Congressman's Telegram On Rivers and Harbors Meeting
A telegraph from M. Harris discusses the June 19 open session of the Board for Rivers and Harbors to review the Millwood project. No testimony will be heard. observers may attend as executives consider the district and division reports and April 23 hearings. A Southwest Arkansas Water District delegation will attend as observers next Tuesday.
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Board For Rivers & Harbors
Millwood
Ee Board
Oren Harris
Ashington, D. C
Southwest Arkansas Water District
Corps of Engineers’ Board For Rivers & Harbors
Washington
Eorge W. Peck
C. V. Nunn, Jr
James H. Pilkinton
All of Hope
Jim Shaver
Rashdown
Charles M. Conway
Water District
L. E. Gilliland
Texarkana Chamber of Commerce
Texarkana
Gas Firm Not to Protest Assessment in Arkansas
Mississippi River Fuel Corp., a major Arkansas gas pipeline, will not protest the Tax Division assessment of 8,670,800 for 3956 property taxes payable next year. Tax officials said the valuation may be low if a more realistic revenue apportionment is used. last year’s valuation was 3,663,170.
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Little. Rock
Misissippi River Fuel Corp
Arkansas
Public Service Commission
Earl Ber 1 Wy
Mississippi River Fuel
Tax Division
Cities Service
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
WR. Stephens Investment Co
Little Rock
Stephens
New York
Ark-La
Union Securities Corp
Union Securities
Stephens and
Union
Ark- la
Cannties
Jackson
Jefferson
White
Randolph
Mississippi
Arkansas extended forecast June 15 to 20
The outlook shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal with normal mins 65 to 75 and maxes around 86 to 92. A slow warming trend starts the period with scattered moderate showers mainly in the afternoons across Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Subway Strike Ends End of Walkout Sparks Transit Return
New York workers returned to their jobs as the nine hour subway walkout ended. Motormen from the Motormen’s Benevolent Association faced suspensions as the transit authority restored service. Union leaders cited ongoing grievances while officials warned of penalties for striking. The strike disrupted a vast system and affected hundreds of thousands of riders.
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New York
Bic
Theodore Loos
Motormen's Benevolent Assa
MBA
Manhattan
City Transit
Transit Authority
The
Motormen’s Benevolent Assn
Hugh Mulligan
2 New Union
Former Resident Dies in Texas Funeral for Mollie Hicks Held
Webb Laseter Sr. and Jr. left for Gainesville Texas to attend the funeral of Mrs Mollie Hicks elder Laseter sister who died Tuesday. She formerly lived here and the Green Laseter community was named for her father.
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Webb Laseter Sr
Junior
Gainsville
Texas
Laseter
Mollie Hicks
Green
Argentina Returns Haiti Rebels After Embassy Transfer
Argentina's provisional government ordered the return of rebel Gen Raul Tanea and six others to the Haitian embassy after an overnight abduction. President Pedro Armanduri acted amid protests from Haitian Ambassador Jean Brierre, enforcing asylum and diplomatic immunity.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Raul Tanea
Pedro Armaduri
Jean Brierre
Tanecu
Peronista
Yerolvy Aranburu
Air Force Silent on Bikini H Bomb Target Miss
Washington reports the Air Force offered only a noncommittal reply to questions about whether the BE2 dropped a thermonuclear bomb over Bikini last month missed the intended target. The Atomic Energy Commission declined to comment. Speculation of a wide miss circulated as observers noted reduced radioactivity near Namou Island. The Air Force stated the drop was conducted as scheduled and affirmed the bomber’s delivery capability while withholding distance and altitude details as classified information.
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Washington
Air Force
Bikini
Atomic Energy Commission
Namu Island
Fathers and Sons Follow In Footsteps Across Professions
HL Boyle reflects on a father’s joy when his son follows into his line of work, a timeless wish that life and career be handed down. He notes practical and emotional reasons for male heirs to pursue similar paths, citing professions from police to business while acknowledging that talent often resists heredity and ends up elsewhere. Continued on Page Thies.
