Lost Thanksgiving Turkey Causes Rural Antics Across Town
A gray eighteen pound Turkey, clipped wings, vanished after a late Wednesday mix up at 511 S Spruce. Pod Rogers traded for the bird, then chased it with a water hose and a flashlight through Hempstead County and Ward One, but the turkey remains missing as Thanksgiving approaches.
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C. M
Rogers Residence
S. Spruce
Wes Ninemire
Star Office
Byers
Fresh Fruit & Poultry Department
RFD
Confucius
Pod
Nashville
Hempstead County
D. C. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Rogers
Binford McRae
kPod
Agriculture Department forecasts lower farm income in 1955 and 1956
The Agriculture Department projects farm net income for 1955 around 10 percent below 1954, with further declines possible in 1956. Cash receipts for 1955 may fall about one billion dollars from 30 billion last year, while crop receipts are expected to shrink despite some livestock and dairy gains.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arais
U. S
Department
Ylion
Secreary of
Benn
Falling Limb Kills a Man in Arkansas
Amos W. McFalls 37 of near Grubbs died after a tree limb he was cutting struck him in Newport Arkansas. He died several hours later at a Newport hospital.
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Newport
Ark
Amos W. McFalls
Grubbs
Stock Show Forms 1956 District Board and City Transfer
Seventy members from 11 of 18 counties created the Third District Livestock Association for 1956 at a four hour Hotel Barlow dinner. The group revised the constitution to elect district at large directors, named a 1956 president Bill Ross and officers from Hope and Arkadelphia, voted against a full time show manager, and approved a transfer of Coliseum title to the City of Hope with a recapture clause. Opposition to the transfer from Joe Elcan prompted discussion of relocating the stock show to Magnolia before final commitment.
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Association
Hempstead
Bill Ross
Arkadelphia
Clark County
Frank Douglas
Hope
Pat Honeycutt
Nashville
H. M
Coliseum
City of Hope
Jim Allen
Camden
Board of Governors
Joe Elcan
Waldo
Elcan
Magnolia
Lyle Brown
Worth Mattison
Foreman
Elean
Kin-Ark Oil To Sell Stock On Exchange Debut
Kin-Ark Oil Co. common stock, with oil interests across Arkansas Alabama Mississippi Texas and Colorado, began trading yesterday on the American Stock Exchange. The Delaware incorporated firm led by C. A. Kinard maintains offices in El Dorado Arkansas. Opening sale stood at 500 shares at 3.25 dollars per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kin-Ark Oil Co
Arkansas
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Colorado
American Stock Exchange
Delaware
C. A. Kinard
el Dorado
Ark
Search is on for Kidnapped Bank Clerk
Detroit police and FBI intensify the hunt for Kenneth Lindbergh a 44 year old Minnesota bank cashier missing since Saturday. Authorities suspect kidnapping after $16 000 in bank funds including 14000 in traveler s checks and 1850 in silver dollars were involved. An arrest warrant is issued for Charles D Kenwell of Philadelphia seen with Lindbergh s vehicle details. Lindbergh married with four children had worked ten years at Thief River Falls Northern State Bank.
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Detroit
FBI
Minnesota
Kenneth Lindbergh
Thief River Falls
Northern State Bank
Lindbergh
Charles D. Kenwell
Kenwell
Philadelphia
Smilar
Ford to Aid 15 Arkansas Colleges in Teacher Program
The Ford Foundation Fund announces limited financial aid to 15 Arkansas colleges to support a teacher education experiment. Dr. Philips H. Combs in Little Rock said the plan offers a general undergraduate program for prospective teachers followed by a fifth year including actual teaching as part of a self evaluation.
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Little Rock
Ford Foundation Fund For the Advancement of Education
Arkansas
Philips H. Combs
New York
Topper the Hopalong Cassidy horse turns 21 next week
New York columnist reports that Hopalong Cassidy’s horse Topper will be 21 on Tuesday. At Graham School Hastings on Hudson youngsters plan a party with a carrot-centered cake as the famous animal continues touring 30,000 miles yearly and performing with a human star in black cowboy attire. Topper has a double for dangerous stunts and, at 21, faces life beyond film work with comfort in sugar rewards and absence of draft risk.
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New York
Hopalong Cassidy
Topper
Graham School
Hastings-on-the-Hudson
New Delhi Welcomes Russian Leaders on 18 Day Tour
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party chief Nikita Khrushchev arrived in New Delhi to begin an 18 day goodwill tour of India. Nehru urged crowd discipline as offices closed and celebrations filled the capital. From Delhi the Russians would proceed to Burma and Afghanistan on a 5 000 mile itinerary.
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New Delhi
India
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nehru
Russia
Britain
George V
Bulgania
Khrushchev
Moscow
Burma
Maung Qha
North Korea
East Germany
North Viet Nam
Ohn
Afghanistan
Arkansas Racing Commission Resigns in Protest
Little Rock bulletin reports the Arkansas Racing Commission resigning en masse over Governor Faubus stance on dog racing in West Memphis and the Hot Springs horse race franchise.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Racing Commission
Orval Faubus
West Memphis
Hot Springs
Farm Income Dips While Corporations Profit Up
Government figures show corporation profits near a new record high while farmers' net income for 1955 falls about 10 percent below last year. For the first nine months, corporate profits ran at an annual rate of 42.5 billion dollars, underscoring sector differences ahead of the 1956 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisers
Agriculture Department
Graham hints mother may kill herself in crash case
John Gilbert Graham in a county jail interview denies lime bombing the United Airlines DC6B and suggests his mother, among the 44 victims, might have caused her own death. He says FBI pressured him to confess and he signed a written statement after hours of questioning. He also denies placing dynamite in her luggage.
