Surprise Petition to Put Eisenhower on Ballot in New Hampshire
Deputy secretary of state to decide if enough valid signatures exist on surprise petitions to place President Eisenhower on the March 13 New Hampshire primary ballot. Maurice Grant filed petitions with 70 signatures from the state second district and 54 from the first district but duplicates and mis-signatures were noted. Gov. Lane Dwinell and Peter Carter organize filing for 6 30 a.m. Monday as part of the Eisenhower campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Abelson
Concord
WN. H
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Harry E. Jackson
Maurice J. Grant
Manchester
Grant
Jackson
Dwight Eisenhower
Lane Dwinell
Annual Hempstead County School Elections March 17
The annual school election will be held March 17 by Hempstead County districts from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Voters will approve a millage for building, debt service and general fund. Districts must vote at least 18 mills to qualify for state aid. Multiple districts elect directors for various five year terms. County Board of Education members will also be elected. Petitions require 20 or 50 signatures depending on position, with final filing February 25. Election officials will be chosen by the County Board of Election Commissioners.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Spring Hi
Blevins
Patmos
Saratoga
Washington
Guernsey
County Board of Education
County Board of Election Commissioners
B. Dt Brown
No Clemency for Police Slayer in Oklahoma City Case
The State Pardon and Parole Board refused to recommend clemency for Harbie Franklin Fairris, 22, of Dallas, sentenced to be electrocuted Wednesday for killing an Oklahoma City detective. Gov Raymond Cary had earlier said he would not override the board's decision.
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Oklahoma City
State Pardon and Parole Board
Harbie Franklin Fairris
Dallas
Gev
Raymond Cary
Airways Becoming Inadequate Says Advisory Group
Washington reports an eight-man government advisory committee says crowded airways and weak regulation cause airliners to brush with death four times daily. It urges urgent action to appoint a high-level leader and to draft a 20-year plan for integrated aviation development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ubless
William Barclay Harding
New York
Rowland Hughes
Minster
Youth Dies for Girl's Murder Ossining Shock
William Byers aged 12 died in Sing Sing electric chair for the murder of his girlfriend's mother, Anna Gresh. Theresa Gresh, 15 at the time, is serving 20 years to life for aiding the killing in a Manhattan tenement. Mrs Gresh was beaten and stabbed, body hidden in a tub after discovery.
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Ossining
N.Y
William Byers
Sing Sing
Theresa Gresh
Anna Gresh
Publishers Meet for 34th Time in Arkansas
About 200 Arkansas newspaper publishers gathered in Little Rock for the 34th annual midwinter convention of the Arkansas Press Association. E. C. Deane addressed a luncheon, with speakers including J. O. Emmerich of the Met Comp, and William P. Rock, head of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission, scheduled over the two day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rockly
Arkansas
Arkansas Press Association
E. C. Deane
The
Arkansas Gazette
J.O . Emmerich
We MetComb
Miss. Enterprise Journal
William P. Rock
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Large Group Attends Water District Meeting
A large crowd gathered Thursday night for the formation of a water district to incorporate into the Millwood Dam project. Attendees included Boyd Tackett Texarkana H C Hays mayor Texarkana and many civic leaders from Ashdown Prescott Lewisville Hope and Shreveport among others.
