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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1955
Page
2
The article extols regular naps as a practical solution to fatigue, citing Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison as examples who slept less or took daily rests. It argues the human body benefits from eight hours in total tasks and advocates napping as a healthy practice for productivity.
The article urges opening napeterias in public spaces like railroad terminals and department stores. It describes a nap experience with a moving belt, a restful cubicle, a sleep cycle, and optional music, then suggests Turkish baths as alternatives. It notes politicians discuss armament limits and Ei senhower's plan, using a humorous, satirical tone.
Hogs 9,500 head below prior, best 16.75 to 17.40 per cwt for 190-240 lb, 16.00-17.50 for 170-180 lb, sows around 13.75-15.50, boars 7.00-13.09. Cattle 4,500, calves 1,200, steady with loads 20.00-22.00, heifers and yearlings mixed, canners 8.50-11.00, bulls 13.00-15.00, good dealers 17.00-21.00, a few prime 22.00-23.00. Sheep 1,800, trading not established.
New York stocks fell sharply in heavy trading after a brief quiet session with mixed prices. DuPont dropped to 22.50, U S Steel to 51.25, Bethlehem Steel to 149, Youngstown Sheet & Tube to 86.50, and Standard Oil New Jersey to 134. Boeing, Douglas, and General Dynamics also declined by more than one dollar. Wall Street sources linked the drop to the Geneva conference.
A late selling wave pushed most grain futures down despite corn showing resistance. Oats and rye hit seasonal lows while soybeans floated within modest gains. reports from the weekly weather bureau crop outlook underpin the market. Wheat fell about 1.14, corn around 5, rye about 1.4, with soybeans near steady to slightly higher as bids moved.
Bulganin's talk boosted hopes for a conference on disarmament and European security. If both sides agree to reductions, costly armaments may ease, and a framework for German unification could reopen. Eisenhower kept pressure for reunification while considering broader trust measures in Europe. The Mexico City note recalls Aztec origins from a lake island.
Live poultry weak on hens and steady on the balance with 715 coops received yesterday totaling 1,178 coops and 52,662 pounds f o b. Heavy hens 22 to 26 cents, light hens 18.5, broilers 27 to 28, old roosters 13.5 to 14, caponettes 32 to 34. Butter steady with 1,127,583 receipts, wholesale prices unchanged to higher. Eggs steady with 7,560 receipts and buying prices unchanged to up 2 cents. U S large whites 9, mixed 35 to 36, standards 29, dirties 23.5, checks 23. Current receipts 24.5.
New York cotton futures declined under liquidation and hedging pressure. Early losses reached $1 per bale with limited mill buying, and late trading showed drops of 55 cents to $1 from the previous close. Prices: October 3.351, December 3.378, March 3.373.
Governor Orval Faubus said he likely will decide this week on M L Bill Turner’s sentence. He received a letter from Glen Squire of Kansas City urging a set execution date. Squire is the son of Lloyd R. Squire, a North Little Rock railroad executive. Turner, once a Camden night club operator, was convicted of first degree murder for the April 1954 shooting at the Camden home of Turner's former wife.
The Fort Smith NAACP yesterday urged racial integration in public schools to begin with the new term next September. The Fort Smith School Board took the request under advisement. The article notes the Mediterranean Sea loses water by evaporation and is balanced by inflows from the Atlantic and the Black Sea.
Western and Soviet leaders voiced cautious optimism as talks began. Hagerty noted heads of government should move to substantive discussions, while Molotov raised Far Eastern issues under item four. Bulganin and Eisenhower exchanged friendly gestures amid gaps between East and West.
Spring Hill Methodist Church announces its annual homecoming on the fourth Sunday in August. The event marks the start of a one week revival with two services daily at 10:00 am and 7:30 pm.
The Associated Press reports a cooling trend in New England and New York with parts of the northern Great Lakes cooling while most areas from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast remain warm and humid. Night temps mostly in the 70s except where Canadian air touched in. Northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley slightly warmer than yesterday with only scattered wet conditions.
Bul Ganin replied that he was glad to hear such an expression from the American leader. The exchange centers on the view that Americans and Russians should not be good friends, reflecting postwar political tensions and diplomatic discourse.
The Arkansas Mississippi Bridge Commission gains a new lease to build and operate a Friar Point Mississippi to Helena Arkansas bridge. The measure requires Senate approval to revive a May 1939 law that had expired. Engineering surveys find the Helena bridge economically feasible.
Scattered thundershowers were reported in the Ohio and middle Mississippi valleys the Southern Plains the Northern Rockies and the Arizona desert.
The number of telephones in the United States increased from 21 million in 1940 to 53 million in use today, reflecting rapid growth in communications infrastructure and household adoption.
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