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HL Boyle
New York
Tishman
Pape
CAP Cadets from Arkansas Win International Exchange
Three Civil Air Patrol Cadets from Arkansas Wing were selected for this year’s international Cadet Exchange Program. The six week tour will be hosted by foreign governments and aviation societies, with visiting youths from partner countries coming to the United States as CAP guests. Cadets listed include Anthony Gates of Crossett, Raymond Russellville, and Margaret Isenman of Little Rock, with Belgium and Hawaii among the destinations.
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Civil Air Patrol
Arkansas Wing
United States
CAP
Anthony A. Gates
Crossett
Norway
Raymond
Braselton
Russellville
Belgium
Margaret A. Isenman
Little Rock
Hawaii
National
Arkansas
DeAnn Resident G S Samuel 76 Dies in Local Hospital
George Shelton Sanslie? Samuel 76 lifelong DeAnn resident died yesterday in a local hospital. He was a retired farmer and merchant, charter Woodman of the World Camp 847 member, and Deacon of the DeAnn Baptist Church. Survived by widow Nora and son Monroe R. Samuel. five brothers R M Samuel Willis OK L R D M Samuel DeAnn and S B Samuel Minden LA. Funeral Friday 4:30 p m at White Oak Grove Baptist Church DeAnn. burial in DeAnn Cemetery by Herndon Cornelius. pallbearers Horace Hollis Carlton Richard S Louis R M Samuel.
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George Shelton Sansliel
DeAnn
Samuel
Woodman of the World
S. B. Samuel
Minden
White Oak Grove Baptist Church
Herndon Cornelius
DeAnn Cemetery
Horace
Hollis Carlton
Richard S. Louis
R. M. Samuel
Twenty two Cotton Belt cars jump the line
Twenty two Cotton Belt freight cars jumped the track early last night causing no injuries. Officials said a burned out journal box may not have been responsible and the track was being cleared. No damage estimate was provided.
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Weiner
Journal Box
Ike Improves and Plans Nixon Meeting After Surgery
President Eisenhower remains cheerful at Walter Reed as medical bulletins report restored intestinal activity after his operation. He will meet Vice President Nixon and Secretary of State Dulles on Monday, and continues walking exercises while listening to music and reading.
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Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John Foster
Dulles
Adenauer
NEA
Donald J. Gonzales
Washington
Vicw
Richard M. Nixon
John Foster Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Statewide Rain Drench Eases After Heavy Arkansas Downpour
The Associated Press reports broad rainfall across Arkansas easing after heavy showers. Leola logged the state's heaviest 24 hour total at 7 am, with Pine Bluff 3.40 inches, Hope 2.01, Boughton 1.65, and Walnut Ridge 1.34 inches. A Guill Coast storm drifting into Arkansas caused much of the rainfall, now expected to depart by night. River levels are generally low with no flood threat foreseen.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
US Weather Bureau
Leola
Cocal Arkansas
Hope
Boughton Wit
Walnut Ridge
Weather Bureau
Doubled State Hospital Budget Proposed by ALC
The Arkansas Legislative Council heard a budget proposal from the State Hospital Board led by Olen Hendrix claiming the hospital needs almost double funding to cure its 19th century mental health issues. The plan calls for about a million dollar yearly increase, including a $20,000 salary for the superintendent and additional maintenance funds.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Legisative Council
iControl
Olen Hendrix
Antone
Budgt
Arkanzas
Hendrix
Mhian
Chinese May Release 2 U. S. Priests
Two American Roman Catholic priests, Father John Williams Clifford and Father Thomas Leonard Phillips, believed freed after three years in prison in Red China. A U.S. consular official said crossing the border to Hong Kong could take days or a week. Release could ease stalled Geneva talks and boost hopes for other prisoners.
