Millwood Water District Organized to Secure Millwood Water
Texarkana report on the formal organization of the Southwest Arkansas Water District to back construction of a Millwood Dam on Little River. Charles Conway elected chairman, with James Pilkinton as temporary chair. George Peck vice chair, Jim Shaver secretary, and Henry B. Whitley treasurer. The group aims to secure water for Millwood and Southwest Arkansas, opposing changes to upstream dam plans and criticizing local opponents.
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Texarkana
Southwest Arkansas Water District
Little River
Charles Conway
Conway
James Jr. Pilkinton
Hope
George Peck
Jim Shaver
Washdown
Henry B. Whitley
Magnolia
Millwod
U.S
James H. Pilkinton
Arkansas
Boyd Tackett
U .S
Millwood
Dierks Lumbers and Coal Company
Nashville News
Louis Graves
Nashville
Narrows
Graves
Oklahoma
Dierks Lumber and Coal Company
Midwood
Fine Bluff
Tucker
Dierks Lumber and Coat
Troops in Korea to move from tents to prefabricated housing
The Army said two thirds of US troops in Korea still live in tents but will have housing before winter. About a third of the building material was on hand last August when the decision was made to shift remaining soldiers to prefabs. Quonset huts will arrive via the Navy, with huts expected at Korean ports by month’s end. About 40,000 personnel are currently in Korea including two divisions a corps HQ and supporting units. A separate item notes a 76 year old Alabama woman burned to death in a fire that destroyed her two room house the cause unknown.
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Witwesuuauay
Idine
Korea
Jast
Navy
Alabama
Barth
Repeal Sought of U S Gas Tax and Interstate Plan
John A. Russell of the Arkansas Public Expenditures Council urged repeal of the federal gasoline tax and opposition to a federal interstate highway system. He told Hempstead County chapter leaders that the proposed plan would cost Arkansas 216 million dollars for 428 miles and delay replacing local roads, arguing Arkansas should receive funds directly to build roads closer to local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Russell
Arkansas Public Expenditures Council
Hempstead County
Guy BE. Basye
Rucksill
Arkansas
Taxes Key to Highway Building
A new Democratic proposal seeks funding for a 14 year highway program totalling about 874 billion dollars with federal outlay and state contributions outlined. The bill lacks financing provisions but Ways and Means is researching options including increased fuel taxes and levies on tires tubes and trucks to support roughly 25 billion dollars for the interstate and defense highway system and a broader 50 50 federal state aid mix.
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Washington i
House
Ways Aid Means Committee
Hall Has Visions for Convention in San Francisco
Hall predicts a four day GOP National Convention in San Francisco with President Eisenhower as the nominee and an outstanding attendance of delegates. Leonard W. Wall notes the event will blend party business with a California vacation, with housing nearly solved and a package system for rooms and tickets.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
California
Leonard W. Wall
GOP
Hall
Atomic steak and nuclear salad join future diets
At Dugway Proving Grounds Utah scientists outline a five year program to use nuclear energy by irradiating waste products from atomic plants to preserve perishable foods. The goal is shelf stability and long term freshness. the process called atomic irradiation kills decay bacteria and may alter taste slightly like spinach within 10 to 15 years.
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Robert H. Johnson JR
Dugway Proving Grounds
Utah
Gpinach
Dugway
Presbyterian Youth Sunday Is Planned
Presbyterian Church plans Youth Sunday with morning services featuring a children’s sermon and a concert of special music including Paula Raley and Mrs. Haskell Jones. Afternoon vesper service led by the church youth includes prayers, scripture, brick talks, and a Youth Fellowship theme song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbytrran
Eagle
Paula Raley
James Rogers
Braha
Waskell Jones
Bill Lawrence
Brayer
John Barr
Suzanne McNeill
Jack Lowe
Haskell Jones
Sharon Foster
Janet McKenzie
Georgeanne Lowe
Mike Byrd
Diane Helms
Youth Fellowship
Strong Son of God
Press Had Best Year Says 1955 Trade Report
NEW Vie w the trade publication Editor and Publisher reports that the nation’s press had its best volume year in history in 1955 with big gains in advertising and circulation. E P releasing figures yesterday from its annual yearbook said total advertising volume increased more than 10 percent last year despite a modest rate rise. Daily newspaper circulation rose by more than one million copies to 35 million, the largest gain since rationing ended in 1946. The publication predicted a continuation of the uptrend for 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Vie.w
Kim Novak Faces Fast Fame Without Losing Ground
Hollywood darling Kim Novak, 22, rose from near anonymity to six films in two years, earning headlines and a Monroe style buzz. She stays grounded, rents a shared YWCA room, walks to work near the studio, and recalls starting as a model and in small jobs before stardom.
