Halloween Vandalism Pledge Event Spurs City Theater Show
Merchants join with Saenger theater to host a Halloween program for youths who sign a pledge to refrain from vandalism. Free admission for pledgers, with tickets at local stores. police protection urged in the downtown area. The piece also discusses the Saar plebiscite and Western Europe’s political tensions amid postwar democracy debates.
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Ith
Saenger Theater
Tre Gmail Fry Saturasy Mos
The
Star
Dowl
Iwo
Halloween Party at Saratoga High School
Saratoga High School hosts a Halloween party Friday night October 28 in the school gymnasium at 6 30 with games in contest format and prizes. A King and Queen contest will be held featuring queen candidates Patsy Wright Nina Sanders Carolyn Sue Gathright and Sonya Vann and king candidates John Spates Buddy Reed Ray Bell and James Fred Stanton.
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Saratoga High School
Patsy Wright
Nina Sanders
Carolyn Sue Gathright
Sonya Vann
King
John Spates
Buddy Reed
Ray Bell
James Fred Stanton
Fire destroys gin at Bowman
A Bowman area gin, ten miles southeast of Jonesboro, was destroyed by fire early today with losses estimated at 80,000 dollars. Nine bales of cotton on the platform were saved. A nearby truck was damaged. The gin was owned by Fred Carter Paul Diven and Gaines Wood of Lake City.
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Jonesboro
Bowman
Here
J. A. Parker
Fred Carter
Paul Diven
Gaines Wood
Lake City
Faubus Indicates Oaklawn Is in Good Position
Former Gov. Sid McMath says he will represent Eastern Racing Association and Oaklawn Jockey Club in seeking the Hot Springs horse racing franchise. He will present their case to the Racing Commission at a public hearing if held. The bid group includes Eastern Suffolk Downs and another bidder. Oaklawn’s 10 year grant was void by the state Supreme Court.
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Little Rock
Sid McMath
Eastern Racing Association
Hot Springs
Eastern
Suffolk Downs
Boston
Mass
Oaklawn Jockey Club
McMath
Racing Commission
New Magnolia Plant to Make Rubber Boats
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co will move its rubber boat division from the Memphis plant to Magnolia Arkansas. The site will retrofit an old cotton mill with 900000 to 1000000 dollars of equipment and begin with 100 workers in January. payroll will reach 650. No Memphis employees will lose jobs. Rubber boats serve aircraft and rescue needs for the armed forces.
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Memphis
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Rubber Boat Division
Magnolia
Ark
Firestone
State of Union Talk Reached by President
President Eisenhower began work on his State of the Union message while in a Denver hospital room. Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons and Kevin McCann briefed him at 3 30 a m on the legislative program. He is unlikely to return to full time duties before the message is submitted to Congress in January.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Eisenhower
White House
Desi
Polio Death Reported in Arkansas
The Health Department reported a seventh polio death in Arkansas this year. Seventeen year old Jetty Mae Brown daughter of Dassie and Cora Wilson Brown of Little Rock died October 18. Polio deaths totaled 18 at the same time last year.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Aid Department
Health Department
Jetty Mae Brown
Daugher
Dassie
Cora Wilson Brown
Garland Plans Halloween Carnival Night
Garland School will celebrate Halloween with its annual carnival Monday October 31 from 6 to 8 30 p m in the lunch room. Enjoy hot dogs hamburgers barbeque hamburgers with homemade cake and pies and coffee and cold drinks. Bring your family for supper.
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Garland School
Important Meets Slated by C of C
Two Chamber of Commerce meetings are planned in Hope. James G. Roberts and George Reitemeier will meet with the Board of Directors at 10 a.m. and with all business leaders at 2:30 p.m. to discuss Business Education Days Agricultural Business Days and Economic Discussion Groups ahead of the next Congress session.
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Chamber of Commerce
James G. Roberts
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
George Reitemeier
Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Congressional Action Committees
Congress
Board of
Chambers of Commerce
Booneville Café Fire Destroys Buildings and Threatens District
A blaze in Booneville last night wiped out a cafe and adjoining grocery, endangering the business district. Damage is estimated at $50,000, with only the outer brick walls remaining. Fire officials credit a rear stove for starting the fire. Paris and nearby State Sanitarium crews aided Booneville firefighters in bringing the flames under control. The structures were owned by Aton and Ray Harp.
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Booneville
Paris
State Sanatorium
Aton
Ray Harp
How Would You Like to Take Over Your Brother's Job
Hal Boyle reports on Milton Eisenhower facing rumors he might run for president in 1956. Friends say he has no desire for elective office and would reveal nothing, fearing misinterpretation. The Penn State president remains loyal to family and avoids political talk.
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Milt Eisenhower
Hal Boyle
University Park
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Ike
Bram
White House
Milton
Eisenhower
Helen Sel Eisenhower
Argentina's Lonardi outlines austere economic rebuilding
Provisional President Eduardo Lonardi declares Argentina faces the most disastrous economic history after Peron's 10-year rule. He cites internal debt of five billion dollars foreign debt of 757 million and reserves cut to 450 million, blaming wartime profits and wartime policies for the crisis. He vows austerity work and sacrifice to restore stability.
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Buenos Aires
Eduardo Lonardi
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Radio
Haveardi
Peron
Lonardi
Guernsey Carnival Friday Night Draws Community Cheer
The Guernsey Halloween Carnival runs Friday at 6 45 p m with 10 cent admission and a door prize. Activities include sponge throw free throw country store and grab games plus a house of horror and concession stand. Six candidates compete for King and Queen with crown bearers named. PTA praise noted for backing the event.
