Loss of Power Plant Arouses State's Wrath
The Dixon-Yates contract cancellation ordered by President Eisenhower sparked anger across Arkansas. Officials and citizens argued over the failed project to build a $107 million steam electric plant at West Memphis, with Memphis pledging its own plant and lawmakers lamenting the decision. Senator Fulbright called it a great blow to Arkansas as reaction split along regional and political lines.
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Dixon- Yates
Eisenhower
Arkansans
West Memphis
Arkansas
Dixon-Yates
East Arkansaw
W. K. Ingram
Mississippi River
Memphis
Frank Tobey
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Orval Faubus
South
Francis Cherry
Tom Allen
Brinkley
J. W. Fulbright
Ruth Harper 81 Dies at Beard's Chapel
Ruth Harper age 81 died Monday at her daughter's home in Beard's Chapel. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Edgar Avery and five sons. a brother and two other brothers. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Moriah with Cornish Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Harper
Beard’s Chapel
Edgar Avery
Wesley
Henry Lowd
Mt. Moriah
Ochis Lowd
Prescott
Delmer
Elmer Harper
Orange
Texas
Albert Calhoun
Hope
Wylie Calhoun
Waxahachie
Andrew Calhoun
Cornish Funeral Home
Air Force salutes Ground Observer Corps volunteers
General Nathan F Twining honors 350000 volunteers in the Ground Observer Corps on the third anniversary of Operation Skywatch. He urges all Americans to join in paying honor and to lend active support if able, noting the program as a public service with The Advertising Council.
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Nathan F Twining
U.S. Air Force
Ground Observer Corps
Air Force
Warehouse Fire Causes Major Loss for J. C. Atchley Co
A blaze at Fifth street and L. A. tracks destroyed J. C. Atchley and Co. warehouse. Loss estimated at 30 000 to 35 000 dollars with partial insurance. Contents included about 40 new refrigerators 25 to 30 air conditioners and 40 bedroom suites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Atchley and Co
Atchley
Fifth Street
L. & A. Tracks
Atchey
Local Boys Attend Ninth Annual Forestry Camp at Petit Jean
Jack Ruggles of Shower Springs 4 H Club and Phillip Rowe of Victory 4 H Club attend the Ninth Annual Forestry Camp at Petit Jean State Park near Morrilton. The camp, run by the State Forest Service and extensions, is sponsored by International Paper, Crossett Lumber, and Southern Pulpwood, with 65 4 H Club boys from 45 counties and 25 FFA plus 10 4 H boys from Oklahoma. They return to Hope Saturday and report on KXAR at 11 30 Wednesday July 20.
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Jack Ruggles
Shower Springs
Phillip Rowe
Victory
Petit Jean State Park
Morrilton
Jack
Phillip
Hempstead County
State Forest Service
Arkansas Agricultural Extension Service
State Vocational Agricultural Department
International Paper Company
Crossett Lumber Company
Southern Pulpwood Association
FFA
Oklahoma
Hope
KXAR
Contracts Set on 3 School Projects Here
Hempstead School District 1-A let contracts for three Hope school building jobs totaling over 60,000 dollars. Ed B. Moody Company of Hot Springs won the overall contract for 56,868, with plumbing awarded to Harry Shiver of Hope for 3,998 and electrical work to Barwick Bros. of Hope for 2,906.75. A new gymnasium for Yerger High is expected to be awarded within a week.
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Hempstead
Hope
James H. Jones
Brookwood
Garland
Yerger High School
Ed B. Moody Company
Hot Springs
Harry Shiver
Barwick Bros. of
Jones
Hope publisher condemns delay in petition certification
Hope newspaper publisher Alex Washburn blasts state officials for delaying certification of petitions for a vote on the 1955 feed tax exemption. Washburn and attorney Talbot Feild Jr accuse Attorney General Tom Gentry of narrow statutory construction as Secretary of State C. G. Hall defends the ruling and says he will seek Gentry's advice. Washburn seeks a 1956 general election ballot on the farm feed tax exemption.
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Little Rock
Hope
Alex Washburn
Washburn
Talbot Feild
C. G. Hall
Tom Gentry
Feild
Gentry
Hall
Wildlife Films Headed to Lafayette and Southwest Arkansas
The teachers of Lafayette and surrounding southwest Arkansas counties will again be offered a series of color sound wildlife films. The program covers topics in reforestation and woods fire prevention. Continued on Page Two.
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Lafayette
Arkansas
Voting Today on Texarkana Horse Track
Miller County residents vote today on a proposed horse racing track near Texarkana with pro and con campaigns centered on a five million dollar project. The Texarkana Racing Association backs the plan led by Leon Kuhn while the Citizens Committee opposes it led by Leroy Autrey.
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Texarkana
Miller County
Here
Leon Kuhn
Texarkana Racing Association
Leroy Autrey
Citizen's Committee
Arkansas
State Racing Commission
Acing
Lacy Lawrence
Racing Commission
The
Miller
Police Stop Driver With Davy Crockett Red Light Ticket
In Los Angeles a motorist claimed to be Davy Crockett after Sgt. Friday issued a ticket for running a red light to Davy W. Crockett 20 of Los Angeles. In Detroit a man aged 34 won permission to change his name to Larry Andrews explaining his wife cannot spell his name. Coast Guardsmen in Santa Catalina channel heard a boatman report a flying saucer. the report came from George Washington.
