brookwood PTA sponsors a benefit party at 7 tonight at the school. A talent program follows with students performing. Funds raised will pay for metal awnings on the west side of the school, an obligation the PTA undertakes to settle. Everyone is invited.
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Hope
Byoday
Hot Springs
Arkadelphia
Takesite
Gordon
Prescott
DeQueen
Ashdown
Texarkana
Lewisville
Stamps
Magnolia
Thomas Kinser Jr
Stuttgart
Europe faces worst winter crop losses in decades
Floods across Yugoslavia and Turkey ruin farmland while ice and storms trap ships in northern seas. Spain suffers storms and floods as France reports crop losses exceeding half a billion dollars, mainly wheat. Italy warned its crop damage will be tremendous.
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London
Europe
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Spainish
North
Africa
France
Amanlizn Ministry
Tg Agriculture
Italy
Century Class Program Ends Week of Dedication at Church
The Century Bible Class of the First Methodist Church presents the closing program for the Week of Dedication on Sunday at 7 p.m. Speakers and music by lay-members include Invocation by Wayne Russell, Music by Century Bible Class Chorus directed by Elmer Brown and Mrs. B C Hyatt, Prayer by Jacob Gardner, Loyalty to Church by George Fragier, Re-Dedication by Teddy Jones, Lighted Cross Dedication Service, and Benediction by Rev. D Keeley.
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Century Bible Class
First Methodist Church
Wayne Russell
Century Bible Class Chorus
Elmer Brown
B. C. Hyatt
Jacok Gardner
George’ Fragier
Teddy Jones
D. Keeley
Shipment of U.S. Tanks to Arabia Banned
The State Department cancelled a plan to ship 18 American light tanks to Saudi Arabia, reversing a late announcement. The move aimed to quell criticism from Democrats and the Israeli Embassy, and to avoid fuel for a potential arms race in the Middle East amid Israel’s arms request and Egypt weapon sales.
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Washington
White House
State Department
Saudi Arabia
New York
Forday
Middle East
Senate
Israel
Egypt
Storm Alert Triggers Statewide Tornado Watch Effort
Arkansas respond to a storm alert as meteorologists track a fast moving squall line from northeast Texas to Tennessee. Weather Bureau radar, police and newsmen monitored the storm through Texarkana, with alerts sent to Hope, Stamps, Monticello, Camden, Warren, Crossett and Helena. Severe winds hit Sugar Hill and Texarkana. Monticello suffered a power outage. Morriston and Cummins Prison Farm reported heavy weather impacts as the storm traveled eastward. Continued on Page Two.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
U.S
Litte Rock
Texas
Weather Bureau
Texarkana
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Fexarkana
Hope
Stamps
Monticello
Camden
Cummins
Page
Buns Battle Insecticides In A Never Ending War
Kansas City feature by Hal Boyle details the constant struggle against bugs and the growth of a multi million dollar insecticide business. It notes pests adapt, with the spread of DDT and chlordane and the emergence of resistant strains. Likely continuation on Page Two.
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Hal Boyle
Kansas City
Ralph G. Martin
Martin
Cook ‘Chemical Co
Iin
PSC Reversal of Policy Seen in AP&I Case
In Little Rock a long running dispute over Arkansas Power and Light tax bases and rate bases continues. The 1944 PSC formula for a six percent net earning faces challenges as work in progress is excluded from the rate base, prompting cross examination of Dr. Henry W. Blalock and others as hearings resume to resolve tax and rate figures amid protests by rural co‑ops and city attorneys.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Public Service Commission
PSC
Rural Electric Co-Operatives
Tom Gentry
Rurse Electric Co-Operatives
Ap&l
PSO
Thestate Supreme Court
Arkansas. Louisiana Gas Co
Commission
Jrogress
Com [Pany
University of Arkansas
Federal Power Commission
Southwestern Power Administration
Arkanate State Electric Co-operative
Blalock
Jerry Flanders
Jefferson City
Arkansas Department of Public Utilities
Severe weather blasts southwest Arkansas with hail and rain
A U S Weather Bureau warning spanned 11 am to 3 pm for parts of Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas predicting scattered severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. The danger zone covered 22 counties including Saline Perry Yell Scott and Faulkner with reports of hail heavy rain and broken windows in Texarkana Mount Vernon and Monticello. Power outages occurred in Monticello Warren and Star City as the squall line moved through the region.
