Arkansans Hit Memphis as Dictatorial Power Plan Angles
Four Arkansas civic leaders on a TV panel charged Memphis officials wanted to dictate TVA power policy. They said Memphis planned a 100 million dollar municipal plant financed by bonds, challenging TVA control and touting Dixon-Yates as the alternative.
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Memphis
TVA
Arkansas
Jim Hale
West Memphis
Ark
Hale
W. K. Ingram
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon-Yates
Frank Tobey
Forest Fires In West Mostly Contained By AP Summary
Four of five Western forest fires reported under control as humidity returns aid firefighting. The Prescott Arizona blaze in the Prescott National Forest nears containment after scorching about 20,000 acres. Other fires in Medicine Bow Wyoming Routt Colorado Sleeping Ute Mountain Colorado and Yellowstone Wyoming burned smaller totals.
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Associated Press
Prescott National Forest
Arizona
Forest Service
Laramie
Wyo
Medicine Bow National Forest
Wyoming
Routt National Forest
Colorado
Sleeping Ute Mountain
Yellowstone National Park
Arkansas Native Becomes First Arkansan PhD From Yale
Funeral services were held for William Smith Johnson 85 a pioneer who is believed to be the first native Arkansan to earn a doctorate. Johnson taught at several schools including the University of Arkansas and received his PhD from Yale in 1899.
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Arkadelphia
William Smith Johnson
Johnson
University of Arkansas
Yale
Daily Double Record Beats Odds at Thistledown Track
Mrs. Terry Gordin held a Thistledown daily double ticket worth 161 dollars on Monday. On Tuesday she gave birth to twin boys at Mt. Sinai Hospital, calling it a daily double record no man will beat.
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Cleveland, O
Terry Gordin
Thistledown Race Track
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Feild Denies Criticizing Hall Over Feed Tax Petition
Hope attorney Talbot Feild Jr and co counsel Meenhan and Morehead of Stuttgart deny criticizing Secretary of State C G Hall in the handling of petitions to refer the 1955 act exempting farm feeds from the 2 percent state sales tax. Hall says he did not rule on ballot titles. The dispute centers on whether the petitions carried a proper ballot title and whether the proposal should go to a 1956 ballot.
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HOPE
Talbot Feild, Jr
C. G. Hall
Feild
United Press
Hall
Tom Gentry
Gentry
Alex Washburn
Meenhan
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Coleman
Washburn
Marianna Explores Own Municipal Power Plant Move
Marianna Arkansas moves toward a possible municipal power plant as the city authorizes hiring attorneys for a test suit to determine if a city can legally issue revenue bonds to buy a plant or distribution system. Attorney Govan Burke said details remain to be worked out as law remains unclear.
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Marianna
Arkansas
Arkansas Power and Light Co
Middle South Utilities
Middle South
Edgar Dixon
Dixon Yates Power Combine
William L. Ward
Govan Burke
Horse trainer denied by sheriff over water sales ploy
Kissee, a Water Department foreman, told sheriffs deputies he did not teach his horse tricks to boost water sales. Ruby Hunter, owner of an auto court, complained the horse ran around the lot in a fit, biting faucets and causing water damage.
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Brawley
Calif
Water Department
Jeff Kissee
Sheriff's
Kissee
Auto Court
Ruby Hunter
Tokyo to perfume streetcars during heat wave
Tokyo plans a week long perfume treatment for 300 crowded streetcars at a cost of 4400 dollars as part of measures during an intense heat wave.
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Tokyo
Senate OKs bill to curb double voting
The Senate approved an electoral reform bill aimed at preventing irregularities at the polls. A key feature is a “dirty finger” clause requiring voters to dip their index finger in ink for a 12 hour stain, barring anyone with an inkstained finger from voting.
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Rio DE Janetro
Cup
Senate
Branigan Reappointed to Arkansas Board of Engineers
George F. Branigan of Fayetteville is reappointed by Gov. Orval Faubus to the state Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
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Little Rock
George F. Branigan
Fayeteville
Orval Faubus
State Board of Registration For Professional Engineers
Kawai Named SIU Head Football Coach
Albert P. Kawai, Temple University head coach since 1949, will replace Bill O’Brien as Southern Illinois University head football coach in Carbondale according to an official announcement.
