President Eisenhower Urges Patience on School Integration
President Eisenhower called for patience and understanding as the nation grapples with school integration after the 1954 Supreme Court ruling. He emphasized constitutional faith and proposed a bipartisan commission to study the issue, while opposing any rapid federal court opposition to Democratic and Southern lawmakers. He urged a measured approach, noting no one supported violence or coercion in enforcing desegregation.
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Wasitington
UNS
Enhower
Ationce
Fio
Supreme Cow
Ula
Aghia
Myrrald
High Court
Omny
Dee South
Muclud
Wawa Tate
Isamie Southern
Congress
Membership Drive Aims 25 Cards Each in Millwood District
A campaign in Millwood urges every member of the 68 member group to obtain at least 25 memberships quickly. Mayor Ned and others push the effort with Rotary, the Lions, and the chamber offices assisting. Officials from Kiwanis and local schools participate, aiming to mobilize support for the millwood project and related county campaigns.
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Minniselus Puescday
Bislinet
Millwood Dem
I. M. Gisen
Ned
Hope Lions Club Mim
Iie
Hoge Rotary Ou
Office of Hope Chamber of Coma
Millwood
Bie Miber
Commerce
Arkansas
Walter
Poniesonn
Agricola Aurpos
Five Injured In Auto Wreck On Highway Seven
Five persons were injured late in the day on a two way road on Highway 7 near Oakcrest and Herndon Corners. The collision involved two cars on a hill as one tried to avoid the other. Three ambulances transported the injured to local hospitals. The report cites cuts and concussions among the victims. Police officers Downing and Porterfield investigated.
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Higthway
Abeard
Charles Cust
Hove
the Inne
Negro
Ty Buvis
Geumels Jr
Y Downing
J. H. Porterfield
Arpes
Cunwr
Cand N
Oakcrest
Herndon-Corne
View Os
Lugal
Woman Admits Poisoning Six Persons
Montgomery, Ala. A woman, Rhonda Bell Martin, 34, reportedly admits poisoning six relatives including her mother and five husbands with arsenic. She, now married to Claude Martin’s son Ronald, allegedly poisoned Claude Martin in 1951 and is linked to prior deaths. Preliminary hearing set. she allegedly gained insurance payouts and names victims Emavene Garrett, Anna Carglyn Garrett, and Ellyn Elizabeth Garvety among others.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
Ala
State
Courth
Plump
Rhonda Bell Martin
Circuit
William F. Thetford
Whoa
Auburn
Claude Martin
Martin
Ronald
Mobile
Ent Puison
Eld
Emavene Garrett
Anna Carglyn Garrett
Ellyn Elizabeth Garvety
Italian President Ends US Tour Early
Italian President Giovanni Gronchi wraps up an 11 day state visit to the United States and Canada and departs for Rome. A slight cold kept the 75 year old leader in bed yesterday causing cancellation of a trip to Brookhaven Atomic Laboratory and a dinner with U S business leaders.
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New York i
Giovanni Gronchi
Mary Earts
United States
Canada
Rome
Brookhaven
N.Y
U. S
Keep Arkansas Green Is Up to Public
Governor Faubus proclaims Keep Arkansas Green Weeks from March 1 to March 15 due to high fire hazard. Bill Fox succeeds Al Pollard as president of the Keep Arkansas Green Association for 1956. 1955 rainfall was spaced, but current forests are underbrush heavy, raising fire risk if winds drive grass fires. Citizens urged to cooperate to make every week a Keep Arkansas Green Week.
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Mareh
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Maregh
Bill Fox
al Pollard
The
Keep Arkansas Green Association
Funds for Red River Valley Sought
A delegation led by Rep Brooks will urge Congress to provide financing for Red River Valley projects. They plan hearings before a House Appropriations subcommittee with Fred Webb as president and Roy Matthias as executive VP of the Red River Valley Association. The group seeks loans for stabilization, construction funds for Ferrell's Bridge Dam in Texas, and planning money for the Overton Canal near Shreveport to the Mississippi.