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Ojhn Morehead
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
United Air Lines
al Nakkula
Rocky Mountain News
FBI
Graham
Nakkula
Two Teens Charged in Klipsch & Associates Burglary
Melvin Carl Gildner Jr. and Bobby Carl Whitson, Henderson State Teachers College students, were charged after a theft at the Klipsch & Associates plant in Proving Ground. Gildner posted $1,000 bond and was released. Officers traced stolen speaker equipment, valued at 700 to 800 dollars, to the duo after a Hot Springs arrest. They admitted involvement in two burglaries and a car stripping with bullets fired in Prescott.
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Little Rock
Klipsch & Associates
Proving Ground
Henderson State Teachers College
Melvin Carl Gildner Jr
Bobby Carl Whitson
Gildner
Hempstead
Jimmy Cook
J. H. Porterfield
Clark County
Hope Plant
Class to Hear Mrs Cobb Sunday at Fidelis Class
Mrs Victor Cobb will be guest speaker for the Fidelis Sunday School class at the First Methodist Church on Sunday November 20. The lesson topic is Evidence of Jesus Power, and all class members are urged to attend.
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Victor Cobb
Fidelis
First Methodist Church
Jesus Power
Eisenhower and Dulles Meet in Gettysburg Talks
President Eisenhower arrives in Gettysburg to confer with Secretary of State Dulles on the final draft of his report to the public about the post Geneva international situation. Live and delayed telecasts and radio plans outline how the talks will be shared with the nation.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Dulles
Geneva
Cba-Tv
NBC
ABC
CBS
West European unity push gains new momentum
West European leaders see the East West settlement failure at the Big Four talks as a spur for renewed drive toward Western European integration. Jean Monnet prepares an action committee in Paris to push for a federal union, backed by major parties across six nations including the West German Socialists.
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Geneva
Europe
Jean Monnet
Action Committee
Paris
Monnet
Schuman
Warmer Weather Forecast for Arkansas This Weekend
The Associated Press reports warmer weather and occasional rain for Arkansas this weekend. Partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures were forecast for the Arkansas LSU football game in Little Rock tomorrow afternoon. The warming trend began last night with higher minimum temperatures than the night before.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
LSU
Little Rock
AEC Ready for H-Bomb Show
Four atomic energy commissioners oppose a bold plan by AEC Commissioner Murray for an H-bomb show of force to impress world leaders. He proposed a meeting at an atomic summit with nations gathered to witness an H-bomb test at Eniwetok to demonstrate American deterrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Atomic Energy
AEC
Thomas E. Murray
New York
Senate
Murray
Fordham University Law School
Eniwetok
Pacific Proving Grounds
Estimate of Red Intentions Now Gloomy
Washington observers see Geneva momentum stall as Russia rejects Western concessions The mood shifts from expecting a peaceful lull to a tougher appraisal of Soviet aims Dulles and aides anticipated a breathing spell but Moscow's stance raises doubts about long term détente and military ceilings
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John Scali
Washington i
Russia
Geneva
Eisenhower
State Dulles
Local news roundup from Hope area highlights sports and studies
Five deer checked by Hope Police Department include one fatal in Dierks area. Harry Lunsford of El Dorado and others reported points at police station. Church Women collected 165 pounds for overseas relief. transport donated by Arkansas and East Texas Motor Freight. Paisley Bulldogs beat Oglesby Wolverines 38 to 6. Dean's list includes Mary Jean Ross of Emmet at Southern State College. Henderson students attend Virgil Fox organ concert in Little Rock. Ginanne Graves of Hope introduced. Perdue visit lists Thomas Jones of Hope at Carbondale U S Forest Research Center.
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Hope
Dierks
Harry Lunsford
el Dorado
Howard County
Nashville
Paul Pedron
Texarkana
W. Y. Ferguson
Henry Yocoma
G. O. Hunter
H. R. Allen
Emmet
Gunter Hill
Fulton
Hope Council Lot Church
Arkansas Motor Freight and
East Texas Motor’ Freight Lines
St. Louis
Southern State College
Mary Jean Ross
Henderson
Virgil Fox
Little Rock
John Taylor
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Hope, Ark
Ginanne Graves
Albert Graves
North
Washington
Perdue University
Carbondale U. S. Forest Research Center
Southern Illinois University
Thomas Jones
Goodyear to Open Memphis Company Store Led by Arkansans
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports a new Goodyear company store to be run in Memphis with Arkansans as representatives. The store's new manager is C. L. Buddy Perkins of Hope Arkansas.
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Memphis
Goodyear
Arkansans
C. L
Buddy’ Perkins
Hope, Ark
Many of Men En route Home for Holidays
A chartered four engine DC4 carrying 66 servicemen home from the Far East crashed after takeoff near Seattle amid snow. At least 27 died. 47 survived including the crew and a woman with three children. A mother and five children slept unharmed in a house hit by wreckage. One survivor described a brutal escape through fire while trying to help others. The crash followed another fatal transport crash in Nevada the previous day.
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Seattle
Peninsular Air Transport Co
Miami Springs
Fla
Far East
Nevada
Chicago
Ite
Mothe
Eugene Casey
P J
Casey
Donald Renard
Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
Nevada Atomic Proving Grounds
Atomic Energy Commission
Proving Grounds
Proving Ground
Nellis Air Peace Base
Swihe March Air Force Base
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Frank Kovacs
Kovacs
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J Burke
Mother May
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