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Millwood Dam
Boyd Tackett
Texarkana
H. C. Hays
L. BE
Gilliland
Chamber of Commerce
W. P. Walsh
Charles Conway
B. B. Lanier
de. John Wyrick
Nunn Goodlett
E. J. Bedgiall
Roy * Cowling
Chamber of Cormerce
Ashdown
E. C. Cobb
Lions Club
John CD
Coulter
Rotary Club
C. A. Bishop
W. B. Caley Jr
Dr. N.W. Peacock
Jim Evans
Prescott
Paul Hiett
W. C. Woostey
L. Dbd
Hutt
Fowke
J. Boyette Powell
Lewisville
John Beatty
R. L. Searey
Red River Levee
Lone Prairie Levee
Joe Coleman
H. H. Clayton
James Guiter Jr
Wilton
John L. Mesomore Jr
W. H. Etter
Washington
J. M. May
D. Brown
McNab
W. M. Thompson
Emmet
Ramey Garland
Shelby L. Jones
Cecil Cox
H. M. Olsen
Hope
Frank King
Chamber _of Commerce
C. V. Nunn Jr
James H. Pilkinton
Lloyd Spencer Hope
Syd McMath
Alex Washburn
Hope Star
W. S. Atkins
George Peck
Vincent W. Foster
W. H. Gunter Sr
Chas
C. Thomas
W. Mike Kelley
Trimble
Darysey McRae
Louis E. Cral
A. L. Page
R. M. Jones
Claude Tillery
Victor H. Cobb
J. J. Liebling
L. B. Yooley
Emil A
Kaden
Henry W. Seamans
E. W. Copeland
Ben J. Ochs
Frank Douglas
Leonard F. Ellis
A. W. Martin
Jack Fielding
Donald W. Moore
Earl Harvey
Sam W. Strong
Odus Harvey
W. W. White
Jack Brown
A. G. Martin
Carter Johnson
Guy R. Ross
Paraloma
J.P. Ross
Marvin Watson
Nalugerfield
Toy Matthias
Shreveport
Kefauver Seeks Democratic Nomination in New Hampshire
Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee launches a three day drive to win New Hampshire votes for the Democratic presidential nomination. He schedules stops in Hampton Portsmouth Dover Somersworth Rochester and Nashua with rallies and a Baptist church service planned. He will address the Gasoline Dealers Association in Laconia and press for his 1964 campaign aims.
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Joseph D. Kamin
Portsmouth
N. H
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Truman
New Hampshire
Hampton
Massachusetts - New Hampshire
Dover
Somersworth
Rochester
Nashua
Manchester
New Hampshie Gasoline Dealers’ Association
Laconia
Acheson Urges Revitalized Foreign Plan
Former secretary of state Dean Acheson urged a revived foreign policy, warning against hucksterism and urging imaginative, vigorous pursuit. He spoke to about 200 at a dinner and cautioned that weakness could be mistaken for strength while calling for reappraisal amid Cold War shifts toward economic methods and increased uncommitted nations. He critiqued U S ties with Canada, Britain, Germany, France, and Near East nations amid pactomania and regional strains.
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Ruth Cowan
Washington
Dean Acheson
Woman's National Democratic Club
Acheson
North Africa
Midle East
Indochina
T Jae
U. S
South America
Canada
Britain
Germany
Wrance
Westinghouse Plant Bids Opened in Arkansas
Bids for the state donated Westinghouse plant near Hot Springs were to be opened at 3 p.m. at Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. The plant, built by Westinghouse Electric Corp, was abandoned for use and turned over to the state. Commission meetings are held in rotation at each member's hometown.
Injuries Fatal to Aged Woman in Jonesboro Nursing Home
Mrs. Alice Farr 92 of Fisher in Poinsett County died in a Jonesboro nursing home from injuries suffered in a six week old fall at her home. In Little Rock a 49 year old farmer died in a flaming car after it veered into a ditch. Coroner said Russell H. Cathoff burned badly. witness said car crossed highway, rolled into ditch and burst into flames.
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Jonesboro
Alice Farr
Fisher
Poinsett County
Little Rockim
Pulaski County
Howard ‘A. Dishough
Russell H. Cathoff
J. R. Roberts
Will Fight Try to Corner GOP Vote
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire vows to oppose any move to bundle the state’s Republican delegates for a single candidate if Eisenhower does not run again. He may enter the March 13 primary as a delegate candidate to prevent a White House slate from dominating the delegation.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Bridges
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Senate
GOP
White House
Hempstead County Conservation Sign-Up Ends Jan 20
Hempstead County ASC Chairman H B Gilbert announces January 20 as the closing date for the initial signup period under the 1836 Agricultural Conservation Program. Farmers should file cost-sharing requests for 1956 and 1958 funds. after Jan 20 the committee will tally requests and allocate funds by farm. Farmers may file anytime during the year. listed practices include vegetative cover, soil liming, tree stands, pond construction, terraces, drainage, and ditch protection for erosion control and watershed protection.
