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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1962
Page
2
Hope Star publishes local staff names and positions and lists national advertising representatives. The notice includes subscription rates for various regions, prices for different terms, and confirms Associated Press membership and reprint rights for local news.
New Orleans report on a project to assist African Americans to relocate to northern cities. NAACP officials warn against expecting one day moves or guaranteed success, citing transport plans limited by available trains and buses. The effort highlights staged migration and ongoing racial segregation issues affecting families like the Boyd group from New Orleans.
Weather outlooks across regions show thundery showers and scattered rain in Southwest Arkansas and Northwest Arkansas with a mix of clear spells. Temperatures fluctuate with highs near the upper 70s to mid 80s, and nights cooling into the 50s and 60s as fronts move through.
Arkansas Tech leads district champions as 35 five man teams travel to Overland Park Kansas for the first national bowling tournament for village students. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Bowling Proprietors Association of America sanction the event with BPAA house qualifying requiring six games per team member. Woodrow Wilson’s administration paid Denmark 25 million dollars in gold for the Virgin Islands as a World War I defense measure.
Four people died in Arkansas accidents on Monday including two drownings and two fatal wrecks. Elderly Til Bullard, 70, died when his vehicle veered on Highway 14 near Tryant, injuring Louis Westbrook and Madeline Smith. Westbrook later died. Smith survived. Mrs. Allen J. Massey, 47, of Greenville Miss, died after losing control on Highway 65 near Pine Bluff, injuring Wanda Hamilton. James Washington, 12, drowned at a rock quarry near Altus, and a Paragould man, 2, drowned when a boat overturned on Lake Table Rock near the Arkansas Missouri line. Sheriff statements cited.
Mrs. Eatellix Wilson, 66, a Rogers Arkansas native, died Saturday at the Kansas Masonic Home in Wichita. She had lived in Wichita about 10 years. Survivors include three sons Dr. Stewart M. Wilson of Rogers, Dr. Sloan Jr. Wilson of Milton, Kan, and Dr. Charles M. Wilson of La Crosse, Kan.
James Mason Bill Bartee and Marlin Huddleston, all college students, were rescued from Lookout Mountain cave near Trenton Georgia after a 46 hour ordeal without food or water. Rescue workers and families rejoiced as the three, explorers from Emory University and Presbyterian College, were brought out safe and sound.
Goodwood England AP reports Stirling Moss Britain’s top racing driver was injured when his car careened off the track at high speed. Mechanics freed Moss after minutes of effort. He was conscious during rescue. extent of injuries not yet known.
Airman David Brooks at Little Rock Air Force Base launches Operation Margie to collect trading stamps to fund his wife Misako, nicknamed Margie, after she remained in Japan. Brooks and Annie Thompson seek sponsors and place collection boxes with Margie pictures around the base as four books of stamps fund a Tokyo to Little Rock flight.
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A fire near Harrison Arkansas burned about 3,0 acres of woods between St. Joe and Pindalky. Officials say the blaze was controlled late Thursday. School authorities dismissed students and planned to have older students assist in fire safety efforts.
Democratic Party officials said Moon day filing fees are not refundable if candidates withdraw after the filing deadline. The party collects ballot fees to cover printing costs while past practice allowed refunds to withdrawals before the deadline. Names of withdrawing candidates are printed on the November ballot after June 23 except in death cases.
Warning order issued for defendant Maudie Lea Smith Kennedy to appear in court and answer the complaint. Clerk Sussett signs the document dated April 26, 1962, with notices in May.
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