Exhumation Sought After Texas Man Turns Up Alive
Miller County Sheriff W. E. Davis asked Bowie County Texas officials to exhume a body buried as Sellman in a Le cemetery after Sellman, believed dead from a Texarkana railroad yard accident on August 27, appeared alive in Longview Texas and returned to Texarkana collapsing at the sight of relatives. Relatives including his sister Mrs G A Baldwin and niece Mrs Henry Cerar helped identify him, though the corpse had no identifying marks and death was ruled accidental.
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Tenarkana
Miller County
W. E. Davis
Wiin Ther Sellan
Texarkana
Ark
Sellman
Longview
Texas
G. A. Baldwin
Henry Cerar
Sellinatn
Lida Sellinan
Davis
Bowie County
Tex
Sellinan
Retirement Plan Discussed by Teachers in Arkansas meeting
Charles H. Allen of Little Rock, executive secretary of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, spoke at the Mempstead County Education Association meeting in the Junior High School Auditorium. He highlighted the system’s liberal benefits as rated by the NEA, followed by an open forum. James U. Jones was elected candidate for district board member of the AEA Council. officers for the new year were also elected.
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Charles H. Allen
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Teacher Retirement System
Mempstead County Education Association
Allen
United States
Byron Thompson
James U. Jones
A. EF. A. Council
Bryant McCombs
John Bland
James T. McCorkie, Jr
Lawrence Martin
Raymond Honea
James T, Boyette
Frank Monson
Ann Wilson
Lowise Bulla
Homer Reeves
Jn A. J. Caldwell
Mamie Ul Jivll
Lee Hicks
Glen McDonald
T. V. Messer
Cirl Brody
Raymond Hones
Mary Nall Turner
Chinese to Return 12 Who Changed Mind
PANMUNJOM Korea UP reports Communists will return 12 captives who had refused repatriation. A spokesman said nationality not identified. The freed prisoners will be flown by helicopter to evacuation hospitals in Souk and then to a RO K hospital if they are Koreans. About 320 prisoners refused repatriation during Operation Big Switch.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Pokesman
Military
Prchistice Commission
Anticopter
Cams
Seoque
Ape
South Korea
IYC
Ae Paigment
Reds
Eaplace
Willing Dean
Tan Doo Ryan
Chi
South
Taejon
Lwre
Hon
Cape of Dean
Deyn
U.S
Pajimiunjonr
Bun Ander Trate
Tokyo Army Hospital
Monedliuy
Jin
Chan Chong Bong
Japan
Seoul Central Palive
Pallew
Chow
Choy
Dean
China
Wan
Une
Han
Chae Pal
Lt Murphy to Reach U S Sunday Repatriated POWs Arrive
Five Arkansas ex prisoners of war are due to arrive Sunday aboard the Gen. A. W. Brewster returning 301 ex POWs. Names include Sgt JC Braswell of Crossett, Sgt I C Haney of Mammoth Springs, Sgt I C Newbury of a property, 1st Lt James Stone of Hot Springs, and Lt Rowland M Murphy of Hope. National Geographic notes if all ocean salt were removed it would cover land areas about 110 feet deep.
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San Francisco
National Geographic
Soria
Watermelon from O D Middlebrooks Weighs 142 Pounds
O D Middlebrooks of Hape Rt brought in a 142 pound watermelon described as possibly the year’s largest. The melon, in perfect condition, was purchased by C A Ments of Ments Seed Company and will be shipped to Claude G Scotts of Coos Bay Cres aon. No reports suggest a larger fruit this year.
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O. BD. Middlebrooks
Hape Rt
Farmer
C. A. Ments
Ments Seed Company
Soviets Claim New Type of Atom Bomb
Moscow says the Soviet government announced successful tests of a new type of atomic bomb in recent weeks and seeks an international ban on mass destruction weapons. Tass gave few details while Washington notes the Aug 20 blast was fission only, not thermonuclear, implying no hydrogen bomb involvement.
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Moscow
Tass
Washington
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada
Russia
McCarthy Forces Out Lawyer at Contempt Hearing
In a dramatic Senate investigation proceeding, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy had attorney Abraham Unger forcibly ejected from a committee hearing room after vowing not to let a “Communist lawyer” use the room as a transmission belt. Earlier, a former Communist functionary testified about Unger’s alleged party ties as cameras captured the scene.
