Girl Kidnapped In Iowa City Sparks National Search
Sioux City Iowa UP all available police and 20 National Guardsmen were called to search for two year old Donna Sue Davis who vanished from her crib Sunday night as her parents watched television. FBI agents were conferring but offered no entry into the case. A neighbor reported seeing a man with a bundle and a white tee shirt and khaki trousers was later seen nearby. The window screen was found open and the crib lay in the parents' room. The child weighed about 21 pounds and was wearing pink pajamas.
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Sioux City
Iowa
National
Donna Sue Davis
James O'Keefe
FBI
James Davis
Luis Fredes
Davis
Edos
Elk Point
S. D
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
Mary
Timothy
Donna
Sne
Strike Over by Telephone Workers
CIO Communications Workers of America members at General Telephone Co. of the Southwest in Texarkana Arkansas returned to their jobs after an unauthorized walkout that began last Thursday in San Angelo Texas. About 150 workers in Texarkana plus 18 in Prescott and 11 in Augusta resumed work as union and company negotiations progress. Strikers voted to return after a meeting at San Angelo amid talks toward a new contract including a wage increase from 75 cents to $1.25 an hour.
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Texarkana
Arkansas Union
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Lonnie Porter
CIO Communication Workers of America
Texarkana Exchange
Arkansas
Texas
L. A. Green
Prescott
Augusta
General
San Angelo
Tex
Union
O Wen
Bethany Baptist Church Holds Revival Meeting
A revival gathering is underway at Bethany Baptist Church and will run through the week. The Rev. Ralph Cottrell of Pine Bluff delivers the message tonight. The public is invited.
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Bethany Baptist Church
Ralph Cottrell
Pine Bluff
Memphis Mayor Refuses Pledge On Dixon-Yates Plant
Memphis Mayor Frank Tobey said he will not pledge that the city’s proposed power plant won’t join the TVA system. Tobey and Memphis Light, Water and Gas officials are in Washington consulting with Budget Director Hughes and Attorney General Brownell about Dixon-Yates. Senate Atomic Energy Committee chair Anderson said the AEC voted against cancelling the Dixon-Yates contract, despite the president’s directive to reconsider.
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Washington
INS
Frank Tobey
Memphis
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tobey
Dixon- Yates
Maj
Thomas A. Allen
Memphis Light, Water and Gas Co
Rowland Hughes
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Clinton P. Anderson
D.N.M
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon-Yates
Hughes
Gestation and pouch life in kan garoos
The period of gestation in kan garoos lasts about three weeks. The young are poorly developed at birth and must spend time in the marsupial pouch before gaining significant independence.
Arkansas schools finances clarified after budget debate
In the three months after the Legislature adjourned, worries over school finances eased but remain. Shortfalls will still trim funds for more than 400 districts with cuts in maintenance supplies and term length. If full state aid is available, districts may still face a $100 per teacher unit reduction, though total funding could reach $29.7 million under law.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Calatan
Tex
Joe Hudson
Education Department
Hudson
Star Building Feature Highlights Hope Daily in Magazine
Editor & Publisher spotlights the Hope Star’s new building and Open House on June 18 in the July 9 issue. The piece notes historic ties to Hope Arkansas and cites the Star alongside three other Arkansas dailies in the 1942 Teletypesetter Circuit startup led by Clyde E. Palmer and Alex H. Washburn.
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Hope Star
Editor & Publisher
New York
United States
Canada
Central
South America
Arkansas
Hope
The
Star
National Magazine
Clyde E. Palmer
Alex. ‘H. Washburn
Hog Calling Champions Upheld by Local Debut Champion Declares
Maryville Tennessee reports Robert Clark, a 43 year old champion hog caller, winning the National Hillbilly Homecoming contest for the third straight year. He says hog calling is simple with a loud voice and control, and dismisses need for a special personality.
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Maryville
Tenn
Robert Clark
Clark
Tor
Man Used Toy Pistols in Robberies in Little Rock
George Lee 22 admitted using Gene Autry pistols loaded with caps to rob two Little Rock liquor stores of 246 dollars. A gold barrel pistol was found on a downtown roof. Lee, under a suspended manslaughter sentence from 1952, said he gave most loot to strangers and offered no reason.
