Britain’s failed junior newspapers mark first birthday
Ernie Hill reports that Britain’s three junior papers, The Junior Mirror The Junior Express and The Junior Sketch, have faltered after a year with readership cuts and a shift in format. The Junior Express becomes The Express Weekly while readers drift to radio and television.
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Britain
Daily Mirror
Daily Express
Daily Sketch
Junior Mirror
Junior Express
Junior Sketch
America
Express Weekly
Development Group Takes Another Step in County Growth
Hempstead County Industrial Development Corporation formed by Hope chamber of commerce directors with Harrell C. Hall as first signer. Purpose to foster agricultural and industrial development. may borrow, own property, issue bonds. Plans include linkage with Arkansas Industrial Development Commission and Rockefeller network. Also discussed downtown traffic lights and Third District Livestock Show finances. annual meeting set for January 17 with James G. Roberts as potential speaker.
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Hempstead County
Arkansas
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Winthrop Rockefellow
Hope
Highway 67
Main
Cond
Frank Douglas
Chamber
Third District Livestock Board
Eine Chamber Directions
Chamber of Commerce
James G. Roberts
Dallas
Southwestern Division
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mexico's population growth 30 percent since 1930
Mexico's population rose by about 30 percent from 1930 to a later year, reflecting demographic expansion as urban and rural areas developed. The article notes the growth in the context of national statistics and social change.
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Mexico
Arkansas highway bodies approve three million in road work
The Arkansas Highway Commission authorized about three million dollars in secondary road work and nearly one million on primary roads contingent on Bureau of Public Roads approval. Projects include Hempstead County Highway 55 upgrades from Saratoga to Fulton and four timber bridges on Highway 73 between Columbus and Cross Roads.
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Hempstead
State Highway Commission
Saratoga
Fulton
A. G. Garrett
Bureau of Public Roads
Highway
Columbus
Cross Roads
Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Commission
Commission
Benton County
Rogers
Bentonville
Chicot
Lake Village
Mississippi River
Puaski
Pulacki
Lonoke County
Hot Spring
Bismarck
Social Hill
Greene
Deplaine
Boone
Omaha
Singing at Patmos Church Sunday Service
Church singing scheduled for Sunday October 9 at 2 p m at Patmos Church with Noel Warren confirming the event. All are invited to attend.
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Patmos
Patmos Baptist
Noel Warren
Hinton Home Demonstration Club Meets Monday
Hinton Home Demonstration Club will meet at Patmos school at 2 p m on Monday October 10. Members are requested to be present.
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Hinton
Patmos School
Forty-One Convicts Paroled by Arkansas Parole Board
Forty-one convicts were paroled yesterday by the Arkansas State Parole Board. The board also recommended clemency in six cases awaiting Governor Faubus's action. The recommendations were not released publicly pending the governor's decision.
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Little Rock
State Parole Board
Orval Faubus
Rebel tribes in Morocco begin surrender in Atlas region
White flags appeared over villages in the mid-Atlas and near the Spanish frontier signaling some rebels may quit. French forces clung to three embattled outposts in northern Morocco amid ambushes and mountain skirmishes as Abdel Krim’s influence looms from past clashes. Refugees crowded Taza as fear of wider fighting grows.
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Carl Hartman Rabat
French Morocco
mid-Atlas Mountains
Tizi Ouzli
Rabat
Morocco
French Foreign Legion
Boured
Tizi
Abdel Krim
Taza
Cherry Accepts Senate Appoint to Subversive Board
Former Gov. Francis Cherry resigns from Arkansas political entries by accepting a five year term on the Subversive Activities Control Board named by President Eisenhower. The $15,000 a year post requires Senate confirmation and follows his 195? defeat by Gov. Orval Faubus. He will travel to Washington to take the oath for an interim term pending Senate action.
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Jonesboro
Francis Cherry
Arkansas
Youth Dies in Car Crash Near Paragould
Di Oda Glenn Wright 21 of Safe community was killed when his car overturned five times on Highway 135 near Paragould. State Trooper Joe Cosner said the vehicle left the road while approaching a bridge and Wright was thrown about 30 feet.
