Nominations for 12 ACP Areas Seek Community Committeemen
The Community Election Board in Hempstead County outlines petitions due by July 25 for nominating farmers as committeemen or alternates across 12 ACP communities. A mail election will select Community Committeemen, with a separate notice. Names of petitioned candidates appear on the slate if eligible and willing, with pages listing hopefuls in Spring Hill, Stephens School Briant, Shover Springs, Rocky Mound, Columbus and Washington, Patmos, and other areas, plus the board chairmen's names and addresses.
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Community Election Board
ACP
Hempstead County
Spring Hill and Stephens School
Briant Bobo
Gilbert Brown
A. G. (Buck) Martin
Fred Collins
George Lafferty
Cecil Momon
J. T. Wright
Gordon Butler
Jesse Collins
Elbert Tarpley
Patmos
L. E. Hollis
Noel Warren
H. W. McClellan
Finis Odom
Guy Martin
A. N. Rider
Edward May
Alfred Vines
W. H
W. M. Dillard
Earl] Thompson
J. ‘Y. McJunkins
L. K. Boyce
Guy Hicks
Joe Fincher
Columbus
Washington
John Griffin
John J. Wilson
Herbert Sipes
Moss Rowe
B. C. Webb
Melson Frazier
Leo Evans
Bill Stroud
Tom Jones
R. E. Jackson
DeAnn
Baird's Chapel
Clyde Cummings
J. C. Burke
Ralph Hale
Jack Coffee
Carl Meador
John Lloyd
Jack Cox
Joe Willett
Andrew Avery
Sidney Cash
Charles Erwin
H. E. Erwin
Clarence E. Ross
Hugh Davidson
Rob Sanford
Edgar Haynes
E. A. Harris
Stephens School
Spring Hill
E. P. Bachman
Hope
B. B. McGee
Arkansas
Rocky Mound
Shower Springs
W. B. Ruggles
Neil Osborn
Fulton and Guernsey
Odom Fulton
McNab
Cross Roads
Mary Spates
Clumbus
Jim Wilson
Biards Chapel
Dexter Alford
Blevins
Sweet Home
Dale Wilson
McCaskill
Belton
C. A. Hamilton
Sardis
Ozan
Sloman Goodlett
Bingen
Fred Epton
Route 1
Nashville
Clarksville Man Seeks 45200 Damages In Fatal Auto Crash
Ishmal Smith of Clarksville files in Johnson Circuit Court seeking 45200 for an automobile collision near Alma on June 27 that killed two, injured five minors, and claimed the death of his wife Leona plus property damage. Defendants named are Mr. and Mrs. Will Hobbs of Rudy Crawford County.
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Clarksville
Ishmal Smith
Johnson
Will Hobbs
Rudy
Crawford County
Smith
Leona
Alma
Hobbs
John Hobbs
Hempstead County Melons Hit By Wet Weather Disease
Hempstead County melons face anthracnose from July rains, wilt crops. northern Hempstead reports crop loss. Yet early maturing fruit remains high quality with August to first frost harvests expected. University tests yield wilt resistant melon, possibly named for Hope, ready for farm distribution.
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Hempstead
University of Arkansas Fruit and Truck Experiment Station
Hope
Berkeley Man Arrested in Missing Girl Case
In Berkeley California police arrested 27 year old accounting student Burton W Abbott after the body of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan was found near a mountain cabin owned by his family Abbott denied knowledge of the death saying he drove to the cabin alone on April 28 the day Stephanie disappeared The body was discovered by a San Francisco Examiner reporter and photographer along with Trinity county ranchers and bloodhounds on a wooded knoll near the cabin
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Berkeley
Calif
Burton W. Abbott
Abbott
Alameda
Stephanie Bryan
Wildwood
Trinity County
California
Stephanie
San Francisco
Ed Montagmery
The
San Francisco Examiner
Bob Bryant
Examiner
Harold Jackson
F. M. Coleman
Jackson
Page Three
Evangelist Blair Featured at Hope Kiwanis Luncheon
Reverend Blair and Mrs. Blair of West Virginia appeared as Kiwanis guests at the Hotel Barlow lunch. They sang gospel songs and Blair delivered a sermon on life, conscience, and the immortal soul. Rev H P Hudspeth introduced them and hosts a nightly tent revival for up to 1500 attendees near the Armory.
