GOP Leaders Back Harris Natural Gas Bill
Washington The Elsetts administration backs Harris natural gas legislation with changes to limit federal pricing control. Charles H. Kendall of ODM gave the administration’s view as lead-off witness at House Commerce hearings. Chairman Harris said ODM and the Budget Bureau supported the measure despite Eisenhower’s veto threat last year.
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Washington
Elsetts Hower
Harris
O'lara
Charles H. Kendall
Office of Defense Mobilization
D—Ark
ODM
Budget Bureau
White House
Congress
Eisenhower
Morrilton Board Fires Superintendent
The Morrilton School Board fired veteran Supt. Boren and halted comment on Winthrop Rockefeller's aid for a model system. Officials bought Boren’s $14 000 edifice and planned five years of modernization funded in part by the Rockefeller enrichment program. Boren said he would stay until June 30 with no further comment.
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Morrilton
Boren
Winthrop Rockefeller
Petit, Jean Mountain
Suhaal
Rockwin Fund
Hice
Moreston
Rockefeller
Arkansas
the Harris
Borden
Rockwin
Fand
Graduation at Blevins High School May 10
A. Z. Snell budget and finance director of the State Department of Education will address the Blevins High School graduating class at commencement Friday May 10 at 1 pm in the High School Gymnasium. Blevins High reports twenty graduates with honor graduates Jantha Den Hampton Valeditorian and Grecia Wortham Salutatorian.
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A. Z. Snell
Department of ‘Education
Blevins
Blevins High School
Jantha den
Hampton
Grecia Worham
Cleo Arnold
Jesse. Barber
Wayne Bell
Nelldean’ Bonds
Louise
Clark ‘Pewall
Nelda Clark
Jantha Hampton
Patsy Hartsfield
Dean Hicks
Norma Huge
Gary Buskey
Forrest Hulson
Charles Songs
Eon Fong
Ann Nielsen
Florence Parks
John Denison Prescott
Keith Rinehart
Bonita Stone
Grecia Wortham
Justina Warthey
Gee Re
500 Million More on the Tax Books
LITTLE ROCK MAR eatimat ed 500 million dollars Wath of property has been added to At Kansas tax Folly snce the start of the 1955 reassessment program. Director W. L. Hintos let thy additional property existed all the ine but had not been discovered By assessors. The additional property fad at assessed Valuation of $100 millions and produced about five millione Jn hew tax revenues, Hinton said. He estimated that the state now 'fad & total of 928 angulishs in as assessments compared to 838 mil lions 'in 1954-and predicted the rule of Increase would continue for "several more years.' A county-sby-county report of the Assessment Dept., during the past two years showed that assessments rose In councils and dropped In eight. The reassessment program is aimed at bringing all property valuations in the state to 20 per cent of market value. Hinton said Columbia County showed the greatest proportionate increase in assessments and Union County also had a large increase. Counties whose valuations decreased during the period were Benton, Pope, Little River, Newton, Carroll, Gratt,Searcy and Sharp. THe
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Little Rock
Mar
Kansas
W. L. Hintos
Hinton
Columbia County
Union County
Benton
Pope
Little River
Newton
Carroll, Gratt,Searcy
Sharp
Public Hearings Sought for Nominations by Senate Panel
Senator Morse and allies push for open hearings on most future diplomatic nominations. After a rules change in closed session, McLeod’s Ireland ambassadorship gained committee approval 9 to 6, likely facing Senate debate. Morse seeks Thursday open hearing on Roy Rubottom for assistant secretary of state for American republics affairs.
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Washington
N. Morse
D-Ore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Scott Mccleod
Ireland
McLeod
Senate
Festival to Be Held in Auditorium Tonight
The annual music festival features an operetta Season of Happiness by elementary school children. Junior High Glee Club performs spring songs including Mendelssohn Spring Song. Senior High presents Untergeker Suite about a child coming to life. Doors open 7:30 with no admission charge. a free will offering benefits the Friday Music Club scholarship fund.
