Drama on the River and Town Size Reflections
An observational piece recounts a river scene where a mother duck guides her 12 ducklings across water, then shifts to musings on town size differences and the prevalence of small, one man shops in big cities as described by William Feather. It contrasts personal anecdotes with urban density and local business culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little River
Broad Water
Mama Duck
Little Rock
Memphis
Shreveport
Texarkana
William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
New York City
Youth 4-H Heads to Arkansas Forestry Camp
Ronnie Burke of Victory Community 4-H Club and Gene Evans of Columbus 4-H Club depart for Camp Couchdale near Hot Springs for the Arkansas Forestry Camp opening today and running through Saturday. About 100 boys from each county are expected. sponsorship comes from Crossett Company and International Paper, with cooperation from state and federal agencies and private industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Burke
Victory Community
Gene Evans
Columbus
Camp Couchdale
Hot Springs
Arkansas Fortry
Ronnie
Yene
Hempstead County
Arkansas Forestry Camp
Crossett Company
International Pape Company
Kansas State Forestry Commission
Agricultural Extension Service
State Department of Education
Southern Pulpwood Conservation Association
Burke
Carl Hatfield
Washington
Hershel Sewell
Carlton Cuhimings
Smittle
Patmos
Travis England
Shaver Springs
Marshall Rowe
Thomas Burke
DeAnn
Cecil M. Bittle, Jr
Heavy Damage After City Street Collision
A Friday accident at Avenue B and Northern Streets involved vehicles driven by Arda L. Bowden and Joe Hutson. City police reported both cars sustained heavy damage and drivers were injured enough to require attendance.
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Arda L. Bowden
Joe 8. Hutson
Avenue B
Demos Drive Plan to Seize Congress Control
Democratic readers aim to establish a seven point program to help retain Congress in the November election. The plan calls for social security expansion public housing farm price supports highway construction school aid a minimum wage boost and public power projects. No tax cut is mentioned.
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Washington F
Congress
Eisenhower
Fulton man B J Treece 79 dies in local hospital
B J Treece 79 a Fulton resident died in a local hospital Saturday. He is survived by his wife Carrie Treece four sons Barney George John Luke all of Texas towns and four daughters Mildred King Pearl Wortman Lou Fay Coder Annie Treece plus two stepsons Jerry Bartee Johnny Bartee and two sisters and a half-brother and half sisters. Funeral services were Sunday at Fulton Union Church with Rev Cecil McBay and Rev C D Ross. Burial followed at Fulton Cemetery by Herndon Cornelius.
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J. Treece
Fulton
Carrie Treece
Barney
George
John
Texarkana
Luke
Saratoga
Mildred King
Mineral Springs
Pearl Wort
Grand Prairie
Texas
Lou Fay Coder
Nebraska City
Neb
Annie Treeee
Jerry Bartee
Johnny Bartee
Artesia
Calif
Laura Guifie
Cooper
Minnie Hancock
Will Cooper
Anna Belle Smith
California
Alma Cooper
Oklahoma
Sunay Day
Fulton Union Church
Cecil McBay
C. D. Ross
Herndon Cornelius
Fulton Cemetery
Decisions in Arkansas Supreme Court announced today
The Arkansas Supreme Court issued rulings affirming most appeals including Otis Jonas v State of Arkansas and Wendell Ellington v Mayor Pratt Remel. Other decisions cover Gammill v Blytheville and others, Ida Billingsley v Pruitt, and Bryant v Green with several remands and reversals across Chancery and Circuit Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tittle Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Otis Jonas
State of
H. A. Pruitt
Independence Chancery Court
Sewell Rhea
State of Arkansas
Frank McKee
G. W. Gayend
Ashley Chancery
Willie Cora Lee- Hudson Reed
Mamin C. Billingslea
Jefferson
Raymond C. Bryant
W. H. Green
Veil Chancery Court
Dardanelle
Hal Jones
Paul Gregg
Washington
Contempt Against Youth Is Dropped Contempt Against Youth Is Dropped
