Critics decry tax exempt funds backing press study plan
The piece argues the Fund for the Republic and its $5,000 grant to convene 25 journalism specialists in Chicago to study how papers cover the 1956 campaign. It cites Harry Ashmore of the Arkansas Gazette as a trustee and questions tax exempt foundations steering educational aims into controversy.
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Chicago
Fund For the Republic
E Fund For the Republic
Ford Foundation
Ford Trust
America
Pen
Harry Ashmore
The
Arkansas Gazette
Ashmore
Gazette
Adlai Stevenson
Theft of Wheel Reported From A. A. Smith Truck
City police report a tire and wheel stolen from a truck owned by A. A. Smith. The vehicle was parked at the Tabernacle when the theft occurred. Officers indicate the thief can be identified.
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A. A. Smith
Smith
the Tabernacle
Inglewood Man Arrested After Stumbling Into Wrong Car
Roscoe Sperry, 29, an aircraft worker, was arrested on drunk and prowling charges after entering what he thought was his car in Inglewood California. The vehicle belonged to Police Lieutenant C A Jones.
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Inglewood, Caiif
Roscoe Sperry
Sperry
C.A. Jones
Inglewood
Faith to Live By Promotes Hope Through Worship with Children
A public service message urges faith as a daily guide for families. It notes weekly worship with children shows them adults seeking help and giving thanks, teaching strength and happiness in everyday life.
Court Enjoins Pro-segregation Group at Hoxie
Federal Judge Thomas C. Trimble issues a preliminary injunction preventing three pro segregation groups and leaders from interfering with integrated public schools in Hoxie. He warned the situation could riot without court action and set a final hearing for December 8 in Jonesboro.
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Court
Hoxie
Little Rock
U. S
Thomas C. Trimble
Trimble
U. S. District Court
Jonesboro
Albert C. Reeves
Kansas City
Arkansas
Cool Weather Spreads Across Northern Areas and Plains
The Associated Press reports a mass of cool air moving from the Northern Rockies into the Northern and Central Plains and Central Rockies. Temperatures drop 10 to 20 degrees with readings in the 20s and 30s in the cool belt while 49 to 70 degrees are seen in the southern zones. Snow flurries are noted in the Northern Rockies and Upper Midwest with light showers in Washington and Oregon and diminishing rain in the Northeast including Maine New Hampshire and Vermont.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Central
Plains
Central Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Texas
Florida
Continental Divide
Great Basin
Washington
Oregon
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Independents hail ban on oil imports
At a St. Louis convention of about 1,000 oil producers, the Independent Petroleum Association of America praised government steps to cut Middle East oil imports. The policy report urged Senate passage of the Harris bill to ease federal controls on natural gas trade, while Levorsen warned of global tensions and ample oil outside the United States to meet future needs.
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ST. Louis
Middle East
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Yeserday
Senate
House
A. I. Levorsen
Tulsa
Okla
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
United States
Levorsen
America
No Agreement at Lion Plant
Negotiators for Lion Oil Co and the CIO Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union failed to reach a new contract in a bargaining session that ended before the old pact expired. The union planned to take Lion's latest offer to a membership meeting tonight for 407 plant workers. Lion proposed an 8 cent hourly rise to July 1 1956 plus 4 cents thereafter and retention of 40 of 80 layoffs, while the union seeks 12 cents and the full 80 retained. Current pay ranges are 2.39 for senior operators and 1.40 for laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado Yu
Lion Oil Co
CIO Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Lion
Tennessee Williams Rise From Poverty to $10 Word Hero
The article profiles Tennessee Williams once starving writer now a major American author earning high pay. At 41 he has produced nine plays a poetry volume two story collections a set of one act plays and works for Paramount including The Rose Tattoo and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof remains a Broadway hit. Williams recalls childhood in Columbus Mississippi and St Louis noting class distinctions and how poverty sparked his rebel social conscience shaping his work.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee
Paramount Pictures
Burt Lancaster
Anna Magnani
Episcopal Rectory
Columbus
Miss
St. Louis
South
Williams
Dale Carnegie Dies at 66 Author of How to Win Friends
New York reports the death of Dale Carnegie at age 66 in his home after a period of illness. The famed author and lecturer published How to Win Friends and Influence People in 1936 and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living in 1948. Carnegie founded the Carnegie Institute of Effective Speech and Human Relations and later handed teaching duties to supervised instructors. He was born November 24, 1883 near Maryville Missouri and died in Forest Hills New York City.
