The Wizard of Oz in 1939 stirred mixed feelings in Hope
The piece recounts Hope theater owners' mixed reactions to The Wizard of Oz with a negative label from critics, its initial reception as a fairy tale, and Remmel Young's later defense. It notes the film's varied performance by city size and a GI’s request to reshow it abroad, reflecting enduring controversy and the press response.
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S Saenger Theater
Lucky Strike
Remmel Young
Ger
Remmel
Hope 5
Mmel Young
Tor
Sanancisco
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Rommel Young
Owever
Mexican police arrest officers in shakedown case
In Matamoros three high ranking officers and 12 police were jailed for extorting 14 000 from Perry Lee Greer of Lexington Ky for his son s release after a roadblock stop A ceremony at the station saw apologies and the return of the money and car keys with an invitation to visit Mexico as guests of the government
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Matamoros
Mexico
Kentucky
Perry Lee Greer
Lexington
U.S
Perry Lee Jr
Greers
Greer
Young Greer
Southwest Texas State University
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Tex
Indira Gandhi Defeated as Election Returns Pour In
With 283 of 542 seats counted, Janata leads with 135, Congress 103, Independents and others fill the rest. Gandhi likely will resign after losing her Parliament seat and emergency powers are lifted. Desai and Ram emerge as top contenders to lead the new government.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Cam
Paign
Sanjay
Jawaharlal Nehru
Morarji Desai
Jagjivan Ram
Desai
Gandhi
Congress
Janata
Mrs. Gandhi
Ram
Bank Hostage Situation Report in Downtown Toronto
Police said a man armed with a shotgun held some hostages inside a downtown bank, possibly 18 people. The Bank Canadian National vicinity was cordoned off by police cruisers with ambulances on standby. no injuries or shooting confirmed.
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Toronto
Bank Canadian National
Seven Arkansas cities eye AP&L power unit purchases
Seven Arkansas cities including Conway North Little Rock West Memphis Benton Osceola and Prescott consider buying a portion of two electric generating units AP&L plans to build by the mid 1980s. Preliminary talks discuss city ownership of a canal related facility while AP&L plans to seek PSC approval later this year to add the third and fourth coal fired units at an undisclosed site.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Ap&l
White Bluff
State Public Service Commission
Conway
North Little Rock
West Memphis
Benton, Osceola
Prescott
Tanker Claude Conway breaks in two off North Carolina coast
A 676 foot Panamanian tanker with 40 aboard split after an explosion about 140 miles east of Morehead City. Coast Guard says 16 survivors known, four ships aid, 14 men to be removed from the stern, two from the bow near station Moss Point. Vessel owned by Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. of Panama.
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North Carolina
Coast Guard
The
Morehead City
N.C
Claude Conway
Moss Point
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co
Panama
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. Inc
New York
Five Jonesboro fires blamed on arson prompts damage
Five fires or related incidents in Jonesboro Sunday night are thought to be arson. Forty one firemen battled blazes causing about 200000 dollars in damage. Three firemen were slightly injured and treated at a local hospital.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Fred Rorex
Caldwell Hotel
Main Street
Caldwell
Arkansas Ivf i
Arkansas
Rorex
Parsons Furniture Store
State Fire Marshal's Office
Optimism in Arkansas farming voiced by Planters leader
Nicky Hargrove of Stuttgart, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, says cotton and soybean growers in Arkansas are optimistic as planting begins while rice and cattle markets remain weak. He notes 30 to 45 days will reveal the year’s prospects and comments on a native Arkansan as an agriculture official.
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Jonesboro
Nicky Hargrove
Stuttgart
Arkansas Farm Bureau
Arkansas
Hargrove
Kait—Tv
Arkansan
Carol Tucker Foreman
Panel urges de-emphasis on use of nuclear energy
A Ford Foundation funded panel of scientists and economists urges the United States to de-emphasize civilian plutonium use and delay breeder reactor plans. It calls for keeping uranium enrichment under government control and burying nuclear waste deep, saying nuclear power is not crucial until well into the next century.
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Washington
United States
Ford Foundation
California Institute of Technology
Harold Brown
Defense
Nuclear Energy Policy Study Group
Carter
Clinch River
Tenn
Spurgeon M. Keeny Jr
Mitre Corp
New England
South
Hope High School Bands to Perform Tuesday Night
Hope Jr high and both Hope High bands will present a concert Tuesday at the high school auditorium. The program starts at 7 31 p m and includes music for the Region III play in contest to be held March 26 at Mena High School. Band directors are Jim Fairchild and Gary Wells.
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Hope Jr. High
First
Secon
Hope High Schoo
Mena High Schoo
Jim Fairchil
Gary Wells
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