Little River voyage notes from Allen's Ferry to Millwood
An on the river exploration reports White Oak Shoals a black gray beach rich in snail and mussel shells. The crew measured Little River distances from Allen's Ferry to Frisco Bridge 7 miles and Millwood 40 miles while noting mosquitos on the dry bar. The diary lists the boat owners and riders including J D Boswell Royce Smith Albert Page and Herbert Rogers among others.
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Little River
Allen's Ferry
White Oak Shoals
Arkansas
Ouachita
Frisco Bridge
Geee Bridge
Saline River
Millwood Village
Millwood
Paraloma
J. D. Boswell
Royce Smith
Albert Page
Herbert Rogers
Herbert Bodson
Herbert Roy Dodson
Misses Judy
Jo Ellen Barry
H. Washburn
Hobart Shirley
Hollis Moses Barney Gaines
Dayton Thomas Homer Gaines
Kenny Atkins
Mr. Hembree
Port Arthur
Texas
Hunt for Slayer Sparks Near Riot at Granada Theater
A nationwide search for a shotgun killer triggered a near riot as about 3,000 people crowded the Granada Theater in Chicago. Police trapped suspect Lawrence Neumann inside and waited to capture a man in the audience matching his description. Two men fainted amid the chaos and 15 police squads called for reinforcements to control the scene.
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Robert T. Loughran
Chicago
Granada Theater
Kill
Lawrence Neumann
Aqueuc
Neumann
Burglars Strike at Jonesboro
Jonesboro police report thieves used tools found on site to rip open a wall safe at Jonesboro Equipment Co stealing 395 dollars. The burglary was discovered yesterday and mirrors a similar break in at Paragould two weeks earlier.
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Jonesboro
Vernon Walker
Wyatt Patwick
Jonesboro Equipment Co
Theaterman to Talk at Kiwanis Meet
Hay G. Colvin of St. Rain Missouri will address the Kiwanis Club luncheon Tuesday. Colvin serves on the national board of directors for the Council of Motion Picture Organizations and the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. He will discuss what the movie theater means to the community and has 54 years in show business, including 40 in the motion picture branch.
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Kiwanis Club
Hay G. Colvin
St. Rain
National Board of Directors
The
Council of Motion Picture Organizations
Society of Motion Picture Engineers
Motion Spietie
Police investigate local accident at 7th and Ferguson
Police investigate a collision at 7th and Ferguson involving Billie Jo Rogers and J B Henry. Bumper and fender damage reported. Billie Jo Rogers charged with failure to yield the right of way.
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Ferguson
Billie Jo Rogers
J. B. Henry
Eisenhower Expands Walking as He Resumes Duties
President Eisenhower threaded a cautious recovery, walking unassisted at times and using a chair for rest. A 12:15 p.m. bulletin declared his condition excellent with normal vital signs. He met with Sherman Adams and designated Vice President Nixon to represent him at key forthcoming events.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Nixon
National Security Council
Blair House
Adenauer
Supreme Court Upholds Fayetteville Property Ownership ruling
The Supreme Court of Washington Circuit upholds a lower ruling denying Mrs. 5. W. Ferguson ownership of a lot in the Jenings Addition. Ferguson claimed purchase from Fayetteville Sewer District No. 1 in 1950 after district foreclosed for delinquent sewer taxes. The court voided one foreclosure decree for incompleteness omitting city addition status, leaving Ferguson to rely on her title against B. H. Van Gundy and Velma Van Gundy. Justice J. Seaborn Holt wrote the opinion.
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Supreme Cort Today
Washington Circuit
5. W. Ferguson
Jenings
Fayetteville
Mrs. E. E. Phillips of Spring Hill Buried Sunday
Mrs. E. E. Phillips age 75 resident of Spring Hill died early Saturday en route to a local hospital. She is survived by her husband four sons and four daughters, two brothers and a sister. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Holly Springs Cemetery with Herndon Cornelius in charge.
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E. E. Phillips
Spring Hill
Ray
Horace Phillips
E. W. Phillips
Oceanside
Calif
Lynn
Kilgore
Texas
E. J. Moore
el Dorado
T. P. Moore
Durham
N. C
Maydelle F
Little Rock
Mozelle Phillips
Frank Rider
Hope
Lither Ridey
Patmos
J. L. Wilson
Holly Springs Cemetery
Herndon Cornelius
Plans Art Gallery in Manhattan by A and P Heir
Huntington Hartford, heir to the A and P fortune, says he will build a ten story art gallery on Calhoun Circle in Manhattan at a cost of about 250 million dollars. The plan aims to place a major cultural landmark alongside existing city institutions and attract international attention.
