Millwood Reservoir Proposal Draws Editorial Support
The Arkansas Democrat editorial supports a permanent Millwood reservoir at the Little River confluence with the Red River, recommended by the Army Engineers Board. It notes six upstream dams as compromise, urges simultaneous construction, and urges cooperation between upstream and downstream interests for maximum flood control and economic development.
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Southwest Arkansas Water District
Army Engineer Board For Rivers and Harbors
Millwood
Little River
Red
Little River Valley Improvement Association
Red River Valley
Little River Basin
Washington
Senator Jackson Warns of Overseas Air Base Losses
Washington Senator Jackson warned overseas bases may be lost, urging approval of a billion dollar Air Force funding increase. He argued bases from Iceland to Okinawa are under political attack and losing them would require more B-52 bombers to deter Soviet power. The Senate debated the Defense bill, with the Appropriations Committee adding 1.16 billion for planes, bases, and manpower.
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Washington
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Iceland
Okinawa
Defense Department
Hisenhower
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Admiral King Reported Critical Condition At Navy Hospital
Admiral Ernest J. King, 77, wartime chief of naval operations, was reported in critical condition at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. He suffered circulatory and respiratory failure after a heart ailment struck him earlier today, leaving the naval world watching.
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Pruitiamesiil
Ernest J. King
U. S. Navy
Portmouth Naval
Naval Operations
Mama Ducks Ruse Fails on River Hope Star Photo
A June 17 scene on Little River shows a mother duck splashing to distract boatmen while her ten ducklings cross. Editor A H Washburn, Ernest W. Graham, and Herbert Dodson witnessed the moment as boats paused briefly before the group reached shore. Veterans of Little River exploration called it rare on the river though common on brushy lakes.
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Hope Star
Daily Bread
A. H. Washburn
Little River
Mrs. Duck
Thirty Die In BOAC Plane Crash Near Kano Nigeria
A four engine BOAC airliner crashed on takeoff from Kano airport in Nigeria, killing 30 of 45 aboard. Only 10 passengers and five crew survived. the pilot Cant Herbert Tomlinson, 36, credited with emergency treetop landing. Survivors include 1 passenger and 5 crew members out of 38 passengers and seven crew. Victims included Kay Buckley, 40, of County Cork, and L. A. Ward.
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Kano
Nigeria
Harald Watkinson
House of Commons
London
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Herbert Tomlinson
BOAC
Kay Buckley
County Cork
Ireland
L. A. Ward
Truman Says Presidency Killing Job
Former President Truman calls the presidency a killing job for one man and says the cure is younger trained leaders. He hosts British Labour Party visitors Hugh Gaiskel and eight colleagues at his hotel and recalls meeting Churchill, praising him as keen and reminiscing about the war.
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Eddy Gilmore London
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Hugh Gaiskel
Labor Party
Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill
Baptists Open Convention in Little Rock
The Arkansas Baptist Association holds its annual three day convention in Little Rock starting tomorrow with about 3,000 delegates and guests expected. Dr Alber Garner dean of the Vexas Baptist Institute at Henderson will be principal speaker.
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Little Rockit
The
Arkansas Baptist Association
Alber Garner
Vexas Baptist Institute
Henderson
Teyx
Priest Stays Around Jail He Likes It
In Baltimore Rev Joseph J Ayd S J, after 38 years at the Maryland Penitentiary, celebrated his last Mass to inmates. Known for his stern kindness he aided 54 men in their final hours and campaigned for clemency where justice seemed flawed while expressing his love for the jail community.
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Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Baltimore City
Joseph J. Ayd
S. d
Barry Fitzgerald
Nazarene Bible School Opens With Classes Through July 6
Nazarene Bible School started today and will run through July 6 with sessions from 9 to 12 each weekday. Programs cater to ages three through 16 under supervision of Mrs. Chester Kemper and a dedicated teaching staff.
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Nazarene Bible School
Chester Kemper
Drowning Victim Buried Here After Lake Tragedy
Johnny J. Jeans aged 33 who drowned in Eagle Mountain Lake near Fort Worth was buried in Memory Gardens here Monday. A Fort Worth resident formerly of Hope he died Friday with services at Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home Chapel. He leaves parents in Hope two daughters in Los Angeles a sister in Avenel and four brothers in Stockton Hope and Texarkana.
