Budget Cutting Drive Gains Momentum on Capitol Hill
In Congress the budget-cutting push advances with Senate Armed Services Committee trimming 771 million from Defense requests for aircraft missiles and hardware. It adds 363.7 million to speed RS70 bomber development, leaving the total 407.3 million below administration asks. The House votes 91.964 million cut in Post Office funding amid postal service delivery concerns.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
House
J. Edward Tay
Post Office Department
Day
Richard B. Russell
Judgment against Congressman Powell over libel verdict
A Harlem widow, Esther James, won a libel award of 211500 against Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. A white State Supreme Court jury found Powell liable for calling her a glove and graft collector. Powell plans to appeal while James says she will donate part of the proceeds to charity.
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New York
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Esther James
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Washington
James
State Supreme Court
Weather Station Report for 24 Hours in Arkansas
Weather data shows a 24 hour period ending Friday at a.m. with high at 84 and low at 54 degrees and precipitation totaling 0.04 inches. Cloudy conditions observed across Arkansas with continued note to Page Three.
Hope High School Election Results Named Student Leaders
Hope High School announced Student Council officers for the four grades. Senior class leaders include Johnny Anthony as president and Larry Thrash as vice president with Rose Ann Williams as secretary and Jacky Lloyd as treasurer.
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Hope High School
Mack McLarty
Carter Hardage
Cissie Ellis
Cookie Janes
Johnny Anthony
Larry Thrash
Rose Ann Williams
Jacky Lloyd
Johnny Honeycutt
John Wayne Hughes
Joe Purvis
Myrtle Cox
Sharon Faris
Jan Gaines
Karen Cabb
John Scott Andrews
Margie Herndon
Charles Beard
Sammy Strong
Susan Cobb
Lynn Russell
Betty O'Neal
Margie
Two Hope Policemen Divide $100 Reward
Two Hope police officers Wallace C. Marlin and James R. Rowe shared a $100 reward posted by Hope Star for arrest and conviction of vending machine thieves. Contributions came from Hope Star and nearby Gazette offices. five Juveniles pled guilty in Juvenile Court and received probation or Industrial School potential.
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Hope
Wallace C. Marlin
James R. Rowe
Hope Star
Jacks
Arkansas Gazette
Texarkana Gazette
Industrial School
Presbyterians Plan Easter Meets at Presbyterian Church
The 2nd annual Pre Easter meeting begins Sunday with a 10 55 am service. Next week services run Monday to Friday at 7 30 pm. The Candlelight Communion Service is scheduled for Thursday night. Mrs K L Gosnell directs the choir providing special music at all services. Elders and deacons invite all to attend.
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Presbyterian Church
K.L. Gosnell
DeQueen Special Election May Ballot For Rubber Plant
A special election is planned in DeQueen for May to approve funding for a Rubber Corporation of America plant. The project would cost about $280,000 with Sevier County supplying a portion. An estimated 200 workers would be employed at the site.
Dist Legion Meet To Be Held Sunday
The District 2 Spring Conference of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary will meet at the Hempstead County Courthouse Sunday April 7 at 2 p.m. Host Leslie Huddleston Post 12 and Auxiliary Unit invite posts and units from Ashdown Bradley DeQueen Foreman Horatio Hope 427 Nashville Stamps and Texarkana. District 12 President Mrs VY A Dainwood and District Commander W D Frady will lead separate business meetings. Department President Mrs F J Eisin will be guest speaker with Junior American Legion members serving as greeters. Attendance is urged.
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American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Hempstead County
Leslie Huddleston
Ashdown
Bradley
DeQueen
Foreman
Horatio
Hope 427
Nashville
Stamps
Texarkana
VY. A. Dainwood
District 12
W. D. Frady
Noratio
F. J. Eisin
Little Rock
American Legion Auxiliary
Hope Unit 2
Soviet Lunik 4 Near Moon on Flight to Explore
Tass reports the 3,130 pound Lunik 4 passed about 10,000 miles from the moon and 226,200 miles from Earth at Moscow time. The probe, launched Tuesday, slowed to 6,700 mph due to Earth's gravity as experiments aboard aid future moon flights supervised by a Crimean scientific center.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
U.S
Moon
Crimea
Unskilled Labor to Get Less, Less
In Little Rock, Arkansas, Marvin Taylor of the Arkansas Employment Security Division warned a civic club that by 1970 only about five percent of jobs will be unskilled. He said youths who drop out must compete with graduates, unemployment for under 22s already higher, and ESD seeks options to keep youths in school while offering part-time work to support studies and steady employment.
