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Early Life. Originally a moss-grown rock landmark jutting out from the south bank of the Arkansas River, Little Rock was named by Explorer Bénard de la Harpe in 1722, settled by William Lewis of Virginia in 1812, made capital of the Arkansas Territory in June 1821. A boisterous village at the crossing of two frontier arteries -the Arkansas River and the Great Southwest Trail-Little Rock attracted settlers and travelers such as Davy Crockett, who said in 1834: "If I could rest anywhere it would be in Arkansaw where the men are of the real half-horse...
...practical basis for the reciprocal market already exists: Brazil buys Chile's nitrates and Chile needs Brazil's coffee and cocoa. The committee starts work in 60 days on a draft treaty. Said Chile's President Carlos Ibanez: "If we succeed, your visit will be a landmark for a new economic organization for all the countries of Latin America...
...cheerful determination, Mexicans last week began repairing, restoring and rebuilding their earthquake-tossed capital. It was a formidable task: close to 100 buildings, including office and apartment buildings, 25 schools and 41 theaters, were closed as unsafe. The luxurious apartment building, Casa Latinoamerica, was likely to be condemned. The landmark office building at No. 1 Reforma was abandoned and will be torn down. The new main wing of the Continental Hilton cracked away from its annex, will be closed five months for repairs. Even buildings with unscarred fronts turned out to be wrecks inside...
...proper legal definition of "advocacy and teaching," Harlan's opinion pointed to the 1949 jury instructions of Judge Harold Medina in the landmark trial in New York of Communist Party Secretary Eugene Dennis and ten other top U.S. Reds. The Medina instructions, upheld by the Supreme Court in 1951, said that the Smith Act denounced not the "abstract doctrine" of violent overthrow but the "teaching and advocacy of action" in "language reasonably and ordinarily calculated to incite persons to such action." Apparently, to the Supreme Court's mind, the key phrase was "incite to action"-and Judge Mathes...
...fiscal policy that helped bring record-breaking prosperity in peacetime. Months ago, George Humphrey telegraphed his intention to return to private business at the end of the 85th Congress (TIME, Feb. 11). The announcement last week of his resignation was therefore no surprise. But it was a highly significant landmark: it was in a strong sense the dividing line between the first Eisenhower Administration and a second Eisenhower Administration with new needs, new plans and new ambitions...