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Mendelssohn
Workers Battle Red River Floods in Louisiana Area
Emergency crews labored through the night to reinforce levees protecting East Point Powhatan Campit n Clarence south of Shreveport as the Red River crest neared. About 700 airmen from Barksdale AFB aided, floods spread across three miles of lowlands. 100,000 acres inundated and 200+ people evacuated. Damages in the Southwest districts of Texas Louisiana Arkansas and southern Missouri totaled 357.5 million.
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Sheveport
Louistalin
Red River
East Point
Powhatan
Caimptin
Cla
Mast Point
Shreveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
Campin
Clarence
Louisiana
Powhatan- Campti- Clarence
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Dallas
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Guernsey School Modernizes Library In 1956 57
Guernsey High School completes a major library project for 1956-57 with redecorated interiors new fixtures and updated cataloging. 21 magazines and newspapers, about 100 new books from Wingon’s catalog, 249 repaired volumes, and a vertical file are added. A librarian Mrs Alvin Huckabee leads a library club with officers and several members to manage loans, shelf maintenance, repairs, and renewals.
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Guernsey High School
Arthur Gray
Wingon
Alvin Huckabee
New College Graduates Average 4800 Per Year
A garbled, OCR filled clipping notes average starting salaries around 400 dollars a month for new college graduates. The piece meanders through unrelated trivia and broken phrases including biblical mentions, art history, and wedding customs, lacking coherent context or clear reporting.
City Manager Teat Suit to High Court
Backers of the city ta... suit in the 1957 General Assembly sent the case to the Supreme Court. A decision was expected before the court’s summer recess. Attorneys for the Little-Red Hood governmental committees said they would file a motion in the coming days to advance the case on its docket.
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Liptle Rook
Tahager
Genietal Assembly
Supreme Court
Bedterday
High Trianal
Little — Reel Hood
Woman Leaves Estate to a Dog in Pennsylvania
Ruth A Maurer of Reading dies April 20 leaving $50,800 to Bobby a four year old mongrel named heir. The will provides a nurse, dog friendly living, and daily walks, with Bobby to receive the best dog food and a year in Mrs Maurer’s apartment. After Bobby’s death, remainder goes to Maurer’s relatives.
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Bobby
Atte
Reading
Bobby Yeaterday
Hrinepal
Ruth’ A. Maurer
Berkd
Count Court House
Freda
Kerby
Janie
Citizens to Operate KXAR on Wednesday
In observance of National Radio Week KXAR will be run by local citizens for the day tomorrow. The station will air all programs newscasts and advertisements with guest announcers including Ray Turner James H Jones Mayor Olsen and others across 1 to 8 p.m. The highlights feature newscaster Ray Turney and James Hy Jones and special information bits for Housewives. local clubs and organizations are urged to use the day to promote causes.
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KXAR
Ray Turner
James H. Jones
A.m
H. M. Olsen
Willis
Arch Wylie
Valday Music Club
Wilaa
M. Aes
Cline Franks
Council of Church Women
M. Oliver Adams
A. G. Garrett
Jim Cook
Cecil DeLaney
Lamar Willams
Lex Helms Jr
James Pillipton
Jack Brown
Lb. T. Lawrence
Jim LaGrossa
WI Ruthereford
Esther Lee Hicks
Lyle’ Brown
Herbert Burns
Ray Turney
James Hy. Jones
M. Olsen
Judas Janes Pikingson
Hill
Lawrencs
Jim TaGrossa
Former Resident of Hope Dies
Uadis Qo Milam, a former resident of Hope, died unexpectedly Monday at her home in denesbard. She is survived by her husband, a daughter Mrs. Jimmy Ayers of She hous, three sisters and yo broths others. Services will be held at 1 ide, Wednesday af, doucshiora.