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Little Rock
Marvin Taylor
Arkansas Employment Security Division
Civic Club
Taylor
ESD
Bids Submitted for Cabot Carlisle Housing Units
Bracy Development Company Inc submitted the low bid of 492 350 dollars to build low rent housing units at Cabot and Carlisle.
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Lonore, Ark
Bracy Development Company, Inc
Cabot and
Carlisle
All Around Town Notes and Local Notices
Rain plan for dog vaccination at the old used car lot sheds at Third and Shower. Garden Club project funds a new trash can after school students found $1 bills. mentions names of students. Emmet Woman's Association teams head to Memphis for International Bowling Tournament with Perry Truck Stop, Lil lich's Beauty Shop, and other players from Prescott, Nashville, and Hope listed. Bowling tournament entries and fees noted with unclear figures. C. E. Wilhite graduates from Ford Marketing Institute. Junior Red Cross event planned May 5 at Four States Fair Grounds Rodeo Arena. Capt Luther W. Kennedy of Hope assigned to Germany with the 2d Division's 23d Infantry under Rota plan. Kennedy previously taught in Norphiet Public Schools and graduated from Henderson State Teachers College. Afrman Ferguson of Hope reports arrival at Dyess AFB Texas as loadmaster.
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Emmet Woman's Association
Memphis
Perry Truck Stop
Muriel O'Steen
Rita Byers
Margie Harrie
Hope
Judy Koslosky
Prescott
Polly Dailey
Nashville
Lillich
Lillian Wren
Duan Sizemore
Robbie Gautsche
Helen Beavert
Sibyl Parsons
Jhape
Army
Luther W. Kennedy
Luther C. Kennedy
Rt. 4
Germany
Kennedy
Norphiet Public Schools
Hopeigh
Henderson State Teachers College
Afrman
Franklin D. Ferguson
Hope, Ark
Dyess Afb
Texas
Emmet High School
Johnnie Ferguson
Hope Rta
Mary de. Hake
Norful
Gonity, Uglind
Stock Experiment Ends At Arkansas Station
The Southwest Branch Experiment Station of the University of Arkansas completes its first cooperative performance testing for a registered bull program. Forty bulls from 11 producers began testing Oct 1 1962 with a 154 day test ending Nov 1 1962, weighing every 28 days and recording feed intake and gain on a safe low concentrate ration. Open House is set for April 1 at the Spencer tract bull barn. top 30 bulls will be auctioned at 1 30 p.m. April 1 1963 in Hope Ark. Complete results available from the station or county agents.
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Southwest Branch Experiment Station
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Arkansas
Mhursday
Spencer Tract
Animal Industry Department
Hope Livestock Commission Co
Hope
Ark
University of Arkansas, Southwest Branch Experiment Station
State Hospital Patient Killed by Freight Train Near Benton
A 68 year old patient Lester Beckham of New Van Buren was struck and killed by a Missouri Pacific freight train while walking along tracks two and a half miles south of Benton Arkansas. Deputy Sheriff Bill Dyer said engineer George Smeeder did not see Beckham until impact after the train passed. Beckham had been a patient at the Benton State Hospital.
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Benton
Ark
State Hospital
Lester Beckham
New van Buren
Denal
Missouri Pacific
Bill Dyer
George Smeeder
Texarkansas
Beckham
Minstrel Is Very Good in Hope Kiwanis Show
A small, quiet crowd greeted the opening performance of the 1963 Hope Kiwanis Minstrel in the high school auditorium. Mitch R C LaGrone on banjo and Al Graves headline, with strong singing by Mrs. Maxine White Miss Delaine Bonds and Mrs. Billie Russell. The 45‑member cast delivered a two hour show with all funds benefitting the Hope Youth Program.
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Hope Kiwanis
Mitch R. C. LaGrone
al Graves
Pai
Maxine White
Delaine Bonds
Billie Russell
Hope
Accidental Poisoning Discussed at Prescott Nurses Meeting
David Verble of Wyeth Drug Co told Prescott District Registered Nurses that over 500 children die yearly from accidental poisoning of household products. He urged securing drugs, insecticides, cleaners, and gasoline from children and presented the film Infant Nutrition. Mrs. George Wright led the brief business session and eight members along with six guests attended the social hour with cookies and coffee.