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New York
Huntington Hartford
A&p
Millions
Calumbus Circle
Manhattan
Reformed Fatty Declares We Are What We Eat
Hal Boyle profiles Leonard Louis Levinson a once overweight writer who transformed into a dieting advocate. Levinson, 52, once consumed decadently as he sold scripts and books, later pledging a message that the “thin person inside” drives reform. His past as a flamboyant food stylist and author of a Brown Derby cookbook contrasts with his current stance on weight and appetite.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Leonard Louis Levinson
Fatty
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Je Levinson
Hollywood
Levinson
Public Urged to Prevent Forest Fires
Public safety notice urges Arkansans to join forest conservation efforts amid rising fire loss. It cites 1952 53 54 55 fire records and lists six rules to prevent fires including notifying rangers, creating fire lanes, using ash trays, and fully chilling campfires.
Slashed Foreign Aid Bill Passes House Despite Cuts
The House approved a $3.8 billion foreign aid bill, about a billion less than Eisenhower’s request, signaling continued opposition to a larger overseas aid program. The measure narrowly survived a motion to send it back to committee, with 147-52 voting against. Sent to the Senate, it faces continued debate and further cuts.
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Lews Gulck Washngton
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Few Soldiers Cooperated With Reds
Washington report on Korean War prisoners shows 15 percent were collaborators and 5 percent resisters among 3,323 analyzed. Most cooperated to avoid mistreatment, not due to belief in communism, and resisters returned in poorer physical condition but with more neurotic symptoms.
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Washington
Army
Arkansas death toll rises to 35 in week’s toll
Associated Press report details Arkansas fatalities from highway crashes and drownings boosting the weekly violent death toll to 86 for the week ending Sunday midnight. Notable deaths include Forrest Hagond, 1, a University of Arkansas student, in a Highway 65 collision near Dumas, and W L Irby, 39, Mount Ida publisher, in a Highway 270 crash east of Mount Ida. Also includes Jimmie Lee Clary, 22, of Sheridan, in a Malvern crash. Thomas Priddy, 27, of Louisville, in a Memphis Arkansas Speedway accident. Clint Hughes, 28, of Biloxi, whose car plunged into a lake. and Lowell Penny, 54, of Paragould, in a Highway 25 crash near Light.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Forrest Thomas Hagond
University of Arkansas
Dumas Hospital
Highway 65
Dumas
Forrest Hagood
John Lewis Clary
Southern State College
John Clary
W. L. Irby
Mount Ida
Glenn Minton
Irby
Montgomery County News
Jimmie Lee Clary
Sheridan
Little Rock Hospital
Satuday
Malvern
Lehigh
Thomas Priddy
Louisville
Clint Hughes
Biloxi
Miss
Lowell Penny
Paragould
Highway 25
Light
Btate
Joe Cosner
Penny
Jack Lehman
Fayetteville
Eisenhower Rejects U.S. Chiefs Visit to Russia
President Eisenhower, recovering in hospital, rejected a surprise invitation for four American military chiefs to visit the Soviet Union. He indicated such a visit would be impracticable at that time and warned that any attendance would require Moscow to inspect American interests. The decision sets a firm stance while the White House remains cautious about Soviet outreach.
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White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Ike
Walter Reed Hospital
Ins
America
Aly
Nathan S. Twining
Russi
Soviet Union
Viet’ Union
Russia
Moscow
Lces
Eisenhow
Mutter Ata
Man Adams
Bodies Recovered From 1927 Cutoff Fishing Tragedy
Three people drowned when their boat overturned at 1927 Cutoff lake between Hope and Lewisville Saturday night. Victims were Lee Smith 30 R E Batts 37 and his son Raymond 8 all of Stamps. Batts and Smith worked at Gaines Inc furniture plant in Stamps. Batts survived by his wife three daughters and extended family. Smith survived by his parents three brothers and a sister. Police recovered all bodies Sunday morning with help from Magnolia Hope Texarkana rescue squads.
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Hope
Lewisville
Lee Smith
R.E. Batts
Raymond
Stamps
W. H
Buck) Baker
Magnolia
Baker
Texarkana
Batts
Smith
Gaines, Inc
Memphis
Norma
Marcey
Bobbie Joe Batts
W.E. Smith
Robert, Terrell
Eugene Smith
Leon Pate
Husband of Hope Woman Missing in Plane Crash
Jerry Trout about 39 husband of the former Geraldine Murphy of Hope disappeared when the Naval Air Corps plane crashed into the Pacific near Alameda California during gunnery practice yesterday. Presumed dead his body not yet recovered. He headed the Civil Aeronautics Authority office in Amarillo Texas and was on two weeks active duty with a Naval Reserve unit. He left behind three children ages 11 six and four who were visiting grandparents in Hope.