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New York
Dee Carnegie
Carnegie
Carnegie Institute of Effective Speech
United States
Maryville
Forest Hills
New York City
State Teachers College
Warrensburg
Nebraska
The
International Correspondence School
Death Notice Mrs Siddie House of Blevins 75
Mrs Siddie Lee House aged 75 died at her son John House in Blevins early Monday. A Hempstead County lifelong resident she is survived by son John F. House two sisters Mrs C F Still of Hope Mrs Effie Vaughn of Colorado Springs and sisters Mrs Minnie Wilson of Amity and Mrs Ella Deaton of Arkadelphia Funeral services set for 3 p m Tuesday at Sweet Home with burial at Sweet Home Cemetery Rev A W Hamilton of Blevins and Rev Joe Hunter of Emmet officiating Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home in charge
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Siddie Lee House
John House
Blevins
Hempstead County
John F. House
C. F. Still
Hope
Effie Vaughn
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Minnie Wilson
Amity
Ella Deaton
Arkadelphia
Arkansas Weather Outlook for Nov 1 to 6
Extended forecast calls for near normal temperatures in Arkansas with normal lows 40 to 46 and highs 60 to 73. Cooler on Wednesday, warmer on the weekend, and scattered showers possible Wednesday and Sunday.
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Arkansas
West Is Solidly Against Molotov Security Treaty
Western powers united against Molotov plan seen as confusing German unity and freezing Europe’s division. The proposal urged a provisional European security treaty while keeping NATO, renouncing war, and pledging aid to attacked states. It contrasts with last week’s European-wide pact that would abolish NATO within three years.
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Geneva
Molotov
Europe
Moscow
Antoine Pinay
France
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tere
NATO
Caddo Dam Doubtful as Restudy Sought
U S Engineers told a mass meeting in Arkadelphia that the DeGray Dam on the Caddo River is placed in the doubtful category while it is restudied. Col Thomas B Simpson said costs have risen and benefits may not keep pace. The 26 million dollar project would serve hydroelectric power flood control and irrigation aids. Local delegations attended and surveys estimated a two million dollar value rise for 54000 acres on the Caddo.
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Arkadelphia
U. S
DeGray
Caddo River
Thomas B. Simpson
Vicksburg
Miss
Col. Simpson
Clark County
Congress
Malvern
Hot Springs
Gordon
Amity
Camden
Benton
Hope
National Guard
Ouachita Valley Association
Arkadelphia Chamber of Commerce
Youth on Trial for Shooting Grandparent
Kenneth Nevels, 15, stands trial in Warren for first degree murder in the August fatal shooting of his grandmother, Mrs. Melinda Nevels. Prosecutor A. James Linder presented a signed statement by Nevels and noted no death penalty sought. Witnesses testified about threats, narcotics use, and the suspect's visit from Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Warren
Kenneth Nevels
A. James Linder
Hamburg
Melinda Nevels
Harmony
Nevels
Monroe McKinney
Linder
McKinney
Clifton Bond
Clinton Huey
Molotov Presses for Soviet Influence in Middle East
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov reportedly pressed Israel over ongoing arms sales to Egypt. Israel's Moshe Sharett protested Soviet weapons including submarines tanks and MIG fighters, while Molotov blamed Czechoslovakia and framed the arms deal as normal commerce. Talks to continue, likely in Moscow, through diplomatic channels.
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Arthur Gavshon
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Middle East
Molotov
Moshe Sharett
Egypt
Sharett
Israel
Moscow
Ohio voters set to approve supplemental layoff pay plan
Ohio voters face a November 8 referendum on a plan that would allow employers to supplement state unemployment compensation. If approved, dual private and UC payments could start next June 1 for about 700,000 workers in auto plants and related industries, including Ford and General Motors, under existing agreements.
