Twelve Die in Shreveport Crash on Lake Wallace
A private amphibious plane crashed on the shores of Lake Wallace near Shreveport killing twelve people including Braniff executives and other prominent businessmen. Pilot Buddy Huddleston died. wreckage ignited and victims were badly charred. The crash followed a snow and sleet storm as the craft attempted an emergency landing. Continued on Page Three.
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Shreveport, Sr
Forcefawn
Tee
Here
Branfe Ate Iines
T. &, Branlet
Branift
Brinift
Ests
Walled Gas Co
Grumman Mallard
Wo CL
Buddy) Huddleston
Gilliam
Lake Wallace
Shreveport
Braniff
Huddleston
R. A. Hargrave
Shrewport
Texas Eastern Transmission
Chris Abbot
Hyannis
Neb
Nebraska
Edgar Tobin
Tobin Atal Survey Qo
San Antoni
Tex
Justin R. Querbes
Shreveport Insurance
Fist National Bank
Bernard Weiss
Shmreveport
Mikton Weiss
Dalines Tex
John BE
Atkins
Lead Players to Be Kept a Secret
The Miss Rose Hare led show at Hops High School Auditorium January 14 15 features two actors to remain unannounced while John Doe and Mary Doe portray Joha and Mary Dee. Proceeds aid the Student Loan Fund with a guessing contest offering free tickets. Parade at 4 00 from Jamis Cleaners includes children’s division prizes and parade committee members. Tickets sold through B & PW members and show headquarters reserve seats via telephone. Curtain at 8 14.
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B & PW
Walt
Hops High School
Aig
Fuosses
Mary Doe
Hope
Royal
John Doe
Business
Parade
Travis Wy
Jamis Cleaners
Mra
Roy Stepherison
Lucille Porter
Frank Russell
Prospect
Mrs Fincher Dies at Home Near Columbus
Mrs Nancy Jane Fincher aged 70 died Sunday at her Hempstead area home near Columbus. She leaves three sons Heyman Fincher of Linden Texas, Joe Fincher of Washington Oregon, and a surviving spouse. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Nancy Jane Fincher
Hempstead
Columbus
Heyman ‘Fincher
Linden
Texas
Pare and
Joe Fincher
Washing
Robbery at J A Hogue's Grocery Leads to Arrest
Police report a Black suspect robbed J A Hogues Grocery in Yerger School area last night using a club to disable lights. About an hour later officers detained 26 year old Roscow Palite, who possessed the stolen billfold, $15.26, cigars and razor blades. Identified as the robber, Palite is charged with robbery.
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J. A. Hogue
Yerger
Mr. Hogue
Pilfigers
Roscow Palite
Connention
Palite
Beauty Shop Opening Set For January Thirteenth
The Mary Edna Beauty Shop at 110 South Him Street reopens after renovations. Co owners Mrs Mary Hamm and Mrs Edna Brooks announce a two to six pm event on Wednesday January 13 inviting visitors to register for free services including Helene Curtis cold wave shampoo wave and men’s cure. Free samples will be given.
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Mary-Edna Beauty Shop
South Him Street
Mary Hamm
Edna Brooks
Helene Curtis
Roundup Club to Ride in Parade
Hope's Roundup Club will ride in the B&PW Show Parade on Tuesday January 12 at 4 30 p m. All members are asked to meet on South Walnut Street at 4 16 p m.
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Hope’s
B&pw
South Walnut Street
Train Hits Auto at Hazel Street Crossing
A Missouri Pacific passenger train No 82 struck an auto at the Hazel Street crossing about 8 30 PM Saturday and pushed it 25 feet along the track. Officer list driver as Jess Atkins who escaped unharmed and left the scene before police arrived. The train also departed.
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Missouri Pacific
Hazel Street
Jess Atkins
Atkins
Corporation Tax Compromise Debated in Congress
Washington Rep Kean proposed a compromise on corporation income tax rates, amid GOP and some Democrat calls to lower from 52 percent. President Eisenhower urged keeping current rates for another year and delaying excise tax cuts.