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Little Rock
South Arkansas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
U.S
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Tex
Saline
Perry
Yell
Scott Polk
Howard
Sevier
Pike
Little River
Hempstead
Nevada
Miller Faulkner
Pope
Pulaski
Grant
Montgomery
Garland
Hot Spring
Clark
Quachitta
Texarkana
Mount Vernon
Faulkner County
Tennessee
South
Tornado in Mississippi Kills One
ABERDEEN Mississippi searchers combed the ruin of a Negro residential area after a quick striking tornado killed at least one person and left 35 injured. The twister struck the town of about 5300 last night, touching a white neighborhood briefly before devastating the four block Negro area, with damage estimates up to 750000, according to the state highway patrol.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Mississippi
Negro
State Highway Patrol
Tower Club padlock urged by Attorney General
Bulletin by Leon Hatch reports Attorney General Tory Gentry calling for the padlocking of the Tower Club in Hot Springs alleging open gaming and illegal liquor sales with alleged connivance by state and local law enforcement officers.
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Leon Hatch
HPT Springs
Tory Gentry
Swank Tower Club
Gentry
Arkansas Extended Forecast for Cooler Days Ahead
Weather forecast for Arkansas shows temperatures 2 degrees above normal with normal minima ranging 30 to 40 in the north and 40 to 51 in the south, and maxima from 48 to 67. Colder conditions expected in the north Saturday and again around Monday, with cooler conditions in the south Sunday and again near Tuesday. Precipitation likely heavy with showers and thundershowers mainly Friday night and Saturday, and again around Monday in the southern portion.
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Arkansas
Controversial Gas Bill Vetoed by Ike Over Industry Tactics
The report notes President Eisenhower vetoed a gas bill amid disputes over industry tactics. The incident highlights tensions between energy policy and lobbying, with critics claiming aggressive industry pressure shaped legislative strategy. No further details provided.
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Ike
Thomasville News Brief on Congress Bill and White House View
A fragmented report notes a Congress bill supported by White House leaders. It mentions producers and industry segments and references Senate consideration and presidential stance. The text is incomplete but indicates political debate and potential policy actions.
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Thomasville
Elsewhowe
Ci Congress
Bill
Hous Generals
Senate
Rebels Seize Iquitos as Peru unrest spreads
Rebel Army troops claimed control of Iquitos, an Amazon port 640 miles northeast of Lima, while the government said the rest of the nation was quiet. Martial law was declared, and loyal forces held, with some outbreaks reported in the Iquitos region.
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Lima
Peru
Centrol
Iquitos
Amazon River
Manuel Adria
Amazon
Odrla
Powell to Fight Segregation in Federal Aid
Rep. Powell of New York vows a push for a congressional ban on federal aid to school districts practicing racial segregation as the White House takes a hands off stance on the issue.
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Washington
White House
Powell
D-Ny
Park funds hike by House committee boosts Interior bill
The House Appropriations Committee voted a sharp raise in national park and Forest Service funding as part of the Interior Department appropriations bill. It recommends 15 million for park facilities, above Eisenhower’s 5.2 million request plus 6.95 million added later, citing rising visitors and longer public hours. The measure totals 416,963,200 for the fiscal year, with 85,590,000 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 87,088,000 for the National Park Service, while the Fish and Wildlife Service receives 17,819,500 and Forest Service remains at 386,778,000.
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William Fanovgast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior
Department
Eisenhower
Forest Service
Interior Department
Treasury
General Fund
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Mines
Nations Park Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
All Around the Town By The Star
Weather glimpses and local notes. A Texarkana area hail and wind report found no damage locally while a village near Oakhaves lost power from 2 to 10 p.m. The piece mentions record sales by artists and a State Police note on four Hempstead Howard Lafayette and Nevada counties reporting no highway fatalities. Corn Belt Hatcheries delegates attend a poultry short course at Dr Salesbury's Laboratories in Charles City.
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Texarkana
Oakhaves
Hempstead
Howard
Lafayette
Nevada
Arthur J. Mhoon
Arnest Morton
Corn Belt Hatcheries
Hope
Dr. Salesbury's Laboratories
Charles, Pity, Jones
Freezing Conditions Ground Highways Across New England
Frigid air blanketed northern New England and the Rockies, with temperatures dipping below zero. Roads were slick and highways were grounded as crews reported record cold extending through the night into the morning.
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Rai
Nes
Louis
New
England
Vas Plain
Rockies
Littre Sr. and Southern Glynda Sideline Arkansas Game
An aged note references Littre Sr. and Southern Glynda as part of a report on an Arkansas game. Details are fragmentary, but the teams and regions point to a late season matchup with implied competitive tension.
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Littre
Old
Southern
Glynda “Gay
Arkansas
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