Tragic farm and road crash report with multiple fatalities
A severe crash on a farm hill left Pedro Durrolo and a 23 year old woman and her children dead. Others including Dorothy Garrison and her sons Merry and Ronnie, were killed in separate incidents near Paragould Camden and Benton. A trucker Johnny Howard was killed by gunfire as his brother in law was held following a domestic dispute.
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Pedro Durrolo
Lardeo Do
Logan Coun
Dorothy Garrison
Merry
Ronnie
Montane
Johnny Franklin Howard
Biees
Paraby
Chester Sirley
Ervin Wiseman
Howard
Ater Howard
Howards
Caruthersville
Paragould
Wiseman
Camden
Ben_ton
Jack
John C. Bounds
Little Rock
ASC
D. L. Gentry
Cleburne County
Young North Little Rock boy dies in self-inflicted gun accident
A 13 year old North Little Rock boy died after a .22 rifle he believed unloaded was used to shoot himself. His sister-in-law and others reported he joked about shooting himself moments before the fatal act. Nearby a car overturned on Highway 25 near Batesville, an airman on leave was thrown from the vehicle.
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Batesville
Carroll
Douglas Haisty
North Little Rock
Betty Haggerman
Young Haisty
Tommy Jackson
Faubus hunts deer as Arkansas opens season
Gov. Orval E. Faubus joined Arkansas sportsmen for the deer season opening in eastern Arkansas, hunting with friends and planning to return to his office tomorrow. The weather office in Little Rock reported a high of 86 degrees, the hottest in the state, with Arkadelphia reaching 89. The Arkansas Baptist State Convention opens with a $1,331,409 budget and a push to end dog and horse racing. In Paragould, Johnny Franklin Howard, 35, was shot to death at his brother in law’s home after allegedly waving a pistol at his shooter, Wiseman, a tenant farmer. both men had been drinking.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Army of Arkansas
Arkansas
Little Rocks
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arkadelphia
Arkansas Baptist State Convention
C. C. Warren
Charlotie
N. C
Southern Baptist Convention
Paragould
Missouri
Johnny Franklin Howard
Desih
Chester Shirley
Fryin Wiseman
Howard
Here
Shirley
Cruthersville
Southeastern Conference Coaches Name Wyatt Coach of Week
The Southeastern Conference football coaches named Bowden Wyatt of Tennessee as Coach of the Week after his team defeated Florida 20 to 0 on Saturday. A stray line about Tibetans greeting superiors is not related to the sports item.
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Wyatt
Atlanta
Bowden Wyatt
Tennessee
Florida
Markets Rise on Strength in Blue Chip Stocks
The New York stock market posted sharp gains with blue chips leading the rally. General Motors topped the trading, while other sectors showed higher bids. livestock and sheep prices were listed with a range of values as early sales began.
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New York
General Motors
Chicago live poultry and butter prices steady on receipts
Live poultry paper shows capons and caponettes steady with receipts in coops at 1419 in Thursday trading. Butter prices stay steady with wholesale bids higher by up to 14 cents and egg values firm with various grade levels listed against recent receipts.
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Chicago
F.o.b
U. S
Cotton futures rise on light offerings and loan strength
New York market reports improved crop deliveries in cotton futures as spot buying reduces offerings. Heavy loan impoundings and a perceived peak in harvest shift sentiment higher with late afternoon prices up 0.50 to 2.35 cents per bale. December at 33.64, March 33.12, May 32.36.
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New York
Corn Leads Chicago Board in Mixed Grain Session
Corn eased under heavy cash receipts while wheat and rye recovered. soybeans and oats moved lower on a session marked by soft weather expectations and weak live hog prices. Prices quoted for December futures and various regional grain grades reflected widespread pressure across grains except corn.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Indiana
Bartey
Livestock Prices At St Louis Market Hit Fresh Highs
St Louis Livestock National Stockyards report hogs totaling 20 500 head the largest run since April 21 1952 trading fairly active mostly lower with mixed U S 1 2 and 3 grade 180 230 lb at 12 50 to 13 00 and 1 and 2 grades around 190 215 lb at 13 25 sows and heavier hogs listed with a range 11 00 to 12 00 boars 8 00 to 10 00 cattle and calves totals at 5 700 and 3 000 respectively with ongoing price notes
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ST. Louis
Playwright R. E. Sherwood Dies at 59 in New York
New York, UP Richard Emmett Sherwood died after a coronary thrombosis at age 59. He authored more than a dozen Broadway plays and Roosevelt and Hopkins. A new play was to be produced, title later changed, with plans uncertain after his death. He is survived by his second wife Madeline Harlock Connelly, a daughter Mary, and grandchildren.
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New York
Robert’ ‘Emmett Sherwoé
Sherwood
New York Hospital
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Office of War Information
Murray Hill
Playwrights Company
Manhattan
Madeline Harlock Connelly
Mary
Supreme Court orders more data on Virginia interracial marriage ban
The Supreme Court sent back a Virginia interracial marriage case for a fuller factual record. It vacated the Virginia Supreme Court ruling without endorsing the law while noting 28 states impose racial limits on marriage and citing the 14th Amendment equal protection and due process clauses.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court
U. S Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Portsmouth
Ham Say Naim
Harrington Dies of Injuries in Missouri Truck Crash
Harrington 44 a Greenbrier Ark poultry and egg wholesaler died at a hospital Saturday night from injuries suffered in a highway crash earlier in the week when his truck overturned near Greenfield Missouri.
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Springield
Luther
Harrington
Greenbrier
Ark
Judgment Upheld Against Health Betterment Foundation
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed a $27,000 judgment against the Health Betterment Foundation of Hot Springs and its officers for deeds signed by Dr. A W Petersohn before his death. The decision cited deception and pressure in securing the deeds and noted the foundation sold Kansas and Missouri property for $27,000. The court also addressed election filing deadlines and related rulings in separate matters.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Health Betterment Foundation of
Hot Springs
Lee Seamster
A. W. Petersohn
Kansas
Missouri
Petersohn
New Park Hospital
Kansas and Missouri
B. M. Thomas
Garland
Campbell E. Holmes
M. Charlotte Holmes
Supreme Court
Montgomery
S. D. White
Montgomery County
Amos Horn
White
Horn
Circuit Court
Paul X. Williams
Yell Chancery Court
Carden Bottoms Drainage District No. 2
CCC Practice Under Probe of U S Group
Congressional staff turned over to the General Accounting Office reports on Commodity Credit Corp practices that may have serious and possibly scandalous implications. The 300 page House Appropriations Committee report dated December 29 1954 cites favoritism in contracts and negligence in purchases while praising most department employees as loyal and competent. Weather forecasts show warm conditions with thundershowers across regions in Arkansas and a cooler trend by midweek.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Commodity Credit Corp
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculure Department
Commodity’ Credit Corp
CCC
Commodity Stabilization Service
Arkansas Weather Update From Associated Press
Central Arkansas shows partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures and a chance of scattered showers and thundershowers through today tonight and Tuesday. Highs around 80, Lows in the mid to upper 60s. Northeast Arkansas also partly cloudy with similar conditions through tonight and Tuesday.
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Northwest
Arkansas
Associated Press
Central
Northeast
Court Rejects Claim Money Districts Accounting Case
Taxpayers filed suit in Chancery Court against district commissioners for an accounting of the districts financial affairs. The commissioners argued the chancellor lacked authority, but the Supreme Court rejected that contention.
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Chancery Court
Supreme Court
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SIU Wildlife Research Laboratory
R. E. Sherwood
U.S
Arkansas Weather
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