Rainy Day Revenue Trouble at 20 Feet in Sky
A memory filled column covers weather, bridge wins, a Sarasota sister report, and a Pennsylvania farm tale. The author notes a hobby bird box on a pole, sparrows invading, and a plan to lower the box to remove them. He closes with the question about sparrows replacing a departed horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver L. Adams
Hempstead
Sarasota
Fla
Herald-Tribune
Clark Yeager
Sarasota Yacht Club
Pennsylvania
Jerry O'Neal
Jerry
Way Paved for Shopping Center Here
Hope City Board of Directors passed an ordinance re zoning property at Shover and Third to clear the way for a shopping center. The Lilac Garden Club received approval for a roadside park project on Highway 4 near the airport funded by the club and built by the Arkansas Highway Department. Garland Medders will meet Lions Club members about a Boy Scouts building on city property financed by the club. Engineers discussed the west outfall sewer project with federal funds of 28500 dollars matching local funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shover
Hope City Board of Directors
Lilac Garden Club
Highway 4
Airport
Arkansas Highway Department
Garland Medders
Lions Club
Fairpark
John Hawkins
Don Walker
Weather Update From Experiment Station Report
Weather data for 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday shows a high of 78 and a low of 63 with trace precipitation. Central Arkansas will be partly to mainly cloudy with a cooler night and Wednesday highs 76 to 84. Southwest Arkansas clears with highs near 74 to 82 and lows 56 to 64. Northwest Arkansas stays clear to partly cloudy with cooler tonight and highs in the 70s. Southeast Arkansas mostly cloudy with showers and a few thunderstorms tonight becoming partly cloudy Wednesday. low 60 to 65, high about 70s. Continued on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Central Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas
Southeast
Arkansas
Figures Delay of Registration Inexcusable
Rep Nathan Schoenfeld said there is no excuse for any delay in registering voters under Amendment 51 of the Arkansas Constitution. He filed suit to void action by the state Board of Election Commissioners to add spaces on the voter registration form for designation of race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs, Ark
Nathan Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
State Board of Election Commissioners
Berserk Student Opened Fire in Summit Hardware Store
Isaac Brown Jr., 22, a Black college student, shot five people in a Summit Mississippi hardware store, killing Ed Smith, 45, and injuring others before striking his father J F Schluter, 89, and being captured after a brief chase. Brown reportedly declared I am God while rampaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.F. Schluter
Smith
Herbert
Julia Monk
Walter Roberts
Brown
Train Guards to Patrol New York Subways at Night
Mayor Wagner announced an emergency program placing 1,200 patrolmen on duty nightly to guard New York City subways. One or more officers will monitor each of the 480 stations from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. to deter muggings and terror during the peak period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Legion Post Auxiliary Meet Thursday in Leslie
A joint meeting of American Legion Leslie Huddleston Post 12 and Auxiliary will be held Thursday April 8 at 7 30 p m at the National Guard Armory A potluck dinner follows and Mrs M M McCloughan unit president will present a program observing the Legion 46th Birthday Post Adjutant Talbot Feild Jr will speak on The Meaning of The American Legion Auxiliary members are asked to bring a salad or dessert and the Legion will furnish meat and drinks
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American Legion
Leslie Huddleston
National Guard
M. M. McCloughan
Legion
Talbot Feild, Jr
Joe Jones
Southern State College Band Spring Tour Details
Magnolia reports that the Southern State College concert band will tour southwest Arkansas on April 6 and 7. Director Richard O. Oliver said the sixty member group will perform at Hope High School, Magnolia High, Stamps High, and Ashdown High with distinct morning and afternoon concerts. The program features Night Flight to Madrid, Yellowstone Suite, Tulsa, Chant and Jubilo, and My Fair Lady excerpts arranged by Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia
Southern State College
Arkansas
Richard O. Oliver
Hope High School
Magnolia High
Stamps High School
Ashdown High
Madrid
Leslie
Yellowstone
Klien
Tulsa
Gillis
McBeth
My Fair Lady
Bennett
Comedians Among World's Most Lonely People
NEW YORK AP reports Buddy Hackett, acclaimed comedian, laments loneliness when alone, recalling a career from truck driving to stardom. The piece profiles his self taught path, humor, and personal quirks, noting his weight, dislikes, and love of family and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Buddy Hackett
Buddy
United States
Hackett
Composers Push Computers as Musical Instrument Trend
University of Illinois professors argue computers are essential tools for modern composition. Lajaren Hiller cites the Illiac II and the Illiac Suite as examples while Eric Lin notes computers shrink from building-sized to room-sized. A computer concert drew 200 students, sparking varied applause for machine music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour M Hersh
Hiller
Eric Lin
Digital Computer Laboratory
Lin
Brahms
Bach
Madelon Magela
Night teach-in ends with low turnout at UB campus
In Buffalo, an all night teach in on U S policy in South Viet Nam ended with 100 students remaining from more than 1,290 who attended Monday night in the student union. Dr. Sidney Wilhelm called the event a dismal failure.