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Little Rock
George Lee
Gene Autry
Lee
Ernest Martin Heath
Record Violent Death Toll in Arkansas Reaches New High
The week ending last night reports twenty six violent deaths in Arkansas the highest weekly toll this year. Fatalities include fourteen traffic deaths five drownings four from personal crisis cases two accidental electrocutions and one home explosion.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Gary Pippins Jr
Texarkana
Fouke
Clifton Pippins
Art
Kate Bishop
Jonesboro
John Nelson
el Dorado
Howard Porter
Garland C. Porter
Homer Portis
North Little Rock
Arthur Lee Rockamore
Rockamore
Thousands Battle Arizona Forest Fire Across Southwest
The Associated Press reports more than 2,000 firefighters fought major blazes across Arizona Wyoming and Colorado. Prescott National Forest blaze near Prescott consumed about 19 000 acres as crews worked to encircle flames. One man Charles Cline died trapped in a canyon near Prescott. Wyoming fires in Medicine Bow region scorched over 3 500 acres with about 100 firefighters converging on a small blaze in Arapaho National Forest. Foresters warned fires could flare again as crews push to contain them.
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Associated Press
Battle Forest
Arizona
Prescott National Forest
Prescott
Forest Service
Wyoming
Medicine Bow
Arapahoe National Forest
Colorado
Phoeix
Denver
Charles Cline
Waggoner
Ariz
W. B. Gallaher
E. J. Wartenberry
Laramie
Medicine Bow Mountains
Fortenberry
Medicine Row National Forest
Saratoga
Wyo
Insects Identified In Cypress Trees At Grassy Lake
state forester Fred Lang said today that a worm defoliation affecting about 2 000 cypress trees at Grassy Lake near Hope has been identified tentatively as looper worms. He warned no permanent damage to the trees is expected unless the worms return next year, which could kill some trees.
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Little Rock
Fred Lang
Grassy Lake
Hope
Lang
Petition Urges Eisenhower to Seek a Second Term
GOP House members led by Frelinghuysen Curtis and Avery deliver a petition to President Eisenhower urging him to run again. Curtis says the call shows strong GOP sentiment while Eisenhower has not committed. Democrats note a strong standing for a 1956 bid amid prosperity and political headwinds from the Dixon Yates issue. Leonard Hall announces a meeting of 48 Republican state chairmen September 7 to 10 to discuss campaign tactics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP House
Frelinghuysen
R-Nh
Laurence Curtis
R-Mass
William H. Avery
R-Kan
Curtis
White House
Avery
GOP
House
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Gore
D-Tenn
CBS
Tennessee Valley Authority
Leonard W. Hall
Hymn-Singing Convicts Recede From Escape
Three members of a hymn singing convict quartet escaped from Kilby Prison three days ago and are back in custody near Fredericktown Missouri. Bobby Tidwell and Bobby Cottrell were arrested by a state trooper after their wagon with a broken axle was found abandoned. The FBI detained Walter Tidwell in Memphis after a phone call. Orville Gray had earlier refused parole and left the group.
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Fredericktown
San Alabama
Bobby Tidwell
Bobby Cottrell
Roanoke
Missouri
R. C. Caldwell
FBI
Walter Tidwell
Memphis
Tenn
Kilby
Montgomery
Ala
Tidewell
Birmingham
Orville Gray
Searcy Ark
Caldwell
Cottrell
Gray
Michigan
Ark La Gas Rate Hike Faces PSC Hearing in Little Rock
Hears open today as Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co seeks a multi million dollar annual rate increase from large industrial customers. Written testimony argues higher natural gas field costs justify the rise. several industries protest the proposed 4.2 million dollar yearly boost, already bonded to cover potential refunds.
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Little Rock
Public Service Commission On Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Co
PSC
Three American GIs Return From China To Face Music
Three former U S Army soldiers who embraced communism and were dishonorably discharged sailed from Hong Kong aboard the President Cleveland to return to the United States. William A Cowart Lewis W Griggs and Otho G Bell left Communist China after seeking repatriation and are due in San Francisco on July 29. They had served as prisoners in Korea and later worked on a state farm and at an agricultural implements factory in Red China. They were briefly held as prohibitive immigrants by the British before U S consulate verification of U S citizenship.
