Violence Hits in Arkansas Seven Dead
A pair of highway crashes and a murder suicide add to Arkansas fatalities. An 10 passenger car wreck north of Dumas killed four Black youths, injuring others. a Fort Smith crash killed an Army private and injured another soldier. A husband and wife died by in home shooting, ruled murder and death by own action. Also two more deaths, Stuttgart infant Irvin Powell and Camden man Chester Price, raise the toll.
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Arkansas
U. S. Highway 65
Dumas Yate
McCror
Halley Dubree
Jesse Pendergist
Augusta
Dupree
Hillemanna
Fort Smith
Pyt. Harten H. Brevig
Sawyer
N. D
Dumas
Mary Anita Washington
Freda An Dunn
Earlie Mae Dun
Chicago
Leon McFee
Portland
Ark
Miss Dun
Freda Ann
Dumas Hospital
Eddie Washington
Mary Anita
Andrew Dun
Henry
Matheny
Fg Ark
Buron Jackson
Here
Chester H. Sparks
Bill Pinketon
Little Rock
Sgt. Sparks
Pvt
Boevig
Camp Chaffee
Stuttgart
Irvin Kim Powell
Bernie Powell
Chester Lee Price
Camden
Timber Losses in the South Hit Hard by Wildfires
Southern states suffer heavier losses from wildfires than the nation in organized crime. State forester Fred H. Long cites 89 of 100 forest acres and 83 of 100 fires in the South, with 94 percent of arson fires there. A Southern Forest Fire Prevention Conference, endorsed by the Conference of Southern Governors, meets April 1 and 14 in New Orleans to study prevention.
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Fred H. Long
Southern Forest Pire
Conference of
Southern Governors
New Orleans
Louisiana
U. S
iSouth
South
Lawmakers tentatively back 13 billion highway taxes plan
Bulletin reports House tax writers voted yesterday to authorize about 13 billion dollars in highway user taxes over the next 16 years to fund proposed road construction and improvements.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washngton
Two Slayers Put to Death in Missouri and New Mexico
Two killers were executed today, Arthur Brown in Missouri and James Larry Upton in New Mexico. Brown, 20, from Kansas City, was put to death in the Missouri gas chamber after kidnapping, raping, and killing a woman last summer. Upton, 22, of Up ton, was executed in Santa Fe for killing a young airman in September 1954. Both men remained calm. Brown prayed and thanked officials, while Upton faced the chair with little emotion.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Arthur Ross Brown
Kansas City
Missouri State
James Larry Upton
Upton
Brown
Mick Jen Evelash
County service trades show 191 workers in Hempstead County
Receipts from 69 service establishments in Hempstead County hit about 1.274 million dollars per a Census Bureau preliminary report. The county’s service payroll totaled 347 thousand, with 191 employees, 188 full time near mid November. 69 proprietors ran unincorporated firms, 31 personal services, 12 automotive related businesses, and 26 all other services, totaling 747 thousand in other receipts.
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Hempstead
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Polio Campaign Funds Grow With Local Donations
Additional donations for the Hempstead Polio drive bring the total to 4529.06 with gifts from Split Hickory Handle Co. workers 3 dollars Patmos PTA 5 dollars Shove Springs HD Club 3 dollars Jim H Sidart 2 dollars Fulton students 440 dollars and Mr and Mrs J C Drummond 2 dollars.
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Hempstead
Split
Hickory Handle Co
Patmos Pta
Shove Springs HD Club
Jim H. Sidart
Fulton
J. C. Drummond
Cost of Living Drops in January Report
Washington reported a small January decline in the cost of living, cutting pay by one cent per hour for about 1,000,000 workers tied to the index. The consumer price index slipped to 114.8, driven by lower food, furnishings, clothing, and automobile costs, with further declines expected in February.
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Washington
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rheal
Negroes Ask Faubus for Assurance
A group of Little Rock ministers urged Gov. Faubus to ensure Arkansas complies with Supreme Court anti segregation rulings. Faubus refused to comment, citing a private survey showing 83 percent oppose integration. The ministerial delegation met without reporters, delivering a statement urging enforcement of the court's decisions within a reasonable time.
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Little Rock
Orvat Faubus
Arkansas
U. S. Supreme Cent
Faubus
Roland Smith
Smith
Faubusy
Arnold Sikes
Evening Shade Baptist Church Singing Sunday
The regular monthly singing will be at Evening Shade Baptist Church on Sunday February 26 at 2 p m. The public is invited.
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Evening Shade Baptist Church
Denver’s shifting face echoes a changing city
HAL BOYLE reflects on Denver’s aging streets and new skyline noting the old charm fading as the city grows. He compares Denver’s transformation to other American hubs and muses on how the stranger’s view alters perception of place and progress. He recalls O Henry’s tale of adventure and hints Denver might become a symbol of urban change.
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Hal Boyle
Denver
Old
New
New Denver
O. Henry
Notling
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Hose
Nashville
Henry
Denyer
Merchants of Hope Plan Leap Year Citywide Bargain
The Hope Chamber of Commerce division announces a citywide bargain event called Lucky 29 to occur on February 29 Leap Year Day. Merchants have stocked merchandise for two months to offer items at well below normal prices. A C Ball says it will be the biggest such event, urging a 40 mile watch radius for details and the Lucky 29 sign at participating merchants.