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Buffalo
N.Y
University of Buffalo
Sidney M. Wilihelm
United States
South Viet Nam
Car Hits Feed Bin Injures Two In Hope Eggland Incident
About noon yesterday an auto driven by Jean Fricks collided with a feed bin at Hope Eggland Inc. The bin collapsed onto the vehicle, injuring two women. Fricks and a companion were rushed to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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Herndon-Cornelius
Hope Eggland, Inc
Jean Fricks
Mekong Delta Battle Claims Heavy Viet Cong Toll
In Ca Mau Peninsula, more than 120 Viet Cong were killed and six U.S. personnel were dead or missing. An American officer and a Navy officer died in one of the Mekong Delta’s bloodiest engagements in months, with four U.S. Army helicopter crewmen missing and believed dead. A second helicopter was shot down. its crew was rescued with minor injuries. Heavy fighting continued as details emerged.
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Mountain View
Ark
Rowland Cave
Hugh Shell
Shell
Batesville
Hogan Bledsoe
Lake Village
Steve Wilson
Arkansas Tech
Mike Hill
Arkansas College
Lyle E. Thomas
Navy
Washington
T. J. Burton
Stone County
Thomas
Ozark
John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
U.S
U.S. Army
Ca Mau Peninsula
Fair Lady Dominates with Eight Oscars at Academy Awards
The film My Fair Lady won eight Oscars including best picture at the 37th Academy Awards in Hollywood. Rex Harrison won best actor, Julie Andrews best actress, with Peter Ustinov and Lila Kedrova taking supporting honors. Harrison’s award caps a career from 1929, while Andrews gains recognition for Mary Poppins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bacon
Santa Monica
Calif
Hollywood
Academy
Rex Harrison
Henry Higgins
Eliza Doolittle
Julie Andrews
Britain
Peter Ustinov
France
Lila Kedrova
Harrison
Berlin Autobahn Blockade Sparks Western Protest
East Germany again closed the 110 mile Berlin autobahn prompting protests from the United States Britain and France. A Soviet jet buzzed Tempelhof Airport as allied vehicles were delayed at Babelsberg Helmstedt and West Berlin end. The action coincided with Bundestag and cabinet meetings in West Berlin activities viewed as pressuring West Germany on Berlin’s status.
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U.S
Babelsberg
West Berlin
Helmstedt
Berlin
East Germany
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Soviet Union
Bundestag
Tass
Bundes
Hope resident enters hospital for leg operation
All Around Town notes Richard McDowell of Hope entering Arkansas Baptist Hospital Little Rock for a leg operation. The item also mentions Bil Blake chosen for an LSU teacher institute funded by the National Science Foundation and other local items including a police inquiry, a theater role, Kiwanis Minstrel plans, and a White Elephant sale by the Hempstead County Republican Women’s Club.
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Richard McDowell
Ray McDowell
Hope
Arkansas Baptist Hospital
Little Rock
Bil Blake
W. N. Blake
LSU
Baton Rouge
National Science Foundation
Blake
Ouachita
Henderson State
University of Arkansas
Tyler
Texas
Hempstead County Republican Women’s Club
Duffie Hardware
West Second
Hope Area
Farm Proposal Shifts Cost to Consumer
President Johnson urged Congress to authorize new farm programs shifting costs from the Treasury to consumers. Rice prices could rise 5 to 7 cents per pound, with flour and other wheat products increasing. The plan aims to cut federal farm spending by about 200 million dollars yearly and retire 40 million acres from production. Cotton program remains under study.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Treasury
Harold D. Coole
Dem. N.C
House Agriculture Committee
McCaskill RCI Meet Slated Friday
Jeff High, Farm Home Administration supervisor, will speak at the McCaskill RCI meeting Friday night about the Stempstead County Development Council and the Economic Opportunity Act. The program includes a covered dish dinner, business session, and a report by J Gordon Prescott on state RCI meetings.
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Jeff High
Farm Home Administration
Stempstead County Development Council
McCaskill Rci
John Denton
Prescott
J. Gordon Prescott
RCI
Peeping Tom Sentenced in Circuit Court
April term of Hempstead Circuit Court opened with one jury trial. Judge Lyle Brown presided. Herman Frierson found guilty of window peeping and sentenced to two years in the Arkansas penitentiary. Cox pleaded not guilty to burglary and grand larceny with bond set at 750 dollars for a shotgun theft. Smith forgery and uttering case had suspended sentence revoked, three years in the penitentiary. Nicholson pled guilty to grand larceny by servant, three years with suspended sentence for good behavior. Court to reconvene Thursday for non jury cases.
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Hempstead
Lyle Brwon
Herman Frierson
Arkansas
State
William Sonny Cox
Bill Dillard
Wayne E. Smith
Arkansas Penitentiary State
Don Nicholson
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Brooklyn
Bill Simmons
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Reds
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Well of the Saints
Southern State
Hope High
Texarkana Junior College
Peeping Tom
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