Sliced Thin and Sound Bites Across America
A collage of reader tidbits comments on music influence and media. acoustics insight estimates world income shares. a Dallas ban on deceptive go out of business ads levies a 50 dollar license for 30 days with 10 dollars per day penalties. light local quip from Britain contrasts sweetness in candy pricing. notes from Columbia South Carolina and Waynesboro Virginia newspapers.
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Dallas
Givenville
Miss
Delta Democrat-Times
LRU Not to Consider UA Merger
Little Rock University president Dr. Carey V. Stable says LRU should remain private and independent due to stalled merger progress with the University of Arkansas. He notes lack of increased financial support and delays in development plans, stressing his memo is his personal stance to spur long-range planning.
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Little Rock
Carey V. Stable
Little Rock University
LRU
University of Arkansas
Stable
Stabler
Bombs Force Reds to Spread Bases and Arms
General Earle G. Wheeler says intensified U S bombing in North Vietnam is forcing the North Vietnamese to disperse antiaircraft batteries and depots into populated areas, while praising air power as essential to operations. He notes a trend toward installations becoming harder to strike and links to enemy propaganda. Also reports Johnson seeks a 73 billion defense budget boost and passport revocation for three of four visiting women. A construction worker, Frank Madrick, 55, dies when a sewer wall collapses in Greenwood.
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Seymour M. Hersh Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Vietnam
Sigma Delta Chi
Hanoi
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Soviet Union
State Department
Patela Griffith
Ithica
N. Y
Rasan
May Rescind Liquor Permit In Arkansas
Alvin E. Bell director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control said the transfer of a retail liquor license from Hampton to Wilmar may be rescinded. The ABC board scheduled a hearing for 10 a.m. January 25 after the agency was misinformed on Wilmar store location.
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Little Rock
Alvin E. Bell
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Hampton
Wilmar
Bell
ABC
Scholarships for Music Available in 0klahoma and Louisiana
The National Federation of Music Clubs offers multiple music scholarships this season. At Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts Chickasha one $250 scholarship (renewable to second year) is available for organ piano violin viola voice or music education. Centenary College Shreveport with Shreveport Symphony offers four $850 scholarships yearly for orchestral string players, renewable until bachelor’s degree. Contact Mrs. Sam Strong Friday Music Club for more information.
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Muic
National Federation of Music Clubs
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
Chickasha
Okla
Centenary College
Shreveport
Shreveport Symphony Orchestra
Sam Strong
Friday
Civil Defense Conference Scheduled in Hope
Hempstead County officials announce a Civil Defense Conference on Tuesday January 26 1956 at 7 00 PM in the Hope City Hall Court Room Garland Medders City Manager says the event includes a film About Fallout a Barrier Shielding Demonstration and a discussion on why Civil Defense with emphasis on local responsibility in rescue and recovery before outside aid in a nuclear attack.
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Hempstead County
Hope
Garland Medders
Civil Defense Education Department
The
Arkansas State Teachers College
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Medders
Powell Record Aims To Aid Widow In Suit
Harlem congressman Adam Clayton Powell plans a new LP Keep the Faith Baby to fund his defense and pay a $164000 defamation judgment to Esther James. A restraining order blocks profits to Powell while he faces contempt sanctions for court noncompliance.
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John Beckler
Washington
Baby
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Esther James
New York
C. Sumner Stone
Harlem
Raymond Rubio
Jubilee Records
Campbell Still Pulaski Judge Pulaski County ruling upheld
Arkansas Supreme Court backed Arch Campbell in remaining Pulaski County judge until a successor is elected. Gov. Rockefeller planned a special election. The decision affirmed Chancellor Warren Wood who had ruled Campbell, not Robert O. Justice, should hold the office after Justice was appointed following judge-elect Tom Gulley drowned.
Way to Relieve Exam Jitters at UA Alpha Phi
The University of Arizona Alpha Phi sorority used a playful method to ease exam tension by forming two lines in the parking lot and throwing whipped cream at each other. Leaders say the activity builds focus and energy, though it leaves hair and clothes sticky for two weeks, during which the members stay in the dorms to study.
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Tucson, Ariz
University of Arizona
Alpha Phi
China in Civil War Claim Sparks Beijing Turmoil
AP dispatch reports Communist China in deep upheaval as Defense Minister Lin Piao, Mao loyalist, is quoted saying the country is in a state of civil war. The wall bulletins signal purges aimed at Liu Shao-chi with Mao power at stake.
