Cost of Living Hits New High Level in April
Washington reports April CPI at 119.4 percent of 1847-49 prices, a new record for the eighth straight month. Food price gains push costs higher, triggering automatic pay increases for 401,000 workers under escalator clauses and affecting wage contracts. Meats and fresh produce lead the rise as most major groups climb, with May likely to set another record.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistes
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Ewan Clague
Library Exhibit Highlights Prize Winning Children's Books
Hempstead County Library features a Prize Winning and Honor Books display from the New York Herald Tribune Children’s Book Festival. Six judges picked top titles in three age groups with twelve honor books. winners include Madeline and the Bad Hat and Gone Away Lake, with various honor selections and illustrated titles by notable authors and studios. The exhibit runs for the rest of the month alongside many new books and a related display.
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Hempstead County
New York Herald Tribune
Madeline
Ludwig Romélmans
Cheerful
Palmer Brown
Kevin
Mary Chalmers
Toni Ungerer
Inez Rice
Py Valadimir Babri
Elizabeth Enright
Beth
Joe Krush
William 0. Steele
Hortense
Natalie Savage Carlson
Alastair Reid
Heinz Haber
Red Riding ‘Hood
Wolf
Blevins Schedule Town Meeting Monday Night
Blevins will hold a town meeting Monday night at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium to organize a Rural Community Improvement Association. Mrs Lorgaine Wyle and Oliver Adams will attend and show a movie. Everyone is urged to be present for this community gathering.
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Blevins
Lorgaine
Wyle
Oliver Adams
Death of Mrs McCain, mother of Mrs A B Spraggins
Mrs McCain, mother of Mrs A B Spraggins, died aged 87. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. today at the First Baptist Church of this city.
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Lcre
U S Russia Talk Treaty to Disarm
Washington reports Harold Stassen, Eisenhower’s disarmament negotiator, leading a round of cabinet level talks on a first step limited disarmament pact with Russia and Britain. He plans London resumption Monday to present U N disarmament committee members with U S positions.
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Russia
Britain
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Eisenhower
Forwald
London
Stassen
State Department
Dulles
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
France
Canada
United Nations
National Security Council
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Senate
Brogden
Optometrists Elect Officers at Southwest Arkansas Society
Dr Max Denyman Stuttgart presented a school readiness talk at the secular monthly Camden meeting of the Southwest Arkansas Optometric Society. Dr Harald Brents and Dr Lloyd Guerin attended with Mrs Guerin. In business, Dr Guerin was elected President Ret Charles Brown Fordyce Vice President and Dr Paul Curry Camden Secretary Treasurer.
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Max Denyman
Stuttgart
South West Arkansas Optomerice Society
Camden
Harald Brents
Lloyd Guerin
Oval
Guerin
Charles Brown
Fordyce
Public Asked to Buy Poppies Saturday
Public calls on May 5 to buy red poppies in memory of World War dead. The fundraiser supports veterans and disabled Americans, continuing the tradition of Poppy Day and honoring soldiers from Flanders to Argonne.
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America
Iran
Argonne
Korea
Dake Cave
Congress Tightens Grip on Eisenhower Foreign Aid Policy
Two Senate Democrats Mansfield and Humphrey say Eisenhower’s foreign aid program will face drastic revision to give Congress more control over spending abroad. They testified as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee explored the 3.865 billion program, urging advance knowledge of loan purposes and beneficiary countries, and backing continued annual reviews despite a push toward ongoing appropriations.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Mansfield
D-Mont
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate Freign Relations Committee
Asst. Secretary of Defense
Mansfield D. Spragke
United States
John B. Hollister
Internattional Cooperation Administration
Retired farmer killed when shotgun misfires near Batesville
Orig Miller, 72, a retired farmer, died yesterday after his shotgun discharged while returning from crow hunting about 12 miles northwest of Batesville. Sheriff said Miller appeared to die instantly from the blast as the gun went off when he stumbled, with a bystander rushing to aid him.
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Batesville
Orig Miller
Here
Bheriff Byrton Achold
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Yelte
Lint AM
McClellan Receives Father of the Year Award in New York
Senator John L. McClellan of Arkansas accepted the Father of the Year citation at a Waldorf Astoria banquet, praised for integrity and fair mindedness. He urged home, church, and school as foundations, highlighted mothers, and offered counsel on self-control, self-knowledge, and self-denial. Continued on Page Three.
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Sypeelul
John L. McClellan
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
McClellan
Arkansas
Jesus Christ
Congressional Battle on Over Defense Stash
Congress debates a defense measure costing about 32.5 billion with a proposed 12 billion cut from the House plan. Senate leaders seek to avoid large reductions while Army leaders press for funding, and Secretary Wilson warns against deep cuts that would harm missiles, aircraft, and warship programs. The vote may come next week as lawmakers hear testimony from Chalvinah Chavez and defense officials.