Mild Temperatures Persist Across Arkansas Weather
The Associated Press reports Arkansas sees mild temps with mid 40s highs and light showers. Early readings hovered above freezing as clouds dominated skies from Little Rock to Texarkana. Forecast calls for occasional rain tonight and scattered thunder showers tomorrow and Sunday with cooler air in the northwest and the rest of the state by Sunday.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Litte Rock
Texarkana
Northwest
Daniels Sees Passage of Gas Proposal
Washington Senator Daniel D Texas said he is confident the Harris Fulbright bill to exempt natural gas producers from direct federal price control will pass the Senate. He leads the backing forces and predicts a close vote even if six undecided senators oppose it. The House approved the measure 209 203 last year as the Senate ends a second week of debate on the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniel D-Tex
Senate
Daniel
House
Negroes Try to Enroll at Walnut Ridge
Three Negro children, escorted by three adults, attempted to enroll at the white elementary school in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. Superintendent A W Rainwater reported Walnut Ridge aims for integration this year and the School Board is reviewing the matter. Earlier in Little Rock twenty-seven Negro children sought enrollment across levels and were turned away, with NAACP leader Mrs L C Bates saying an appeal to the courts would follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Ridge
Arkansas
A. W. Rainwater
Little Rock
L. C. Bates
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Nominating Primary of AEA Feb 3
The nominating primary of the Arkansas Education Association will be held in each school of the county on Friday February 3. Floyd Pinkerton urges superintendents to ensure all AEA members vote. Schools must report results to the County Supervisors by Saturday morning February 4. Election committee members are E R Brown Thurston Hulsey Mrs Mary Nell Turner John Maxwell James Stewart.
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Arkansas Education Association
Floyd Pinkerton
Hempstead County Education Association
County Supervisors
E. R. Brown
Thurston Hulsey
Mary Nell Turner
John Maxwell
James Stewart
Rice Restriction Vote Is Today
Washington growers vote in an Agriculture Department referendum today on extending federal rice production quotas for another year. Approval by two thirds is needed. last year the measure passed by about 90 percent. Key rice states include Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and California with smaller plantings in several other states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
California
Mississippi
Arkona
Florida
Ilinois
Missatu
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Court narrows power to expose former communists
A U S Court of Appeals ruling limits congressional committees from compelling witnesses to name former Communist associates merely for exposure. The 2-1 decision says inquiry must serve a valid legislative purpose, not public contempt or hostility. Justice Department may seek Supreme Court review. Judge Bastian dissented, calling it an improper check on Congress.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington P
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Justice Department
High Court
Appeals Court
Henry W. Edgerton
David C. Bazelon
Congress
Walter M. Bastian
Bastian
Benson Denounces CBS Farm Program Distortion
Secretary Benson denounces Murrow See It Now Farm Problem episode as distorted and demands free time to respond. CBS says no comment. The program portrayed government surpluses, hog farms, and farmer pressures, drawing Benson’s ire over his portrayal of small farmers and policy impact.
