Accomodations Bill Clears Senate Committee Vote
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a watered down public accommodations bill 14 to 3, limiting coverage to curb racial discrimination in public venues. Exemptions include neighborhood shops and certain rooming houses. jury trial rights may apply in contempt cases, with final reach left to the courts. Senators Norris, Caiton, Morton, and Thurmond opposed.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Warren G. Magnuson
Wash
Senate
House
Magnuson
Norris Caiton
R-N.h
Thruston Morton
R-Ky
Strom Thurmond
D- Ic
Two Injured in SPG Accident Near Kelly
A patrol car driven by James Leslie McCaskill crashed into the rear of a county patrol vehicle on the Sie tyg Ground near the Kelly. Two persons were hurt and transported to a Nashville hospital for treatment. Extent of injuries not learned. Patrol driver Dean Westfall was uninjured, state policeman W T Brewster investigated.
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Kelly
Arkansas and Louisiana Weather: warm and partly cloudy
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday notes high 92 and low 53. Arkansas remains partly cloudy through Wednesday with little temperature change, cooler tonight and Wednesday with lows near 42 to 92 and highs 82 to 92. Louisiana generally fair conditions with continued warm temperatures across the region.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
CofC Plans Forestry Observance in Hempstead County
The Hope Chamber of Commerce outlines a national forest products week observance from October 20 to 26 with several events led by chairman Bill Gunter and President Haskell Jones. Activities include a poster contest for elementary students, an essay contest for junior high, a forestry team visiting civic clubs, a timber products display, and a Hope woodworking industry tour on October 22 led by Forestry Princess Cindy Williams. Citizens urged to join the tour at 1 30 p.m. Tuesday for a four hour program showcasing timber growth and processing.
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Chmmerece
Haskell Jones
Bill Gunter
Hempstead
Gunter
Brack Schenk
Jack Lowe
Frank ‘King
T. C. “Crawford
Hope
Cindy Williams
Miss’ Williams
Siie
Chamber’ of Commerce
Hospital officials warned of federal controls in Hot Springs
Walter J. McNerney of Chicago, president of the Blue Cross Association, told the Arkansas Hospital Association meeting in Hot Springs that hospitals may face federal controls if administrators do not operate properly.
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Hot Springs, Ark
Iap
Walter J. McNerney
Chicago
Blue Cross Assocation
Arkansas Hospital Association
Hot Springs
Farm Land in SPG Leased After City Bid Session
In a routing session last night Hope Directors opened bids on city owned farm land in the Prov ing Ground and the high bid of 5000 dollars was submitted by the May Brothers who currently lease the land. The group agreed to purchase a set of Arkansas Statutes for the Courtroom at a cost of 42 dollars. The City will tarnish the work and property owners the material for construction of about 400 feet of sewering on East Laurel Street. The regular five mill tax which has to be voted on each year was passed. This is not a new tax.
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Hope
Proving Ground
May Brothers
East Laurel Street
Ampere
Tair
Hard to Tell Age of Men and Women Today
New York AP notes a societal obsession with youth through cosmetics diet and plastic surgery while memory betrays true age. The piece recalls legends like Casey Stengel Red Grange and Everest myths, contrasting past norms with present fads and nostalgic details from everyday life.
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Casey Stengel
New York Giants
Red Grange
Mr. Everest
Namesake Plans Perrytown Arkansas Growth And Pride
Perry Campbell and 99 neighbors plan incorporation of Perrytown Arkansas four miles east of Hope. The town along U.S. 67 will host a motor lodge, restaurant, shop corridor, and two hotels while funding a community center park and volunteer fire department. The push aims to recapture state taxes and fund improvements, with plans for a Baptist church, homesites, and a shopping center awaiting later phases.
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Ark
Perry Campbell
Lachelor
Arkansas
Hope
Campbell
Hempstead
Orie, Byers
Ry Salvation Army
Bowen
Local upholstery shop owner dies in study Monday crash
SANAUVELD ayK a Paragond upholstery shop owner was killed when a light plate he was flying crashed into a Teneo during an outing. The accident occurred about 14 miles cumb oat Thakkowh ta waye.