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Wendell Merick
Hong Kong
G.I
China
United States
President Cleveland
San Francisco
Free World
William A. Cowart
Monticello
Ark
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
U. S
Panmunjom
Red China
United Press
America
Elbert Bell
Otho Bell
Freedom
Reds
Lewis W. Gri
Neches
Bell
Dalton
Cowart
J.calloway Jr
Olympia
Wash
Ian
Griggs
Logsmander
Mother Glad to See Son Return From Communist China
The mother of William A. Cowart said she would rather have him imprisoned in America than remain free in China. Cowart and two other GIs, who stayed in China after the Korean War, will sail for America tomorrow after repatriation. Cowart told his mother in a telegram not to worry and that he would be home soon.
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Monticello
William A. Cowarth
America
China
Samuel Chester Green
Hong Kong
Cowart
Mrs. Green
Claude J. Batchelor
Ermit
Tex
Edward S. Dickenson
Crackers Neck
United States
Thieves Take 1500 From Arkansas Bank
Deputy Sheriff Joe Means said burglars pried open the rear bank door and used an acetylene torch to cut the safe. They fled with about 1500 dollars. Authorities had no clues on the robbers.
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PEA Ridge (Ap
Joe Means
Pea Ridge
Means
Trouble Looms Over Foreign Aid Money Bill
Washington debates a $2,638,741,750 foreign aid bill for military and economic aid to non-Communist nations. The Appropriations Committee trimmed $627.9 million from Eisenhower requests, with some lawmakers arguing it is not deep enough and others saying cuts are excessive. Rep. Passman leads backers in predicting no major changes before Senate consideration this week.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Rep
John Taber
New York
Taber
Passman
D-La
Senate
Polio Vaccination Program to Resume in Fall
Arkansas public health clinics will restart the Salk polio vaccination program in October after schools reopen. Dr. J. T. Herron said about 89,000 children, mainly first and second graders who joined 1954 trials, had one shot and 19,000 had two when the program paused.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Health Department
J. T. Herron
All Around the Town Radio All Star Broadcast and Local News
KXAR will air the annual Major Leagues All Star game at 1 45 p m Tuesday. Among 45 students Marcel Smith Johnson Hope freshman Marine Pfe earned spring semester honor rolls at the University of Arkansas. Richard R Chism son of Mr and Mrs Richards E Chism Hope took part in 5th Marine Div training near Camp Pendleton California. Pvt Jessie L Harris son of H A Harris Delight graduated from a technical course at Camp Gordon Georgia. A 14 year old Black youth Charlie Lard left War Fin ally ended up Galveda and later Washita locating two wives Evelyn and Chester Jefferson. Mercury rose to 99 degrees Sunday with no dip below 72 in 24 hours. The Inch summer issue shows Spring graduates including two from Hope. Mary Ida Adams and Joanne Russell are named. A vacation is a success if the circle under our eyes changes from black to tan. result in two weeks.
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Marine Pfe
Richard R. Chism
Richards E. Chism
Hope
5Th Marine Div
California
San Diego
Navy
Oceanside
Calif
Camp Pendleton
Jessie L. Harris
H. A. Harris
Delight
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Government seizes two Buenos Aires churches as shrine plan announced
Argentine government, opposed by church leaders, takes possession of two damaged Roman Catholic churches from the June revolt and pledges to rebuild and protect them as national shrines. police used hoses and chemicals to disperse anti government rioters in Plaza de Mayo. Sixty arrests reported as clashes erupt again near the Metropolitan Cathedral. The move exacerbates church state tensions andCP cardinal Capello condemned the demonstrators.
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Buenos Aires
Churchen
Gav
Plaze de Mayo
Government House
Argentina
Anti Peron
Santiago Cardinal Capello
Juan Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Mettropolitan Cathedral
Peron
Mixed Feelings Toward GI Turncoats
Communities weighed the fate of wartime prisoners who allied with communists while awaiting their return home. Families and neighbors split over loyalty and punishment with some offering jobs and support, others urging government action if traitorous ties persisted.
Three Men Escape From Newport Jail
Newport sheriff reports three men escaped from Jackson Jail last night. The trio reportedly lowered themselves to a squad of guards with blankets from a second story cell. Identifications included Elmer Stephens and Buck Coy, with Corbett charged on burglary and related felonies.
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Newport
Jackson
Winningham
Blades
Elmer Stephens
W. M (Buck
Gene Corbett
Felang
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