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Washington
Agricultte
Benson
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
Edward R. Murrow
New York
Murrow
Donne
Mrs Bridewell 84 Succumbs At Her Home
Mrs Eve L Bhacwell aged 84 widow of R C Bridewell and member of a pioneer Hope family died at her home early Friday. She is survived by a son Charles E Bridewell of Morrilton two daughters Mrs John M Allison of Tokyo Japan and Miss Ruth Elizabeth Bridewell of Hope. Funeral services will be held at 10 a m Saturday at First Presbyterian Church by Dr LT Lawrence Burial by Herndon Cornelius will be in Rose Hill Cemetery Active pallbearers: Vincent Foster Bill Johnson Herbert Arnold Rave Griffin RU Wray B W Edwards Milton Eason and Beverly Johnson.
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Eve L. Bhacwell
R. C. Bridewell
Hope
Charles E. Bridewell
Morrilton
John M. Allison
Tokyo
Japan
Ruth Elizabeth Bridewell
First Presbyterian Church
LT. Lawrence
Herndon Cornelius
Rose Hill Cemetery
Vincent Foster
Bill Johnson
Herbert Arnold
Rave Griffin
RU Wray
B W. Edwards
Milton Eason
Beverly Johnson
Commies Plot Red European Army Plan
London dispatch reports Soviet and Chinese leaders meeting in Prague to map a Red European Army outnumbering Western forces seven to one. The conference aims to welcome Red Germany’s Army to the alliance and coordinate Communist World economics. Participants include Molotov, Zhukov, Konev, Chu Teh, and Nieh Jung Chen as observers. The Red Warsaw pact unifies European satellite forces under Moscow, a move tied to old World War III dynamics and Soviet control of regional armies.
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London
Commi Osto
Prague
Political Consultative
Red
Ru- Lyope
Red China
Pesident
Chu Teh
Nieh Jung Chen
China
Russia
Romania
Reprimand Flows in AP&L Rate Hearing Angling
Arkansas Power & Light Company faces political strings in a Public Service Commission hearing on rate hikes. Attorney General Tom Gentry questions AP&L President R E B Ritchie about a 1943 bid to free Senator Ellis Fagan from Army duty. Jerseled by Senator Robinson, the exchange sparks a political dispute as Fagan and Gentry clash over a private practice bill.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Public Service Commission
Ap&l
Tom Gentry
PSC
Lewis Rojluson
R. E B. Ritchie
Gentry
Ellis Fagan
Robinson
Gentry Fagan
State Senate
Fagan
Man Acquitted of Murder Charge in Self Defense
Malvern court acquitted Claude Henderson of first degree murder in the fatal Sept. 9 1935 shooting of Booker T. Carroll at a Negro night club. Henderson testified Carroll advanced on him in a threatening manner and he acted in self defense.
Arkansas Weather Outlook Says Temperatures Near Normal Then Drop
Extended forecast notes temperatures near normal in the west with 3 to 6 degrees below elsewhere. Normal minima range from 26 to 39 and maxima from 41 to 44. Colder air expected Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation moderate to locally heavy with showers Saturday and again around Tuesday.
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Arkansas
Five U S Jets Crash in East Pilots Escape
Five U S Sabre jets crashed in the Far East today near Okinawa and Japan after running out of fuel during a weather avoidance flight. All pilots escaped unharmed. The loss is estimated at about two million dollars, the costliest single day for Sabres in the Far East since the Korean War. Four jets were returning to Okinawa from a training flight when fuel ran low. One pilot parachuted safely in northern Okinawa. Three landed in the East China Sea. rescuers recovered two by amphibious plane and one by a ferry. The Okinawa victims included Lt George E. Timms and Lt Walter H. Fears among others. one Sabre bounced into a radish field at Itazuke, Japan, injuring Lt Jimmie R. Hettinger lightly.
