Dixon Yates plant may join utility project
Reports from New York claim Middle South Utilities plans to build the Dixon Yates steam generating plant at West Memphis to supply power to Arkansas Power & Light. AP&L officials and Middle South leaders offered cautious replies while noting prior construction costs and possible 400000 kilowatt capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dixon - Yates
West Memphis
Middle South Utilities
Dixon-Yates Combine
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Middle South
Ap&l
Edgar H. Dixon
Washington
Ark
R. E. Ritchie
Dixon-Yates
The
Southern Co
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Atomic Energy Commission
Memphis
Reposal
Dixon
Senators oppose Dixon-Yates damages payment
Senate opponents vow an all out fight against any damages for canceling the Dixon-Yates power contract. Chairman Clinton Anderson says not one dollar should be paid by the Dixon-Yates utility combine for cancellation. The contract planned a $107,000,000 steam power plant at West Memphis Arkansas. Continued on Page Two
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Dayton Moore Washington
Llp
Senate
Dixon-Yates
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Dixon-Yates Utility Combine
West Memphis
Ark
FBI Two Brothers Arrested Over Bank Holdups in Midwest
FBI reports arrest of Robert Dale Boyes and Trent Boyes for a string of bank robberies in Missouri Ohio and Oklahoma. Officers found four pistols and a 30 30 rifle in a 1951 sedan and over 11000 dollars in cash. The suspects from West Virginia were captured at a roadblock near El Paso Texas after coordinated calls.
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EL Paso
Tex
FBI
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Robert Dale Boyes
Trent Boyes
Robert L. Murphy
First National Bank
Moore
Okla
Bank of
O’fallon
O‘fallon
Stebbins National Bank
Creston
Murphy
Oklahoma City
New Mexico
Robert Boyes
Huntington
W. Va
Fort Gay
Tokyo Geisha Strike Halts Entertainment For Second Night
Police Chief Kozo Sekiguchi opened talks with restaurant owners and geisha leaders but after an hour ended negotiations. About 250 geisha, demanding $1.50 an hour for entertaining patrons, have kept away as they currently earn 75 cents for their artistic services.
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Tokyo
Maruyama
Kozo Sekiguchi
Frankfurt Moscow telephone link revived after war
The first telephone service between Frankfurt and Moscow since World War II went live yesterday. In Tokyo, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ichiro Kono will tour the United States for two months starting next month to negotiate a new rice purchasing agreement in California.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Moscow
Tokyo
Agriculture and Forestry
Ichiro Kono
United States
California
Doctors strike in Rosario over missing leader
The Medical Association of Rosario, Argentina, plans a 24 hour strike to protest the disappearance of Dr. Juan Ingalinella, a Communist leader arrested after a failed June revolt in Buenos Aires and later not seen. Four North Korean soldiers who refused repatriation during the Korean War arrived in Peiping from India en route home, later changing their minds and asking to be sent home.
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Rosarii
Argentina
Medical Association of
Rosario
Juan Ingalinella
Ingalinella
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Peiping
India
Radio
Blind man becomes snack bar operator at Hope plant
David Hicks, blind since 1951 and hailing from Spring Hill, is set to operate a snack bar at the Hope plant of W. Shanhouse Sons. The 31st self supporting project in Arkansas by the Enterprises for the Blind follows training at the Southwestern Rehabilitation Center and a college degree. The program coordinates with Vocational Rehabilitation to place and equip the stand, then transfers control to Hicks.
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David Hicks
Spring Hill
Hope
W. Shanhouse Sons
Arkansas Enterprises For the Blind
Mr. Hicks
Little Rock
Southwestern Rehabilitation Center
Lions Clubs of Arkansas
The
Arkansas Education Association
W. 4Th. St. Little Rock
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Department of Education
Arkansas Enterprises
Farmhand narrates rape murder of 2 year old in Sioux City case
A drifting farmhand named Audrey Brandt alias Albert Daws gave a detailed statement describing how he entered a Sioux City home, abducted two year old Donna Sue Davis, and killed her after raping her. He claimed to have hitchhiked from LaPorte City to Sioux City and walked to a gate after crossing a bridge before continuing to a continued report.