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Johnny J. Jeans
Eagle Mountain Lake
Fort Worth
Texas
T. L. Jeans
Stockton, Calif
Davey and Harvey
British Judge Shot by Cyprus Gunmen
In Nicosia, two gunmen shot British judge Bernard Shaw in the head and neck while he sat in a guarded car. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition after the attack near a crowded street. Shaw had presided over cases under Cyprus’s state of emergency.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Bernard Faw
Shaw
Nerby
Brittin
Cyipus
Finders Limited Ferrets Out Facts for Fees in London
HAL BOYLE profiles Hugo Dunk Meynell and Finders Limited, a firm that will gather information or perform odd jobs for a fee. With 24 assistants, it answers about 200 inquiries weekly, from biblical date puzzles to shipping a hotel bed abroad, as Meynell tours America seeking clients and cases.
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Hal Boyle
New York
London
Jesus Christ
Hugo Dunk-Meynell
Finders Limited
Jesus
Dan Meynell
Negro man held for passing play money to blind man
City police arrested Grover Williams on a weekend charge of passing what was described as play money to Elmo Ferguson of Hope. A witness backed the transaction and Ferguson reported discovering the false note. Police also investigated a break in at Wade Warren's store with no items missing after entry via a window.
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Grover Williams
Elmo Ferguson
Hope
Ferguson
Williams
Wade Warren
Drownings Surpass Fatal Wrecks In Arkansas Week
Drownings led violent deaths in Arkansas for the week ending Sunday, with seven drownings and six traffic fatalities. The toll totaled 18, including a shooting, a tractor fire death, a passing from burns, a falling tree, and a self-inflicted death. incidents spread across multiple counties, with victims ranging from a Texas Navy recruit to local residents.
ArkLa Gas rate hike upheld by judge ruling
LITTLE ROCK A Pulaski Circuit Court judge upheld a Public Service Commission order granting Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co. a 4.3 million dollar annual rate increase. Eight industrial firms challenged the order claiming insufficient findings. An attorney said the decision would be appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Little Rock
Public Service Commission
Arkansas Louisiane Gas Co
Pulaski
O "Mitchell Cockrill
PSC
Court strikes down two sections of industrial law in Arkansas
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled two parts of the 1955 Industrial Development Act unconstitutional while affirming a remaining valid framework. It held cities cannot become stockholders in private groups or purchase a majority of bonds, though upholding use of funds to outfit buildings for attracting industry. The suit, led by Charles E. Halbert, targeted Helena West Helena’s bond issue for Mohawk Rubber Co.
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Tom Dygard
Little
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Charles E. Halbert
Helena-West Helena
Mohawak Rubber Co
Eisenhower to rest at Gettysburg farm after hospital stay
President Eisenhower expected to leave Water Reed Army Hospital this week and recuperate at his Gettysburg farm over the weekend while planning a July 21 22 visit to Panama City for a meeting of American republic presidents. His July talks with Nehru were postponed. The White House said discharge details depend on recovery. The president will mark his 40th wedding anniversary at the farm Sundays.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Water Reed Army Hospital
J. Eisenhower
Panama City
Nehru
India
James C. Hagerty
White House
Eisenhowerer
Hagerty
Byle Presiden
Hagerlyn
Esenhower
Stuttgart Girl Is Miss Arkansas
Nancy McCollum, 19, of Stuttgart won the Arkansas Maid Pageant to become Miss Arkansas. The Missouri finalist title earned her a $250 scholarship to Arkansas State College and a paid trip to Long Beach to represent Arkansas in Miss United Stars. Finalists included Buck, Wasson, Cowan, and Swihart. Gov. Faubus crowned her.
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Jonesboro
Nancy McCollum
Stuttgart
Collum
Russell McCollum
Arkansas State College
Long Beach
Calif
Arkansas
Mary Carolyn Buck
Monette
Ruthie Wasson
Harrison
Jane Cowan
North de Rock
Caril Swihart
Leachville
Orval Faubus
Margaret Ann Haywood Kenward
Arkansas Maid
Miss McCollum
One Killed, 3 Hurt in Wreck Near Prescott
A Sunday morning crash six miles from Prescott on Highway 67 killed James Leonard May, 18, of San Antonio. Injured were Bobby Foster, 18, and James Terrell Moore, 17, both of San Angelo, with Dale Dennis, 17, of San Angelo also hurt. State Trooper Guy Downing said the youths were driving west toward Texas and Foster appeared to sleep at the wheel. They had been to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and were en route home when the accident happened. Assisting were Sheriff Ward of Prescott and Sheriff Hardin of Arkadelphia.