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Jerry Trout
Geraldine Murphy
Hope
Naval Air Corps
Pacific Ocean
Alameda
Calif
Naval Reserve Corps
Trout
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Amarillo
Texas
L. Murphy
Fulton Church to Hold Revival
Fulton Church of Christ will start its revival today June 11 with Fred Buller of Foreman as the preacher. Services will begin nightly at 8 o'clock and the meeting will continue for ten days.
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Fulton
Stock Market Dips and Rises Amid Recovery Efforts
New York stocks show uneven movement as prices gain about 1 to 3 points while losses remain fractional. Market closely tracks progress of President Eisenhower's recovery and outlook remains cautious amid mixed readings.
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New York
Eisenhower
Appointments in Hope District of Methodist Church
In the closing session at Hot Springs of the Little Rock Methodist Church Conference Dr E Clifton Rule will head the Pine Bluff District The Rev Robert B Moore of Camden is now superintendent of the Hope District Other assigned officials include Robert B Moore Bingen James Shaddox Blevins Bruce Bean Emmet Joe W Hunter Hope W D Keeley Mineral Springs Harold E Wright Nashville J E Dunlap Prescott Alfred De Black Prescott Circuit L O Lee Spring Hill Circuit H A F Ault Washington Circuit Zane Wilmem
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Hot Springs
Little Rock
Court Rules Deed Is Really a Mortgage
Arkansas Supreme Court holds that an instrument appearing as a warranty deed but intended as a mortgage can be treated as a mortgage. J. D. and Helen Miller mortgaged their Fayetteville home in 1941. a lease with option to buy and payments to the Lewises followed. The court found clear evidence of mortgage intent and affirmed the lower court ruling.
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Little
Rock
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Washington
Chancery Court
J. D
Helen Miller
Fayetteville
Miller
Jessie A. Lewis
Millers
Myr
Lewis
Lewiges
Sam Robinson
Lewises
Candidates plan Friday speaking tour to July 31
All Around the Town Hempstead County candidates agree to a Friday night speaking tour through the first primary on July 31 to accommodate working candidates. Harry Hawthorne and Arnold Middlebrooks, the two without opposition, will handle arrangements. eleven candidates back the plan. SP-3e Harris Wesley Skinner has arrived in Germany with the Third Armored Division for 33 months, son of Mr and Mrs Lester Skinner of Hope. Sgt Berley H Clayton and wife visiting from Hope Route 44. he serves with the 198rd Signal Corps at Ft Huachuca Arizona. Ue Nam C Edwards, son of Mr and Mrs Otis I Edwards of Hope Route 3, completed Navy recruit training in San Diego and is ready for duty. Arkansas fishing licenses set a record, with 138 978 nonresident licenses sold last year, second only to Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Tennessee, as Game and Fish Commission notes the state’s popularity. Our lakes and streams can handle many more anglers. Nelson Cox
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Hempstead
Harry Hawthorne
Arnold Middlebrooks
Harris Wesley Skinner
Germany
Third Armored Division
Lester Skinney
Hope
Berley H. Clayton
Oiher
A. Clayton
Hope Route 44
Clayton
Signal Corps
Ft. Huachuca
Arizona
Ue Nam C. Edwards
Otis I. Edwards
U.S. Naval Flaining Center
San Diego
Calif
Eet
Game and Fish Commission
Arkansas
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Tenessee
Nelson Cox
Supreme Court Affirms Mixed Court Rulings Across Districts
Fragmentary OCR notes show several court actions including a circuit court affirmation, chancery appeals dismissed, and a leeway district case reversed. Names such as Ferguson, Johnson, Sykes, and Lewis appear with multiple district references.
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Pn Supreme
Cou
Magnet
Barnum
Springs
Ferguson
Gunday and
Witen
Olin
Mathieson
Chemig Tects
Bill
Larse
Chancery Court
L. E
Drewry
Relph Sykes
Johnson
Dagge Levee Distrigh
Freethers
Cery Court
Arkansas State
Board
Tecte
C. T. Glark
Craighead Chancery
Coera
Frank’ B. Lewis
Milleton Changery Court
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Kiwanis
Schoel Xopf
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Tribunal
By Buster Center, Dist. Forester
Rangers
U.S
Fulton Church
Bulletin
Methodist Church
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