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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1955
Page
4
In a Washington campaign classroom students learn time tested phrases for public speaking. Mr Who delivers earnest lines about duty and leadership as the teacher guides the mock political exercise for next year’s campaign.
Mexico City mourns as Manuel Avila Camacho age 58 former president 1940 1946 and former secretary of war dies yesterday. He began his military career at 17 rising to divisional general.
Arkansas attorney general says county clerks must publish legal notices for assessment changes by the county equalization board and that the quorum court must fund it. Pulaski County Clerk Peters calls the cost prohibitive, noting the 1914 act requires one newspaper publication listing all altered properties, owners, assessed amounts, and board rates.
Sen Eastland and Sen Jenner back making it a felony to place recording devices in jury rooms. The plan follows a University of Chicago study that concealed a microphone in a federal Wichita jury room in 1954 with court consent. Kalven and Levi described the project funded by Ford Foundation grants totaling 1.4 million dollars. Eastland warned no more bugging after congressional action.
Carmine DeSapio travels to San Francisco to gauge Western grass roots for a 1956 Democratic candidate. He hints support for Harriman while California leaders steer toward Stevenson Kefauver lines, with Brown organizing a press event amid telegraph lobbying for Stevenson.
Spokane Police Desk Sgt. Wakeley answered a call from a Bethlehem operator seeking a visitor to the public safety department. The operator misdialed from Bethlehem and Youngstown while Wakeley noted it was 5 a.m. in Spokane and 9 a.m. in Bethlehem, revealing the error.
Bowfin or cypress trout is the sole survivor of an ancient fish family. It breathes with gills and a lung like organ, eats other fish and invertebrates, and is a tough fighter on the hook. Found from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast, it favors weedy, slow waters and surfaces to breathe in warm weather. Distributed by NEA Service.
Clair recounts an FBI contact in Los Angeles and a plan to trap the Traskis brothers. Tim and family reunite at Pop Hammond's California ranch as they discuss danger, weaponry, and a new plan, with the Traskis pursuit ongoing.
Hollywood profile of Natalie Wood age 17 discussing her smooth transition from child star to teen roles. The piece notes her early start at age four, key film breaks with Warner Brothers, and mentorship from Irving Pichel guiding a move from Santa Rosa to Hollywood. It highlights early TV work and later major films including Rebel Without a Cause and The Searchers.
Imogene Coca voluntarily tore up a $900,000 NBC television contract worth $100,000 annually for nine years. Close friends say her honesty and recent hardships inspired the move as she seeks new opportunities beyond TV and a fresh slate after personal losses and hardship. She plans next to perform at a Las Vegas hotel in three weeks.
Around Portsmouth 3000 Soviet sailors buy nylon stockings scarves and frilly undergarments for wives and girlfriends during a Russian goodwill tour. Cadet Valieria Mirkulov notes English fashions delight the visitors as translators report rapid stocking sales.
The Fairview Cardinals defeated the Hope Bobcats 20 to 7 in a conference game. Lawrence Elliot connected with Wendell Looney for a 35 yard pass, Donald McKissack added an extra point, and Looney scampered 22 yards for a score. Elliot jitched a 70 yard return for Fairview in the third.
The Associated Press tally shows Magnolia over Arkadelphia 7–0 and numerous other results across Arkansas. Key games include Pine Bluff 33 at Jonesboro 6, Little Rock 31 over Texarkana 0, Fayetteville 6 defeating Van Buren 0, and Mt. Home routing Piggott 38 to 7.
Football scores from multiple games include Southern California 33 over Wisconsin 21 and Utah 27 over Denver 26 with Colorado Mines 26 beating Colorado College 14. Vanderbilt 12 defeated Chattanooga, Detroit at Boston College postponed due to rain. Other results note Little Rock Junior College 48 over Hendrix 7 and Missouri Valley 20 over Austin Peay Tenn 2. Southwestern Okla 14 over Central Okla 7, Baker Kan 25 over Friends Kan, Ouachita 13 over College of the Ozarks 7.
Tony Baldoni outpointed Ray Drake in Syracuse while Alfredo Prada drew with Sebastiao Ladislau in Sao Paulo. In Brooklyn and Wilkes Barre two more results noted with student injuries.
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