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Joplin
Donna Sue Davis
Sioux City
Audrey Earl Brandt
Albert Daws
Johnny Showers
Brandt
LaPorte City
Mugeye
Tucson
Ariz
U. S. 75
Page
Four Killed in Crash of Six Engine Jet
SHREVEPORT La The bodies of four men were recovered from a six engine Air Force Bay Stratojet bomber that crashed ten miles south of the city near the Red River just after midnight. Capt J B Brashear aircraft commander Capt L R Castle Jr pilot Capt Co J De Jung observer and Airman S A Waller crew chief were identified by base officers. The aircraft from the 512th Bomb Squadron 376th Bomb Wing. Wreckage strewn over a wide area. Rain hampered scene investigation. Two civilian witnesses said the plane burst into flames before impact.
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San Angelo
Tex
Co. J. de Jung
Pattan
Wis
S. A. James Waller
Dodson
376Th
Red River
Barksdale
Barksdale Public Information
Get It Off Your Chest and the Beef You've Gotten Rid of
Dr. David Gelfand heads the cardiac work evaluation unit at Philadelphia General Hospital. He says 46 percent of patients show a psychological factor in heart disease linked to repressed anger. Many return to work, with 92 percent resuming full time, 23 percent needing no restrictions.
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Philadelphia
David Gelfand
Ditchdigger
Gelfand
Tennessee Couple Hurt in Wreck
A Tennessee couple narrowly escaped death during a heavy rainstorm when their car left U.S. 67 east of Emmet and rolled over. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Murry of Nashville were treated at Julia Chester hospital after sustained injuries. Dr. L M Lile, driving behind them, brought them to Hope. The Murrys were en route to San Antonio, Texas.
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Tennessee
U. S. 67
Emmet
Thomas T. Murry
Highway 100
Temple Road
Nashville
Tenn
Hope
L .M. Lile
Little Rock
Murrys
San Antonio
Texas
Murry
Washington Enters Civic Competition
Washington joins the 0-1,000 population group in the Community Accomplishment contest. The Washington Improvement Committee sponsors, with W. H. Etter as chairman. Projects include water system, beautification, and restoration. Sponsored by the Arkansas Economic Council and partners, with $4,800 cash awards for top towns.
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Washington
Little Rock
Washington Improvement Committee
W. H. Etter
Arkansas Economic Council
State Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Arkansas Power & Light Company
Arkansa Power & Light Company
Eisenhower Defies Congress on Defense Bill Controversy
President Eisenhower objects to a defense bill rider that would give Congress veto power over Defense Department civilian-activities divestitures. He warns the clause violates constitutional independence of branches and would be invalid without court direction. Republicans praise his stance while Democrats denounce perceived constitutional contempt.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Rep
Sikes
D-Fla
Senate
House Appropriations Committees
Defense Department
Executive
Defense Establishment
House
Appropriations Committee
Mundt
McCormack
Massachusetts
The
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Republicans to Fight Rival Highway Financing Plans in House
In Washington Republicans vow a strong House Public Works Committee push to bridge rival highway funding ideas. The panel approved a 37 billion federal and 10 billion state program over 12 years but rejected Eisenhower’s bond-backed scheme. A Democratic substitute charging higher taxes on gasoline trucks buses tires and diesel fuel will be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Barrett
Washington
House Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Revival Events Delayed Until Tent Arrives
The Healing Campaign led by Rev. Richard Blair and the First Pentecostal Church is postponed due to a shipment delay for the revival tent. No services will be held until the tent is erected, with a tentative start Monday night weather permitting.
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Richard Blair
First Pentecostal Church
Rainfall Totals Vary Across Hempstead County
A useful shower arrived in Hope on Wednesday, totaling 1 inch by 8 am Thursday per the Fruit & Truck Branch Experiment Station. Official readings east of town aligned with in-town checks, though rainfall was uneven across the county with McCaskill reporting no rain in the northern Hempstead area.
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Hope
Fruit & Truck Branch
McCaskill
Hempstead County
Lost off Mexico in Great Storm Sinking
A crowded coastal passenger boat La Flecha sank four miles off Veracruz after sailing from Vera Cruz in a Gulf of Campeche storm. Twenty nine feared lost, twenty six missing, three bodies recovered, thirty seven rescued. The ship carried at least 66 aboard per survivors. The sinking followed another disaster near Trinidad where the Geologist and Sun Princess collided, with nineteen crew members missing and one body recovered.
