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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1966
Page
1
A Detroit editor reports Paul H. Jones and wife Mattie Elsie are moving into a new home on Highway 4 East. The Joneses catch the mumps on Monday night. The piece rails against federal car safety mandates and political patronage, defending American auto leadership and criticizing government meddling.
Sherriff's deputies and volunteers found four members of the Vere family slain near the marsh in Louisiana. Barbara Vere and her three children were missing after her common law husband Bernando Mejia returned home to Berwick and found a bloodstained house. Mejia's nephew Roy Mejia, 27, is charged with multiple murders and was believed to have fled to Mexico.
Heavy rainfall swept through Hempstead county with 4.2 percent inches recorded by 7 am Monday and a three day total of 1.28 inches since Saturday. The Associated Press reports continued showers and thunder storms across the state with several rivers near or above flood stage and crest forecasts for Black River Newport Arkadelphia and Camden. An April 26 meeting at Ande rson Church is announced for cemetery upkeep.
Farmers form equipment cooperatives to purchase costly tools like combines and cotton pickers together, expanding access to farming gear. Local officials note many small loans support rural co op purchases and reduce barriers to modernization. A Los Angeles police call involving a rattlesnake in a woman’s bag ends with officers clearing the bag and finding the animal.
Ford Vice President John S. Bugas told the House Commerce Committee that the auto industry now supports a strong federal role in setting vehicle safety standards. He urged legally binding nationwide standards and a federal authority to establish them, with states' input in development and enforcement.
Houston AP reports Marcel DeRudder a Westville Illinois coal miner died at 2 04 am today likely from rupture of the bronchia or trachea after a partial artificial heart device implanted six days earlier but post mortem exam will confirm. Left ventricular bypass remained functional at death with Dr Michael E Debukey leading the surgical team present. A separate note states Masonic Lodge No 234 will confer an officer appleimice degree at 730 pm Friday April 26 Master Masons urged to attend.
Eleven jurors seated on the first degree murder trial of Ronald Ween Dunn 39 of Magnolia Ohio and Richard Carlie Hooten 21 of Louisville Ky for the death of Thomas Duane Weard 20 of Houston Tex whose body was found on Labor Day 1904 near the Pulaski Saling county line The state seeks the death penalty and Judge William J Kirby granted defense motions for separate trials.
Three hotel workers narrowly escaped a severe landslide at the Southers Club in Hot Springs Arkansas as five days of rain loosened earth and sent debris down the hillside. The office addition was destroyed and a large beam punched into the Aristocrat Motor Inn wall. Weather flooding affected Centra Avenue. damages were not yet estimated.
Final plans by Hope High School class of 1922 for a homecoming event at the Country Club. An afternoon open house is set from 3 to 5 p.m. on April 30 to welcome local attendees and visitors from out of town. A dinner will honor classmates from Florida to Washington, with 54 members in the class and over 40 expected at dinner.
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle remarks that middle age is not a destination but part of life’s journey. He notes signs like preferring tomatoes to roses, groaning at aging, anxieties about furniture, and sympathy for older passengers, while stressing aging is natural and not a disease.
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