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Richard Blair
Blair
West Virginia
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
H. P. Hudspeth
First Pentecostal Church
Evangelist Blair
Armory Building
Courthouse Square
Gum for Davy Crockett’s great grandson in Chicago
Davy Walk up Crockett, great grandson of the frontiersman, received 19 pieces of bubble gum from Chicago fans. Crockett, age 55, gratefully thanked the youngsters.
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Davy Chicago
Davy Walkup
Crockett
Chicago
Stolen Ferris Wheel Reported By Carnival Owner
Andrew Potaza, carnival owner, told police his ferris wheel was stolen in Chicago. He said the wheel was packed in a truck trailer and disappeared with the driver.
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Chicago
Andrew Potaza
Snow Covers White Horse Mountain in Usual Peak Snowfall
Snow fell several inches on White Horse Mountain near Ouray Colorado at 7 806 feet as warm weather lingered. Old timers recalled a July 4th baseball game at Leadville being snowed out around the turn of the century, underscoring the area's fickle climate.
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Ouray
Colo
White Horse Mountain
Leadville
Colr
Salem Arkansas to Expand Water System With Loan
The Housing and Home Finance Agency approves a 66000 dollar loan to Salem Arkansas for a new water system project, with the city contributing 50000 dollars toward the costs.
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Washington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Salem
Ark
Gentry Asked Opinion on Petition to Refer Feed Tax Exemption
Secretary of State C. G. Hall asked Attorney General Tom Gentry for a ruling on the legality of petitions to refer the 1955 feed tax exemption measure. Gentry noted the petitions were deficient last month due to an improper ballot title and said they must be corrected. The measure would exempt commercial poultry and livestock feed from Arkansas sales tax.
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Little Rock
C. G. Hall
Atty
Tom Gentry
Gentry
Arkansas
Employment for State Unchanged in June Arkansas
Arkansas non agricultural employment held steady from May to June at 312,600, 7,000 above June 1954. Average earnings rose to 53.12 dollars in June from 51.38 the prior year, according to State Employment Security Director J L Bland.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
J. L. Bland
Bland
Geneva Summit Aims to Lift Iron Curtain Says All Sides
James Marlow reports that after three days at Geneva the Big Four show broad agreement only in principle. They remain far apart on German unity and a postwar peace system, with Eisenhower urging curtains down and Bulganin, Eden, and Faure offering varying forms of freer exchange.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Geneva
Russia
West
Europe
Eisenhower
Britain
Eden
France
Faure
Rus
Sia
Bulgaria
Bulganin
Tfaure
City Primary Judges and Clerks Named for Hempstead County
W. S. Atkins announces judges and clerks for the July 26 preferential city primary. Precincts Ward 1 Ward 1-A Ward 2 Ward 2-A Ward 3 Ward 4 and Absentee at the county clerk’s office list voting places and assigned officials. The notice includes judges clerks guards alternate roles and absentee procedures.
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W. S. Atkins
Hempstead County
Democratic Central Committee
Atkins
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway
Laurel St
Foodland
Hope Star
Missouri Pacific
C. M. Agee
Guy E Basye
E. L. Archer, Jr
Doris Dun
Rose Harrie
Alex Purtle
David Griffin
Frank Kink
L. EF. Poteete
Evelyn Luck
Paul M. Simms, Jr
Foodland Store
Star Office
Homer Jones
Norman Moore
Joe Amour
Frank Mason
Lawrence Martin
Bill Palmer
Loyd Kinard
Jim Cole
Dick Watkins
Frank Rider
L. B. Tooley
Armory
Elmer Brown
Leon Bundy
Clayton McDowell
Fred Johnson
H. A. Fisk
Sam Warmack
Fred Glanton
A. C. Kirby
Frank Ramsey
Ansley Gilbert
Tom Rogers
City Hall
Harvey Barr
Franklin Horton
Denver Dickinson
Mamie B. Holt
W. B. Mason
Geo. M. Green
Claud Hamilton
Tom Evans
C. C. McNeill
F. D. Henry
van Galester
Jne H. Wiggins
Ward 4
Mike Schweiker
Aubrey O’steen
J. A. Richards
Mary Foster
G. A. Nash
Charlie Taylor
Lonnie Hendrix
J. R. Steadman
Henry Francis
W. W. Compton
Tom Middlebrooks
County Clerk’s Office
Dale Jones
Syd McMath
Herbert Burns
Ed McCorkle
Myrtle Cook
Heat Sticks Across Much of U S With Highs Over 100
The hot humid weather stretched from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast with no immediate relief anticipated. Temperatures ranged from the 80s to above 100 in many areas, with readings hitting 106 at Miles City and Glasgow, Montana.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Montana
Miles City
Glasgow
Desert
Yuma
Ariz
Central
Plains
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
New England
New York State
Portland
Maine
Albany
N. Y
Boston
Adams rejects Senate invitation in Dixon-Yates probe
Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams refused a Kefauver invitation to testify again on the Dixon-Yates private power deal. He said his testimony would add nothing new after SEC Chief J. Sinclair Armstrong’s earlier statements and cited his confidential White House position. Armstrong testified of three calls with Adams about Dixon-Yates and suggested Eisenhower might kill the deal, but would not say if Adams advised him on testimony.
