20 Mar 1956
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1956
Page
1
An incomplete OCR fragment depicts a church service with an organist, a chiming hymn scene, and quiet reflections on absent friends. The garbled text hints at a sermon and a front door moment, preserving scattered names and dates as read.
Chicago markets show fully steady live poultry receipts at 988,000 with unchanged buying prices for eggs and meats. Hen prices run 23 to 28 cents with light broilers and other categories hovering near last quotes while wheat oats and soybeans move with small adjustments.
New York cotton opened firm with spot house buying of October and December lifting prices up to 1.30 a bale. Later trading turned irregular as demand faded and profit taking occurred. Late afternoon quotes showed gains of 40 cents to 75 cents per bale, with May at 35.51, July 32.93 and October 81.87.
USDA Hog and cattle sale results at St Louis Stockyards show mixed to steady hog prices with 180 to 240 pound hogs around 14.00 to 14.50, several hundred head mostly 190 to 220 pounds at 13.75 to 13.85, and 235 head 200 to 215 pounds at 13.85. Butchers around 12.00, sow prices 10.25 to 11.00, heavier sows 10.25 to 11.00, boars 0.50 to 7.50. Cattle and calves: steers no early sales, yearlings 16.00 to 17.50, cows 9.00 to 12.50, good to prime dealers 20.00 to 28.00, slaughter lambs 21.25 to 20.50, summer shorn 20.00, culls 15.00 to 18.00. Sheep higher with lambs 21.25.
Rep. Norvell of Arkansas urges legislation to require continued operation of the Army Navy Hospital at Hot Springs for the year starting July 1. He cites conflicting Army and defense officials over funding and fate of the facility, with Secretary Brucker opposing ongoing operation. Norvell plans to urge the House Armed Services Appropriations Committee to include a continuation clause in the defense money bill.
The commission notes that under a 383 purchase contract Mr Stephens can secure a continued return on his investment. Any gas cost rise by Stephens’ partnership would be paid by Fort Smith. The PSC chair says Fort Smith must pass increases to ultimate consumers and that PSC has authority over rates Fort Smith Gas charges consumers and over gas prices paid to affiliate Stephens Production. The contract allows renegotiation on 90 days notice with a three member arbitral panel if needed and caps new price to the original rate. The PSC faces a possible price rise for Fort Smith Gas’s supply from Stephens Production and could grant limited rate increases, as it did for Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company.
Ambassador Dillon declared full United States support for Frances Algeria policy. France tightened travel for Algerians and deployed reinforcements as guerrilla activity and attacks heightened. French ships and troops increased presence, with casualties reported among troops and civilians. Special gifts noted for Grace Kelly and Margaret Truman.
W R Stephens Investment Co became nominal owner of 1 percent of Ark La common stock late in 1934. Stephens has since sold 40 percent of the stock thus acquired. 16 Union Securities Corp New York and its president J H King are named in the action.
The Associated Press reports partly cloudy and warmer conditions across central northeast and southeast Arkansas with scattered showers on Wednesday. Highs reach mid 50s central and northeast and mid 40s southeast, with lows in the 30s. Northwest and southwest Arkansas see similar trends with mid 50s highs, lows around 30s. Louisiana expects partly cloudy and warmer weather with scattered showers mainly west and a portion of Wednesday.
A tired Hackensack resident rode a city bus holding a long handled shovel. He explained he shoveled from his porch to the bus stop and planned to shovel the way home after work.
Senator Y A S Mike Monroney said he will immediately undertake a three week trip through Europe and the Middle East at his own expense to “prow l around” and find out what is going on. He did not specify exact destinations or dates.
Sheriff confirms elderly John Wesley Williams, about 80, died when he returned to a burning frame house to recover Sunday school treasury funds. Williams, treasurer for the class, perished despite his wife Minien and the sheriff noting heart issues and a skull fracture from a fall. The blaze started from a stove pipe on the Guy Sullivan plantation, four miles south of Pine Bluff, with no money recovered.
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