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H. B. Gilbert
Hempstead County
ASC
Gilbert
Theis
Death of Ward Tinner at burned El Dorado home
Coroner T. E. Barton reports found dead in a burned El Dorado residence. Ward Tinner, about 60, a resident of Norphiet, was described as a Negro man known to have seizures. Police say he may have overturned a burning stove during a seizure and died in the blaze.
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EL Dorado
Ward
Norphiet
Ims
Way Nears
T. E. Barton
Tenner
Steve
Touner
Tire Sales Pact Defended by Firms Across Stations
Washington reports tire and gasoline companies defend as legal a plan to push the manufacturers products at oil company filling stations. The Federal Trade Commission filed charges against six firms for alleged illegal agreements. FTC set 36 days to answer. Firms named include B F Goodrich Co Texas Co Goodyear Tire and Rubber Atlantic Refining Firestone Tire and Rubber Shell Oil. FTC says the deals closed a large share of business for tires batteries and other accessories at oil company stations.
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Washington
Mejer
Oll
Federal Trade Commission
B. F. Goodrich Co
Texas Co
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Atlantic Refining Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Shell
Robbery Was Planned Well in Advance
FBI key figure Joseph J Specs O Keefe, 47, testifies before a grand jury about the Brink's robbery six years past. The Boston Traveler cites unnamed sources saying the gang planned the heist a year and a half ahead, entered the plant at night, bypassed doors with forged keys, and coordinated signals before seven inside men carried out the robbery.
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Boston
Joseph J. Specs
O'Keefe
FBI
Grand
Boston Traveler
O’keefe
Frarm
Joe McGinnis
Gene
Sanity Test for Killer of 43
Denver LA jury trial set to begin March 5 to decide if John Gilbert Graham was sane when accused of dynamiting an airliner that killed his mother and 43 others. Defense attorneys challenged four psychiatrists’ finding of sanity, seeking a separate sanity trial or to include it in the trial to determine guilt or innocence.
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Frank Pitman
Denver
John Gilbert Grahan
Graham
Sigit
P Iyral
Insured Farm Loans More Attractive in 1956 Change
W M Sparks Hempstead County adviser notes insured farm loan period before government purchase reduces from ten to five years on all insured loans closed after January 2. Admin McLenish says change boosts private funding and farmer buying power while terms remain unchanged for borrowers.
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W. M. Sparks
Farmers Home Administration
Hempstead
B. McLénish
USDA
McLenish
Sparks
PHA
Congress
U.S. Treasury
Arkansas
Mome Administration
Police recover long-lost 1987 Ford sedan in Sydney
Sydney police report the recovery of an automobile once missing years ago. An AP dispatch notes the 1987 Ford sedan was found and returned, with authorities citing restored ownership and standard investigative steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Lawmakers debate farm price support amid new program talk
Senator Edwin Harkinson criticized current prices and income, noting farmers need a stronger boost from a proposed long range farm program. He cited Democratic support and House Republicans' concerns while urging passage of omnibus measures to expand price support and parity payments.
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Edwin
Harkinson
CR SD
Culture Benson
Sen
Olin
Bac
Johnston
The
Eisenhower
Fragmentary notes on mission group and witnesses
Incomplete OCR fragment references a mission group and various named individuals including Grady Parratt and Roger Youd Mich. Mentions Inter-American of Ecuador, Piper plane, and a witness. Details are unclear due to damaged text and mixed phrases from multiple sources.
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India
Primiti Grady
Parratt
Missionar Inter
Aucas
Seattle
Saint
Huntingdon Ward Megully
Roger Youd Mich
Abraham
Vinde Uy
Inter-American
Ecuador
Piper
Wis
Dea
Mission Grouing
Silent film star dies after surgery at Lebon Hospital
The article notes the death yesterday at Lebon Hospital of a noted silent era actor or actress, with mentions of Pola Negri and Kay English. Friends and family recall a surprising illness and a difficult operation.
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Holly Wron
Uf Fee
Ian Glittering
Pola Negri
Bek Pickford
Consta
Yesteay
Lebon Hospital
Kerry
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