Motion Picture Theaters Seek Repeal of Tax On Tickets
North Little Rock executive argues the 4 or 6 percent admission tax harms exhibitors and communities. He notes rising costs for new tech like wide angle screens and stereo sound, and warns repeal would ease competition with television while protecting local jobs and property values.
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Rebels Seize Priest in Indochina Village
French claim rebels captured Roman Catholic priest Nguyen Quang An near Than Thuong, 60 miles southeast of Hanoi, after an February 12 attack by around 200 Vietminh commandos who killed 10 civilians and up to 12 Catholic militiamen. The village population fled, others returned after the assault, while church and convents were ransacked.
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Nguyen Quang An
Than ‘Thuong
Red River
Chief Witness Weds Defendant In Forgery Trial
Los Angeles reports the prosecution's chief witness has wed the defendant, complicating the Joseph M. Fowzer case. Fowzer, 20, faces forgery and gambett charges in a trial set with jury supervision. His wife, 25 year old Cortine Clazebal, allegedly deposited a forged $760 warrant. Power, a county collection bureau employee, notes a wife cannot testify against her husband.
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Los Angeles
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Gandbett
Fowcer
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Burnea
Foster Fox 51 Dies in Texarkana Heart attack ends life
Foster Fox 51 of Texarkana died Saturday of a heart attack. He was brother of M. Fox of Hope. Survived by wife, a daughter, three brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Texarkana
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Reverend Story to Preach at Garrett Assembly
A local church announces that Reverend Story will preach at the Garrett assembly on an upcoming Sunday. The notice highlights the speaker and the venue, inviting congregants and neighbors to attend.
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Garrett
Rotary
Dust Storms Caused By High Winds
A midwestern weather pattern brought heavy dust storms and drifting snow across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas on Friday night into Saturday. Western Kansas endured a blizzard with zero visibility while Power lines fell and trains halted as ice and snow crippled signals. Dust reached Louisiana and parts of Colorado and New Mexico with gusts up to 95 mph in Oklahoma. Tornadoes struck Pine Bluff Arkansas and Conroe Texas injuring several and damaging buildings.
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Highway Patrol
Scott City
Kingsley
Garden City
Kan
Wichita
Hutchlinson
Texas
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Wink
Beaumont
Lufkin
Houston
Colorado
Oklahoma
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Panhandle
Ium
Gage
Pine Bluff
Ark
Davis Defends Present Farm Programs
Davis, soon to resign as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, defends federal farm programs as stabilizing prices and preventing a market mood similar to earlier decades. He contrasts his stance with Benson, who argues programs distort markets and create surpluses while praising their value to America and world, noting a five percent price drop last year.
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John H. Davis
Benson
National Farm Institute
Davis
America
Davie
68 000 Acres in Forests to Be Restored
The Interior Department announced restoration of 68 000 acres of Arkansas forest lands withdrawn in 1862. About 6 000 acres in Baxter Conway Fulton Independence Lawrence Madison Marion Newton Randolph and Washington counties will be released while 44 000 acres remain withdrawn. Some parcels stay held in counties Cleburne Fulton Sevier Madison Searcy Sharp Saline Van Buren and Washington. Returns designate lands as not suitable for agriculture beyond low value woodland grazing and open them for public entry for possible purchase lease or homesteading.
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Fulton
Independence Lizard
Lawrence Madison
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Randolph
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Washington
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Yeard
Madison
Searcy
Sharp
Slane
Vanhaven
Department of Interior
Manion Fired From White House Sparks Debate Over Roles
Washington dispatch reports President Eisenhower dismissed Dean Manion of Notre Dame Law School after Manion claimed his public speeches and Bricker amendment advocacy cost him the job. The 26 member intergovernmental relations commission faces delays and criticism as it probes federal state duplication.
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Commission On Intergovernmental’ Relations
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Rohio
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Tussign
Karl Marx
United States
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Aiken Crvy
Senate
Membe
Hep
Noah Mason
Wome
Jas Inreezmumbers
Maza Paid to Bathe Birds on Springfield Street
In Springfield Ollela Dick Patton, 24, is paid to bathe birds at night on a downtown street corner. His company coats birds’ feet with a gooey substance to deter rotation, causing them to fall and entangle. Patton captures, washes off the goo, and releases the birds, handling about a dozen in four hours.
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Ollela
Dick Patton
Springfield
Hie
Patton
Getting Boyle Out of A Room Like An Armored Division Off Invasion
SAUL PETT Fou Hal Boyle NEW YORK Harold Vincent Boyle, famed for his quick decisions, departs on a three week Caribbean vacation with his wife and seven month old daughter Tracy. Friends help pack bags as Boyle lounges with quiet humor, joking about missing keys and a new toothbrush device.
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Saul Pett
Fou
Hal Boyle
New York
Harold Vincent
Caribbean
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Tracy
Rou
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Air Invastor
Tiger Man
Noy
Haveli Vincent Boyle
Ike
Frances
States
Bill Monroe to Perform at Coliseum Monday Night
Bill Monroe, Grand Ole Opry star, with the Blue Grass Boys, appears Monday night at the Coliseum at Fair Park. The program features the Shenandoah Valley Trio and the Blue Grass quartet. Monroe, famed for Kentucky Waltz and Poison Love, remains a strong box office attraction for the Grand Ole Opry.
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Bill Monroe
Blue Grass Boys
Fair Park
Bill
Blue Grass Quartet
Grand Ole Opry
Four Man Court To Hear Story Of Marine POW
A drab courtroom near the Pentagon hears the tale of Marine private Frank H. Schwable a prisoner in Korea for 14 months. Witnesses describe abuse starvation and coerced confessions during captivity by Communist captors. Fellow servicemen William Shockley and Porter testify to harsh questioning and threats as Schwable faced solitary confinement and pressure to sign false statements.
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Inese
Frank H. Schwable
Korea
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Minster
Scawable
Schwab
Gar el Buthla
Marine Corp
William Shockley
Denver
Colo
Pearson Q. Porter
League City
Army
B. Hanye Porter
Dee
Father Victim of a Hoax
A young yard worker named Walter Tartar was reportedly lured by a hoax telegram claiming his father would be returned home. The notice describes confusion over the message and the family’s reaction, noting the word Helta and Sallie in the telegram as details.
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Sor
Walter’ Tartar
Tartar
Sallie
Yhelta
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