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New York
Joseph R. McCarthy
Abraham Unner
Wisconsin
Senate
McCarthy
John Lautner
Unger
Angers
Fers
U. S
United States Defers Neutral Conference Push at U N
The United States refused to back a neutral conference for Korea and urged Communists to act quickly on a proposed site and date. Washington reaffirmed support for a General Assembly stance and noted previous proposals for a conference at Honolulu, San Francisco, or Geneva with a prompt reply on timing and terms.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
China
North Korea
U. Nis
Qiefe
USN
U. N
Honolulu
San Francisco
Geneva
Brown Freed of Charges in Highway Audit Case
In a highway audit matter, John K. Brown of Arkadelphia had an indictment dropped on a technical point. Four others faced trial or continued hearings, with Mason, Methvin, Hawkins, and Treadwell assigned trial dates in October. Brown denied offering a political contribution in 1950 to Gov. Sid McMath.
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Leon Hatch
Little Rock II
John K. Brown
Arkadelphia
State Highway Department
Henry Smith
Pine Blatt
Highway Audit Commission
Brown
2 Politics
Sid McMath
Highway Department
A. D. Mason
Camden
Smith
Mason
M. C
Fritz) Methvin
Little Rock
Conway County
Martin Hawkins
W. M. Treadwell
Morriston
Methvin
Hawkins
Treadwell
Hollywood Takes The Robe to Broadway in Glamorous Premiere
New York officials and celebrities packed the Roxy Theater for a star studded Hollywood event as The Robe opened with a 75 million bid ambiance. VIPs included Mayor Impellitteri General Van Fleet Shirley Booth and Mil ton Berle while Professor Henri Chretien of Cinemascope and Spyros Kouras of Twentieth Century Fox drew attention among the glittering crowd.
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Hollywood
New York
Hal Boyle
Broadway
Pressemiere
Manhattan
Roxy Theater
Vincent Impelliterri
James van Fleet
Toots Shore
Mil
Ton Berle
Shirley Booth
Mary Martin
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Percy Spender
Les
Henri Chretien
Spyros Kouras
Twentieth Century: Fox
Greece
Mrs Ella King Dies at 90 in Taylor Arkansas
Mrs Ella King aged 90 died Thursday night at Taylor Arkansas. She was survived by three daughters Mrs A DB Wainby of She as shirgiven by three other daughters Mrs Frank Rider of Hope and Mrs TL oP Mayethe of Pex arRana with Burnside at Houston Texas and late Sing of Lewisville, funeral arrangements are leon letu.
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Mile Bing
Mas. A
Wainby
Taylor
Ark
Frank Rider
Hope
TL Op
Mayethe
Burnside
Houstai
Texas
San
Lewisville
Leon Letu
Siamese Twins Face Survival Odds After Separation
New Orleans surgeons note steady improvement in one week old Siamese twins Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne Moulton after yesterday's history making operation. Lafayatte Mayor Ashton Moulton and wife, with hospital officials, express cautious optimism as doctors plan further evaluations. father credits divine help while the infants regain strength.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Ashton Moulton
Laffayette
Stl
L. L. Welsmiller
Hspital
Carolyn Anne
Catherine Anne
Mouton
GOPs Asking Ike to Answer Democrats
Republican leaders pressed President Eisenhower to visit Chicago and reply to Democratic charges that the Republican farm program is failing and U S allies are misled by American policy. Sen. Ferguson urged a quick response as GOP leaders gathered amid a reduced lineup.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
U.S
John
Jeanully
Washington
Colorado
Sen. Ferguson
Repub
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
GOP
Leonard W. Fall
Ferguson
Stevenson
Moscow
Envoys Study Russian Tactics in Europe
Envoys from the United States and six Schuman nations met in Luxembourg to study Kremlin tactics affecting Western European unification. Participants included Livingston Merchant and Charles E. Bohlen, with David K. Bruce at the Schuman plan headquarters as officials described a routine view exchange and survey of the present situation.
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Luxembourg
IM — Ussomy vVoys
Europe
America
Schuman Steel and
Scoul
Livingston Merchant
Charles E. Bohlen
Moscow
David K. Bruce
Washington
Schuman Plan
Bohlen
Itev
Kremlin
ROKs Threaten to Disrupt Truce Agreement
A tense report outlines Communist and ROK protests jeopardizing the Korean Armistice. Warnings of reprisals are linked to prisoners released to Indian guards and ongoing pressure from both sides to defect to Red China or North Korea.
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Roks
PANMUPMIOM_ Korotty Privalent Syammune
Hhee
Wiirshal
Lotivida
Tha
Mother and four children die in truck fire
In Plainview Texas a mother Mrs Martin and four children Billy Roy 15 Dolores 9 Dewey Wayne 7 Jackie Dale 6 perished after a truck fire likely from a short circuit while the father D F Martin 38 and a 15 year old son escaped with minor injuries. The family traveling to Vernon to visit relatives had stopped with no mats on the truck bed when the blaze broke out. The father and Willam Eugene escaped as flames engulfed the rear.
