Millwood Held Back Delays Stir Southwest Arkansas Growth
Judge James H. Pilkinton urged unity for a wet Millwood and new water policy, arguing decades of delays on the Millwood Dam harm Hope Texarkana Prescott Lewisville Magnolia and other towns. He cited upstream dam plans and urged one dollar memberships in the Southwest Arkansas Water District to guarantee water for industry municipal and agricultural use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Texarkana
Prescott
Lewisville
Magnolia
Southwest Arkansas
Millwood Dain
James H. Pilkinton
Arkansas
Millwood
Congress
Lite River
Dallas
Fort Worth
U.S. Army Engineers
Mill Wood
Wwe
Pilkinson
Southwest Arkansas Water District
Millwood Tor
Pilkinton Nias
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Fire damages house at 1038 Hickory Street early Sunday
A house at 1038 Hickory Street was badly damaged by fire about 2 am Sunday. Fire department officials reported the origin was not determined. No deaths. firefighters were on the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Street
Kiwanis Minstrel Highly Successful at Hope High School
The 13th annual Hope Kiwanis minstrel drew large crowds Thursday and Friday, with the auditorium filled both nights and record proceeds to fund youth activities. Marilyn Edwards was named Senior Kiwanis Queen and Sharon Foster earned Junior Kiwanis Queen honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Kiwanis Club
Hope
Marilyn Edwards
Sharon Foster
Curfew Ends After 24-Hour Cyprus Rioting
Cyprus lifts 24-hour curfew as British authorities report one death and minor violence on Greek Independence Day. Pro-Greek tensions persist with rumors of a general strike and pursuit of a rebel leader dubbed Dilg hevis. Governor Harding enforces curfews in 15 cities to marked the 135th anniversary of Greece's independence.
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Nicosta
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Srike
Greece
Turkey
Bodcaw Junior Class to Stage Am I Intruding Friday
The Bodcaw High School junior class will present a three act mystery comedy titled Am I Intruding on March 30 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Admission is 25 and 40 cents, all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodcaw
Club Leaders Attend 2 Day Training Meet
Leaders from nine Home Demonstration Clubs attended a two day session on refinishing furniture in Hempstead County Courtroom led by Miss Sue Marshall Extension Home Furnishings Specialist. The group practiced removing varnish dent repair and stain sealing and plan to repeat at the April HDC meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Marshall
Hempstead
Hopewell
Hugh Gilbert
J. BE
Delaney
Columbus
Chand Eyed
66 Club
J. B. Beart
Green Laster
H. B. Ames
K. BeGrew
Asa Skinner
Victory
J. BL .McWilliams
Hinton
VW Jurls
Rocky Mound
X ray Schedule for Weeks Announced
A report on a tuberculosis survey details 409 free chest X rays provided by volunteers from the PEO sisterhood at the county clinic. Clinics run at the county courthouse and nearby towns Patmas Hemill Ozan with hours from morning to late afternoon. County Health Department and Hempstead County Tuberculosis Association organize the effort and urge residents fourteen and older to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEO
Henry Haynes
Clyde Monts
Franklin Horton
L. D. Springer
W. E. Hartis
Jim McKenzie
H. QO. Kyler Sr
C. V- Nuno Sr
F.C. Crow
Patmas
Springill
Hem
Ozan
County Health Department
Hempstead
Nice Words for Margaret's Fiance and Japanese Art Influence
A New York Letter discusses Miss Truman's fiancé Daniel, praising his newsroom past and urbanity, then shifts to the Japanese art influence seen in New York. It highlights the Museum of Modern Art exhibit of a Japanese house, its visitors, and the impact of Japanese design on local life and fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Relman Morin
Hal Boyle
New York
Miss Truman
Cife Daniel
Press
London
Museum of Modern Art
Miusewa
Millwood Dam hearing set for April 25
An Army engineer proposes reducing Millwood Dam to 4 of 24 percent size and adding six upstream dams in the Little River basin of Arkansas and Oklahoma. The project would cost $95,935,000, with $39,069,000 for water supply and $2,781,000 for flood control plus $205,900 yearly O&M. The main dam would stay on the Red River near Texarkana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Millwood
Army Engineers Rivers and Harbors Board
Dallas
Little River
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Red River
Texarkana
Southeast Oklahoma
Idabel
Philharmonic Choir to Be Here March 30
The Kansas Wesleyan University Philharmonic Choir of Salina will give a 7:30 p.m. concert at First Methodist Church in Hope on Friday March 30. Sponsored by The Woman's Society of Christian Service the forty two voice group draws students from all university departments.
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Heart of America
Kansas Wesleyan University Philharmonic Choir
Salina
Kansas
First Methodist Church
Hope
Woman's Society of Christaan Service
America
Wips
New York
California
Mexico
Canada
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missouri
United States
Carlsbad Caverns
George C
Pine Timber Recovery Converts Eroded Farm Land into Profitable Stand
A 4 acre eroded cotton field on the B J Ellis farm was allowed to reseed with pine. Harvests from 1945 to 1953 yielded 9000 to 14000 board feet yearly with cash values, totaling significant returns. The land now hosts young pines and seed trees kept as fire insurance, with future harvest potential estimated at 4000 board feet. A farm forestry management tour is set for March 27 at 10 o clock, led by County Agent Oliver L Adams. details follow.