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Uadis
Qo Milam
Hope
Denesbard
Jimmy Ayers
Doucshiora
AFL-CIO Shifts Focus in Racketeering Probe Sweep
The AFL-CIO ethical inquiry widens to include major factions of the 10,000 member Battery and Confederate Workers Union as charges of fund misuse surface. An indictment list targets Teamsters president Dave Beck and other officers amid calls for reform with a May 24 response deadline.
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Washington
Abe Cio
Tellisters
Bakers Urilot
Tabot — Federation
Fivemat
Battery
Confentiortary Workers Union
Ecommunittee
Presidlnd
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Dgatnet
Baker Workers
Teamsters
Curtis R. Sims
Balers
Junion
James C. Cross
Sims
George Stuart
Herman’ Winter
Bookers Organization
Cross
Couple Escapes Prison To Have Child In Turbulent Love
A Wichita couple escaped Kansas State Prison using a steam tunnel after conceiving a child. Hernando Catton, 49, and Martha Stachura, 27, face charges including kidnapping and robbery as they are pursued by the district attorney after their arrest for abducting Anthony Travellick, 23. Their tale depicts secret rendezvous and coded messages during their time behind bars.
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San Franc
Kansas State
Kansas
District Attorney's Office
Day
Hernando Catton
M's
Martha Stachura
Wichita
Kaw
Anthony Travellick
Catton
Cotton
Mies
Stachura
Jeb Cotton
Cotyon
Coast Jung Dogs
Ex Queen of Egypt Nariman Diagnosed With Smallpox
BEIRUT Lebanon ex queen Narriman of Egypt signs with smallpox in her Beirut apartment, attorney says today. She apparently contracted it during a visit to Saudi Arabia. Nariman, former wife of King Farouk, has been living quietly since her second husband.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Narriman
Egypt
Randi Arabia
Nariman
Bing Faro
Supreme Forest Woodman Circle District Meet Held at Hot Springs
District members gather in Hot Springs on May 17 for the annual meet with a principal address by Miss Lucie Wall of Hope national committeewoman and state manager. Wall will also address the District 1 conference at Texarkana on May.
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Eupreme Forest
Woodman Circle
Hot Springs
Lucie Wall of Hope
Wall
Texarkana
Auto man's fatal double shooting near Jonesboro
In Jonesboro Arkansas a real estate man shot himself after a police stop on U S Highway 63 near Highway 89. The driver drove to a service station. Charles B Cartwright 40 and Nolan Robinson 4 died later from gunshot wounds. a small dog survived in the taxi.
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Jonesboro
Thes Cay
Nolan
Robinson
Charles B. Cartright
Arkansas
Marchal Daymon Gammill
Nettleton
U.S
Stroud
Cny
Joneshore
Sthey
Higssian
Cartwright
Ybinnon
Judge trims Pine Bluff $200000 judgment by $5000
Special Master Richard B. McCulloch Sr. of Forrest City trimmed a proposed $200,000 judgment for Pine Bluff by $5,000 in a federal case involving Lancaster Love Inc of Dallas and a 1 percent million dollar sewer project contract. The supplement to his February report corrected prior calculation errors and gained approval from Federal Judge Harry J. Lemley.
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Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Dallas
Tex
Richard B. McCulloch Sr
Forrest City
McCulloch
Lancaster Love, Inc
MecCurloch
Aail
Feacral
Harry J. Lemley
Fast Tax Writeoff Program Costs U S Billions
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey testified to Congress that the fast tax writeoff program in effect since the last assessment would cost about three billion dollars to the government. He argued it supports defense and industry but urged ending it except for military equipment, noting it permits deductions on new profits over five years. The plan traces to World War II and was revived in 1950, with about 2.23 to 2.23 billion dollars in certificates granted since 1990.
