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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1957
Page
3
East 03th area houses a Russell built three bedroom home nearing completion with a 100-foot frontage. The property includes paid paving. Leonard Ellis Real Estate Insurance Loans lists contact at 103 East Second, phone 7-2221.
Brother Joe May, famed recording artist, will perform at BeBee Memorial C.M.E. Church on Sunday March 17 at 3 PM Tickets in advance at Hicks Funeral Home and at the door. Admission 1.25 after 1.00. Friendship Club of Bethel A.M.E. Church met with Mrs Ruby Williams presiding. Devotion led by Mesdames Inez Cannon and Lela McKinley. Plans for a yearlong event on March 24 at Mrs Lela McKinley’s home were approved. Next meeting scheduled at Mrs Hazel Williams. Seven members attended. President Mrs Ruby Williams Pastor Rev J Morgan Hempstead 4H Club Workshop held March 7 at Blevins School Cafeteria. Topic How to make a record book to enter county state contests. Led by L. L. Philips with three members from each club. Leaders present Alcoia Wade Thelma Richie Q. B. Reynolds Tron Springs Club Mr and Mrs Sherman Johnson Antioch Mrs Anilee Smith and Mr John Adams Oak Grove. Agents Mrs M. B. Davis and Mr C. B. Smith also attended. Reporter Sammie Gracies Tyree
Sen Sam Levine of Pine Bluff who sponsored a state employee retirement bill received a pair of gold cuff links from Hern Northcutt in the governor's reception room. The bouquet of roses accompanied the gesture as state employees had pressed for retirement reform for four sessions, Levine's measure affecting most workers except those under settlement plans.
Washington lawmakers pressed to extend the 2 percent corporate profits tax and existing federal excises to April 1958. With the Eisenhower administration opposing income tax cuts, a three billion dollar drop in corporate and excise taxes would occur if not renewed. Total revenues for the year are projected near 70 billion, with individuals providing about half and corporations roughly 30 percent.
Washington report quotes John S. Coleman of the U S Chamber of Commerce warning Senate rackets disclosures could spur corrective law against labor similar to 1820s industry reforms. He urges unions to curb monopoly power coercive dues and undemocratic practices while noting past business abuses led to punitive regulation.
A Dutch immigrant carrier Waterman and the Italian ship Merit collided about 566 miles west of Bishop's Rock Lighthouse off Scilly Islands. No injuries reported. Waterman led from Rotterdam with 800 aboard including 312 Hungarian refugees bound for Canada. RAF Shackleton stood by but did not launch. Coast Guard in New York logged the incident at 5:12 am.
After 14 press conferences, President Eisenhower shows ease and restraint, avoiding personal attacks and impulsive answers. He remains long-winded at times but maintains popularity, projecting a patient, reasonable image while steering clear of direct confrontation. His leadership style favors persuasion over force.
Allan Larg and Mollie visit Seknon the home of a famed pirate two centuries past. A private Father Baleclogue offers aid while a Frenchman and his young wife linger at a hotel. The scene shifts with wordless exchanges and a sudden disappearance as the mystery unfolds.
Allan and Mollie dine and chat at a Seknou hotel as tension grows. The manager jokes about locals and history while Allan hints at family ties. A note and card arrive for Captain Billon, deputy indigenes officer, prompting curiosity. The scene ends with continued intrigue as night falls.
Mrs Pegey Ano Fruche testified that her chemist husband Robert, aged 32, valued his 16 pique gars more than the marriage bonds. Superior Judge Nockwelley granted the decree, noting the strained relationship and lack of antique conduct.
The loyalty oath bill, once considered dead, will be sent to Governor Faubus after Sen Artie Gregory secured unanimous permission to retrieve it from the governor's office. The measure, requiring all public employees to take a loyalty oath, faces potential enactment unless Faubus vetoes. Opponents warn it could affect public school teachers.
PINE BLUFF Arkansas eight 19 year old Negro Eugene Swagger was retried for shooting a white farmer and received the same 21 year 7 month sentence as in the first trial. A Jefferson Circuit Court jury recommended the sentence after Swagger admitted firing a shotgun blast at his employer Cady who lost an eye in the incident. The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a new trial citing possible lack of defense knowledge.
Senators including McClellan of Arkansas and other Southern Democrats joined 16 colleagues yesterday in urging Secretary Benson to hold the world cotton base price at 25 cents a pound. They warned that any raise could cut cotton exports and cited reports of plans for an increase.
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