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Washington
Congress
Read River Valley
Brooks
D-Lad
Fred Webb
Roy Matthias
Red River
Texas
Overton Canal
Shreveport
Mississippi River
Spring Arrives as Winter Fades Across the Land
NY columnist Hal Boyle notes spring’s arrival brings visible renewal across the countryside and city. Blossoms, budding trees, and warmer winds lift spirits while a city patrolman keeps watch as communities wake from winter, with life resuming its drumbeat of routine. Continued on Page Two.
Kefauver Leads in New Hampshire Primary Surprise Nixon Write-In Bloom
In Manchester New Hampshire Kefauver wins the Democratic nomination fervor with 12 delegates and 14 604 preferential votes while Vice President Nixon gains a massive 18 307 write in from 260 of 297 precincts, despite not being on the ballot or campaigning. Eisenhower leads the Republican tally with 46 487 votes and unopposed.
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Manchester
Vicq Provident
Nixon
Sen
Lustes
Vic
Relman Morin
N. Hy
Sen- Estes Kefanger
New Hampshire
Mew Wapshire
Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
White Man Is Exonerated in Sumner Slaying
Sumner Mississippi reports a white jury acquits Elmor Otis Kellum in the shotgun slaying of 33 year old Clinton Melton at a Glendora service station. Kellum claimed self defense after three shots were fired at him, wounding Kellum in the shoulder. Witnesses described Melton firing first. no weapon was found on Melton. The trial occurred in the same courtroom as the Emmett Till case. The Glendora Lions Club, praising Kellum as a member, contributed funds to Melton’s widow and children.
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Sumner
Miss
Elmor Otis
Kimbell
Glendora
Dee
Delonge Attyew
Kellum
Mellon
J. W. Milam
Bryant
Chicago
Cilenteva Lion's Club
Sid Melton
Melton
Arkansas Draft Quota Set at 66 Inductions
State Selective Service Director Pred Croom announced Arkansas will contribute 66 draftees in the national April call. Arkansas registrants are among those slated for induction, with excused or deferred cases considered as part of the quota. The release outlines handling for local boards and processing timelines.
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Litle Rock
Arkansas
Selective Service
Danville Bond OKs Gas System for Five Arkansas Towns
Danville Ola Belleville Havana Plainview and Marana voters approved total bonds of 737 007 to finance a natural gas distribution system installed by Arkansas Lowisiana Gas Co. Voters in Danville Ola Plainview and Marana approved specific bonds for 232 635 168 004 159 738 and 108 004 97 0 respectively. President Eisenhower voiced willingness to run for re election with Nixon as running mate after strong New Hampshire primary showing.
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Danville
Yell County
Arkansas Lowisinna Gas Co
Ola
Bellejuile
Havana
Plainview
Marana
Washington
Eisenhower
Richard I M. Nixon
Nixon
New Hampshire
Gav
Lane Dwinell
Congress
Senate
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Greece
United States
United Nations
Israel
Wesleyan Guild Conference to Meet in Hope
The eighty annual Guild Weekend of the Wesleyan Service Guild of the Lite Rock Conference of the Methodist Church will be held in Hope March 1918. Mrs. R B Thomas and Mrs J W Patterson lead the organization with Ruth Preston as featured speaker. Sessions at Barlow Hotel First Methodist Church begin 1 PM Saturday with a secretary report, anniversary dinner, and elected officers later. Willard P Bass of Farmington NM will give the closing address after a pledge service.