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Ayk
API TC
Murrow Undergoes Left Lung Removal for Malignant Tumor
Washington hospital officials announced Edward R. Murrow, head of the U.S. Information Agency, had a malignant tumor requiring removal of the left lung. He underwent surgery at Washington Hospital Center on Saturday and a lab check of the tissue was ordered. The hospital reported a very satisfactory recovery.
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Edsward R. Murrow
LS. Information Agency
Murrow
Washington Hospital Center
Mr. Murrow
Cuba Struck by Flora for Fifth Straight Day
Hurricane Flora batters southeast Cuba for the fifth day with constant rain and winds. Deaths reported across the Caribbean include 2,000 to 4,000 in Haiti and Jamaica nine dead, Tobago 17. Cuba faces crop losses and half-ration plans as 5,000 tons of Brazilian coffee arrive under Soviet aid. Fidel Castro tours storm districts amid damage assessments.
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Flora
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Plara
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Tobago
Fidel Castro
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Navana
Brazil
Soviet Union
Agrarian Reform Institute
Carlos Rodrigues
U.S.S.R
Hope Band Auxiliary Plans Annual Magazine Drive
Hope Band Auxiliary members set up their annual magazine sales drive and heard a financial report from treasurer Mrs Harold Brents. President Mrs Haskith Jones presided as Brents detailed earnings from the Livestock Show booth and pall game concession stand. Director Jon Barbarado outlined the magazine drive, October 16 to 30, via Educational Reader Service Inc. Subscriptions extendable to new or renewing customers, with proceeds funding music, instruments, uniforms, and trips. Public support is sought for the fundraiser.
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Hope Band
Harold Brents
Haskith Jones
Brents
Jon ‘Barbarado
Educational Reader Service, Inc
Salvation Army seeks old clothing and items for Hope pickup
The Salvation Army requests discarded clothing shoes and furniture for a Hope pickup Friday October. Contact the Chamber of Commerce back Meadden at 311 East 8th. Also notes a satellite sighting around 7 30 and a Norge Refrigerator giveaway won by Mrs. C J Barnes.
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Salvation Army
The
Chamber’ of Commerce
Cotton Crop Estimate Increased in 1957 Season
The Agriculture Department estimated this year's national cotton crop at 14,847,000 bales and Arkansas at 1,485,000 bales. The national figure rises four percent from September 1, and Arkansas up 75,000 bales. Yields are pegged at 500 pounds per acre nationally, with Arkansas at 562 pounds. Through Oct 1, Arkansas had gained 875,507 bales versus 473,420 a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas
Department
Record Poll Tax Sales Indicate Rising Voter Eligibility
AP reports Arkansas expects a record 650000 voters this year as 14 counties out of 74 show poll tax payments, up from 1960. Auditor Jimmie Jones notes 95641 payments in those counties, up 7435 from three years earlier, a nine percent rise, with totals shaping a larger statewide figure.
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Arkansas
Jimmie
Red} Jones
Jones
Calhoun
Columbia
Greene
Johnson
Logan
Perry
Phillips
Little River
Marion
Poinsett
Carroll
Mississippi
Nevada
Trial set for accused kidnapper Lane in Bond's case
Circuit Judge William Wirby set December 12 13 for the trial of Richard Tyler Lane 21 charged in the April 22 1963 kidnapping of William Bonds 56 night admissions clerk at Arkansas Baptist Hospital in Little Rock Lane arrested by FBI in Sacramento California and extradited to Arkansas on unlawful flight charges Also charged were Cecile Lane and James Burton Ing Ing sentenced in Nevada on a burglary conviction before extradition hearing Weld referenced.
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Bonds
Lanes
Cecile Mae
James Burton Ing
Lane
Nevada
Ing
Finn
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