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Oda
Glenn Wright
Here
Joe Cosner
Wright
Cosner
Common Cold Costs Americans Five Billion Annually
HAL BOYLE reports from the Oddity Almanac and notes man fashions revive with three piece suits and beaver coats while households face headlines about the nationwide price of the common cold. He cites quirky historic quotes and curiosities including old hotel rates and a phone in the shower as a bridge to a continued tale on Page Two.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Oddity Almanac
Friends of the West
New York Historical Society
Tuscany
Argentina Demands Paraguay Exile Peron
Argentina demands Paraguay expel former President Juan Peron to maintain friendly ties. The move follows an interview Peron gave after seeking asylum in Asuncion. Paraguay’s Stroessner said he would not interfere with Peron without special cause.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Paraguay
Juan D. Peron
United Press
Peron
Asuncion
Alfredo Stroessner
Argentina CGT resignations trigger new union elections
The six million member CGT quits leadership as provisional government orders new elections in all unions within four months under Labor Ministry oversight. La Prensa may be seized, reflecting a government crackdown after a one day meat-packer strike across four plants in Buenos Aires area.
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Bruce Henderson Bueno
Aires
CGT
la Prensa
Interventor
Argentina
Peron
Rosario
la Plata
Peronistas
Raul Santagostino
pre-Peron
Jose Presta
Homemakers Install New Officials
The Hope Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America held an October 5 ceremony in the Home Economics Cottage to install officers and initiate 32 new members. Irene Thornton presided as president, with Marion McQueen explaining emblems colors and flower, and Sue Moses and Nancy Cox pinning ribbons on new members.
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Hope
Future Homemakers of America
Irene Thornton
Vivian Light
FHA
Marion McQueen
Lanora Messer
Sue Moses
Nancy Cox
Ann Adams
Alice Anthony
Judy Arnold
Bevelyn Ball
Carolyn Brooks
Anita Burson
Doris Dearley
Helen Dougan
Annabelle Duffie
Donna Evans
Billie Dawn Franks
Ferrell Hartsfield
Alice Hicks
Jo Ann Huett
Sandra Johnson
Claudia Neal
Linda Polk
Waunzelle Powell
Barbara Powell
Velma Reese
Betty Rexroat
Jo Ann Roberts
Barbara Roberts
Doris Robinson
Jewel
Former Bodcaw resident Wilson Russell 29 dies in Texas
Wilson Russell age 29 of Kilgore Texas died October 5 in a Galveston Hospital. He formerly lived at Bodcaw. He is survived by his wife two children his father Carl C Russell and two sisters all of Bodcaw. Funeral service set for Friday October 7 at 2 pm at Rader Funeral Home Kilgore Texas.
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Wilson Russell
Kilgore
Texas
Galveston
Bodcaw
Carl C. Russell
Rader Funeral Home
Pilot Announces Birth Of Leila Kay McCall In Texarkana
Private pilot Joe McCall dropped leaflets from an airplane over Texarkana announcing the birth of his daughter Leila Kay McCall. The girl weighed five pounds eight ounces and has ten fingers and ten toes. mother is reported to be well.
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Texarkana
Joe ‘McCall
McCall
Leila Kay McCall
Pork bargains headline nationwide food stores this weekend
Pork prices drop from a week ago with loins and smoked hams featured. Hog quotations down to a 10 year low and expected to fall further as marketings rise in November and December. Prime ribs and steaks also highlighted with limited lamb legs and cheaper eggs. U S agriculture lists pork beef and dairy as best October buys.
Negro School Insurance Plan Discussed at Yerger High
Superintendent James H. Jones announces a meeting at Yerger High School on October 5 at 7 30 p m to explain a new $1 50 per child term insurance plan for high school pupils. The note urges all high school parents to attend to learn school policies and attendance expectations.
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James H. Jones
Hope
Yerger High School
Blevins to Discuss Water System Again
A town meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 PM in the Blevins High School Auditorium. All citizens of Blevins and the trade territory are urged to attend as C O Thomas Hope City Engineer presents his survey and report on the proposed water system.
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Blevins High School
Blevins
C. O. Thomas
Hope City
Singing Convention at New Hope Church
Hempstead County event invites all to attend a two day singing convention at New Hope Baptist Church four miles north of Hope on the Washington road October 8 and 9 occasion.
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New Hope Church
Hempstead County
New Hope Baptist Church
Hope
Washington Road
Accident on Walnut Street Causes Minor Vehicle Damage
Automobiles driven by Dr. Smith and Mrs. John Harrie collided on Walnut Street near Third with only minor damage. Investigating City Police reported.
Tampico Flood Toll Rises to 326 Dead
The Tampico flood death toll climbed to 326 by unofficial count as the Panuto River lingered high. Relief efforts were led by U S forces aboard the carrier Saipan with Army Air Force Marines and Red Cross aid guiding aid into Tampico and outlying areas.
