Cotton Harvest at 7 Percent. Weather Hinders Progress
Agricultural extension reports 7 percent of cotton harvested with wide yield variation per acre. Some fields show strong results while others underperform. Boll rot losses cited. northeast counties about three quarters harvested, southeast similar. Wet weather delayed harvesting last week. rice and beans also behind due to conditions.
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Servic
Llader
Lye
Alondos
Hong
Sayhain
FCC Asked to Reverse Refusal in Pine Bluff Hearing
In Pine Bluff Arkansas AP report attorney Walek for the FCC asked examiner Lonalue to reconsider a ruling denying testimony from residents of southeastern Arkansas towns. The hearing centers on whether KATV can move its transmitter 12 miles west of Little Rock amid an agreement with the Pine Bluff Chamber of Commerce. Witnesses for station Pine Bluff and the chamber were to conclude their testimony while witnesses for Pine Bluff and the chamber were set to stand. Mrs Barbara McHenry testified on Pine Bluff charity drives, noting she never originated a Pine Bluff show. Officials warned of a bleak economic outlook if the transmitter move proceeds.
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George Bartsch
Pine Bluff
Ark
Rarl
Walek
Donahue
KATV
Carpenter
Little Rock
Woman Placed on Probation for Bank Embezzlement Case
LITTLE ROCK AP Judge v. Smith Henley placed Mrs. Jewett Dillinger Self on two years probation after hearing a tale of a baby sitter stealing part of $5000 she embezzled from the Bank of Arkansas. Self pleaded guilty to embezzlement as Assistant U.S. Attorney M. Drew Bowers said the money was taken from an open money sack in the bank vault. Bowers added that about $3000 was later found missing from Self's home. She confessed the embezzled funds were spent on clothes, groceries, and a television set, all within a month. Her husband earned $65 weekly in a restaurant.
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Little Rock
V. Smith Henley
Jewett Dillinger Self
Bank of Arkansas
Self
Asst
U.S Aty
Drew Bowers
Bowers
Bol
Arkansas Resilience Seen Amid Humid Conditions
Officials note the average annual relative humidity in Arkansas stands around 68.9 percent, with communities adapting to the steady moisture levels. Local agencies report stable weather patterns, while residents monitor daily conditions for planning and crops.
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Arkansas
Oil Marketers Meet Opens in Hot Springs Ark
The 19th annual convention of the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association starts Thursday in Hot Springs with Rep. Oren Harris, D Ark, as the principal speaker. The meeting is scheduled to conclude the same day.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Arkansas
Oil Marketers Association
Oreh Harris
Dark
Ozark Folk Festival Highlights Hillbilly Acts in Eureka Springs
Eureka Springs Arkansas hosts the 18th annual Ozark Folk Festival from Thursday through Saturday featuring folk song entertainers hillbilly bands and square dance exhibitions. The War Eagle Arts and Crafts Fair runs concurrently.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
Air Guard to Be Used Faubus Says
Little Rock Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus says the Air National Guard will likely be used in the Cuban crisis though no immediate call up of regular Guard forces is planned. He spoke after consulting Brig Gen Frank A Bailey and noted Arkansas has twoRecon aircraft squadrons. Civil Defense units report inquiries about fallout shelters but no widespread alarm.
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Little. Rock
Orval
Faubus Agid
Arkansas ‘Air
National Guard
Fauus
Air Guard
Washington
Faubus
Air Force
Arkansas Air Guard
Arkansas
Lide Rock
Fort Smith
Cuba
Kennedy
Civil Defense
DeValls Bluff low bid on new high school project
DeValls Bluff Arkansas AP Central Construction Co of Fordyce submitted a low bid of 18738 on all contracts to build a new high school here among six bidders. Also Little Rock Arkansas AP The Arkansas Association of Hospital Accountants holds its annual meeting here today through Friday.
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DeValls Bluff School
Devalls Bluff Ark
Central Construction Co
Fordyce
Accountants Meet
Little Rock
The
Arkansas Association of Hospital Accountants
Territory Dispute Over Gas Permit In Morrilton
W Davis owner of the Morrilton Bux vane Co asked Pulaski Circuit Court to void a permit issued by the Liquified Petroleum Gas Board to W and W Butane Co Morrilton. Davis says his firm serves Perry Pope and Faulkner counties which would be included in W and W territory.
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Little Rock
W. Davis
Morrilton
Bux Vane Co
Pulaski Circuit
State Liquified Petroleum Gas Board
W. and W. Butane Co
Davi
Perry Pope
Faulkner
Freight derailment halts traffic near Tuckerman Arkansas
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed a wheel set near Tuckerman trailing a five hour delay on the St. Louis to Little Rock line. Officials said no derailment occurred. A North Little Rock crew repaired the train and traffic returned to normal.
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Tuckerman, Ark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Little Rock
North Lide Rock
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