Arkansas Life Bits From Readers and Notes
A collection of small Arkansas items: Phil Pickle’s fiance wins a 1958 sedan after buying gas and entering prizes. debates over Arkansas State College renaming as state colleges. a 20 pound striped bass caught at Narrows Lake. Gov Faubus delivering a large Sunday school attendance in Hope. a youth scooter accident on Highway 149 with no injuries. mustard greens yielding giant leaves. a Jonesboro boy’s rooming surprise at Missouri Military Academy. college art clash over Indian eye designs. fashion trends from Madison Avenue to Main Street favoring easy casual looks.
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Phil Pickle
Arkansas State College
Misfits Designed to Be Legendary
Hollywood chronicled drama surrounded the 1961 film The Misfits with Clark Gable Marilyn Monroe and John Huston. Delayed starts late arrivals and personal turmoil marked production from Reno to completion. The book The Story of the Misfits recounts the tense shoot and its costly but enduring Hollywood lore.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Marilyn
Gable
James Goade
Reno
Jean Harlow
John Huston
Marilyn Nevler
GSE Plans Hong Kong Plant for Water and Power
General Electric proposes a 20 million dollar facility in Hong Kong to ease water shortages. The plant would be nuclear powered and provide 10 to 30 million gallons of fresh water daily and 50 to 150 megawatts of electricity.
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Hong Kong
South China Morning Post
General Electric Co
Festive Peanut Crispies for the Holidays
Festive no cook confections mix peanut butter chocolate bars sugar corn syrup and rice cereal. Roll into balls, wrap in transparent saran, tie with ribbons, yielding about 27 dozen crispies to decorate the Christmas tree.
Canned Chicken Gravy Aids Holiday Social Menu
A nostalgic guide to festive entertaining uses canned chicken gravy as a base for Seafood Speciale with shrimp and crab. The dish layers spaghetti and seafood in a cassrole, with Parmesan, Chianti, thyme, and paprika, baked until bubbly. Includes prep and bake times and serving yields.
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Jean
Dear Helen and the Adoption Dilemma Column
Dorothy Dix advises a 16-year-old mother who placed her baby for adoption to return home, seek religious and community support, and consider rebuilding her life before seeking an eventual family. Advice covers pursuing a license, an auto service for busy mothers, and locating lodging via local agencies.
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Abe
End of Lives Urged as Public Health Problem
Two million Americans have attempted suicide, with about 200000 trying yearly and 25000 to 35000 succeeding, says Dr. Louis Dublin. He urges recognizing suicide as a serious health issue and calls for community and health official action to prevent deaths. Coordination of social medical and psychological services is needed to reach would be suicides with help.
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Kansas City, Mo
Louis I. Dublin
American Public Health Association
United States
Dublin
Dr. Duplin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Trucks Collide Near Batesville Killing One Man
Two trucks collided on Highway 69 one mile north of Batesville injuring two and spilling 43200 pounds of agricultural lime. Billy Wayne Scott, 42, was killed. Earl Howard, a passenger, was hospitalized in serious condition. Charles Green, driver of the tractor-trailer, was hospitalized but not believed seriously hurt.
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Batesville
Ark
John Davis
Billy Wayne Scott
Earl Howard
Scott
Little Rock
Davis
Charles Green
Bison
Green
Winter fishing gifts and holiday plans inspire Dad
To ardent fishermen the next angling outing is always near even in winter. An outboard motor makes an ideal Christmas present and will have him planning an early spring trip. If the man at the top of your Pitt list is a problem, pack up troubles in a new leather bag and he’ll smile on Christmas morning.
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Dad
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J. C. Tillman
Associated Press
Arkansas State Teachers College
Teachers
Arkansas State Colleges
Narrows Lake
G. B. Hughes
Hope
Orval E. Faubus
First Methodist Church
West Memphis
Bobby Baugh
Anthony Moore
Warren Casey
W. M. Lubekers
Route 1
Stuttgart
Russellville
J. B. Sparks
Sparks
Scottsville
Kim Lamberth
Jonesboro
Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
Clifton B. Cates
U.S. Marine Corps
Lamberth
Madison Avenue
Main Street
Knox
Stadium Club
GSE
Aide
Dorothy DIX
Helen Worden Erskine
Helen
Peple
Hom
Fhat’s
Heen
Forida
Atey
Alton Blakeslee
Childs
Texas
Usda Choice Tenderay
Usda Choice
Henderson
Chuck Roast
Heim
Kroger
Firat
Krog
Idaho
Westinghouse
Kandy
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