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Jack Rutledge
Mexico City
Tampico
Panuto
Mexico
U.S
Yucatan Peninsula
Saipan
U.S. Army
Air Force
Marines
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Achievement Day Winners Announced
Winners at the annual Home Demonstration Club Achievement Day held Wednesday at the National Guard Armory were Green Laseter Liberty Hill Shover Springs and Blevins. Judges included Miss Blanche Randolph nutrition specialist Mrs Pauline Sloan Hot Springs and Mrs R C Snelgrove Centerville. The event showcased clubs entries in needlework clothing crafts and home demonstrations with a Guam handiwork display by Mrs Homer Cobb.
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National Guard Armory
Green Laseter
Liberty Hill
Shover Springs
Blevins
Blanche Randolph
Little Rock
Pauline Sloan
Hot Springs
Arkansas Power and Light Co
R. C. Snelgrove
Centerville
Sweet Home
Victory
Columbus
Baker
Yesteryear
Melrose
Hopewell
Homer Cobb
Guam
Man Sentenced in Murder Trial in Morrilton
Milard Mc Coy, 44, was found guilty of first degree murder in the killing of his 19 year old son Glenn. The jury, after hearing testimony from four of Mc Coy's children, deliberated 35 minutes before imposing a life sentence in the case tried by Circuit Judge Aud rey Strait. Mc Coy's defense claimed temporary insanity and his attorney Clay Brazil indicated an appeal was unlikely.
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Morrilton
Milard McCoy
Audrey Strait
McCoy
Glenn
Clay Brazil
Perfect Circle refuses to close its Indiana foundry
The Perfect Circle Co. says it will not close its hot-b forging plant in Indiana despite union pressure. Clyde Hoffman told Mayor Paul F. McCormack at an emergency meeting with CIO United Auto Workers that the company is not in a position to shut the plant. The UAW warned they cannot assure no repeat of yesterday’s rioting if the plant reopens while 5,000 union supporters faced 100 striking workers barricaded inside the three story foundry. Mayor McCormack opened the meeting with a Bible passage from Romans.
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Ind
Perfect Circle” Co
Atorney
Clyde Hoffman
Paul F. McCormack
Perfect Circle
CIO
United Auto Workers
McCormack
Foreman May Get a New Cement Plant
State Geologist Norman Williams reports a cement plant may be located near Foreman in Little River County. Texas financiers hire a New York firm to survey a southwest Foreman area with rich cement deposits to assess markets and transport. If built it could produce about 2500 barrels daily. a similar Foreman plant was planned in the 1930s but never opened.
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Little Rock
Norman Williams
Foreman
Little River County
Williams
Texas
New York
Polio Shots Schedule Shift and Local Happenings
The second polio vaccine series is moved to Tuesday October 11 from Monday. Mrs. Cobb shares a Dallas Morning News clipping about surgery not stopping plans. A couple wed in a hospital after an emergency appendectomy delaying their ceremony. The Band Mothers thank donors for concession stand support during Livestock Show week. A Hempstead banana tree and a Patmos peach bloom excite residents. Horace Anthony plans to reopen the White Flooring Mill on South Main Street, promising local jobs.
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M. C. Sparks
Hope, Ark
Hempstead
D. L. Rogers
Proving Ground
Rogers
T. R. Gibson
Patmos
Horace Anthony
South Main Street
Wreck Sighted With No Survivors on Missing United DC4
A United Lines four engined DC4 with 64 aboard was overdue from Denver to Salt Lake City. A pilot sighted wreckage on Elk Mountain near Rawlins Wyoming but could not confirm a crash. officials said no sign of survivors and search aircraft were dispatched from Lowry Air Force Base.
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United Lines -4
Denver
Salt City
United Lines
Salt Lake City
Air C No
York City
San Francisco
Elk Mountain
Rawlins
Wyo
Western Air Lines
Cheyenne
United Air Lines
United Airlines
C. C. Cooks
Menlo Park
Calif
Ralph D. Salisbury
Palo Alto
Patricia Shuttleworth
Sal Lake City
New York City
Rock Springs
44Th Air Force Rescue Squadron
Lowry Air Force Base
Air Force
Rain Lashes Eastern U S as Western Clears
Rain fell across the eastern half of the nation with heavy totals in the middle Mississippi Valley, Great Lakes, and Ohio Valley. Some Midwest areas measured up to four inches while western sections saw clearer skies and milder eastern conditions with temperatures rising.
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Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio V
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Carolinas
Georgia
Mon
Wyoming
Kansas
Plains
Misssissippi
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Alex. H. Washburn
England
Ernie Hill
Chicago Daily News
Louisville Times
Hinton HD
Cherry
U. S
Pilot
City
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Circle: Co
Arthur Evergot
The
Associated Press
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