Senate Farm Bill Seen Unworkable by GOP Leaders
Senate Republican leaders say the omnibus farm bill as passed is unworkable and urged modification before a conference with the House. President Eisenhower’s aides and Benson reportedly agree, with Bain? Knowland noting possible veto risk. The measure, amid wide amendments, heads to a House Senate conference to reconcile differences.
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Edwin
Harkinson
Washington
Senate
Knowland
Secretary of Agriculture
Bens5on
Calliornia
Benson
White House
GOP
Eisenhower
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Senate House Conference Committee
Congress
Bush
R-Conn
Flanders
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
House
Senate House
Secret Talks Held About State Hospital
A former State Hospital official was called to a secret conference between the Board of Control and Gov. Faubus. The board seeks successors to two hospital officials who resigned after Faubus released complaints about operations at the facility. L. C. Lewallen accompanied the Board Chairman to the closed session. Faubus and board members refused to discuss details.
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Little Rock
State Hospital
Mental Institution
Board of Control
Orval Faubus
Faubus
L. C. Lewallen
Malvern
Minor Kitchen Fire Doused at Worth Graham Residence
Firefighters responded to a mid morning blaze at a Negro residence on Worth Graham. The fire was already out upon arrival with minimal damage confined to the kitchen, believed to have started from the stove.
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Worth Graham
PSC Rate Hunt May Hit Fort Smith Factory
Arkansas gas policy review may raise rates to 174 cents per MCF, potentially altering Fort Smith Gas Company contracts with Harding Glass. Fort Smith’s residential and industrial sales figures are contrasted, with long-standing special contracts and reserves details noted. Fort Smith Gas owns most supply via Stephens interests, linked to past facility acquisitions and a 1954 gas contract approval by authorities.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Public Service Commisson
Arkansas Gas Companies
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Fort Smith Gas Company
W. R. Steephens
Harding Glass Co
PSC
Fort Smith
Harding Glass
John R. Thompson
Arkansas
Fort Smith Gas
Camp Chaffee
Snusher
Fort Smith Gas J
Stephens Production
W. R. Stephens
Stephens Production Co
Mr. Stephens
Refuses to Dismiss Suit to Ban Dog Races
In Pulaski County Chancellor Sam Rorex refused to dismiss a suit challenging Arkansas dog racing at West Memphis. Four West Memphis residents sue the Arkansas Racing Commission seeking to cancel its permit for Southland Racing Corp to race dogs at a new West Memphis plant. Southland faces the challenge with the commission’s legal stance split over counsel.
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Little Rock
Fulaski
Sam Rorex
Weat
Memphis
Aiy
Tom Gentry
Arkansas Racing Commission
Commission
West Memphis
Racing Commission
Southland Racing Corp
Gentry
Rorex
Southland
State Racing Commission
Crittenden County
Pulaski Chancery Court
Centr
Okeep Southland Racing Corp
Negroes to Trial in Boycott Case
In Montgomery Alabama the state seeks new testimony to show that a 27 year old Negro minister plotted to force a city bus boycott. Rev Martin Luther King Jr faces trial in circuit court as the first of 90 Negro leaders named in indictments linked to the 16 week protest against segregation. Mrs Erna Dungee, financial secretary of the Montgomery Improvement Association, is expected to be recalled as yesterday’s testimony concludes. The prosecutors aim to prove the organization led the boycott action.
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Montgomery
Alaia
Martin Luther King Dy
Erna Dungee
Sunday Morning in New England Church Bells Echo
Relman Morin describes a quiet Sunday morning in New England as church bells ring through a snowlit town. The narrator puts aside the Sunday papers, reflects on city noise, and notes New England churches as small white gems with tapering spires. Continues on Page Two.
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New England
Relman Morin
Hal Boyle
New York
Page
Arkansas Extended Forecast March 20 to March 5 period
Temperatures near normal with minima 37 to 47 degrees in the north and 47 to 57 in the south. Maximums around 60 to 73 degrees. A slow rise in temperatures through the period with cooler days expected Thursday or Friday and again Sunday. Light precipitation overall with moderate amounts in the extreme north around Thursday.
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Arkansas
Dardanelle
Gilbert
Batesville
Newport
Fayetteville
Flippin
Morrilign
Mountain Home
Walnut Ridge
Camden
Dark
Arkadelphia
Pine
Blodl
el Dorado
Fort Smith
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Texarkana
Tough Going Ahead for Foreign Aid
President Eisenhower seeks a $4.86 billion foreign aid program facing Senate and House scrutiny. Chairman Richards questions the total and long-term commitments, urging Congress to declare intent without fixed multi-year totals. Eisenhower seeks authority to spend up to $1 billion over 10 years at about $100 million annually.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Idle Acres: Planting Pine Seedlings to Rebuild Eroded Lands
Idle Acres in southwest Arkansas counties report acres of idle or worn out land being replanted with pine seedlings. The goal is to start a new timber crop and halt erosion, with trees aiding soil recovery. Fire control on woods lots remains uneven despite progress over the last decade.