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Carbondale, Ill
Albert P. Kawai
Temple University
Philadelphia
Bill O’brien
Southern Illinois University
Tragic electrocution at Delta Comet Rice Mill
23 year old Minster Combs of Humphry was killed in an accident at the Delta Comet Rice Mill in Stuttgart. He stood on packed rice bags and touched a stacking machine and the roof, creating an electrical circuit that fatally shocked him.
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Stuttgart
Minster Combs
Humphry
Burger Named to State Police Body
Governer Faubus appoints Carl Burger of Bentonville to a four year term on the State Police Commission. The governor also names five new Athletic Commission members Winston Chandler Little Rock Dr Garland Blackard Blytheville R C Hucheson Fort Smith and William West West Memphis.
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Little Rock
Goverval Faubus
Carl Burger
Bentonville
State Police Commission
Athletic Commission
Winston Chandler
Garland Blackard
Blytheville
R. C. Hucheson
Fort Smith
William West
West Memphis
Trans-Texas seeks permanent routes certification
Trans-Texas Airways, serving Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana, asked a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner for permanent certification of its present routes. The hearing began yesterday, marking the first case under the new act allowing feeder airlines routes to be permanently certified. Trans-Texas stops in Arkansas include Little Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Pine Bluff, Camden, El Dorado, Magnolia, Stuttgart and Helena.
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Washington
Trans - Texas Airways
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans Texas
Trans-Texas
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Texarkana
Pine Bluff
Camden
el Dorado
Magnolia
Stuttgart
Helena
State Farm Prospects Rise for Arkands With Rain
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service says Arkansas farmers face a better year than 1954 despite a smaller total acreage and uneven rainfall. Corn 634,000 acres harvested at 25 bushels per acre. oats 15,960,000 bushels, 14 percent above 1954. wheat 114 million bushels. barley 507,000 bushels. hay 1,060,000 tons.
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Federal
Arkansas
Lawmakers seek to curb State Dept influence on surplus farm sales
Rep. Gathings proposes bills to limit State Department role in selling surplus commodities to foreign governments. He has asked Chairman Cooley for early hearings on similar measures by Gathings and Mills. Congress last year allowed the Agriculture Secretary to sell surplus storage goods to foreign governments for foreign exchange used by armed forces. Continued on Page Two.
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Washington
Rep. Gathings
State Department
Cooley
DNC
House Agriculture Committee
Rep. Mills
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Texarkana Voters Nix Horse Racing Plan
Texarkana and Miller County residents reject a proposed Arkansas horse racing track in a special election by 4 465 to 2 088. Backers led by Leon Kuhn express satisfaction, while opponents held all night prayer meetings. The measure faced legal uncertainty under Arkansas law despite a potential Racing Commission review.
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Texarkana
Arkansas
Texas
Miller County
Arkansas Racing Commission
Oaklawn Jockey Club
Hot — Ark
Leon Kuhn
State Racing Commission
Lacy Lawrence
East
West Memphis
Forrest City
Local Girls Enroll in Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony
Ann Adams and Carolyn Sw join 85 students from seven states in the sixth annual six week session near Eureka Springs. They study stage action piano voice and music theory under noted instructors and perform in operas at churches and civic clubs.
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Ann Adams
Olives-Adams
South Pine
Hope
Carolyn Sw
Garrett Story
Oak Ridge
Minden
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony
Eureka Springs
Ann
Carolyn
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Texas
Kansas
Colorado
Frank Hancock
Charlotte Heggi
Max Werner
Larned
Kan
Heggi
Henry Hobart
Phillips University
Enid
Sue
Hillbilly Life in the Smokies Balances Work and Freedom
In Maryville Tennessee Hal Boyle describes mountain folk who work in town for cash yet maintain homes in the hills. They adapt to industrialized Tennessee Valley with quick skills but resist urban life, commuting up to 50 miles to factories and returning to hillside patches after quitting time.