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Arkansas
Texas Naval
Prescott
Ark
Guy Downing
James Leonard May
San Antonio
Robert DeWitt Foster
John Dennis
San Angelo
Tex
James Terrell Moore
J. C. Waddele
Clinton
Dover
Terrell Bishop
Wadele
Francis Ctell Witt
Morriston
Laudell Allen
Scottsville
Witt
Allen
Ronald Godfrey
Switt
Little Missons
Texas
Bobby Foster
Dale Dennis
San Angel
Ward Texas
Foster
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Downing
Ward
Hardin
Arkadelphia
Decisions in Arkansas High Court Decisions in Arkansas High Court
Arkansas Supreme Court announced decisions from multiple courts including Pulaski Chancery Court and circuit courts. Cases cover affirmed, reversed, or remanded statuses with parties such as E Cooley v Walter, Teamsters v M, Helena-West Helena IDC, Louise Myers v Johnnie Myers, Walter Lawson v Margaret Lawson, Vance Bryan v C D Thomas, and Raymond Block v John Terry.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
C. E. Cooley
Kurt R. Walther
Scott Circuit Court
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
M, EB
Blassingame
Pulaski Chancery Court
Charles &. Halbert
Helena-West Helena
Johnnie Myers
Wiliam Burton
M. A. Griffith
Walter Lawson
Margaret Lawson
Baxter Chancery Court
Vance W. Bryan
Russell A. Cook
Sebastian
Fort Smith
Keith Dale Rhea
State of Arkasas
Saline
Raymond E. Block
John W. Terry
Pulaski
All Around the Town Ladies Specialty Shop Feature
Reprints from Fall Market Issue of the American Fashion Association Magazine praise All Around the Town Ladies Specialty Shop for a three page spread with five photos detailing the store's operation, City of Hope support, and proprietor Mike Kelly. CG. D. Walker reported the first cotton bloom near Ozan. L. A. Hampton and Joe Hampton tied for first at Routon farm. Yelow June apples weighed five and a half pounds in Patmos. Evergreen Lodge Centerville installed officers led by L M Good and J D Allen. Rev. Neighbors installed. Patsy Callumn among 68 Arkansas State Dean's Dist recipients.
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Ladies Specialty Shop
American Fashion Association
City of Hope
Mike Kelly
Kelly
Ladies‘ Specialty Shop
CG. D. Walker
Frank Trimble
Ozan
L. A
Joe Hampton
Routon Farm
Proving Ground
T.d Drake
Patmos
Mr. Drake
Evergreen Lodge No
FRAM
Centerville
L. M. Good
J. D. Allen
Sam England
Andy Jordan
Art Fincher
J. T. Barham
Aaron Skinner
Junor
C. B. Shackleford
Chaplin
Lester Skinner
John W. Barham
P. H. Patterson Tyler
Patsy Callumn
Hope
Arkansas State
Twining Delivers Eisenhower Message to Zhukov in Moscow
Gen Nathan Twining, U S air force chief, carried President Eisenhower's personal message to Marshal Zhukov during a Moscow visit. He toured the Gubinka fighter base near Moscow, held a personal court with Zhukov, and discussed Soviet air strength and future talks. Zhukov expressed desire to relay regards to the president and continue military dialogue with the United States.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
Nathan’ F. Twining
Ladey
Twining
U. S
Airforce
Gubinka
Russia
Reuudent
Kov
Zhukov
Kiy
Money bill movement amid Eisenhower defense push
A fragmented wartime budget item notes a roughly 800 million dollar defense funds bill. The text references President Eisenhower and a Republican Senate, with expectations of noncontroversial action and early conference moves to align with defense recommendations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Defense
Senate Action
Obituary Notice for Ward Family Members in Ho stead County
Woman named Mrs Ward 73 a Ho stead County resident died in a local hospital Sunday Hernda Funeral Home Chapel Whitlow will conduct services Burial at Hill Cemetery In a fragmentary notice two of her sons are named along with relatives from Ardmores Oklahoma Nash Texas and Hope local obituary details follow the limited readable text
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Martha
Beth
Hostead County
W.M. Ward
Ardmers
Oklahoma
Ward
Nash
Texas
Hope
Hernda Funeral Home
Whitlow
Hill Cemetery
Two Arrests After Wrack Noor Blevin Detained
Two arrests followed a wreck near Nashville involving passenger Noor Blevin and H. By. Authorities report the incident led to detentions as investigations continue.
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