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B. L. Livingstone Washngton
Kean
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Till
H.hod
Tischhower
Union
Snow in New York City Inspires Poet Boyle
Snow falls over New York City transforming the streets into a wonderland. Hal Boyle notes the city’s beauty from the Bronx to Battery Park as residents marvel at flurries, Statue of Liberty, and snow coated scenes, while reflections on urban life surface amid the storm.
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New York City
Boyle
Hal Boyle
New York
Bronx
the Battery
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Park Avenue
Chinese Propose Peace Talks Be Reopened
The Communists urged resuming preliminary negotiations or a Korean peace conference. State Department official Kenneth Young said he received the letter and will await Washington's action. India also asked the U N Assembly to reconvene in New York to discuss Korea while noting the 22,500 war prisoners still to be freed by January 22 under the prisoner exchange agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Randolph
Willam C. Barnard Panmunjomm
State Department
Kenneth Oung
Washington
Red China
Peping
Indio
Lisisen
India
Mercy Mission Saves Austrian Boy With Serum Aid
U S Air and State Department teams coordinated a global mercy effort to save eight year old Gottfried Eder in Innsbruck Austria by delivering a lifesaving anti hemorrhagic serum after a severe snowstorm. The serum traveled from Lansing Michigan to Washington Westover Air Base Germany and finally Innsbruck showing intercontinental cooperation. Immediate improvement followed serum administration at the Innsbruck Children's Clinic.
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Innsbruck
Austria
United States
Gottfried Eder
Munich
Bay
Lansing
Mich
Washington
Westover Air Base
Mass
Atlantic
Frankfurt
Germany
Fuersten-Feldbrock Air Base
U. S. Army
Air Force
State Department
Eder
Middlebrooks Seeks Hempstead County Clerk's Office
Arnold J. Middlebrooks announces candidacy for Hempstead County Clerk subject to Democratic primaries. Aimed at public service, he notes 30 years old, farm roots in South Hempstead County, education at Patmos High School Magnolia A&M College and University of Arkansas, and prior War Department work. He pledges full-time, honest, courteous service and dedication to the office.
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Star
Arnold J. Middlebrooks
Hempstead
South Hempstead
Middlebrooks
Patmos High School
Magnolia A&m College
University of Arkansas
War Department
Jess Eubanks Dies at 54 in Hempstead Area
Yess Eubanks aged 54, well known in Hempstead, dies at home Saturday night. Survived by one son AL Eubanks of Ft Worth, a daughter Mrs Lloyd Dickerson, three brothers B C of Texas, B L Blytheville, George Eubanks New Boston, three sisters Mrs Thomas Sanders, Mrs A L Toliett, Mrs R N Mouser. Member of Methodist Church, Whitfield Masonic Lodge, Riverside Chapter 468 R A M, and Riverside Council R S M. Funeral Monday at 1 p.m. at Shower Springs with Rev Virgil Keeley. Masons at graveside.
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Yess Eubanks
Hempstead
Joan
AL Eubanks
Ft. Worth
Texas
Lloyd Donald Dickerson
B. C
Texeckana
Blytheville
George Eubanks
New Boston
Thomas Sanders
Bonham
A. L. Toliett
Ozan
R. N. Mouser
Hope
Eubanks
Methodist Church
Whitfield Masonic Lodge
Riverside
Riverside Council of R & SM of
Ft Worth
Shower Springs
Virgil Keeley
Masons
Van Dalsen's Pet School Gets High Court Boot
In Little Rock the Arkansas Supreme Court struck down a 1953 act authorizing a Perry County vocational school. The four four ruling said the measure created local or special legislation in violation of Constitution Amendment 14. The decision, written by Associate Justice Ed McFaddin, builds on a Pulaski Chancery Court ruling.
