Southern pine newsprint pioneer story from Herty era
In the 1930s a Savannah chemist named Herty solved the resin problem to make newsprint from Southern pine. The breakthrough led to mills from Southland in Texas to Coosa River in Alabama and Bowater and International Paper in Mobile and Pine Bluff. By 1955 Southland showed huge net worth gains and rising production, with projected 70,000 tons annually.
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America
Savanah
Herty
Great Lakes
Canada
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Savannah
Geogia
Georgia
Bulletin Board
Star
Arkansas
South
Southern Pine
Southland Paper Mills, Inc
Lufkin
Texas
Coosa
McCoy
New York
E. L. Kurth
New High Speed Parachute Test Demonstration Near Hurricane
A rocket sled at Lower Smith Mesa hurled a life sized dummy over a canyon to test a high speed parachute system. The Smart project aims to develop seats and parachutes for faster than sound aircraft with a sled reaching 600 mph now and a goal of 1500 mph. over 100 reporters observed the public demonstration and the recovery of the ejection seat and dummy.
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Hurricane
Utah
Ganyon
Smart
Airy
Forte
Smith Mesa
Ntrol Shack
C. A. Brosterhous
N P O Neall Industrialist Dies at 85 in Hope
Nathan P O Neal a wealthy industrialist and property owner died early Friday in a local hospital He founded Hope Brick Works with a brother in 1807 and later moved from Gordon to Hope in 1910 He was active in civic affairs and served as a street commissioner and Bankhead Highway official He aided University of Arkansas Station efforts and once recorded for the U S Weather Bureau Survivors include two sons a daughter and a sister Funeral services are set for 4 p m Saturday at First Methodist Church with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery He was honored by various civic groups and churches
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Nathan P. O'Neal
Jocal
O'Neal
Hope Brick Works
Hope
Gordon
First Methodist Church
Bankhead
Missouri Pac Mic Railway
University of Arkansas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cotton Belt
Hope National Bank
First National Bank
Blevins Methodist Church
Earl N. O'Neal
Ernest P. O'Neal
B. W. Edwards
R. A. Rogers
Virgil D. Keeley
E. Clifton Rule
Oakcrest Mortuary
Rose Hill Cemetery
Royce Weisenberger
John Wilson
Lloyd Spencer
Syd McMath
F. D. Henry
Jack Lowe
Albert Graves
Carter Johnson
Century Bible Class
Justice Ed F. McFadden
Joe C. Carroll
Little Rock
Paul Hundley
Dallas
H. K. Stewart
Texarkana
J. E. Fender
Glen Bollinger
Fort Worth
Tex
Jess Hollis
Florida
State Surplus Food Program Distributes 394 Million Pounds
Arkansas surplus commodities program, in its first operation year ending April 30, distributed over 394 million pounds of food valued at retail above 1.7 million dollars. Federal government provides the commodities, the Welfare Department runs eligibility, and counties pay transport and distribution. 70 of 75 counties participate, with five counties not joined.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Carl Adams
State Welfare Department
Ashley
Chicot
Crittenden
Drew
Little River
Evening Shade Baptist Church singing Sunday service
Regular monthly singing service will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Evening Shade Baptist Church. The public is invited.
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Evening Shade Baptist Church
Retiring Hope Teacher Mrs Witt Honored by Board
Mrs Theo P Witt a Paisley Elementary School veteran retires after 35 years in Hope schools. She met her class for the last time, received a gift from the School board, and was previously honored by fellow teachers and the PTA. Her late husband served on the local school board and her daughter was a teacher. She remains in Hope with son Jack Witt of Little Rock.
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Theo P. Witt
Paisley
Hope
PTA
Witt
Washington Eyes Invitation to Moscow Aviation Day
Washington weighed a possible invitation to visit Moscow for Aviation Day on June 24. The White House and Pentagon said no invitation had arrived yet, but officials hinted top leaders might attend if allowed. Soviet Embassy sources said a Russian colonel asked an Air Force colonel to relay the invitation to Gen. Nathan Twining, who then informed Adm. Radford and met with President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
White House
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs
Nathan F. Twining
Wining
Radford
Eisenhower
Arkansas Extended Forecast Warmth Builds Across State
Forecast calls for temperatures 2 to 6 degrees above normal with minima 60 to 70 and highs up to 86. Warmer conditions spread from the north on Saturday and persist with little to no significant precipitation. Isolated thundershowers may occur in the late period.