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John Roderick
Tokyo
Lin Piao
Mao Tsetung
Tokyo Yomiuri
Lin
Liu Shao-chi
Mao
Lin Yutang
Manila
China
Taipei
Formosa
President Johnson's Vietnam Peace Plan Faces Senate Skepticism
Washington AP President Johnson outlined a slow pressure path to peace in Vietnam. Senate leaders like Everett Dirksen criticized tying East-West trade and a Soviet consular treaty to war progress. Senators Russell Fulbright Hartke Thurmond weighed restraint versus escalation, with opinions split on pace and strategy.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Doves
Hawks
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Soviet Union
United States
Richard B. Russell
D+ Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Rs.c
Armed Services Committee
Red River school offers personnel management course
The Red River Vocational Technical School will run a four session course for business owners and supervisors in Southwest Arkansas. Feb 7 9 14 16 7 to 9 p.m. at the school Commons Assembly Hall on Highway 29 South. Speakers include Brandon Davis Dan Howard Ben Finley and Jack Hawkins. Enroll for 3 dollars. sponsors are Red River School Hope Trade Development Association and State Department of Education.
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Red River
Brandon Davis
Union Planters Bank of Memphis
Jack Hawkins
Sears and Company
Little Rock
Red River Vocational Technical School
Hope Trade Development Association
Distributive Education Division
State Department of Education
State Department of Education. the Vocational Technical School
Bill Morris
Hempstead County
Chamber of Commerce
Vo-Ted
Decision on Rail Rate Increase Postponed in Arkansas
The Arkansas Commerce Commission postponed ruling on a 10 percent rise in switching rates sought by major railroads. The commission gave 10 days for the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce to file a brief, while Arkansas Grain Corporation and Arkansas Rice Growers Association urged denial.
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Lutle Rock
Arkansas
State Commerce Commission
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas Grain Corporation
Arkansas Rice Growers Co-operative Association
Stuttgart
Brown University seeks 17.1 million boost for medical education
Providence reports Brown University plans to raise more than 7 million dollars toward a 17.1 million initiative to expand its medical education program. The proposal targets enhanced facilities and training opportunities within the medical school and related departments.
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Brown University
Prison Delay Causes Postponement of Felony Trials
Searcy Arkansas AP Lloyd Henry a White County prosecutor sought and won postponement of all felony trials in his district due to reports of torture extortion and drunkenness at Tucker Prison Farm He said juries can t judge guilt when conditions at the pen are unclear and Judge Elmo Taylor granted the delay to the March term Henry president of the Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association.
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Searcy
Ark
Tucker Prison Farm
Lloyd Henry
White County
Elmo Taylor
Henry
Tucker
Rockefeller pushes politics out of State Police Board
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller called for removing politics from Arkansas State Police oversight. He urged professionalism, policy matters only, and leaving day-to-day operations and promotions to hires, while promising a 120 day department review and possible leadership accountability. A $5 biennial driver license proposal and funding needs were discussed with Commissioner Carl Burger estimating $1 million extra yearly for optimal operation.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
State Police Commission
Policics
Rockefeller
Commission
Herman) Lindsey
Rykefeller
Arkansas
Conmission
Carl Burger
Springdale
East German Leaders Reported Ill and Recooperating
Berlin AP reports East Germany premier Willi Stoph began extended recuperative vacation while Foreign Minister Otto Winter entered a sanitarium due to weakened health condition. Neues Deutschland cites the premier and ADN notes the health episodes affecting both top officials.
Iranians Drown While Fleeing to Kuwait Shipwreck
Kuwaiti authorities reported that forty five Iranian men attempting to enter Kuwait by boat were drowned near the coast late Tuesday night. The vessel, about 300 yards from shore, sank after capsizing during the perilous crossing. Local police said the incident occurred off Kuwait’s coast as authorities intensified efforts to curb illegal crossings.
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Kuwait
Kingdom
Portuguese Goa Won't Merge with Maharashtra
In Bombay India AP reports Goa leaders reject a proposal to merge with Maharashtra. They prefer to remain under central government rule in New Delhi, wary of loss of autonomy.
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Bombay
India
Goa
Talsra
Masharashtra
Eroment
New Delhi
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