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Washington
INS
Sherman Adams
Senate
Dixon-Yates
Adams
Estes Kefauver
Armstrong
House
White House
Kefauver
Subcommittee
SEC
Black Man Fatally Electrocuted in Arkansas Truck Accident
Grover Witherspoon a 35 year old Black man from Washington was killed when a log loader truck for Graydon Lumber Co touched a 115000 volt Arkansas Power and Light line seven miles south of Hope Arkansas Coroner Rufus Herndon said the body lay five feet from the truck with the boom on the line He appeared safe in the cab but was electrocuted upon stepping to the ground An inquest awaits power company officials Hicks Funeral Home is handling the body
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Grover Witherspoon
Washington
Graydon Anthony Lumber Co
Arkansas Power & Light
Hope
Rufus Herndon
Witherspoon
Power Company
Hicks Funeral Home
Union Merger Settles on a Long Name
Washington reports the AFL and CIO after a final hurdle agreeing on a combined federation name. They settle on The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, with Meany and Reuther noting only procedural steps remain before merger actions at December conventions in New York.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
George Meany
Walter Reuther
New Yorkn
Eisenhower Plan and Summit Silence on Air Forces
Western leaders keep hopes alive for Soviet concessions on German reunification at the Geneva summit. Bulganin hints at realism, signaling no urgent yield while suggesting possible last minute surprises. Soviet policy aims to normalize ties, accept limits, and avoid destabilizing East European influence.
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Geneva
Bulganin
Kremlin
Eisenhower
State Dulles
West Germany
Western European Union
NATO
Moscow
Atlantic Alliance
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Six Year Old Learns Elevator Doors Are High
A six year old boy named Roger Sewell entered a new automatic elevator at First National Bank and could not reach the buttons. The door closed trapping him inside for about twenty minutes until a crowd helped release him. The incident disrupted elevator service briefly and ended with Roger finally reaching the open door.
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Roger Sewell
First National Bank Building
Roger
Eight Nuclear Submarines Authorized For Navy Build Up
Secretary Charles Thomas announced eight atomic powered submarines are already authorized with plans to follow in rapid succession. He noted the Nautilus and Seawolf, launching near Groton, use different reactor designs as seven reactor studies progress to create a family of nuclear power plants for future ships and aircraft.
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Elton C. Fay
Groton
Conn
Charles Thomas
Navy
Thomas
Russia
Wife of Tomorrow Will Know More About Husbands
The piece notes a Boyle column about a General Mills survey of 180,000 high school girls showing women of tomorrow may be better groomed and more understanding of husbands than cooking skills, with results on child care and etiquette. It references a Chicago greeting card firm's survey findings.
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Hal Boyle
New York
General Mills
Soviet Proposal Sparks Open Disarmament Talks
The United States and Soviet Union discussed mutual blueprints of military establishments as part of the Big Four push on disarmament. Foreign ministers planned further study and a possible October meeting to advance German security and European stability amid cautious Western optimism.
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Hower
United States
James C. Hagerty
Germany
Russia
Eden
Faure
Soviet Union
Beneva
Tober
Balancing Budget Hopes Rise as 1955 Ends
Washington reports indicate the Treasury finishes its bookkeeping year June 20 with a deficit near 4.192 billion dollars while rising collections reflect prosperity. the administration aims to balance the federal budget in fiscal 1956 amid higher receipts.
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Washington
E. Administration
Security of the Treasury Phicy
Cal
Federal
Eisenhower
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E. J. Whitman
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