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Oulleweays
Arkansas
Minnesota votes in statewide primary for Adlai and Kefauver
Minnesota voters head to polls in a spring primary with mixed early turnout. Democrats face Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver vying for 30 state convention votes while Republicans back incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower. Knowland appears on the ballot in name only after Eisenhower's pledge to seek a second term.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Minneapolis
Adlai le Stevenson
Estes Kefauger
Tennessee
Stevenson
Minnesota
Kefauver
Eisenhower
GOP
Willam F. Knowland
California
Blizzards Strike 14 States Leaving 141 Dead
A double blizzard slammed a 14 state area as New England dig out from the storms. Death tolls by state include New York 30 New Jersey 26 Connecticut 13 Rhode Island 10 Massachusetts 28 New Hampshire 3 Maine 6 Pennsylvania 7 Delaware 1 Maryland 4 Virginia 4 Ohio 12. Up to 20 inches of snow fell in parts of Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut with coastal flooding and widespread travel disruption. Cape Cod Barnstable and islands faced evacuations while Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket were cut off from land access.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
New England
Maine
New York
New Jersey
Connecticu
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Delaware I
Maryland
Virginia
Ohio
Connecticut
Vermont
Boston
Logan
Long Island
Cape Cod
Barnstable
Martha's Vineyara
Nantucket
13th Kiwanis Minstrel Cast Is Listed
The 13th annual Hope Kiwanis Minstrel program was announced for Thursday and Friday nights in the high school auditorium. Interlocutor Haskel Jones leads an ensemble including Eddie Whitman Guy Grigg Horace Fuller Harry Hawthorne Jimmy Miller and Paul O Nea l with dances, mood pieces, medleys and acts listed. Tickets available from 20 junior and senior high girls competing for Kiwanis Queen.
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Hope Kiwanis Club
Haskel Jones
Inter. Inculor
Eddie
Axle Greese
Whitman
Guy
Perpetual’ Grigg
Horace
Lightin' Fuller
Harry
Mishap
Hawthorne
Jimmy
Catfish” Miller
Paul “Eight-ball” O'Neal
Ricky Forrester
Marilyn Edwards
Cee Ardith Harrie Long
Sammy Strong
Evelyn
Roland Marcum
Eva Reynerson
Winfred Huckabee
Guernsey
Daryl, Joy
Cheryl Meyers
Elizabeth Butter
la Don Ward
Thomas Silvey
Gal
David Pearson
L. E Boothe
Verlaine Jones
Mediey
B.C. Hyatt
Retail Merchants Meet Wednesday Event notice at Chamber of Commerce
A regular meeting of the Retail Merchants will be held Wednesday March 21 at 2 40 at the Chamber of Commerce announced by C Ball committee chairman. First woman juror dies Fort Smith Dr Minnie Sanders Armstrong died at her home Sunday aged 48. She was the first woman juror in the United States and served on a trial jury in Anna Illinois in April 1890. She was the only physician in town.
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Chamber of Commerce
4. C Ball
Fort Smith
Minnie Sanders Armstrong
United States
Armstong
Anna
Lown
Millwood dam plan urged by university engineers at hearing
University engineers told a hearing that a dry dam at Millwood on the river in Arkansas should be built to hold waters back and create a reservoir. The recommendation was presented to the board of river commissioners by the engineering corps and shared with regional lawmakers from Arkansas and Oklahoma. Potential benefits and costs were discussed despite fragmented details in the record.
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Stffie
Arkansas
Sial Millwood
Board of Rivers
Ivess
Mas Millwood
Iengineers
Okla
Salitie
Southwest Arkansas Water District argues for Millwood water use
Charles Conway announces that the Southwest Arkansas Water District supports upstream dams and Millwood. urges water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural needs for Oklahoma and the Dierks, Gillham, and De Queen areas. District defends keeping Millwood reservoir non-dry and seeks to present views to the Board of Rivers and Harbors.
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Texarkana
Charles Conway
Southwest Arkansas Water District
Texarkana Gazebte
Corps of Engineers
Dallas
Texas
Chief of Engineers
Board of Rivers & Harbors
Little River Valley
Millwood
Oklahoma
Dierks, Gillham
DeQueen
Arkansas
Southeawest
Arkansas Water ‘District
Tulsa
Chief of Army Engineers
Washington
Millwood Dam
Southwest
Spring Arrives Quietly as Arkansas Feels Cold Start
Calendar shows spring while subfreezing mornings persist across Arkansas. Forecast calls for a warming afternoon and evening, with Wednesday showers and temperatures averaging near normal highs of 66 and lows of 44. Record highs and lows from various towns listed. skies clear statewide at 11:30 am.
Malenkov asserts Stalin dictatorship cannot return
Former Soviet Premier Georgi M. Malenkov told British Labour MPs in London that Russia has cleaned up and that dictatorship cannot rise again in his homeland. In a two hour Q&A he said a collective government is firmly established and stressed no return of dictatorship.
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London
Georgi
M. Malenkov
Kremlin
Russia
Stalin
Malenkov
Parlliament
Richard Crossman
Crossman
Moi
Providence Revival Weekend at Providence Church
A weekend revival service at Providence Church near Hope on the Lewisville Highway features Rev. Bill Moore preaching. Services start 7:30 PM Friday and run through Sunday night with public invitations extended.
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Providence Church
Hope
Lewisville Highway
Bill Moore
VFW Blood Drive Draws 47. tests set at Armory this week
The VFW collected 47 volunteers for its Walking Blood Bank last night. Blood typing continues for three nights at the Armory with results returned to the Chamber of Commerce office midweek. A community push urges residents to participate and support the bank.
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VFW
Chamber of Commerce
Worthe
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