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David Verble
Wyeth Drug Co
Prescott
Verble
George Wright
Mrs Annie Bruce 59 Dies in Local Hospital
Mrs Annie Teorey Bruce aged 59 died Thursday in a local hospital after living most of her life inEm l mpstead She owned a member of the Baptist Church Survivors include her husband a daughter five brothers Jack Terry of Hattieburg Miss 1 EB and Henry Terry of Hope Port Worth Jonah Terry of Dallas and sister Mrs Lela Bruce of Royal Oak Michigan Services will be at Devin Baptist Church at 2 30 Today Rev Norman Grint officiating Burial by Oakergst will be in Delive hietery
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Annie Teorey Bruce
Elemipstead
The
Baptist Church
Dog ‘Y. Bytee
Do Ann
Jack Terry
Hattieburg
Henry Terry
Hope
Port Worth
Jonah Terry
Dallas
Lela Bruce
Royal Oak
Midh Serviews
Devin Baptist Church
Norman Grint
Buvial
Oakergst
Reds Want Out in Foreign Aid in Rusk Testimony
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that opponents of foreign aid seek to collaborate with a global Communist strategy. He defended continued U.S. aid against cuts, warning that pulling back would let Communists advance worldwide and undermine freedom. He noted Moscow and Peking remain allied despite tensions.
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Washington
Dean Risk
Pregam
Rusk
House Foree Affairs Committee
Kennedy
Thomas J. Morgan
D-Pa
Congress
Europe
Mediterranean
South Asia
Far East
Latin America
Africa
Free World
Moscow
Peking
Cleveland strike ends after 126 days
Cleveland's 126 day newspaper strike ends as Plain Dealer and Cleveland Press & News workers return to prep Monday editions. Printers ratified a 26 month contract by a 339-280 vote, worth about 18.99 in wages and benefits, with mediation from Gilbert J. Seldin and James Macpherson.
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Larry Friedman
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
The
Plain Dealer
Cleveland Press & News
the Plain Dealer
Clifford C. Hilpert
Thomas Vail
Parest City Publishing Co
Ohio
Plain Dewer
Teamsters Union
New York
Slike
Teamsters
Minneapolis
Hilpert
Wuipus and
Cuiht
S24 Moenthers
Teamsters Call
Whos UA Piguhheta
Uva
Basket Plant Here Sells for 32750
The Federal Government sold the Hope Basket Company in Hope, Arkansas, for 32750. The Red River Package Co. of Jacksonville Texas bought the plant with James L. Peacock as agent. The auction, run by the Internal Revenue Service, began with 80 bidders and tallied 32750, ending after a bid below the tax deficit. The firm had operated over 50 years, closing in 1962.
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Hope Basket Company
Red River Package Cu
Jacksonville
Texas
James L. Peacock
U. S. Treasury Department
Fred W. Johnson
Internal Revenue Service
George Peck
Hope
Hope. Basket Co
Walter Verhalen
Jaycees Plan Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Circus
The Hope Jaycees schedule an Easter Egg Hunt at Fair Park on April 14 at 1 30 p.m. Sections separate age groups and prizes will be announced later. The event also features the Al Kelly and Miller Circus touring the United States with 150 performers and 200 animals. Jaycees keep 50 percent of circus proceeds to support the egg hunt and local bands. Advance tickets go on sale April 8 with a 25 percent discount. prices are 75 cents for students and $1.50 for adults for the 3 00 to 5 00 p.m. circus show.
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Hope Jaycees
Fair Park
Jaycees
al Kelly and Miller Circus
United States
Hope
Dewey Bolls 52 Dies in Ann Arbor Hospital
Dewey Bolls aged 52 died Friday in an Ann Arbor Michigan hospital. A longtime Hope resident he is survived by his wife Frances a son James Edward a daughter Mrs Sue Boice all of Ypsilanti Michigan. Sisters in Magnolia Kenai Alaska and Hope are listed as his siblings. Arrangements are incomplete with the body expected to be returned to Hope for burial.
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Dewey Bolls
Ann Arbor
Mich
Martin Dewey Bolls
Hope
Francus
James Edward
Sue Boice
Ypsilanti
L. L. Neill
Magnolia
J. E. Spillers
Kenai
Alaska
A. St. Trout
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Carter Mardage
Cookie Jone
Dist. Legion
Charles Beverly
Bill McKenzie
Susan Turner
Susan Forster
Penny MacMurrough
Garden Club Council
Prive Dienes
Burns White
Ring Alley
Jamie Russell
Margre Harvie
C. E. Wilhite
Hope Auto Co
Ford Marketing Institute
Four States Fair Grounds Rodeo Arena
Freeda Greenan
Don Stamper
Ned Purtle
Ned Ray Purtle
Arthur Wimmell
Cecil Biddle
Annie Bruce
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