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Veracruz
Mexico
Gulf of Campeche
Carribbean
Trinidad
Gulf
Progreso
Yucatan Peninsula
Blevins Receives Grade A School Rating
Norman Jones, superintendent of Blevins Schools, announced a Grade A rating from the State Department of Education. The top rating follows years of cooperation among the school board, faculty, and students toward the goal.
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Norman Jones
Blevins Schools
Blevins
State Department of Education
Celebration planned for Highway 24 completion at Blevins
A Monday night meeting at Blevins High School organized a community celebration for the Prescott to Blevins Highway 24 completion. M L Nelson chaired. attendees from Blevins Nashville McCaskill Prescott included. Free Bar-B-Que from Prescott. pies and cakes from Blevins McCaskill Nashville. drinks by Bevins Home Demonstration Club. Event set for August 4 at 6 p m at Blevins High School with officials from Hempstead Nevada and Howard counties and the Prescott High School Band.
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Blevins High School
Prescott
Blevins
M. L. Nelson
P. C. Stephens
J. J. Bruce
Norman Jones
Pote Nesbitt
Roy Foster
Howard Pritchard
Donal Parker
Louis Graves
Nashville
Marshall Scott
Glen Eley
McCaskill
J. D. Stripling
Wren Scott
Gus McCaskill
Bevins Home Demonstration Club
State Highway Commission
Hempstead
Nevada
Gas Industry Backs Utility in Rate Case
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co faces Public Service Commission hearings over a proposed price increase to industrial customers from 14 to 18 cents per 1 000 cubic feet. Executives argue base rates on the fair field price to encourage exploration and ensure supply, echoed by industry officials from Texas Eastern Transmission, Southern Union Gas, and an independent producer.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Co
Public Service Commission
Louisiana
John €. Jacobs
Dallas
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
Fair
Z. H. Zachary
Southern Union Gas Co
B. A. Hardy
Shreveport
County Tuberculosis Mobile Unit Schedule Published
The county tuberculosis mobile unit schedule lists stations and times. August 1 Washington 9 30 to 11 45 a m Fulton 2 to 4 30 p m August 2 Hope 9 to 11 45 a m 1 to 4 30 p m August 3 Hope 8 30 to 11 45 a m 1 to 4 30 p m August 4 Hope 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m August 5 Blevins 10 to 11 45 a m 1 to 4 p m
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Tuberculosis
Washington
Fulton
Hope
Blevins
Man Carried His Mother Up Mountain to See Sunset
In Gatlinburg Tennessee a mountain man Jack Huff carried his mother on his back to reach a high summit for a sunset and sunrise view. He built a lodge and hotel in the area, embodying mountain dignity and Scotch Irish virtues as he chose self-reliance over relying on his father.
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Hal Boyle
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Jack Huff
Ernie ‘Pyle
Hacoy
Jack
Pioneer Mountain View
America
Reat Ee Enebie
Federal
Cmment
Tion
R * Jack
Explosions Hit Terry Dairy Plant. AFL Teamsters Implicated
Two dynamite blasts at the Terry Dairy plant caused heavy damage. A worker near a boiler was injured. 20 sticks were later found and removed. Police traced the blasts to an outside wall outlet for a conveyor. Union tensions and charges against AFL Teamsters emerged as investigators compiled details.
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Tom Dygardlittle
Terry Dairy
Fred W. Terry
AFL Teamsters
James Harrison
Terry
Sring
Wayne
Kensolving
Floyd W
Coyrr
Joe
Three More News Men Called in Red Hunt
John Chadwick reports three additional witnesses were summoned in the investigation into past Communist links. The hearings, aimed at assessing associations dating to the 1930s and 1940s, involve figures connected to Brooklyn Germany and Hans Bruno Meyer as a German radio correspondent. No testimony yet ties Talbert to the case. Winston M. Burdett of the Clan is cited as naming others.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Tis
Ubcone
Brooklyn
Germany
Hans Bruno Meyer
Stein
Ira Henry Freeman
York Times
Ansel
New York Herald
Talbert
Winston M. Burdett
Burdett
Montrose Town Hose Lesson Sparks Local Talk
In Montrose Iowa residents note how a plastic garden hose laid on sandy ground has created a heat pocket and prompted discussion about outdoor watering practices and summer heat effects. Neighbor observations highlight the unusual effect and safety considerations.
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Peggy Starnes
H. O. Phillips
Hope Route One
Strand Theater
KJOE
Miss Starnes
Bossier City
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New Orleans
Lke
Blevins’ Road
Red Hunt
Montrose
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