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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1955
Page
1
Editorial mocks a Alabama Journal claim that city visitors go to rural areas to better understand farmers problems. The piece argues city folk mainly seek eggs preserves and seasonal produce and doubts farmers are swayed by a nationwide publicity push.
The British post office ended a long running practice that sent home inebriated upper class men via messenger at 10 cents a mile plus expenses. The system required prepaid drinks and used no stamps, with a receipt left in the package pocket.
The Charleston News Courier notes a rise in gross sales for men’s grooming goods. Toupee sales have quadrupled, elevator shoes sell quickly, and men wear corsets, cosmetics, and fragrance more than before. Experts link this to rising national economic prosperity and newfound buying power.
Sydney Australia UP manager Peter B Gruening, head of United Press Australia New Zealand and the South Pacific, has not been seen since Friday after leaving his office saying see you later He recently returned from a seaside vacation and was reported missing by police and staff. His father is former Alaska governor Ernest Gruening.
A one year contract retroactive to last Sunday raises pay by 2.59 to 5 a week and ends a strike threat. The deal was reached yesterday between Southwestern Bell negotiators and the CIO Communications Workers Union representing 51 000 employees in six states including Arkansas.
Democratic leaders debate direct attacks on President Eisenhower in next year's campaign. One faction argues public sympathy after his heart attack makes such hits unwise, while another says Democrats must link Eisenhower to the GOP record to win. Senate leader Lyndon Johnson reportedly backs a cautious approach and a moderate legislative program.
LONDON Group Capt. Peter Townsend, once linked to Princess Margaret, left England to resume duties as British air attache in Brussels. Townsend had traveled from Brussels to England on Oct. 12 and met the princess daily until her statement that duty to God and country would come before love, then departed without another meeting. Princess Margaret joined the royal family at a Buckingham Palace presentation hosted by Queen Elizabeth II.
Three witnesses testified before the Pulaski County Grand Jury in an eight hour session. James Harrison and his wife plus A. Guppy spoke as tensions surrounding Terry Dairy and Capitol Transit Co. strikes drew further incidents with repeated shootings fist fights and two pre dawn dynamite explosions. Subpoenaed Wade McKnight was not located by deputies.
Terryland Dairy of Forrest City, Arkansas, files a federal suit against six Memphis dairies for monopolizing the fluid milk market in Memphis seeking 1,050,000 dollars. Named defendants include Klike Reed Dairies Inc, Klike Bros Dairy Inc, Stedland Jersey Farms, Cedar Grove Dairy, Forrest Hill Dairy, and Meadowbrook Daries Inc. The six dairies also sue Terryland's parent Terry Dairy of Little Rock for anti trust violations.
Kay Williams Spreckels Gable, wife of Clark Gable, lost the baby she expected next May after recent influenza illness. She was hospitalized at Hollywood Presbyterian and expected to return home soon. This would have been Gable's first child with her. his fifth marriage.
Britain urged Egypt to show utmost restraint to avert renewed clashes on the Egyptian Israeli frontier. Foreign Office action followed a grave concern over an Israeli attack on the El Sabba outpost and the threat of a broader Palestine war.
A Kansas City Southern freight derailed near Poteau Oklahoma around midnight injuring no one. The 99 car train pulled by four Diesel engines lost the last four diesels and first 29 cars on a trestle over McMurtry Creek. Damages estimated at $100000 with fuel guards posted. Detour via Frisco and Rock Island lines planned while crews clear the track.
Eight Federal Reserve District store sales climbed 5 percent from the prior year with Memphis down 4 percent and Little Rock down 2 percent. St Louis area led gains with a 10 percent rise while Louisville stayed 2 percent above 1954 levels. January through October totals averaged 7 percent higher than last year.
Allied Artists Studio announced a movie adaptation of the Medic television series with cooperation from the Los Angeles County Medical Association. The project aims to bring the medical drama to cinemas.
Oklahoma City report says LaFayette Grade School forms the Snaggled Tooth Cherub Club for second graders. Mrs. Grace Cochran organized it to teach dental care and health. A total of 39 pupils are expected to join as they lose teeth, with a club song written by the children.
New York sponsors announce the consolation prize for The $64,000 Question will rise from a car to 16000 dollars. The change comes after contestants hesitated to risk reaching the halfway mark.
The Arkansas Public Service Commission approved a rate increase for Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. to raise permanent tariffs for 34 large industrial customers. The approved rise, pending since last March, amounts to about 4.3 million dollars annually, with two precedent setting rulings.
Seven of ten convicts who tunneled from the Washington State Penitentiary were recaptured near Walla Walla and Milton Freewater. Three remain at large as authorities intensify the search. The group used forged state credentials to aid their escape, and the warden ordered the prison print shop closed for investigation.
In the RCA Victor offices in East 24th Street two job applicants meet the Jones brothers, Bob and Bud. A mix up leads to inappropriate requests and mistaken resumes, then the two women are swapped and the affair ends with a humorous resolution.
Elder Hoyt Chastain of Malvern was reelected moderator of the Arkansas Association of Missionary Baptist Churches at the 54th annual convention in Fort Smith. More than 1,000 delegates attended the meeting which ends today.
Observers describe Bucharest as polite yet reserved toward Westerners with locals in churches seen kneeling and government claims of limited religious interference. Western diplomats note youth training by the regime and leaders avoiding church attendance for career gain while Romanian press criticizes the United States and Western economies.
In Portland Western Republican leaders forecast the party’s presidential candidate will sweep the Far West next year whether Eisenhower runs or another. Harlan Peyton, Washington GOP chair, said delegates hope Eisenhower remains fit to head the ticket and that Republicans will follow his leadership if he steps aside. Peyton expects Eisenhower to name a successor if needed and praised Vice President Nixon as a capable leader for the campaign.
A Milwaukee case brings in Superior Judge Elmer Doyle who jokes about writing a love letter to Byrd's wife. Byrd must pay $59 a month in support for his son James as the judge asserts jurisdiction over the matter in Los Angeles.
Israeli and Egyptian forces renewed heavy mortar exchanges along the Gaza frontier in pre-dawn clashes near Nir Itdhak and Nir Itzhak as both sides mobilized near the El Auja zone. An Israeli spokesman said two Egyptian units attacked Israeli strongpoints while Egyptian spokesmen claimed Israeli fire opened on their positions. warnings of a resumption of the 1948 war echoed in Cairo.
The Arkansas Highway Department issued a work order for the relocated low water bridge across the Little Red River in White and Cleburne counties. Forsyren Bros. of Fort Suton submitted the bid of 63 753 dollars for the Forsyren project.
In El Sabha El Auja-Nizana zone after a 17 hour battle Israeli and Egyptian forces dug in their posts. Israelis claim heavy Egyptian casualties while Egypt says 200 Israelis were killed. UN diplomats seek peace moves to avert a renewed 1948 war with international aid threats and a plan to withdraw forces from the El Auja border.
Phoenix police investigate the killing of racketeer Willie Bioff 55 as his pickup exploded while starting at home in northeast Phoenix. A nationwide inquiry targets associates as investigators recover body parts and search for clues to the motive and attackers.
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