Prescott News Highlights Local Events And Radio Schedule
June activity roundup lists Junior and Senior softball games at Cummins Field and community meetings at various Prescott venues. Also notes bridge gatherings, a piano recital, church picnics, a male quartet concert, and conservation committee plans with a Tuesday meeting.
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Ward's of the City
Cummins Field
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Claude Price
Forestry
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Stripling, Premis
Lloyd Fam E. ‘Thiner J. Ve McMann
Dock Kizer
60 Laid Off At Bauxite Plant In Arkansas
About 30 workers were laid off at Reynolds mining corporation’s Hurricane Creek alumni plant in Bauxite Ark as part of postwar deflation. Plant Manager W W Bindhard said the action follows a broader cutback trend. The Jones Mill plant near Hot Springs is unaffected.
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Little Reek
Reynolds Mining Corporation
Hurricane Creek
Bauxite
Ark
W. W. Bindhard
Jones Mill
Hot Springs
Education Pressure Mounts Over Communist Rule in Schools
Washington reports rising national concern over communism in education. The piece cites firings at the University of Washington, a loyalty oath for 4000 California teachers, and a 1950s panel urging that Communist party members not teach. It notes outside classroom influence and cites Baltimore lawyer Ober criticizing Harvard professors Ciardi and Shapley and the Maryland anti Communist law.
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James Marlow Washington
University of Washington
University of California
United States
Dwight Eisenhower
Columbia University
James B. Conant
Harvard
Communist Party
Conant
Frank B. Ober
Art Now
Baltimore
Ober
Maryland
Harlow Shapley
John Ciardi
Ciardi
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
L Ober
Shapley
New York
Greenville Clark
Ciordi
House un-American Activities
Rep. Woods
Georgia
Pint-Sized Pole Vaulter May Be Man to Watch
Los Angeles reports on San Diego state halfpint Bobby Sith rising in NCAA track. He clears 14 feet 3 inches then eyes 14 feet 6 inches while crowds linger after the championship session.
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Los Angeles
Bobby Sith
San Diego State
Yale
Jim Fuchs
From where I sit at Andy's Garden Tavern
Joe Marsh recalls watching a TV at Andy's Garden Tavern last Saturday. He suggests a shade for the whole window to improve privacy and brightness. Marsh emphasizes openness, wanting patrons to see a well-run, transparent establishment.
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Andy
Letters Praise Local Salvation Army Campaign
A reader from the Salvation Army divisional office thanks The Star and Mr. Moss for publicizing the annual campaign in Hope. The letter credits the newspaper with drawing public attention and expresses appreciation from the divisional director and Service One. June 17, 1949 Louisville Ky. Plenty of Water: water from One I Whensine Springs flows into the Snake River near Buhl Ida.
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Star
the Star
Moss
Salvation Army
Hope
Snake River
Buhl Ida
United States
Flying fish sail through air to dodge capture
The article notes that flying fish move through the air to escape enemies, sometimes sailing over the water up to 200 yards. It also lists college rowing results with ties: Tulane, San Diego, Missouri, Cornell and Brown tied for 11th with 10 points. Oklahoma, Indiana and Rice tied for 6th and 7th. Kansas and Villanova tied for 28th with 4.
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Tulane
San Diego
Missouri
Cornell
Brown
Oklahoma
Indiana
Rice
Bist
Kansas
Villanova
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Stubart
Aisin
Rift
Armour's Star
Ellow
Post Office
Walnut Street
Hope, Ark
Prescott News
Hardware
Co. C
Boswell's
Wedensday Bridge Club
Horace McKenzie
Business Womenn's Council of the First Christian Chapel
Rodney Hamilton
Order of the Eastern Stars
Masonic Hall
Mary Agnes Avery
A.V. Regnier
First Baptist Church
Ursula , Stephens of
Gordon
Suites Lake
Phillips Univ
Thomas Dewoody
Bridge
Dewoody
Hubert Barksdale
Allen Gee, Jr
Dutchie Bright
Ralph Haynie
J. Leland Lavender
Charles Willis
James Willams
Bernice Daniel
Sue
T. C. Russell
Billy Fern Stephens
Blevins
Prescott
Charlie Thomas
J. B. Gentry
John H. Barrow
John Harley
Imon Gee and
Allen Gee Jr
Texarkana
Blake Scott
Mark Justiss
Bill
Little Rock
P. A. Escarre
Blytheville
J. A. Craig, Jr
Dallas
Texas
Betty Jack Craig
William Foster Jacoby
Yright and Methodist Church
Jim Bostick
Tulsa
Oklo
Cuaeaten
Coy Nolen
Fnmaily
Mutual Network
Gabriel Heatter
Fulton Lewis
Peter Salem
Bill Henry
Inside of
Mutual
Mutual Reports
Nevada Co
Cecil Brown
Faith In
Kate Smith
Lanny Ross
John Daniel
Sardi's
Carle
Tom Mix
Yulton Lewis, Jr
Gregory Hood
Hope Legion
Mutual Heports
Bill Carroll
Tom Bennett
Wisconsin
USC
Jack Montgomery
Oregon
George Rasmussen
Montgomery
Rasmussen
Southern California
California
UCLA
Stanford
Mel Patton
Craig Dixon
Ed Dugger
Tufts
Fitch
Joe Marsh
Are
Amy
Arkansas
United States Brewers Foundation
Gaue
Aone
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Turner's Gro
Springhill
Shreveport
New Orleans
Texerkana
Kansas City
TEL
Georera
Atlanta
Hope Office
Woodman of the World Building
South Walnut Street
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