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Merchants of Hope
The
Hope Chamber of Commerce
A. C. Ball
Hope
Ball
KXAB
Weekly TV Guide Debuts in Saturday Star
Hope Star announces its weekly TV and Radio Guide will debut in tomorrow's edition and run every Saturday. The guide lists KOMC TV Channel and KSLA Channel 12 in Shreveport and KTBS Channel 3, plus Radio KXAR 1490 in Hope. Advertising space sold out with a backlog due to limited page space.
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Hope Star
TV & Radio Guide
Komc-Tv
Fexarkana
Ktbs-Tv
KSLA
Shreveport
KXAR
Hope
Agen
Second Band Concert Set for Feb 28
A second concert is planned for Tuesday February 22 in the Hope school auditorium. Curtain is eight o clock. The program blends classical and contemporary works. The high school band premieres Mozart’s overture to La Finta Gardiner niera rediscovered late 1986 and scored for band this year in honor of Mozart’s birth bicentennial. Also on the bill are Schubert’s Rosamunde overture, McKay’s Burlesque March, and marches by Sousa and King. Tickets are on sale through band members at twenty five and fifty cents.
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Hope High School
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Mozart
Franz Schubert
Sulte
George Frederick McKay
Welters
J, P, Sousa
L, King
Rinaldi Allows Parking for Newark Police After Tickets
Newark New Jersey city business administrator Mariano J. Rinaldi intervened after patrolmen and detectives received traffic tickets near city hall. He set aside a parking space for Working patrolmen to ease the tension and recognize their service.
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Newark
N. J
Mariano J. Rinaldi
Rinaldi
City Hall
Groups Set Up to Check Campaigns
A bipartisan eight member Senate group will investigate political pressures lobbying and campaign contributions. Senators Gore McClellan Anderson Kennedy Knowland Bridges Goldwater and Puddetl named, with Gore likely to chair Elections subcommittee. date for organization session not set.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Sen
Lynoni
Johnson
D-Tex
Gore
Tennessee
McClelan
Arkansas
Anderson
New Mexico
iKennedy
Massachusetts
Gove
Knowland
Negroes vow to walk a day in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama a 24 hour walk to work is planned by about 100 Black residents in peaceful protest against segregation on city buses. The boycott prosecutions involve 115 indicted, later revised to 89 with possible more arrests. Clergymen led prayers as thousands voiced support for nonviolence and justice.
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Montgomery
Ala
Confederacy
Montgomery City Lines
Ralph D. Abernathy
Negro First Baptist
Abernathy
Gxpandiny
I Mesday
Martin Luther’’King Jr
Mafia Chief Jack Dragna Found Dead in Bed
Hollywood report says Jack Dragna a longtime West Coast crime boss was found dead in his Sunset Boulevard hotel room from an apparent heart attack. Dragna aged 85 led bookmaking narcotics and other rackets and was once dubbed the Al Capone of California by a state crime commission. A maid discovered the body in his hotel room registered February 10 under the name Wack Baker.
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Hollywood
Jack Dragna
Dragna
AL Capone
California
State Crime Commission
Alice Dick
Sunset Boulevard
Taxpayers Shell Out $12.2 Million in Week
Taxpayers shelled out through the state Treasury this week totaling 1,296,080.69 in warrants written. Salaries paid amount to 86,857.15, other expenditures 460,23.54. Since the fiscal year began on July 1, salary payments reach 18,371,314.74 and other Treasury outlays 6,903,740.82.
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Little Rock
D. Oscar Humphrey
Treasury
Young Slayer Found Sane in Murder and Rape Case
Emmett Earl Leggett, 19, an ex convict accused of murdering 24 year old Joe King and raping two teen sisters, was declared sane after a 30 day mental exam at State Hospital. Circuit Judge Kirby said the hospital found no psychosis at the time of the crimes. Leggett faces first degree murder and two counts of rape, with potential death penalty. King’s body was found in a briar patch near Jacksonville Dee after missing four days, Leggett reportedly confessed to hitting and strangling the boy.
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Little Rock
Emmett Earl Leggett
Joe King
William J. Kirby
Statt Hospital
Leggett
King Boy
Tom Gulley
Youth Tole
Young King
Briar
Jacksonville Dee
Gulley
Griffin calls for united Southern fight against both parties
Shreveport speech by Governor Marvin Griffin urges white unity to resist integration and criticizes Democrats and Republicans for backing civil rights. He argues Southern leaders must oppose Washington in favor of the South, with Eugene B. Cook blasting the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation as a historic affront to Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence.
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Shreveport
Georgia
Marvin Griffin
South
Fife
Washington
Shreveport Citizens Council
Griffin
Eugene B. Cook
U. S. Supreme Court
Free Nations
Supreme Court
Blondes Over Broadway Feature Highlights Temple Texas Miss
Pageant magazine's March issue features Blondes Over Broadway with stars of current Broadway shows. It spotlights Temple Texas beauty as a rising star, image caption noting 69 performances in Pipe Dream and future stardom potential. The piece mentions family ties and a local army battery test in Baunholder Germany, plus brief stray local crime remark.
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Pageant
Broadway
Temple Texas
Pipe Dream
William Snyder reports on Ike during hunting trip
In Thomasville Georgia amid a hunting road stop, Snyder and others discuss President Eisenhower’s health and possible 1952 campaign plans. Snyder notes Ike appears physically able, with further questions about a potential new run.
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Snyder
Jhewsman Salle
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James E. “"Wilson
Richard Wilson
Hope Regently
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