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Tlainview
Q Tex Wenn
Tex
South Plains
Vernon
Tenya Jing
D.F. Martin
Plainview
Polley Hoyt Curry
Martin
Billy Roy
Dolores Janu
Dewey Wayne
Jackie Dale
Willam Eugene
Lemons Funeral Home
Zack Hall
Matt
Pedee
J. W. Lewis
Curry
Muleshoe
Injunction Against Hummel Plant Lifted
Smith iW ep C M Wofford lifted a temporary injunction against picketing at the Charlee J Hummel Co plant. The order, issued Sept 1 at Hummel Co's request against striking Local 249 of the AFL International Association of Sheet Metal Workers, was granted Wednesday. The company cites a collective bargaining contract with the union. Local 249 says Hummel broke a wage hike agreement.
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Smith Iw
C. M. Wofford
Charlee J. Hummel Co
Hummel
AFL International
Himmel
Little Rock
Extended forecast for Arkansas period Sent 18 23
The forecast shows near normal to above normal temperatures across Arkansas with cooler days in parts. Normal highs around 88 to 94 across regions, lows from about 8 to 94, and precipitation varying from moderate to locally heavy. Showers are expected in the northwest on Saturday and across east and south on Sunday through Wednesday.
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Arkansas
Torrid Session Leaves Council Split on Hiring City Workers
City council divided over how to hire municipal labor as a heated meeting discussed methods and policies. The report details council members' differing views on civil service procedures and hiring criteria amid a contentious session.
Street Dept Hiring Sparks Council Showdown
City council split over Street Department staffing as two new workers were hired without full council approval. Aldermen Byers objected, calling for heads to justify hires, while others urged committee and mayor oversight before granting funds for the positions.
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Slopa Streek
Fong
Apo Glal
Polley
Jill
Mnank
Albertin
Jessie Brown
Howard Byers
Te Council
Fred Rusell
Russell
Eure
Ain
Byers
Newl
Mayo
Wilson
Rottl
Jossig
Murphy
Charles
Dwight Rid
Hospital Bonds Bought by Stephens Co
The Hempstead County hospital bonds, $800,000, issued in the Stephens Co Investment Co of Little Rock, carry about 3 percent interest and mature in 14 years. The plan finances the new hospital construction with $800,000 from the county and $800,000 from the federal government, with completion expected early next year.
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Hempstead County
W. &. Stephens Investment Company
Little Rock
Mrs Hoelscher to Be Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Hoelscher longtime Hope resident who died in a focal hospital will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Herndon-Cornelius Funeral Home with the Rev Montgomery presiding Burial will be in Rose Cemetery Active pallbearers Cook W C Thompson Jack Atkins Jim Simpson Mike Boyker and William Schooley
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Minnie Hoelscher
Hope Susident
Herndon-Cornelius
Bonavelth
Rev. Montgomery
Rose WM Cielery
Cook
Jack Atkins
Jim Simpson
Mike Boyker
William Schooley
Funeral Services for Jim Greene Set Saturday
Funeral arrangements announced for Jim Greene of Greanville with services at The Hone in death’s tolling. Pallbearers listed include Adye pallbearies and local firms. burial planned in Gastonia, North Carolina, with mourners from Hope and Mullah community.
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Jim Greene
Adye Pallbearies
Jalan 2
Pon Foine
Thounten
Pex
Hexen Gatfelt
Gastonia
8. C
Melac Alldws
Syd McMath
Hope
Travis McGay
Lulla Boel
Aetia
Veawell Coriell
Pas
Target Areas Designated in the U S
The United States government identified probable atomic bomb targets including North Little Rock and Fort Smith with Little Rock. The designations cover urban centers with populations of 60,000 or more and state capitals, while some installations remain undisclosed for security. Civil defense officials weigh policy shifts as federal support appears uncertain.
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Warren Rogers JR
Wasitingon
United States
Armee
Adimusteas Lion
Lite Feck
Little Toul
Fort Smith
Avi
Legel
Oui U.S
Little Rock
North Little Reels
Mupsia
Muniel PW Regal
Ula
Val Peterson
Peterson
Town Notes Warn of Fires and Traffic Dangers
All Around the Town column reports Hempstead County events including mobile health unit results, fire safety reminders, and traffic incidents. It notes that X ray results are at the County Health Office, mentions a few local arrests for traffic violations, a pedestrian accident, a driver’s license issue, and local youths entering military basic training.
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Hempstead Falls
Cartier
State Health
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Wales
Greanville
Blalt
Willig
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Puig
Charles Thomas Crumpler
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