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Arkansas
Mrs Lossiah Custodian of a Dying Cherokee Past
Mrs Aggie Lossiah, a 76 year old Cherokee woman and widow, recalls old tribal ways as modern life arrives. She crossed mountains as a girl to settle on a hillside farm and raised eight children with her husband, while preserving traditional remedies and foods amid changing times.
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Hal Boyle
Piney Grove
N. C
Aggie Lossiah
Aggie
Lossiah
Statewide Tire Contract Is Studied
Bids opened May 21 for a statewide tire and tube contract to May 11, 1957. Purchases will be tested for a year before awarding. Previous contract awarded to R. A. Young & Son and Watson Tire Co. due to availability of sizes. Test results expected May 27 to guide the new decision.
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Little Rock
R. A. Young & Son, Inc
Watson Tire Co
Springdale
Goodrich
Armstrong, Mohawk
Pennsylvania
Mack Sturgis
Highway Department
Health Department
State Police Weights and Standards Division
Thornton
Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Arkansas State College
University of Arkansas
Meridian Host Prepares For Jimmie Rodgers Memorial
Meridian Miss expects about 50 000 visitors for the fourth annual Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Celebration in Gay and tomorrow. More than 250 folk singers will tribute the railroad man who popularized hillbilly singing with appearances from Ernest Tubb Hank Snow The Duke of Paducah Jim Reeves Johnny Morris Willard brothers Lefty Frizzell Jimmy Newman Jean Shepard Hawkshaw Hawkins Freddie Mart Jim Wilson and others.
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Meridian
Miss
Ufl
Meridian Jodsy
Jimmie Rodgers
Mississippi
Alabama
South
Gay
Ernest Tubb
Hank Snow
the Duke of Paduvah
Jim Reeves
Johnny Philip Morris
the Willjburn Brothers
Lefty Prizell
Jimmy Newman
Jean Shepard
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Freddie Mart
Jim Wilson
Exposed to Live Polio Virus On Flight Duty
A crate carrying live polio virus apparently broke when a cargo handler dropped it, releasing contents aboard a Capital Airlines DC 41 plane from Washington. Quick actions immunized all endangered passengers and crew after the crate damaged in Washington and discovered on arrival at Baltimore Friendship International Airport enroute to Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Baltimore
Capital Airlines
Washington
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Airilines
Friendship International Airport
State PSC Sets Precedent in Gas Increases
May special report describes Arkansas Public Service Commission actions raising gas minimums and fixing rate bases. Western Gas Co. raised minimums to 17.5 cents per 1000 cf ahead of a PSC letter urging 17.25 cents. PSC also set MidSouth Gas Co. rate base at 12.5 million after brief hearing, noting its book value far above a fair base. Continued on page three.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Louisiana Gas Co
Ark-La
State Public Service Commission
Arkansas “Western Gas Co
Fayetteville
PSC
Arkansas Western
Commission
Fort Smith Gas Co
Harding Glass Co
Mid- South Gas Co
Hatmaker Yells Lie to Charge of Kickback
Sol Schlesinger of Ideal Uniform Cap Co. denied kickback claims on a government contract calling the accusation a lie. He refused to surrender subcommittee documents claiming they would incriminate him in tax matters and invoked the Fifth Amendment. He alleged Jane Mackey of New York lied in prior testimony and accused her of attempted extortion and being drunk during conversations.
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Washington
Sol Schlesinger
Oday
Ideal
Auto Leaves Road Injuring Three on Third Street
Inez Rudd a Texas Negro woman driver lost control on Third Street near McWilliams Peach shed. Her husband Robert Rudd and a 10 month old baby were taken to Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises not believed serious. Car struck a bridge, graveled ditch, and embankment. vehicle badly smashed.
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Inez Rudd
Texas
Third Street
McWilliams Peach Shed
Robert Rudd
Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Orr
Eisenhower proposes World School Belt to ease tension
President Eisenhower urged an intellectual four program creating a worldwide belt of technical and scientific schools to relieve global tensions. He spoke before 11 1200 at Baylor University Heart of Texas coliseum and urged European unity while opposing Communism as a colossal failure. He called on great universities and private foundations to back a broad educational effort to expand modern science institutions where needs outstrip capacity.
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Waco
Tex
Eisenhower
Point
Baylor University
Heart of Texas Coliseum
White House
Kolb Justifies Refusal of Patient at Hot Springs
Dr. William Payton Kolb, head of research and education at IM A State Hospital, defended denying admittance to a 68 year old senile woman. He attributed the policy to former superintendent Dr George Jackson and argued counties should handle their own patients where possible. Kolb linked the stance to Gov Faubus’s directive and noted Jackson’s potential Kansas role.