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Guernsey
House of Horrow
Vinnie Mae Powell
Dean Black
Clydell Tullis
Leroy Adams
Jeanette Daugherty
Jerry Griffis
Carolyn Ferguson
Terrell Adams
Elaine Adams
Jimmy Hendrickson
Joyce Jones
Rodney Bobo
Linda Walden
Donald McIver
Carlton Named Prosecutor For 9th District
Gov. Faubus appointed Gordon Carlton of DeQueen as 9th District prosecuting attorney to serve out the term of R. Coker Thomas who was shot to death on October 11 outside the Ashdown courthouse. Carlton had been serving as special prosecutor under an emergency appointment while Circuit Judge Bobby Steel of Nashville heard the case.
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Saar
Germany
France
Saer
Europe
Adenauer
Saarland
Western Germany
Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Gordon Carlton
DeQueen
R. Coker Thomas
Ashdown
Carlton
Bobby Steel
Nashvile
Thomas
UN Deadlock Persists Over Security Council Seat
The United Nations Assembly failed to break the deadlock on the Security Council seat after a week’s recess. On the 10th ballot the Philippines led Yugoslavia 30 to 24 with three abstentions, while later ballots showed shifting votes. Sir Pierson Dixon proposed postponing voting for 10 days, a plan opposed by U.S. delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and backed by the Soviet bloc.
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Max Rrelson
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Assembly
Security Council
Assembly
Philippines
United States
Yugoslavia
Russia
India
Britain
Sir Pierson Dixon
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Dixon
Ashmore Quits as Head of Tax Free Unit
Ashmore resigns from the Fund for the Republic directorship while joining Adlai E. Stevenson as a full time assistant. He declined reelection citing ongoing political activity and potential propriety concerns, though denying policy disputes with the fund. Ashmore had told Hoff man of his plan in September. Arthur H. Dean had also quit.
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Chicago
Ilup
Harry Ashmore
Little Rock
Adlai E. Stevenson
Fund For
the Republic
Ashmore
The
Little Rock Gazette
Stevenson
Arthur H. Dean
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
American Legion
Tax Free Organizations Under IRS Probe
The Internal Revenue Service is examining at least the more controversial cases among over 32 000 tax exempt organizations. Officials consider what yardstick to apply to groups with potential political interests when seeking tax exempt status. The Justice Department reportedly urged Treasury to obtain Congress authority before public disclosure of exemption documents.
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Frank O'Brien
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Service
Treasury
Justice Department
The
Congress
World ministers brace for tough peace talks with Russia
In Geneva the four foreign ministers Dulles Molotov Macmillan and Pinay opened talks aimed at a challenging peace in exchange for a unified Western stance. Israel pressed for Western arms and support as Moshe Begin warned of renewed fighting if needed. Pinay awaited a French confidence vote before deciding Yugoslavia.
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Geneva
U. S
Foster Dulles
Dulles
Molotov
Harold MacMillan
Pinay
Batteree Palais of Nations
Middle East
France
Discu
Mosher
Paris
Egypt
Israel
French National Assembly
North Atlantic
Alll
New Orleans Struck by Dense Smog Textured by Armored Car Losses
Thick gray smogblankets New Orleans eastern outskirts for a second day halting motorists. Police report six armored trucks with 16 million dollars stranded, while asthma cases sent dozens to hospitals and the Charity hospital treated most patients yesterday.
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New Orleans
Charity
Lake Pontchartrain Bridge
Federal Reserve Fund
Air Line
Baton Rouge
Investigation of Shooting Continues in Ozan Fracas
Deputy Sheriff Jack Brown reported Lonnie Ellis of Ozan was released on $500 bond after being charged with shooting McKinley Nelson in the leg during a Sunday fracas. Nelson remains in a Hope hospital with serious injuries as investigators pursue more details.
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Sherriff
Jack Brown
Lonnie Ellis
Ozan
McKinley Nelson
Nelson
Hope Hospital
Brown
Middle East As Focal Point of Cold War Tactics
Top U S officials say the Middle East is the most critical front in the cold war with Russia likely to boost pressure by arming Egypt Syria and Saudi Arabia and offering economic aid. Moscow may also push arms to Israel prompting concern over an Arab Israel arms race. State Department aims to monitor developments while urging calm and some officials call for stepped up aid to Arab nations for irrigation and development.
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Russia
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
State Department
Tomain
U. S
Middle East
Arab Nations
Lions Plan Annual Auction At Club Meeting
At a Lions Club gathering Mayor John L. Wilson and Virgil Keeley discussed the United Nations. A wildlife film was shown. The group also talked about plans for a December radio auction.
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Lions Club
John L. Wilson
Virgil Keeley
United Nations
All Around the Town Football Slim This Week
Bobcats travel to Camden for a three game away stretch while the B team and Juniors have no matches. Yerger Tigers face Jones High of Little Rock Friday in a key showdown. Earl Downs seventh and eighth graders beat Texarkana 13 to 7 yesterday.
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Bobcats
Camden
Yerger Tigers
Jones High
Little Rock
Earl Downs
Texarkana
Money Sent to Paragould Residents
Paragould residents report receiving unsolicited sums of cash with no return address. Several recipients including a housewife and an employee at Harmon heading mill were sent small U S dollar bills in typewriter addressed envelopes starting in August. The motive and source remain unclear as the pattern appears irregular and unrelated to civic or church groups.
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Paragould
Gould
U. S
PSSA
R. B
Harmon
Cnts
Osceola Mayor Bowler Runs as Independent in compete
Osceola mayor Bowler plans to run as an independent in the upcoming general election marking his first bid since taking office unopposed. He faces challenger Jim Hyatt, an attorney, with campaign activity starting Monday as ballots approach.
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Osceola
Bowler
Jim Hyatt
Butler
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