Arkansas Supreme Court today dropped a contempt citation against 16 year old Sewell Rhea of Benton who refused to testify in his brother Keith Dale Rhea’s burglary case. He had faced 100 days in Saline Circuit Court jail but the high court ruling voided the contempt charge. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Sewell Rhea
Benton
Saline
Young Rhea
Keith Dale Rhea
Mick Richards
Rhea
Ernest Maner
Arkansas Boys Industrial School
Kate Smith Retires to Slow Down After 25 Fabulous Years
New York news profile recalls Kate Smith announcing plans to scale back after 23 years on radio and television. She will limit guest appearances while citing strain and her manager Ted Collins’s heart attack as a turning point. The piece notes her career of 10,342 radio shows, 1,040 TV appearances, and earnings near 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Smith
AL Boyle
New York
Mach
Kale
Ted Collins
Collins Dyily
Kate
Fearful Stop Turns Into Good Surprise Visit to Hope
A police stop on Highway 8 7 west of Hope delayed an out of state car carrying Mr and Mrs Don Peterson and Mr and Mrs Fritz Carlton from Champaign Illinois and Batavia Illinois. The visitors greeted by local officials and chamber members were shown hospitality at Hotel Barlow and the chamber office. The party praised Hope for its kindness and called the unexpected visit a grand surprise. Mr Peterson, a Korean war veteran and University of Illinois student in architectural engineering, and his wife a first grade teacher, were en route home from Dallas visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Don Peterson
Champaigne
Fritz Carlton
Batavia
Peterson
Tuinall
Highway 8&7
Hope
City
Lmits
Harrell Collier
Harry Falllips
Orval. Taylor
Jack Brown
Leon
Sid Rogers Buick Co
Barlow
Frank King
Hope Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Kings and Manager B. N. Holt
Holt
Ed Justus
J. Bagwell
KNAR
Tlinois
Gene Smith
Grover Thompson
Finais
Chamber of Commerce
John Keck
Split Hickory Co
Southwest Woods Products
Hope Basket Co
University of Ilinois
Israel Foreign Minister Quits Post
Moshe Sharett resigns as foreign minister of Israel after a Mapai split with Prime Minister Ben-Gurion. He will submit his resignation at a cabinet meeting. Golda Meirson named to replace him as labor minister. Mordechai Namir chosen as Labor Ministry head.
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Eric Gottgetreu
Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Sharett
Sharett
Mapai
Democratic Labor
Palley
Nixon reports no politics discussed at Eisenhower visit
Washington President Eisenhower met with Vice President Nixon at Walter Reed Hospital and said there was no discussion of his political future. Nixon stated Eisenhower would speak for himself when ready and that no political talks occurred during the meeting. Other officials, including Dulles, also visited Eisenhower.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Nixon
Anser
Aorevarier
UN 40
Dulles
County Uses Some Federal Road Funds
County judges near losing federal highway aid as $1,300,000 remains uncommitted from a $2,072,273 pool set aside in 1955. State highway action could reclaim funds July 1, with urban aid not exhausted as agencies reallocate to primary rural and secondary road projects.
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Little Rock
State Highway Commission
Commission
Aas
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Hoone
Hot Spring
Faulkner County
Faulkner
Baxter
Bradley
Calhoun
Dallas
Drew
Fulton
Grant
Howard
Independence
Lincoln
Little River
Mundison
Miller
Monroe
Montgomery
Nevada
Newton
Perry
Pike
Pape
Randolph
Scott
Searcy
van Buren
Yell
U. S
Crittendon
Ouachita
Pulaski
Union
Arkansas
Ashley
Clark
Columbia
Garland
Hempstead
Lafayette
Saline
Boylex
British Soldiers Die in Cyprus Fire and Congress Spends
Washington June 18 Rep Reuss proposed a bill to curb overseas trips by congressional committees and to require accounting for counterpart funds used abroad. He said many members travel yearly, spending millions in foreign currencies from U S aid revenues. The measure would deny the privilege of unlimited counterpart funds and charge expenditures against regular appropriations.