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Hal Boyle
Maryville
Tenn
Nnor
Rnner
Tennessee Valley
Trucker Kills Four After Tavern Laughter Ignites Rage
In Flint Michigan a truck driver angry at patrons laughing in Edna's Bar and Restaurant shoots two couples at point blank range with a .38 automatic. Four were killed and one man critically wounded. Police say the victims were total strangers to the shooter and he calmly surrendered.
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Flint
Mich
Gan
Farah
Jeannine
Kenneth Kuzner
Detroit
Pontiac
Margaret §. Cross
Kuzner
Feu
Edna
Grand
James Dollars
Cross
Flint J
Smitley
Ruth Ellis Hanged For Jealous Lover Slaying In London
Ruth Ellis, 28 year old mother of two and former model, was executed at Holloway Prison for the Easter Sunday murder of her lover David Blakely. The case sparked renewed debate on capital punishment in Britain as 1,000 spectators watched Bert Pierrepoint perform the death sentence.
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Jim King
London
Ruth Ellis
Goodby
Gwilm Lloyd-George
Ellis
David Blakely
Eulis
Julian Arthur Neilson
Ruth
Five New Polio Cases Reported in Arkansas
Five new polio cases were reported in Arkansas last week, none had received the Salk vaccine. The year total reaches 52, with 106 cases in the same period last year. Two cases from Ashley and Phillips Counties were paralytic, two non paralytic in Pulaski, and one in Ashley.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Health Department
Ashely
Phillips
Pulaski County
Ashley County
Tank display by Ft. Knox unit at local recruiting event
Members of the 3rd Armored Division from Ft. Knox Kentucky will display a Patton tank at the recruiting fire this Saturday. The tank features a crew of five and a 90 millimeter cannon with secondary armament of machine guns and advanced control systems.
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Little Rock
3Rd Armored Division
Ft. Knox
Fingerprints in Donna Davis case give police break
In Stout City Iowa police report fingerprints from a cedar chest Donna Davis slept in and a window frame may identify the abducting killer of the 2 year old. The FBI issued a nationwide arrest order as authorities continue rounds of questioning and fear grips residents.
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Stoux City
Iowa
Donna Sue Davis
Donna
FBI
South
Sioux City
Neb
Mary
St. Boniface Roman Catholic School
James Davis
Calvary Cemetery
John Doe
Strangsome
Little Rock Population Grows by 5 102 Since 1950
Special census data delivered to Mayor Pratt Remmel shows Little Rock population rising to 107 031, up 5 102 since 1950. Ben D. Smith of Hot Springs, project supervisor for the federal Bureau of the Census, presented the report yesterday.
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Little Rock
Little
Pratt Remmel
Ben D. Smith
Hot Springs
Federal Bureau of the Census
Woman killed by rock in Blytheville case heats day
A 55 year old Black woman died after being struck in the eye by a rock thrown by white youths in Blytheville. She died of a heart attack at a local hospital after eye removal. Lettie Gilliam told police she was struck.
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Blytheville
Lettie Gilliam
Hobby resigns as HUD secretary to head Houston Post
Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby resigns as secretary of health education and welfare effective August. She will become president of the Houston Post Publishing Co with husband W P Hobby chairing the board. Marion B Folsom chosen to succeed her as secretary. Eisenhower praises Hobby in a press conference.
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Houston
Tex
The
Houston Post
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and Welfare
Post Publishing Co
Eisenhower
Federal Security Gency
Washington
Marion B. Folsom
the Treasury
Hobby
Geneva
Air Tanker Crash Kills Eleven Near Merced Califo
A tanker plane crashed near Merced California killing eleven people. The crash occurred at Castile Air Force Base area with fire spreading to grain in a field. The craft, a Stratocruiser variant, carried large amounts of jet fuel and exploded on impact.
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Merced
Calif
Castile Air Force
Cressey
Pff
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