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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1956
Page
1
New York Senator Herbert Leman stated the civil rights problem has sharpened into a nationwide crisis. He spoke at the Harlem Urban League meeting, noting Harlem’s demographics as proof the issue extends beyond the South and urging renewed efforts for equality and opportunity.
The Associated Press reports heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest threatens the Columbia River basin. Record mountain runoff drives flood risks with forecasts of high river levels. thousands evacuated and about 1,600 people arrested in scattered incidents amid rising waters near Vancouver Washington.
Market weak in 7 Northwest area with broilers and fryers around 19 to 21 cents. Chicago live poultry prices steady to mixed with receipts around 77,000 lb and weekly totals. eggs steady, grain futures mixed as soybeans rally late.
New York cotton futures showed irregular activity in listless trading as doubts over the government export program and the CCC sale schedule beyond June 19 created a hesitant market. Late afternoon quotes edged up about 15 cents a bale but remained roughly 40 cents below the prior close with July at 34.61.
Hogs 17 000 head mixed U S No 1 2 range 180 840 lbs at 17 25 to 18 50 per cwt with moderate numbers mostly No 1 around 1090 285 lb at 48 00. Cattle 7 506 steers heifers and yearlings steady with good and choice slaughter grades at 19 00 21 00, cows 11 50 13 00, bulls 12 50 14 50. Sheep 1 900 steady with spring lambs 24 00 20 00 and ewe prices around 19 00, utility good 18 00 22 00.
Khrushchev warned that Stalin built a cult of infallibility and used purges to consolidate dictatorial power. He cited false charges against honest communists, slanderous confessions, and the persecution of thousands of cadres as a result of his brutal regime.
Partly cloudy and a little warmer this afternoon in Cernical, northeast and southeast Arkansas. Highs range from the high 70s to near 80 in various zones, with lows in the 40s to 60s. Tonight and Tuesday expect widely scattered thundershowers with similar temperature ranges across central, northwest, southwest, and southeast Arkansas.
Fragmentary note claims Europeans once used tomato plants as garden weapons and that the fruit was thought poisonous, hinting at superstition surrounding a common produce.
Ray Wilkins of the NAACP warned at a Jackson Mississippi news conference that fewer Negroes may back Democrats in 1954 than in 1952. He cited expectations that gains in big cities will not be repeated and that some campaigns’ promises of 1952 remain unfulfilled.
Julius Stainmesse, claimed oldest resident of Garland County Rest Home, died yesterday at the facility. Born January 18, 1955 in New Orleans, he moved to Arkansas in 1902 and had long resided near Hot Springs. No survivors were listed.
Governor Orval Faubus rejected moves to place the State Police or other state agencies under an independent commission. He cautioned politics would always influence public service and did not endorse separate commissions for agencies like hospitals or education. He noted no patrolmen were fired under his administration, though weights and standards personnel had altered.
Beverly Hills California Murray Chotiner, former Nixon campaign manager, says he will issue a statement detailing why the Republican party no longer needs his services. Senate scrutiny recently focused on his activities as a top California Republican tied to Knowland and Warren campaigns.
In Battle Creek Michigan a half mile of breakfast will be served for the Kendga Companys 86th anniversary June 28. About 222 tables spanning the business district will showcase loge cereals in all corners.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses a gang and individuals named George Marshall Raney Remel Livingston with unspecified dates and a gate at a desert site. Details are unclear due to missing portions, leaving the main action and actors only partially identifiable.
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