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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1961
Page
2
Yerger High School lists next week meals from Monday to Friday. Menus include pork patties with gravy and potatoes, cheese frankfurters with corn, turkey pie with vegetables, macaroni and cheese with green beans, and meat loaf with rice and sides. each day served with butter, milk, and bread or rolls.
A fatal shootout clears the Belle Union arm of the town as Chris Waddell retires his badge after Ace Mac Swain is killed and Frank Scorbie and Elvie Spooner are left among the victims. Norma and Waddell seek a quieter life, riding the Hills as the purple twilight closes.
The page lists a pastor's 21st anniversary events across several churches with guest speakers, a county talent program at Yerger High School with winners in elementary and high school divisions, judges, and a baby contest at Bethel AME Church titled Babies on Parade. It also includes church listings for Willisville Emmet Gum Springs and details for Father’s Day events and a sermon schedule.
Sir Winston Churchill, 86, boarded a jet at Idlewild Airport after a Caribbean cruise, waving to about 300 cheering onlookers. He was aided by Berra Baruch and Aristotle Onassis, with his doctor and two nurses nearby as he walked a long distance to the plane. A mother told her 6 year old son that Churchill was one of the greatest men ever.
Fr L Lemaster a 62 year old blacksmith was admitted to a hospital with minor injuries after being kicked by a horse he was shoeing. The incident reflects old era dangers faced by craftsmen in Little Rock.
Pope John XXIII presided at a semipublic consistory and announced May 41 as the canonization date for Maria Bertilla Boscardin, an Italian nun renowned for her charitable works who died in 1922.
The Southern Association table shows Chattanooga atop with 41–20, Birmingham 41–30, and Shreveport at 84 50 1% in the lower pack. Friday results: Macon 3 Little Rock 2, Shreveport 9 Birmingham 3, Nashville 3 Mobile 2, Chattanooga 12 Atlanta 3. Saturday games include Atlanta at Chattanooga and Birmingham at Shreveport.
The Liberty ship Marine Merchant, 1244-ton sulfur laden freighter built in 1944, broke in heavy seas 40 miles southeast of Portland Maine. The Esso Raleigh rescued the captain and 25 crew from one lifeboat while the Daru recovered nine more from another. The Coast Guard reported the ship sank at 9 10 a m in deep water. The vessel was owned by Marine Navigation Co with home port Wilmington Delaware.
Fragmentary text references Solunar Tables by John Alden Knight and a damaged print note. It mentions times such as 5:40 and 6:30 and includes garbled catalog-like data from a periodical or almanac, suggesting a partial reprint or captioning error without clear context or full readings.
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