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Washington
Reuss
D-Wis
Congress
United States
U. S
Apology in Death of U S Vice Consul Report
Fragmentary account of a bombing that killed U S Vice Consul William 26 of Washington DC and two other Americans. The blast, linked to guerrilla activity, followed by British forces attempting to suppress the attack, left many injured and prompted a large military response on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
An. Ean
William
Washington,d. C
Bri
Guerrill
Adva
Chevy. Chase
Unions Return to Individual Talks in Steel Negotiations
The United Steelworkers wage policy committee, with 170 members, meets in New York amid a break in joint contract talks with Big Three steel firms. President David McDonald says the panel may report or act, as the union reverts to negotiating separately with U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic after the breakdown of the first ever joint steel industry talks.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
Steal
Bethlehem
Republic
McDonald
U.S. Steel
John A. Stephens
Lions to Hold Ladies Night Dinner Event Tonight
Hope Lions Club members invite their ladies to a 7 30 dinner Tuesday with principal speaker Ed Williamson Magnolia mayor. The program also features the Bodean Bodettes and Mrs Hope O Gran.
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Hope Lions Club
Ed Williamson
Magnolia
Bodean Bodettes
Hope O'Gran
Funds aid Calhoun youth to attend Michigan camp
Twenty eight individuals and businessmen presented Jesse Duckett of Hope with funds to cover transportation and expenses for Camp Miniwanca in Michigan. Duckett, a 4-H member, earned a two week scholarship from the William H. Danforth Foundation to attend the American Youth Foundation Leadership Training Camp on Stoney Lake, August 13 to 28, where he will represent Arkansas 4-H Clubs.
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Michigan
Jesse Duckett
Hope
Young Dickett
William H. Danforth Foundation
American Youth Foundation
Stoney Lake
Oceana County
Jesse
Arkansas
Duckott
Continued Good Business Is Predicted
Washington analysts at the U S Chamber of Commerce midyear symposium forecast a strong 1956 with the nation’s biggest business year ahead. Dr. Emerson P Schmidt said prosperity would persist even if Eisenhower’s health alters politics, while most panelists projected 1956 earnings to exceed 1955 and second half to outpace the first six months.
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Washington
Pnem
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
Chamber
Tee “Schmidt
Stéid
Eisenhower
Schmidt
Truman Declines Latin Honorary Degree at Oxford
President Truman jokes he will not accept an honorary degree in Latin if required to take it that way, saying his education was "schoolboy's." Oxford University plans to award him an honorary Doctor of Law Wednesday as he visits Britain with Mrs. Truman. They will meet Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Eden, and Sir Winston Churchill during a 10-day tour following their arrival from the Netherlands.
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Bury
London
Harry
Truman
Oxflrd University
Britain
Stormer
Netherlands
Queen Elizabeth I
Eden
Winston Churchill
All Around the Town Highlights Local News and Changes
Rain measurements show 4.33 inches fell last week with a new bout of showers starting today. John A. Lemaine becomes Child's Piggly Wiggly manager, transferring from Alexandria as a three year veteran of the chain. Harold Holly leaves as former manager to join Laster Food Store in Pyler Texas to oversee buys for five stores. James F. Russell of Hope is sworn as second lieutenant and to attend Ft. Benning Infantry School with the 5th Infantry Division. National figures note visiting relatives in Dover Delaware. County agent Oliver Adams says hempstead cotton bol weevils present no current danger. future control by poisoning as cotton matures. Ira Yocom hospitalized at Missouri Pacific Hospital. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company permit issued for Gunter Land and Timber No. 1 drilling near NEC B15G-24W.
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John A. Lemoine
Child's Piggly Wiggly
Hope
Alexandria
Lemaine
Catholic Church
VFW
James F. Russell of
U. S. Army
Henderson College
Ft. Benning
5Th Infantry Division
Hempstead
Oliver Adams
E- Friends
Ira Yocom
Missouri Pacific Hospital
Arkaogag QA
Gas Comnmalgesion
Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Company
Gunter Land and Timber Company No
Cle County
Life Saving Cla to Start June 2
A teacher urged registration as Life Saving Cla begins June 2 with swimming and junior Lit classes. Miss Kentz noted additional courses will be offered, and registration is timed for early June.
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Kentz
Anderson Church Plans Bible School Schedule
Union Baptist hosts Vacation Bible School from Monday June 1 through June 9 at 9 oclock each Saturday session planned. The event aims to engage community youth with scripture activities and songs led by church volunteers.
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Anderson Church
Plans
Bible School
Union Baptist
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Lil'no
Justus
Ill
Demos
B. J. Treece
Supreme.Court
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By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Lions
Star
Wade N. Powell
Richard
Barbara
Jond) Thomas
Dover
Delaware
W. A. Powell
Jack Wise
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