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Norman Walker
Associated Press
Washington
Ohio
Ford
General Motors
Prankster Escapes Death After Air Rifle Incident
Ernest Cook an 11 year old was hospitalized with a head wound after firing an air rifle at a house he believed empty A .32 caliber bullet grazed the back of his head Police jailed William R Linton 46 a cotton picker on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon Linton said prowlers bothered him after moving into the house and he thought the boy was trying to enter
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Trumann
Ernest Cook
William R. Linton
Linton
Dean Blinks at Retirement After Medal of Honor Career
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean tears up as Army Chief of Staff Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor pins the Infantryman’s Badge at the Presidio. Dean recalls Sgt. Joe Lynton and soldiers killed before peace. he thanks higher decorations earned in Taejon and in captivity.
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San Francisco
William F. Dean
Taejon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Dean
Presidio
Taylor
Joe Lynton
Lynton
Europe
Guatemalan President to Visit Eisenhower in Denver
President Carlos Castillo Armas of Guatemala will visit President Eisenhower at Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Denver on November 9. Armas, who led Guatemala's 1954 movement against a Communist regime, will make a brief two hour stop in Denver en route from St. Louis to Houston, arriving about 10 a.m. MST.
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Merriman Mith
Denver
Denver White House
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Castillo Armas
Washington
U.S
St. Louis
Houston
Tex
Fire prevention tour urges cleanups and local help
All Around the Town Chamber of Commerce fire prevention committee toured the city offering steps to reduce hazards. Building owners downtown urged to clean around their properties while residents organized a one person campaign to clear tall grass and weeds. Halloween passed with minor incidents only one plate glass window broken at Ideal Cafe by six youths who cooperated to pay for the damage and were returned to their parents. State Health Department counts 23 births in Hempstead in the past month ending October 20 with 16 girls and 7 boys and racial breakdowns. Basketball starts in Arkansas rural schools with Spring Hill Junior boys traveling to Guernsey tonight. American Legion Auxiliary sets its annual Poppy Day on Saturday.
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Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee
Raymond Peace
Hallowen
Ideal Cafe
Third Street
State Health Department
Hempstead
Belew Jailed on Two Arson Counts in Hope Indiana
Thomas Newton Belew, 78, of Hope, was arrested today on two counts of arson in connection with a October 25 fire on Margaret Street. Bond set at 5000 dollars, not posted by 1 p.m. The case involved state fire officials and a lengthy investigation with statements from more than a dozen witnesses. One house was demolished and another sustained heavy damage as fire crews fought the blaze.
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Thomas Newton Belew
Hope
Margaret Street
Belew
A. S
Pap
Milton Mosier
Marshall's
Ice Tae
Parson
Willis
John Kennedy
Mutual Investigation Bureau of Chicago
U S Moves Toward Neutral Fed Policy on Credit
Washington reports the government is quietly easing tight credit rules this year. Officials describe the shift as withdrawal to neutrality, hoping inflation fears have eased and a tax cut could be possible next year if no new inflationary surge appears.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Perry County Crash Claims Little Rock Man
A man identified as Don Neal McClure about 38 of Little Rock was killed when his overturned station wagon pinned him near this Perry County town last night.
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Thornburgh
Don Neal McClure
Little Rock
Perry County
Hunter Timmins Shot Deer Then Asked Father For Car
Charles Timmins, 17, phoned his father in Billings Mont to bring the family car after he shot a deer while hunting on a motorcycle yesterday. The youth planned the next step and sought transport to move the deer.
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Billings
Mont
Charles Timmins
Timmins
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Hope Star
City of Hope
R. C. Daniels
Bob Shivers
Glen Vance
Nashville
Lyle Brown
Worth Matteson
Foreman
Oliver Adams
Pat Honeycutt
Jim Alien
Dale Carnegie
West
Russia
Caddo
Ike
Spring Hill
Guernsey
American Legion Auxiliary
T.N. Belew
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