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Wasilington P
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Pl Norte Coummiller
Himphrey
Idaho Power Co
Hells Canyon
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Burd
Peace Team Meets on Honduran Nicaraguan Border
In Tegucigalpa an early meeting between Honduran and Nicaraguan authorities, behind closed doors, addressed troop withdrawals and border disputes along the Soto River area. The talks, led by a U N mission and the Organization of American States, aim to stabilize a region where both sides claim different river banks and sporadic clashes have occurred. A cease fire has eased fighting, but tensions persist along the jungle frontier near the river.
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Egugigalpa
Hondiv
Nicaragua
Teguelgaips
Panama
CAS
Columbus High School Baccalaureate and Commencement Speakers
Principal S. W. Williamson announces the Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday May 12 at 3 30 p.m. delivered by Rev W M Martin of Lawisville. Commencement Address set for May 17 at 8 p.m. by Professor L M Henry Gordon. Theme The Past is Forever gone but the Pas tire is still our Own. Speakers include Guey Mae Cheatham Marie Witherspoon and Navin Jean Cheatham.
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S. W. Wiiamson
Columrbus High School
Guey Mae
Cheatham
Navin Jean Cheatham
Marie Yvyenne Witherspoon
All Around Town and Local News Snippets
All boys ages 16 through 18 invited to report to manager Dennil Foss Tuesday night at 9 o'clock at Faly Park for baseball. The Senior High Band greets new officers for the gaming year with Thomas Fostey as Captain, Dale Wylie Lieutenant, Albert Hargis property sergeant, and Kay Gresham personnel sergeant. Mary Eppley appointed Brunt Major for the new year. Capt. James H. Moore, son of Mrs Thelma Moore of Hope, recently graduated from officer advanced course at Fort Benning. George McKinney and David Carder signed letters of intent to play football at the University of Arkansas. Red River at Fulton still falling. current level around 38.76 this morning. area around Shreveport experiencing relief efforts as Dennison Dam lake level rising slowly. Water release planned at 50,000 cubic feet per second. local authorities monitor progress.
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Dennil Foss
Faly Park
Thomas Fostey
Dale Wylie
Albert Hargis
Kay Gresham
Mary Eppley
James H. Moore
Thelma Moore
Hope
Lnfantry Center
Fort Benning
Maore
Henderson State “Peachers
Suing Tau Garama
Albin Moore
Tyes
Red River
Fulton
Inalogan
Shreveport
Miss Logan
Dennison
Adiss Lancin
Rains Delay Planting by Three to Four Weeks
Heavy rains in White County and northern Arkansas push back corn and cotton planting by three to four weeks. The Crop Repairing Service notes clear weather will still require days before thousands of acres are workable, while strawberry prospects improve as rot declines and berry quality rises. In Faulkner County only eight acres of corn and five of cotton have been planted. last year at this time 16,000 acres of corn and 14,800 of cotton had been planted.
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White County
Arkansas
Searcy County
Colton
Conway
O. Hill
Faulkner County
Eotson
Hill
Trucks Collide and Burn in Ark Fatal Crash
MAILVERN Ark Two dump trucks collided and burned at 3 highway intersection. Victim John Willa Proatoy identified by Russellville funeral home. Proatoy turned from a side road onto Highway 370 north of here. His truck and a truck driven by Darrell Whitefield of Bauxite collided. Proatoy hauled asphalt for Reynolds and Williams Construction Co. Whitefield was employed by Magnet Barum Corp.
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Mailvern
Ark
Russellvill
Kidder Funeral Home
John Willa Proatoy
Freeman Sgott
Malvern Police Pept
Procetoy
Here
Darrell Whitefield
Proctoy
Reynolds and Williams
Struction Co
Whitefield
Bariuin Corp
Weather data from Arkansas station report
The Weather Experiment Station records a 24 hour period ending 7 a m with high 74 and low 48 degrees. May precipitation totals 4.89 inches and rainfall year to date 24.04 inches. Partly cloudy mild afternoon tonight with scattered rain showers in the southwest Wednesday.
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Arkansas
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