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Little Rock
Arkanses
Supreme Court
Perry County
Kansas
Buster
Francis Cherry
Paul Alserm
Pata
Jonette
Cherry
House
Senate
Ed McFaddin
Pulaski Chancery Court
McFaddin
Perry
Witness Search Intensifies in Reuther Shooting Case
Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien pressed a court move to compel an assault with intent to kill charge against Donald Ritchie, an ex convict linked to the Walter Reuther shotgun attack. Ontario police, needed for cross border action, surveilled Ritchie's mother and a girlfriend as authorities pursue the missing witness who fled Detroit after eluding guards.
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Deteroit Fh
Vane County
Gerald K. O'Brien
Walter Reuther
Bgalnse
Donald Ritchie
Ontario
Ritchie
Detroit
O'Brien
O’brien
Reuther
Six Local Youths Held for Theft
Six local junior and senior high youths aged from Nb to 17 were arrested by City Police Saturday for stepping and robbing a cigarette machine, and for stealing gerap iron. The group used a steggnpert in downtown Preece, doe eregm.
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Ithost
City Polve
Preece
Farm Surplus Freezes Flexible Support Urged by President
President Eisenhower pushes for retaining farm surplus policy amid calls to freeze flexible support programs. The administration argues stability for farmers while opponents warn of market distortions and budget impacts.
Snow Buries Large Part of Arkansas in Weekend Blizzard
Snow blankets Arkansas from El Dorado to Subiaco with depths from a trace to seven inches, first statewide snowfall since 1952. Temperatures plunged to four degrees below zero in Fayetteville while highways in northern sections closed or restricted to chain use. Power and phone outages were limited, with Arkansas Power and Light and Southwestern Bell reporting only minor interruptions. several counties closed schools as snow spread, Paystteville schools remained open.
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Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Crest
Washington County
Paystteville
Bond posted in Austin man charged after accident
Austin man named Fred Hengey posted bond on a charge of failing to yield the right of way after a two vehicle collision at Third and Shower Streets. Willie Dean was the other driver involved and both vehicles sustained damage, police said.
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Fred’ “Hengey
Austin
Texas
Hile Auto
Willie Dean
Eisenhower's 14 point plan for Taft-Hartley revision
President Eisenhower asked Congress to consider a 14 point program altering the Taft Hartley Act. He proposed government supervised secret ballots for union and strike votes and argued for changes to modernize labor management relations amid recent advances. The message stressed giving workers a voice in pivotal pay and employment decisions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Thaye
Bobcats win Henderson State Teachers College tourney
Deluge and cold snap followed heavy rain over the weekend with sleet and snow. Geach Byron Thompson and his Bobcats won the Henderson State Teachers College tournament. the final period saw England ignite as the Bobcats held off a late charge. Local fans called it the best game of the tournament. Also notes on service members including Army Cpl L K Haltam and Pvt James T Mullins with leave and leadership course selections.
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Geach Byron Thompson
Bobcats
Henderson State Teachers College
Caugh
England
Ghipa
L. K. Haltam
M. P
Haltam of
Hope
Kokara
Japan
76Th
Korea
James T. Mullins
Roy Mullins
Fort. Biss
Pexaga
Mullins
Salota Airways Sets 16 Member Flight Load
A fragment notes Salota Airways loading a 16 member air service. Details on routes, aircraft type, or timing are unclear within the readable text. The item presents a brief operational note from a historical source.
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Charles Somerville
Point Pleasant
W. Va
John Mershon
Otway
Ohio
Crile Veterans Administration Hospital
Cleveland
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Kennedy
Aate
Crite
Somervill
Mershon
NEA Telaphoto
Roundup Club
Hazel St. Crossing
U.S
County Clerk's
Jess Eubanks
van Dalsen
High Court
Leon Hatgh
Washingto Eizenhower
Fart
Fagull
Governa Ible’ Farm
Ike
March of Dimes
Yale
Gooding
Idaho
Tke
Bt Star
Tot McDonald
Dune, Hope, Ve
Salota ‘Airways
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