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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1955
Page
1
An editor notes Texas has ordered five armored cars for its Rangers, suggesting a shift from past small deployments to a stronger show of force amid riots. The piece recalls early Ranger responses where a single officer faced unruly crowds and questions why more units were not deployed.
Opinion snippets warn against fashion designers dictating men's attire while urging men to barricade against proposed clothing trends. The tone mixes satirical takes on illness and consumer fashion with calls to resist design control and maintain masculine style.
The piece notes motorcars as essentials for the young at heart leaders in affairs and workers who want the best. It hints at future challenges like fitting two coffee breaks lunch and a bowling league and a bridal shower into a three hour workday.
Ola MacAlester reports that 21 year old Hurbie Franklin Fairris Jr faced the electric chair within hours before Gov. Raymond Gary granted a 60 day stay to study new evidence. Raymond Carrol Price admitted firing at detective Bennie Cravatt. Price and James Skinner received life terms for the supermarket holdup and related crimes in Oklahoma City.
Mrs Don Weaver of San Jose California believed she was headed to Brownsfield in West Texas but stepped off a bus in Brownsville at the southern tip of Texas over 600 miles away. The mix up occurred due to similar sounding place names and confusion over a long Texas geography.
James P. Johnson, veteran Negro jazz pianist and composer of Charleston, died yesterday at Queens General Hospital at age 61.
Senator Estes Kefauver charged the Democratic National Committee with favoring Adlai Stevenson during the three day party meeting in Chicago. National committeeman Paul Butler denied the claim as Kefauver joined Stevenson and Governor Averell Harriman at a $100 plate dinner featuring former President Truman and Stevenson's planned 11:15 p.m. EST address. Over 2,500 reservations were reported for the event.
Japan forms its first united conservative party through a Democratic and Liberal merger creating a Liberal-Democrat bloc with 200 of 467 Diet seats. The move aims to steady trade reliant on U S forces, with Hatoyama to exit in April and Ogata tipped to succeed, while future elections test left right balance and Asia market expansion.
James Robert Williamson aged 69 a veteran Louisville Nashville Railroad engineer died of a heart attack at the throttle of the Dixieland streamlined passenger train as it neared Nashville station The fireman William Butler Coombs 58 of Henderson Kentucky brought the train into the terminal Passengers were unaware of the engineer s death according to City Detective O W Pride
John Foster Dulles emerged as Western strategy lead during the Big Four foreign ministers conference, aligning with Harold Macmillan and Antoine Pinay. He focused on unity with Britain and France over Moscow policy, in contrast to his earlier Indochina stance. Dulles, 67, kept a grueling schedule including meetings with Franco in Madrid and Tito at Brioni.
Dolly Varden once the $10,000-a-week circus queen, Dolly Varden Ray mond O'Dell, is critically ill with cancer in City Hospital. The 84 year old former star arrived in St Louis over 50 years ago after leaving circus life and spent years living near a downtown antique shop. Her husband died last August.
Veteran diver Rod Lorenz of Venice California battled a 13 foot 9 inch shark for six hours off Santa Monica. He struck the shark with two darts and towed it to sea before bringing it back to port.
FBI in Little Rock announced the arrest of Tilmon B. Benson for the Inland Empire Bank robbery near Portland Oregon last August. Benson, 39, was picked up in DeQueen Arkansas and faces arraignment before a U S commissioner in Texarkana with bond set at $100 000. The case is a federal offense due to federal deposit insurance.
Field Marshal Montgomery praises Eisenhower as the world’s trusted leader who can break the east west deadlock. Atomic Energy Commissioner Murray warns free world and Communist leaders must agree on controls to avert mankind’s end. Gov. Shivers predicts Pink challenge to Democratic renomination, Mitchell advocates a two party South. Roscoe Beans explains hunting with a bow requires thinking like the quarry.
East Berlin reports said production of several refrigerator models halted while housewives complain new ice boxes overheat like stoves. Officials offered no immediate fixes as consumer discomfort grows in the chilly sector.
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles report no progress at the Geneva meeting but say the Geneva spirit endures. They outline five points on risks, peace prospects, and defense plans, noting further talks with Russia would be foolish unless the West remains united.
Chicago reports talk of a Stevenson Kefauver ticket as Democrats eye next year’s nomination. The DNC voted to open the 1956 convention to more delegates, boosting optimism as Griffen notes many want a stake in electing the president. Mayor Lawrence says Stevenson support is growing among national committee members.
Argentina's five day old government claimed a major victory as Peronista labor leaders called off a three day walkout after CGT leaders met with Labor Minister Raul Migone. The strike disrupted meat packing and transport with some workers continuing to defy the call. Absenteeism lingered in affected plants as the announcement arrived late.
Congressman Harris chairing the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Commission spoke at the Hope Rotary Club about a fact finding trip to England France the Netherlands Denmark Finland and Russia. The delegation visited Leningrad Moscow Roumania Hungary and Czechoslovakia and met Molotov while noting state control of all property and limited information on July 31 conference air travel behind the Iron Curtain.
Last week department store sales in the Eighth Federal Reserve Bank district rose about 13 percent from the year-ago week. Gains ranged from four percent in Memphis to twenty-one percent in eight smaller district cities, with St. Louis up fifteen percent, Louisville eleven, and Little Rock nine. For the four weeks ending last Saturday, sales were ten percent higher than the same period in 1954, with increases from one percent in Memphis to fifteen percent in the St. Louis area.
Premier Hussein Ala, 72, wounded in the neck, left for Iraq to attend Baghdad alliance talks. He told reporters he was feeling fine. A plaster patch marked the neck wound from the mosque shooting as police detained the assailant, Mozaffar Ali Zulghaded, a 32 year old Moslem fanatic claiming to fight infidels.
The Federal Reserve Board ends its leniency with a double move to curb credit. Six reserve banks raise the discount rate from 2 to 2 percent, the highest in 20 years. Open market sales of federal securities also resume to reduce funds for lending, amid rising business activity and price pressures.
Stevenson led the University of Arkansas poll with 153 votes from 467 students if Eisenhower does not run again. Nixon 69, Kefauver 68, Harriman and Krowland 22 and 29 votes for various candidates, plus two write ins Fulbright and Warren with nine votes each.
In Chicago barbershops the Masters Barbers Association urges staff to tell customers to make every day a safe driving day. Secretary treasurer Frank Aliotta notes the campaign aims to promote road safety through casual whispered reminders.
In New Delhi Premier Nikolai and Communist boss Khrushchev visit Gandhi’s tomb and the Red Fort on a second day of their 18 day state tour of India. They tour the mosque, a 700 year old tower, and the Mogul era landmarks as crowds grow more restrained. The leaders plan onward travel to Burma and Pakistan on a 5000 mile Southeast Asia leg.
A London Moscow commentator condemns Russian boys wearing nail polish as part of a wider critique on youthful behavior. He targets affluent parents and modern urban living, mocking fashion, attitudes, and manners while labeling the son as a snob and a near good-for-nothing.
The New York Times reported Israel asked the United States to sell 40 to 50 late model jet aircraft, vessels for submarines, heavy tanks, artillery, and anti aircraft weapons. The arms package could total under 40 million dollars, per dispatch. Neither government commented.
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