Barbara Nichols on Stardom and Sex Appeal in Film
A candid interview explores Barbara Nichols stance on being a starlet, her brash talk, and how Hollywood pressure shapes female image. She discusses money, marriage, and risks of glamor, noting she remains focused on acting roles like a stripper in Downt and a gangster's associate in The Pajama Party while maintaining independence.
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Marilyn
Barbara Nichols
Barbara
Broadway
Pal’ Aibit
Sid Caesar
RKO
Doris Friend
War and travel concerns hit postwar aviation
Fragmented OCR text mentions planes in York with airliners and personnel, an investigation, and infant safety. It references British airline use for troop transport, Moscow May Day context, and railway freight rate rises. The garbled source makes precise facts unclear, but aviation, transport, and international mentions are evident.
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York
Peronnel
Shenae
Brit
Prescott clubs host pancake breakfast plans and community notices
Prescott business and professional Wathens Club met at Mrs Dan Pittman home with hostesses. The Kiwanis Club at Broadway Hotel featured speaker Mrs Ruby Brown of Hope on Home Decorations. Lions Club elected officers led by C O Wahlquist and planned Boys State delegation. A montage of visits and travels followed as regional figures were noted. A heart film titled Its a Matter of Time was shown by Dr L R Varney. Washington and Moscow foreign affairs items closed the column with Viktor Solovyev recounting pressure from Russian agents and Bulganin on relations with the United States.
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Sid Purtle
Prescott Kiwanis Club
Broadway Hotel
Joe Grane
C. C. Wahlquist
Lion’s Club
Prescott Lions Club
Wal
Jace Sage
Boys State
Bil Oates
Bob Whitmarsh
Joe Crane
Paul Hiell
Lion Tanner
Ervin Fairchild
Bil Gordon
Marvin Cunningham
James Barnes
Joe Burke
Billy Don Avery
Richard Bright
Russell Floyd
L. R. ‘Varney
Odd Facts and Quips From Historical Snapshots
A collage of curious trivia and quotes spans science, history, and culture. It notes animal oxygen needs, Russian visitors eyebrows in England, Czar Alexander I sleeping on straw, Queen Elizabeth widening Parliament seats, Baltimore rats, hotel room habits, radar evasion myths, red-haired genetics, stock market war effects, and Kinsey commentary on sexual discourse in Britain and Denmark.
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Khrushchev
Bulganin
England
Alexander I
Elizabeth
Baltimore
Edison
Manhattan
Arnold Bennett
Armed Forces Day Televised By NBC in Wide World Show
NBC plans a televised Armed Forces Day special to air May 13 featuring live action from two oceans and multiple land points. A drone plane will be exploded by rockets from three jet fighters over the Gulf of Mexico while a B17 camera plane records. A paratrooper will bail out over Fort Benning, Georgia from 1,250 feet amid other staged sequences.
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New York
NBC
Hve
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Benning
Local Social Notes From Prescott Area Sitings
Thursday for the day. Jack Stivers has returned to the University of Arkansas Fayetteville after a visit with his mother, Mrs. B. C. Stivers. Mrs. Mack Belk of Dallas, Texas has been a recent visitor in Prescott. Friends of Mrs. C. F. Pittman will regret that she is a patient at Cora Donnell Hospital.
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Horace Jones
Oklahoma City
Okla
Harold Pollock
Romby
Corey Palacis Wes
Douglas Brooks
Dallas
Texas
Alex Avery
Jack Stivers
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
B. C. Stivers
Mack Belk
Dallas, Texas
Prescott
C. F. Pittman
Cora Donnell Hospital
Arkansas governor race unfolds with new candidates
Pippin, 70, enters conservative bid claiming he is the race's only poor boy. Prosser pays fee at deadline. Gentry declines to run. Faubus faces potential second-term opposition, with Snoddy and Johnson delaying announcements and Cherry’s past influence noted. Johnson backs bid after a crowd-funded draft push at a segregation rally.
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Pippin
Johnson
Johnson and Snoddy
Prosser
Atty
Tom Gentry
Faubus
Snoddy
Arkansas
Francis Cherry
John &. Martineau
Tom J. Terral
NBCs risky live war game TV stunt with 82 cameras
Producer Norman Prank outlines a $250,000 NBC broadcast featuring 1,800 technical staff and 82 cameras. Paratroopers carry an 83 pound camera setup, with devices buried at Quantico and Fort Benning to film simulated assaults. Ocean and air segments include submarines, carriers, and a guided missile chase as all services vie for airtime.
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Quantico
Fort Benning
Long Island
Essex
California
Norfolk
Norman Prank
NBC
Frank
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Dewey Sought to Run for the Senate
White House aides pressed former New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Ambassador John Sherman Cooper to consider Senate runs. Eisenhower aides suggested Dewey could be persuaded if Taft wing support and favorable treatment in the Senate were assured. Dewey and McKay denied plans. McKay faced pressure from GOP leaders, while Morse remained the Democratic incumbent.
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Jack Bell
Washington
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Senate
Eisenhower
GOP
Interior
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Taft
Dewey
Robert A. Tait
Ohio
Rep
Taylor
James C. Hagerty
McKay
Oregon Senate
Leonard W. Hall
Four Quads Are Doing Nicely at Methodist Hospital
In Dallas four Hunter sisters born prematurely remain in NICU at Methodist Hospital with doctors cautious on survival odds. The quads Marie Gay Marilyn Kay Algie May and Melanie Fay weighed from 2 pounds 1 ounce to 8 pounds at birth to the parents George and a 25-year-old mother. The father works as a paint mixer at an aircraft firm earning about $80 weekly.
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Dallas
Hunter
Methodist Hospital
George A. Hunter
Marie Gay
Marilyn Kay
Algie May
Melanie Fay
Segregation Stance Dominates Campaign Filing
Johnson and Snoddy filed yesterday and both backed segregation as a main plank. Johnson urged state old age pensions and non political control of the State Hospital while criticizing Faithbus as duplicitous. Snoddy also endorsed segregation and promised a formal platform later, Faubus skeptical that segregation will be a major issue this summer.
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Johnson
Faithbus
Snoddy
Faubus
Markets and farm prices mix across regions and items
Regional market brief shows steady broiler and fryer quotes in Arkansas with 20 cents gains in some districts, while Chicago soybeans plunged to the daily limit amid profit-taking after earlier gains. Wheat, corn, oats and rye also moved lower. poultry and eggs offered mixed to steady prices amid varied receipts and demand.
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Little Rock
Northwest Area
Batesville
Floral Area
Chicago
Trae
U. S
New York
Washington
Weather Summary for Arkansas Regions
The Weather Central reports mixed conditions across Arkansas with cloudy skies and scattered showers or thundershowers through this afternoon tonight and Thursday. Temperatures vary by region with highs from the mid 50s to mid 70s and cooler nights in central northeast southwest and northwest areas.
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Arkansas
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