Rope’s End Dance And Armchair Court of Hangmen
A fragment from a 1961 issue presents a mock gathering of historical hangmen led by Jack Ketch and William Marwood, recalling past executions and verses about the craft, followed by brief notices of Army Sgt Hewitt W Peel in Korea, social visits, church events, and an obituary notice for Electa Jefferson with funeral plans pending.
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Jack Ketch
Ketch
Jack Sutherland
Squire Dun
Rose
Thomas Cheshire
William ‘Hallcraft
Capeluche
Paris
Sanson
William Marwood
Marwood
Beaumont and Fletcher
Thomas Hood
Jack
Bill
Army
Hewitt W. Peel
Dorothy
Marie Powell
Fort Carson
Colo
Korea
1St Calvery Div. 13Th Signal Battalion
Yerger High School
Hope
Electa Jefferson
Fannie Wither Boon
Fof Hope
Hot Springs
Abyaa
Emma Jean Neely
R. D. George
Hicks
Julia Kiley
Compton
Calif
Governor Faubus Defends Record at National Federation Meet
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus spoke at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs convention in Chicago. He defended his record on segregation while noting two Negro appointees in Arkansas, drawing a standing ovation as 5,000 delegates heard his 45 minute address amid pickets.
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Chicago
Nasionati Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Cov
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Fannie Hardy
Little Rock
Cardy
Isabella Jones
Pennsylvania
Orval Maubus
Faubus
Jones
Kathryn King
Tthe
New York Federation
Libby Sachor
New Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
Fannie Beard
Warng
Miss Hardy
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Michael J. Howlett
Illinois
Howlett
Noose Echoes from a Gilded Age Hanging
A text excerpt recalls Samuel Pepys diary and a 17th century hanging at Charing Cross, contrasting it with modern punishments including electric chairs and life imprisonment. The dialogue links past executions to present debates on capital punishment, with a guard reflecting on the abandonment of hanging.
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London
Samuel Pepys
Charing Cross
Harrison
Similarities and contrasts in Kennedy and Roosevelt fireside chats
Washington observers compare Kennedy and Roosevelt as national explainers and persuaders with shared aims yet different contexts. Roosevelt used early fireside chats while Kennedy waits for a first direct address. both leaders mobilize public opinion but differ in domestic versus foreign focus and urgency.
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Washington
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Gertrude Stein
Ezra Pound
Theodore H. White
Franklin J. Roosevelt
America
United States
New York
New Yorker
White House
Vienna
Pyemioy Khrushchev
Sia
Berlin
Europe
Khrushchev
Congress
James MacGregor Burns
Bath Mien
Roosewell
Burns
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Faubus defends record as pickets protest in Arkansas
Governor Faubus argues progress in state services and talent over race while pickets rally at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. He says minorities face abuses, but asserts commitment to employing capable people regardless of race or sex.
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Howlett
Fraubus
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Faubus
Helena Sets Big Day for Power Plant Federal Building and Bridge Dedication
Helena Arkansas plans a three part dedication for a new Arkansas Power & Light generating plant a Federal building and a nearly mile long bridge over the Mississippi River costing 14 million The bridge tolls will fund the project with 50 cents to 4 50 charges and an expected 25 000 total visitors The event will feature governors Faubus and Barnett U S representatives senators and state highway officials with dedicating ceremonies by Paulus and Gathries among others and a parade across the new bridge prior to the Mississippi traffic opening
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Helena
Ark
Federal
Mississippi River
Maippi
Memnsphis
Greenville
Miss
Charles Halbert
Orval FB
Faubus
Arkansas
Ross Barnett
Misissippi
Svo
U.S
Arkansas Highway Commission
Osrry Parkin
Roy Adams
Highway
Mississippi
Thursdaly
Colena
Arkansas Power & Light Generating
Federal Building On Post Office
Ap&l
Ah We Fulbright
John McClellan
Paulus
E. C. Gathries
D-Ark
Dale Alfont
Catherine Norrell
Flies Whitten
Frank Smith
Insurance Agent Dies in Wreck Near El Dorado
An Eddy Dorado insurance agent James Eugene Davis 2 died when his car collided with a loaded log truck during a rainstorm on a county road 18 miles south of El Dorado. The truck driver R W Wood 40 of Kansas City was injured.
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EL Dorano
James Eugene Davis
ED Dorado
Here
R. W. Wood
Junestion City
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Diel
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Singer Sewing Machine CO
Ralph Montgomery Market
Barry's Grocery
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Hope Locker Plant
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AVIS
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Park Drive
Los
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International Traders Club
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Dorsey McRae
J. D. Boswell
Foster Avenue
Jhope Auto CO
Ha,ton
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Earl of Essex
Gregory Brandon
Robert Brandon
Charles
Lord Russell
Duke of Monmouth
City Park Commission
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C. B. Smith
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance
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F. R. Williams
M. R. White
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Odell Simmons
Rockford, Ill
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R. D. Geroge
D. A. Bell
Washington, D.C
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Quincy
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