This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1967
Page
2
The station report covers 245 hours ending 7 am Tuesday with a high of 78 and a low of 50 and 1.30 inches precipitation. Arkansas forecasts increasing cloudiness through Wednesday with a chance of showers and thundershowers mainly in the south and west late tonight and Wednesday. Temperature to rise little tonight then warmer on Wednesday with lows in the 50s.
A downtown Miami Haven Hotel blaze at about 1:50 a.m. trapped more than a dozen guests on the top floor. One woman died and an 68 year old man, Charles Foster, is seriously burned. Police and fire crews rescued others. nearby residents were evacuated.
King urged open housing advocates to unite with the local NAAC and warned of a citywide boycott of downtown stores. He proposed emptying local jails during the Kentucky Derby week starting May 6 to deter so-called outsiders, signaling police tensions as about 125 marchers, including 25 technicians from Georgia, South Carolina and Chicago, gathered.
Washington AP report on state legislative action fading for a constitutional convention to overturn the Supreme Court one man one vote ruling. Alaska moved little. Iowa, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin show limited activity. Dirksen urges action but prospects dim as governors and legislatures split along party lines.
The Pulaski County rural school district became Arkansas' largest with March enrollment reaching 25 675. The Little Rock district, long the leader, reported 25 647 through March 3.
The Rev Wintermute, guest speaker at the First United Presbyterian Church in Selmer, discusses unrest in America’s churches and Presbyterian responses. Born in Memphis, he holds a BA from Maryville College and is a McCormick seminary graduate. He has pastored in Chicago Las Animas Colorado and Kansas City. A 6:30 covered dish dinner precedes his address.
Gordon and Sheila MacRae, married over two decades, have divorced by mutual consent with custody awarded to Sheila for three children. A property settlement had been previously agreed in New York. The couple performed together in nightclubs for years before Sheila acted on The Honeymooners.
Mrs. Pat Henderson of Greenbrier succeeds Claud C. Stanton as Faulkner County revenue agent. Stanton, 67, held the post since December 1958 and said he was asked to resign. Henderson is a member of the Arkansas Republican State Committee. Stanton may retire on the state list.
Pasadena reports Surveyor 3 performing well in its first lunar approach. The 2,283 pound robot with armlike scoops targets the Sea of Storms for potential future manned missions. Landing expected around 7 p.m. EST Wednesday after final trajectory corrections and speed reduction.
A spokesman describes a completely automatic landing maneuver as the shin turns, promising no external help once initiated. Surveyor 3 stands on tripod legs awaiting two weeks of photographs, with hopeful digs planned.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.