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John Roderick
Hong Kong
Red China
U.S
John Williams Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
Reds
Geneva
Father Clifford
Father Phillips
Peiping
Red Cross
Communists Have Over Eight Million Under Arms, Secretary Says
Secretary Wilber Brucker told Independence Hall crowds that Communist forces exceed eight million, with 2.7 million in China and 405 well trained divisions ready for action. He warned of Communist ideology as a weapon and noted half the U.S. Army is overseas as proof of resolve to resist aggression. A separate item reports a Christmas birth: Merry Christmas girl born to Mr and Mrs John Christmas in Louisville.
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Philadelphia
Brucker
U.S
State Highway Dept Awards Two 994000+ Projects
The Arkansas State Highway Department issued two work orders totaling over 994000 for construction in Hot Spring and Mississippi counties. One order covers a 16 mile relocation on Highway 67 between Arkadelphia and Malvern, awarded May 9 to Reynolds and Williams of Little Rock. The other immediate order covers about eight miles of resurfacing on Highway 120 from its intersection with Highway 41 to O'Donnell Bend in Mississippi County, awarded May 9 to Foreum Lannom, Inc.
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Little Rock
Arkansas State Highway Department
Hot Spring
Mississippi
Arkadelphia- Malvern Road
Hot Spring County
Reynolds and Williams
O'Donnell Bend
Mississippi County
Foreum-Lannom, Inc
Zhukov Possibly Behind Russian Plan to Invite US Generals
Tokyo reports Marshal Georgii Zhukov, once Eisenhower ally, may be behind a Russian plan to invite top American military leaders. Inter national circles say invitations could originate with Zhukov to boost his military's political stature. Khrushchev is said to have acquiesced to avoid off ending the powerful general, as Zhukov seeks to renew outside ties while watching top political figures.
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Tokyo
Georgii K. Zhukov
Eisenhower
Russia
Als
United Press
Khukov
Sui
Nikita Khrushchev
Rsk
Hempstead County Red Cross Drive Totals $2002.13
The Hempstead County Red Cross campaign for 1956 raised 2002.13 dollars, led by Dr. Lloyd Guerin. Results show contributions from business districts, wards, Oakhaven, Southland Heights, City Hall, and many communities, though the drive did not meet the county quota.
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Hempstead County
City Hall
Washington
Bingen
Blevins
McCaskill
Guerin
Rain totals and plant station notes at Fulton
All Around the Town reports 4.03 inches of rain at the Experiment Station through 9:15 a m Friday with 2.01 inches in the 24 hours ending 7 a m and 1.64 inches from 7 a m to 9:15 a m. Paul H Millar of the State Plant Board explains the Fulton inspection station's purpose to block out seed gallon cotton bells and cotton seed carrying pink bollworms and notes funding limits led to its temporary closure. They plan a two week reopening with remaining funds, citing unfumigated okra shipments and souvenirs from the Valley as reasons to justify continued operation.
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Fulton
Paul H. Millar
State Plant Board
Texas
Senate Group Hikes Foreign Aid Bill By 4.5 Billion
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee boosted the foreign aid bill by 4.515 billion dollars, adding 715 million above prior totals. The panel restored 100 million for the President’s discretionary Asian development fund, with a 95 vote tally.
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Washington
Sehat Foreign Relations Committee
Hose
Congress
House
Senate
Grt
Suippo
Sen
Bridges
TRS Invests in Treasury Certificates and District Funds
TRS allocates funds across multiple counties and districts in a surge of investments. The report lists related totals, percentages, and specific county names such as Howard, Yellville, and Chicot, noting significant sums approved or proposed.
Young Democrats Plan District Meeting Notice
A district meeting notice for Young Democratic Club members across Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas references June 28 24 as the meeting date and lists attendees including Gav Raymond and HomWilke from the Oklahoma City area.
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Washington
Ours
Greg
Kansas
Oklahop
Arkansas
Gav
Raymond Homa Wilke
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