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Hot Springs
George Jackson
Arkansas Hospital Association
William Payton Kolb
Kolb
Independance
Property Redeemed in Hempstead and Nevada Counties
State Land Office records show Hempstead County redemption of 120 acres in Section 31-09-26 and 21.17 acres in Section 6-10-26, with back taxes of 103.22 paid by W. E. Russell. Nevada County redemption of two acres in Section 25-13-21, taxes delinquent in 1949, redeemed by C. C. Bozzell for 2.56.
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Little Rock
State Land Office
Hempstead
W. E. Russey
Nevada County
C. C. Bozzell
Carolyn Strong Announces State Division Convention Events
Carolyn Strong state president of the Children of the Confederacy outlines events for the State Division Convention to be held June 4-5. Registration is at 2 p.m. opening day at Hotel Barlow, a banquet and welcome program at 7 p.m. followed by a dance at Hope Country Club, a business session at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 5, and a visit to the old State Capitol grounds in Washington under the Pat Cleburne Chapter UdC of Hope.
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Carolyn Strong
The
Children of the Confederacy
Hotel Barlow
Hope Country Club
Miss Strong
Old State
Capitol Building
Washington
Pat Cleburne
Udc
Hope
Relocation of Highway 61 First Step of Project
Arkansas Highway Director Herbert Eldridge outlined a plan to relocate about 350 miles of U S Highway 61 from the Missouri line to Lake David in Crittenden County as the first project under pending federal highway funds. He said Arkansas will be ready to use roughly 260 million dollars slated for a 13 year commitment, with funds available for the new fiscal year, and noted the need for state matching.
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Arkansas
Eldridge
U.S. 61
Missouri
West Memphis
U.S. 70
Little Rock
U.S
Conway
Fort Smith
U.S. 87
Texarkana
McNab Church of Christ Revival Opens in June
A revival at McNab Church of Christ begins in June and runs through June 10 with Mason Harris of Saratoga preaching nightly at 8 o clock. Roy Mobley will lead the singing.
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McNab Church of Christ
Mason Harris
Saratoga
Roy Mobley
All Around the Town highlights local notes and honors
Ernest Whitten reports a fruitful fishing trip with his 1 year old brother John catching two bass and the pair totaling 12 fish in a couple of hours. Jack White, son of Mrs. J. W. White, earned the President’s Medal for top junior academic rating and was named honorary member of the Gold Key fraternity. Southwest Arkansas Optometric Society met in Camden with Dr. Lloyd Guerin named vice president. The page notes the retirement of Mrs. Theo P. Witt after 35 years of teaching and reflects on her impact in 4th grade geography and beyond.
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Ernest Whitten
John
Ward
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Monroe
Jack White
J. W. White
Hope
Gold Key
Southwest Arkansas Optometric Society
Camden
Lloyd Guerin of Hope
Theo P. Witt
Joy Sen
Teascher
Army Seeks Expanded Air Fleet in Service Feud
The Army asks for authority to operate heavier and longer range aircraft, challenging the 1952 Air Force agreement. It envisions planes with thousands of miles range and missiles, with officers in command and pilots versed in ground warfare, reflecting a widening rift over control of aviation. Senate airpower committee probes interceptors versus jet bombers like the Bison, with Gen Partridge deflecting a direct answer.
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Washington
Army
Army Air Force
Senate
Tion
Air Defense Command
Partridge
Hi Subcommittee
Washington debates bill to authorize new public housing units
A fragmented Washington item notes proposed legislation to authorize new public housing units and extend Housing Authority authority. It mentions the House, committees, and pending legislation, with references to military housing, college housing, and a large funding figure.
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Washington
House
State Expenditures Reported Near Two Million
State auditor Nolan Rumph releases a weekly tally showing expenditures for May 17 to 23 totaling $1,963,381.09. Of this amount $1,013,082 goes to state employees and $950,249.08 covers other government expenses.
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Little Rock
Brants
Offic
Nolan Rumph
Work Order on Highway 55 Southeast Construction Contract
The Highway Department issues work orders this week including a $257,619 contract for Hempstead County and Southeast Construction. Campus will begin construction under the agreement.
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Litile Rock
Speci Highway Department
Hempstead
Southeast Construction
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Alex. H. Washburn
Lufkin Paper Mill
N. P. O'Neal
Industralist
Mrs. Theate Witt
Hatmaker
Lie
Merriman Smith
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