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Preeay
Vine Bricker
Den
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
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Sintt
Chavex Tule Hensvoerti
House Appropriations Committee
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Wilgon
Jajfbor
Costa Hive
Thad Wilson
Brees
Bartlys
Riots Hit U S Embassy in Formosa Taipei Street clashes
Chinese mob attacked the United States embassy and offices in Taipei Formosa injuring several Americans and prompting a partial martial law order. Police fired during clashes, killing two rioters and injuring others as demonstrators overran a police station and attacked embassy personnel.
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Formosa
United States
United States Information
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U. S
Mnip
Cat
Wu Meipao
San Francisco
Ling Kwei-Chi
Alexander Bose
Carl Ackerman
William Sutton
Paul, Meyer
Helen Yosellya
Howard Chaille
Messen
Frank Nesel
Aiay Lorduach
Girl Scout Day Camp Announced Plans For May Camp
Mrs. Roy Allison announces this year's Girl Scout Day Camp to run May 27 through 31 with sessions Monday Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Brownies will learn handicraft first aid dancing and singing under listed leaders. A public supper and program follow the camp activities with nurses and committee members coordinating.
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Roy Allison
Tain
John Keck
Whd, Lester
Charles
Nelms
Henry Seamans
Herbert Burns
Ed Justice
Girl Scouts Committee
L. B. Tooley
People Celebrate Graduation and Community Efforts at First Baptist
A large crowd gathered at First Baptist Church for diplomas amid mixed weather and civic thanks. Frank Douglas led a Fixup Drive while Garden Clubs joined in aiding the grieving, and Mary Jo Fincher of Hope will graduate May 27 from Arkansas Baptist School of Nur. Rain totals reached 40.07 inches for the year with strong winds and ongoing local activity.
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Hope Swimming Pool
Judy Franks
May Ann Hall
Caroline Cox
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Mary Eppler
Getty Jo Cox
Jan Robison
John Pierce
Albert Graves Jr
Jimmy, Chambless
Johnny Graves
David Watkins
Don.Boothe
Kay Kent
Gail Cook
Kay
Tommy
Polk
Jimmy May
Binds
Pierce
First Baptist Church
Rope High
Frank Douglas
Garden Clubs
Mary Jo Fincher
William Fincher
Hope
Arkan‘sds Baptist School of Nur
Little Rock
Baptist Hospital
Tornado Alert Sweeps Monticello Arkansas
Ferocious winds struck southeast Arkansas yesterday with reports of possible tornadoes and hail. A rooming wind smashed into Monticello, tearing roofs from a church dormitory and a downtown office building while a nearby home for children sheltered about 50 boys. One youth died in what authorities call an indirect result of the events. No injuries reported among attendees at a music recital.
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Arkansas
Monticella
Monticello
Truckload of Hogs Crashes into Courthouse
A 114-ton truck loaded with about two hogs crashed into the Calyne bia Colinly goldhouse in Magnolia. The driver J W Roach, 83, of Mautint Pleasant Texas, was hospitalized in fair condition. The hogs broke through first and second story windows. several animals were killed or injured. the courthouse sustained extensive damage.
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J. W. Roach
Mautint Pleasant
Tex
Court House
Polica
Memphis Man Drowns Near Marion in Mississippi River Incident
A Memphian, reportedly a purs er on a Memphis run, drowned in the Mississippi River near Marion after a fall from a raft. Authorities investigate circumstances as a drowning case with unclear details.
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Marion
Storms threaten across Southwest as floods rise
United Press dispatch reports a week of violent storms sweeping Texas Oklahoma Missouri Indiana and Arkansas. Hourly deluges produce rivered rainfall up to 70 mph winds flood Dallas Fort Worth and power outages. Tornadoes strike Mount Pleasant Texas Tyler Saba and Shreveport with fatalities rising to at least 16. River levels surge in Missouri Ohio Mississippi prompting evacuations and crop damage in multiple states.
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Wes
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Tex
Shreveport
Charles McCarthy
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Gulf Coast
Mobile
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Weather Station Report and Regional Forecast Update
The report covers conditions for Friday through Saturday across Arkansas and neighboring areas. Highs near 80s, lows in 60s, with shower activity, thunderstorm risk, and no major temperature changes expected. Extended forecast notes above normal temperatures with scattered showers and occasional heavy rain possible in spots.
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Fulton
Horatio Gising
Whitecliffs
Arkansas
Loral Thunndershowers
Associated Press
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