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Tokyo
Far East
Okinawa
Japan
Air Force
East China Sea
Sterling A. Jackson
Chicago
Itazuke
Jimmiee R. Hettinger
Lancaster
Ohio
George BE
Tims
Wyandotte
Mich
Walter H. Fears
Crewe
Leonard M. Weeks Ox
Milwaukee
Wis
John Bardick III
Plossmoor
Ill
Awards Given to Members of Pack 62
Cub Scout Pack 62 held its regular meeting at Carland School and awarded members. Den mothers were introduced: Ray Turner, Joe Lively, John Case, Robert Mitchell. Recipients included Richard Turner with Silver Arrow under Wolf and Denner stripe, Billy McKenzie Silver Arrow under Wolf, Wes Ninemire Silver Arrow Under Bear and two year service star, and several Wolf pins and patches for Tommy Gene Bright, Tommie Lee Steel, Donald Martin, Jimmy Mosley, Jerry Waller, Bobby Mitchell, Larry Thrash, John Scott Andrews, Richard McPowell with gold arrow under Wolf.
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Cub Scout
Carland School
Ray Turner
Joe Lively
John Case
Robert Mitchell
Richard Turner
Silver Arrow
Denner
Billy McKenzie
Wolf
Wes. Ninemire
Tommy Gene Bright
Tommie Lee Steel
Donald Martin
Jimmy Mosley
Jerry Waller
Bobby ‘Mitchell
Larry Thrash
Denner Grrper
John Scott- Andrews
Patch
Richard McPowell
Post Office Nominations Sent to Senate
President Eisenhower has transmitted to the Senate the nominations for Arkansas postmasters including Alma May at Bonneville Mack Hooper at Glenwood Otis W Tyler at Greenbrier Leland T Lewis at Huntsville Teddy E Miller atMe cvory Ralph A Morrison at Nestleton and Naomi Oletu Nixson at Paris.
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Washington (M
Eisenhower
Senate
Arkansas
Alma K. May
Bonneville
Mack Hooper
Glenwood
Otis W. Tyler
Greenbrier
Leland Tt. Lewis
Huntsville
Teddy E. Miller
Mecvory
Ralph A. Morrison
Nestleton
Naomi Oletu Nixson
Paris
All Around the Town Highlights Hope Area Notes
Mrs. Frank Malone of Hope receives a world travel tale via letter from sister Alice Kate Baker describing meals on three continents in one day. Rosa Harrie returns a misattributed photograph with 25 cents after years of delay. Local politics stir with Dean Parsons eyeing sheriff run as Firemen’s Auxiliary hosts March of Dimes coffee at Ward’s Drug Store. Ripples magazine at Ouachita notes fall issue. Joanne Easminger, Hope High graduate, assists as assistant editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Malone
Wish Hutson
Hope
Alice Kate Baker
Malones
Anskala
Turkey
Tripoli
North Africa
Greece
Europe
Asia
Shipley
Rosa Harrie
Rosa
Ward's
Beneftt
March of Dimes
Ripples
Ouachita
Joanne Easminger
Hope High
Bobcat
Joe Engminger
Raw
Flat Springs
Non aggression plan cited by sources to influence Europe
Sources report President Eisenhower may accept a European pledge not to attack the world in exchange for German stabilization. The proposal reportedly includes limits on nuclear tests and weapons and seeks a permanent non aggression framework to calm tensions ahead of next week’s discussions.
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Washington
Hower
United States
Europe
Attac World
Germany
Algo
Eisenhower
Hempstead County Home Demonstration Day Summary
Hempstead County hosts a full day event featuring Eva Madge Ellis Extension Life Specialist and Louia Garner leading home management discussions. The program includes group singing, a Miller County skit, inspirational segments by area leaders, coffee and donuts, with Mrs. Glenon Huckabe and other local officials in attendance.
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Iion
College State
Dorris
Vick
Ystol
Tenba
Eva Madge Ellis
Louia
Garner
Iro Ta County
Ter Coleman
Howard
Miller County
Hempstead County
Home
Glenon
Huckabe
Mise. Prescott
McCask
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Monroe
Miss Novak
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Hollywood
Kim
Taree
Daniels
AEA
Mrs. Bridewell
Commies
Atty
East
Star
Dean Parsons
Jong H. Barraiv Sr
Wires
Jim To
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Tag Cai Ay Ari Acy Ai
Donald J. Gonzale
Henry Raymont
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