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Los Angeles
Sergeant Friday
Davy Crockett
Lester Friday
Davy W. Crockett
Detroit
Eleftherios Kavounidis
Larry Andrews
San Pedro
Calif
Coast
Santa Catalina Channel
George Washington
Attny Receives Postcard in Brown County Jail Escape Case
Mist. Atty. Bernard Bertrand received a postcard from Lynn Ray of St. Louis Missouri claiming innocence and vowing to return only with proof. Ray is sought for escaping from the Brown County jail where he was held on robbery charges.
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Green Bay
Wis
Atty
Bernard Bertrand
Lynn Ray
MacArthur
Ray
St. Louis
Brown County
Neighbors Share Hospital Room After Dual Births
In Racine Wisconsin Mrs William Jenkins and Mrs Wilma Harder both gave birth to daughters within five hours and now share a hospital room. The event marks a rare coincidence as both families welcome new arrivals.
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Racinne, Wis
William Jenkins
Willam Harder
Western Big Three Offer Plan to Reunite Germany and Secure Europe
Western officials propose at Geneva a step by step settlement to reunify Germany through free elections and to create an East West security system. They seek arms limits, demilitarization in parts of Germany, expanded trade, and an end to radio propaganda, with Soviet consent.
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London
Geneva
Europe
Germany
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Bulgania
Berlin
Paris
East Germany
West Germany
Poland
Hungary
Romania
NATO
Warsaw
Return from Baptist encampment at Siloam Springs
Twenty members of First Baptist church traveled to the Arkansas Baptist Assembly in Siloam Springs for a week long encampment. Walter Smiley and Ginny Herndon were selected as king and queen of the encampment court while Rev and Mrs Bowen acted as Dutch and Dutchess.
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First Baptist Church
Arkansas Baptist Assembly
Siloam Springs
C. C. Bowen
Charles
James Bowen
Walter Smiley
Janette Barr
Ralph Kidd
Wendell Vestal
Bill Osborn
Jimmy Hollis
Mary Jean Sparks
Wayne Smiley
Sue Cook
Judy Rateliff
Sue Moses
Ginny Herndon
A. W. Martin
Ernest Whitten
Billy Davis
Dorothy Whitten
Segregation Ends for 20 Hoxie Negroes
In Hoxie Arkansas segregation ended in public schools as 20 black children attended classes with about 1,000 white pupils. Superintendent K E Vance noted tension but said it eased with classroom work. Bus seating and facilities were to be shared, marking the district as the third in the state to integrate after Fayetteville and Charleston districts last fall.
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Hoxie
K. E. Vance
Vance
Fayetteville High School
Charleston
Geneva Summit Scrutiny: Bulganin and Ivan in a Delicate Battle
In the lead up to the Geneva talks, AP analysis weighs Soviet Premier Bulganin against Western hopes for peace. The piece centers on Khrushchev and the rising Ivan as decisive influences, stressing potential Soviet transition and risks of a bloodless revolution, while noting U.S. arms reduction expectations and Iran as a quiet Western ally.
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Soviet Union
Geneva
William L. Ryan
Bulganin
Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin
United States
Iran
John Smith
Russia
Bulgaria
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Ivan
U.S.S.R
Khrushchev
Moscow
Ike Considers Billion Dollar Gas Tax Hike
Washington reports House members expect Eisenhower to accept a second plan raising gas diesel fuel truck and tire taxes by nearly a billion dollars annually to fund a 33 billion highway modernization program. If bond plan fails the tax route would finance road building on a pay as you go basis.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
House I
Eisenhower
House Public Works
Congress
Senate
Ejigenhower
Five Boys Die In Avalanche On Mt Temple Canada
In Banff Canada four Philadelphia boys and one from St Louis die after an avalanche 9500 feet up Mt Temple. Two other boys are missing at 5 am, two injured hospitalized in Banff. Eleven Wilderness Club members and two Philadelphia leaders were in the group.
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St. Louis
Miles Marble
Philadelphia
David Chapin
Banff Hospital
Frederick Ballard
Jerry Clattenburg
Peter Smith
Tony Woodfield
The
Wilderness Club of
O. D. Dickenson
W. H. Oeser
Banff
Banff National Park
Canadian Rockies
Bears in the Smokies Face Human Talk Trouble
In Gatlinburg Tennessee HAL BOYLE notes growing bear and tourist numbers in the Great Smoky Mountains. About 1 200 bears could say hello but many seek interaction with visitors causing tension. A park ranger cites bears muscling tourists. two bear types emerge the bad bear and the confused bear as sources of friction.
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Hal Boyle
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains
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Waco
Tex
Bobby Royce Darby
Arlington
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Dallas County
Bill Decker
Petit Jean
O. K
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Italy
Federico Faggion
Arthur R. Gavshon
Sioux City
Iowa
Towa
Midwest
Donna Sue Davis
FBI
James O’keefe
Donna
Ernest Oehlerking
Missouri River
Neb
Oehlerking
Williaming
Ong
James Davis
Davis
Cage
Northwestern
Mary
Timothy
R. J. Stokes
Ente
Ike
Canada
Big Smoky Bears
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