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B. J. Ellis
B. J. Ellis Pine
Umberstates
Oliver L. Ad
Ams
Lion Oil Union Contract Row Stalls Public Reply
El Dorado Illinois notes Lion Oil officials did not reply to charges by Local 381 International Union of Operating Engineers. The strike since March 2 centers on wages and seniority with alleged pay gaps versus a neighboring company. Lion Oil public relations counsel K W Dodson said the firm avoids newspaper arguments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado
Oj Co
Officinia
Vega
Lion Oil
Monsanto Chemical Corp
Lion Obl
Boycott Reply Drawn After Texarkana Water Decision
Hope and Texarkana plan a 7 a.m. defense conference in Magnolia on Tuesday to respond to threats from upstream towns over Texarkana’s support for a wet Millwood dam. Texarkana and Hope back municipal and agricultural water from the project, while Magnolia weighs endorsement at its 7 a.m. Chamber meeting with five Hope men and a Texarkana delegation attending.
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Texarkana
Millswood
Hope
Magnolia
Hope Chamber of Commerce
Millwood
Bates
Southwest Arkansas Water District
Board of
Chamber of Commerce
Magnolia Inn
Vincent Toster
George W. Peck
H. M. Olsen
Homer C. Beverley
Chamber
B. N. Halt
Court Rejects Reinstatement Of Disbarred Attorney Rowland
Arkansas Supreme Court refused to restore Jay M. Rowland to the bar for the second time. The former Hot Springs city attorney, convicted in 1947 of taking a bribe, faced a long legal fight over his disbarment dating to 1949. The court’s four justice majority denied the petition for reinstatement, citing unreconstructed records and the misconduct tied to his prior cases and fees.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Hot Springs
Jay M. Rowland
Rowland
Garland County
Sid McMath
Leo P.mclaughlin
Veterans
McMath
James R. Campbell
Supreme Court
Pine ‘Bluff
Bar Rules Committee
Rowland’srial
Os McGraw
Southern Club
McGraw
Whch
Britain brands Nasser a Middle East troublemaker
London reports crown authorities denounce Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser as the No 1 troublemaker in the Middle East. Britain rebukes Nasser for anti British policies and propaganda while noting his calls against the Baghdad Pact and his veto comments. UN Security Council mulls an urgent oil peace mission as tensions rise.
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London
Middle East
United Nations ‘Security Council
Dag Hammarskjuld Gh
Foreign Office
Nasser
Egypt
Britain
Racially charged rape case leads to suspect hold
Police hold 24 year old Richard Turrentine in a rape investigation after a Black woman alleges assault during a weekend incident in the eastern city area. Investigators say the woman called police from a house after escaping and refute details while pursuing the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Turentine
Witehy
Turrentine
Maryin Warren
Highway 4
Charles W. Anders
Perry Campbell
Anders
Scout Meeting Postponed to April 10 1956
The Boy Scout Court of Honor previously set for March 27 is moved to Tuesday April 10 at 7 p.m. in the First Methodist Church Hope. Advancement Chairman Haskell Jones says the change respects Holy Week observances by local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Hope
Haskell Jones
Advancement
Gas Depot Fire in Algeria Blamed on Welder Sparks
An Algerian fire at a French army gasoline depot in Tlemcen caused extensive smoke but only partial stock damage. Police and troops aided by Gen. Rene Loyriot rushed to the scene as French forces prepared for possible rebel actions amid regional security shifts. News notes Morocco Tunisia elections and a growing Moroccan national army also shaping regional power dynamics.
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Algiers
Algeria
Tlemcen
West Germany
Rene Loyriot
10Th
Leutenants
Tiemcen
France
Algria
Morocco
Tunisia
Woman Identifies Robbers by Voices in Arkansas Case
In Hot Springs Arkansas sheriff said a Hoxie woman identified two men by voice as robbers who took 2300 dollars from her and her husband last week. The woman named Edward John Crok of Superior Wisconsin and Nicholas Martin Camacho, aged 28, as the suspects. Authorities seek possible link to a later robbery in Garland County and continue the search for the third suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Hoxie
Garland County
Leonard Ellis
Elbert Rasdon
Ellis
Layeerenee County
Foley
Rasdon
Patmos Homecoming plans sought. pistol incident reported
Patmos plans a July 4 homecoming for students teachers and patrons from 1932 to present. Paul McCtel lan asks parents to mail addresses and married names. Police seized crude homemade pistol from a young Black man over the weekend. it used a homemade stock a .22 bayonet and rubber band trigger. ROTC members from Ouachita College visited Camp Chaffee. John Sceva Gibson Lil earned an MBA from University of Denver. Henry Fenwick reports low participation in the YEW Walking Blood Bank drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patmos
Paul McCtellan
Trade policy papers spark Senate conflict in Washington
In Washington, Commerce official Weeks clashed with Senators McClean Mundt and McClellan over confidential trade policy papers. The exchange included accusations of government politicization and interruptions by Weeks and Undersecretary Herbert Hoover as they refused to disclose details of an embargo and related intelligence at a scheduled meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milto Washington
Commerce
Sen. McClean
Ing and Chaternan
Melesistence
Myadt
R-Sd
Sen. Bender
Mundt
Herbert
Hoover
Hollister
U.S
New York art teacher linked to teenage marriage case
A disjointed report describes a New York art teacher involved with a teenage girl and a claimed marriage confusion. Authorities, including an assistant district attorney, reference falsification in marriage records and parental involvement. Names and precise details are unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
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Sarasota, Fla
Sonny
Ringling
Kiwanis
L. 5
Chakales
Millwood Dam
Lion
Boycott
Armong
Ouachita College
Camp Chaffee
Richard Duffie
Billy Blake
Benjamin Owen
All of Hope
John Sceva Gibson
Lil
University of Denver
J. S. Gibson Jr
Hope High School
Quachita College
Baylor University
Henry Fenwick
Silverma
Ion
Hal
Silverman
Sydney
Mahhatt Arts High
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