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Willard P. Bass
Methodist Church
Hope
R. B. Thomas
Little Rock
J. W. Patterson
Hope Guild
Barlow Hotel
First Methodist
Dorothy Keltey
Nashville
Navaho Methodist Mission School
Farmington, N. M
Phillips Favored by Faubus on Hospital Admin Appoint
Gov Orval Faubus acknowledged some basis to reports that Phillips is favored for the Little Rock State Hospital administrator post. Phillips, a former Berryville grocer, works in PSC Tax Assessment Coordination. The State Hospital Board plans to meet at Dr Euclid Smith’s Hot Springs home amid Faubus complaints about hospital operations including carelessness, discrimination, and patient access.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Jim Phillips
State Public Service Commission
New Slate
Phillips
Berryville
Tax Assessment Coordination Division
PSC
Kenneth Newman
State Hospital Board
Hot Springs
Euclid Smith
Foubus
We Hospital
Little ‘Rock
Nuclear policy shift indicated by U S disarmament talks
London dispatch reports a major shift as the United States agrees to examine nuclear disarmament with Britain France Canada and the Soviet Union next week. Officials say prior inspec tion and control issues will not be resolved before talks start. Harold Stassen will align U S plans with Western allies in private discussions in London ahead of a new round with the Soviets.
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K. G C. Thaler
London
United States
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Britain
France
Canada
United Nations
Guernsey High School Chicken Supper and Plays
Guernsey High School plans a Friday chicken supper from 6 30 to 7 30 pm hosted by the PP T A with admission 75 cents for adults 60 cents for grades 7 12 and 25 cents for under sixth. A senior class fundraiser follows with plays Getting Snoddy Witched and the Old District School under Mrs Parker Rogers, 10 cents for children and 20 cents for adults.
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Guernsey High School
PP. T. A
Snoddy Witched
Parker Rogers
Murfreesboro Gas Deal is Unusual, Costly
Arkansas readers learn of a gas transmission project financed by bonds in Gould Grady and Dumas with Ark La Gas Co. involvement. The plan mirrors a 1954 Murfreesboro arrangement where the city builds the system from bond proceeds, Ark La pays rent with option to purchase. Murfreesboro used Raney & Sons brokers, including Stephens, to buy bonds. bids from three brokers were attached. Construction cost estimates were later deemed overstatements as Ark La officials testified only necessary bonds would be issued.
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Little Rock
Gould
Grady
Dumas
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
State Public Service Commission
Murfreesboro
W. R. Stephens Investment Co
Gould, Grady and Dumas
Stephens Firm
Gaid
Tno
Ark-La
Jeff
T. J. Raney& Sons
Stephens
Raney
PSC
Murfreesbaye
J. C. Hamilton
Regional surgeons attend ACS meeting in Little Rock
Dr. Jim McKenzie and Dr. C Lynn Harris attend a regional American College of Surgeons meeting in Little Rock yesterday. Trailways Bug Co moves station to Kelly Waltons Gulf Station at Third and Walnut. Yerger High plans a March 15 stunt night at 7:48 pm. Arkansas State Police report 292 wrecks with 36 fatalities in February across three counties. Hempstead shows two accidents Howard none Nevada five with no fatalities. Miss Marjorie Winslow to speak at Hope luncheon for Henderson State Teachers College business education club Monday noon. Shivey Dowdy of Dierks and Martha Mitchell of Prescott practice teaching at Henderson. Airman: G Hope red rig AR bie.
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Jim McKenzie
C. Lynn Harris
American College of Surgeons
Little Rock
Arkansas
Hempstead
Howard
Nevada
Marjorie Winslow
Henderson State Teachers College Business Education
Hope
Business Education
Hope High School
Henderson
Shivey Dowdy
Dierks
Martha
Mitchell
Prescott
Debated Bolling Cyprus Crisis Prompted by Cyprus Tension
London dispatch notes a House of Commons debate on the Cyprus issue amid British reaction to Greek and American positions. Reports mention Prime Minister Eden, Cyprus patrols, and British actions as violence spills into Cypriot unrest with continued coverage on page E.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Cyprigt
A. Graul
Cyprus
John
Harding
Disarte
Blevins Class Plans Play About a Troubled Student
The fragment hints at a school scene where Blevins Class plans a play involving a troubled student named Bieri Unter Ass. Stephens and Romnege Stephens are mentioned. Henry and Wally appear as characters or observers, while the line about misery suggests a tense classroom mood amid unclear dialogue.
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P. Stephens
Stephens
Blevins
Ping
Henry
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