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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1956
Page
4
A father-seller feud over a beloved dog named Trixie drives a family apart in a mountain tale. The father forgives neither the son who sold the dog nor the neighbor who taught her, and the son leaves for a city life while the dog dies and the hunter remains.
Census Bureau data show the U S population on April 1 reaching 167 million 440 thousand, a gain of 16 million 308 thousand or 10.8 percent since 1940. Most growth attributed to civilian immigration about 1.7 million. births from 1950 to 1955 total 3.23 million, near the 1940 decade record of 4.091 million.
A 50 year old Watson area farmer was killed early today when his vehicle crashed into a tree. Harold Dyer reported the incident to authorities as the investigation begins at the scene.
The House Judiciary Committee endorsed the Eisenhower civil rights bill amid sharper splits between a majority and seven Southern members who called the measure shocking. The bill would create a White House appointed civil rights commission with subpoena power, a federal civil rights division, and authority for the attorney general to take cases to federal court without state remedy exhaustion.
The U S aircraft carrier Saratoga has sufficient power generation to supply electricity to a city of about one percent of a million people, highlighting its robust onboard energy capacity.
At a press briefing, Senate leaders cited ongoing disputes among Army Navy and Air Force over air power missions involving ground to air missiles and manned aircraft. Gen Earle Partridge will testify in open session on defenses against air attack as criticism persists of interservice bickering and Thwarted calls for a full congressional probe.
Lindsey Martin of Lewisville saw her workers compensation claim for injuries at Wright Lumber Company Ashdown dismissed by the Arkansas Compensation Commission for failing to prove the injury occurred on the job. The report also references infant cross eye treatment and air force leak controversy without further local detail.
United Press reports May weather swung between winter and summer as records fell in heat waves from Missouri to Kansas. Temperatures rose into the 70s and 80s with 97 in Kansas City and 92 near Sioux City while Milwaukee saw a 17 degree drop after a cool front. Flood fears grew in Idaho as the Kootenai river breached a dike near Bonners Ferry, forcing evacuations and a portable filtration unit as Army units sped from Fort Lewis to assist.
State Welfare Commissioner Carl Adams said the number of welfare clients is about 1,000 below a year ago. He noted 176,359 people will receive welfare checks in June, down from 71,340 last year, with declines in aid to dependent children and minor adjustments in old age and disability payments.
Four defendants Roger Boone 24 James Byrd 19 James Moore 23 and Willie Byrd 23 all near Mandeville pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the death of 76 year old M R Hem during an $8 robbery. Judge Lyle Brown ordered pre trial mental examinations as Hem’s battered body was found near Texarkana after a missing period.
One pound of uranium can produce heat equal to 22 million pounds of coal.
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