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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1961
Page
3
City Park hosts a Wednesday night park program featuring an Elimination Beatty Queen Contest to select Miss Tope who will compete in the Four States Beauty Contest and Swim Meet at City Park in August. The event promotes civic activities and community pride.
The text presents the Solunar periods with major and minor segments, noting major periods begin at the printed times and last about two hours, while minor periods are shorter. It invites planning activities to fish or hunt during these intervals and mentions format differences between old face and regular type.
Cass Garrett faces a chilling escape and a pivotal confession as he and Andy Mason race through a canyon after a masked bandit attack on a train. A jailhouse escape, a death on the express, and a sheriff’s mercy pivot toward new evidence that could clear Cass and implicate others.
The Highway Commission will open bids Wednesday on three road and bridge projects estimated at 4.9 million. The commission will also hear seven delegations seeking highway improvements in their areas.
Louis L. Ramsey Jr. of Pine Bluff named chairman of the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Bar Association. Heart still Ragon of Fort Smith, president of the bar association, announced the appointment over the weekend.
AP correspondent Carl Hartman outlines the Berlin crisis, tracing its division since World War II. He notes the city’s isolation, the four-power split, air corridors and the 1948 blockade, and contrasts West Berlin’s growth with East Berlin’s decay. Refugees, shortages, and a divided path through history frame the piece.
AP analyst notes the Russian Communist party released a 20 year program promising free medicine and housing while admitting real communism remains distant. The piece contrasts Soviet ideals with Western doubts and cites mass emigration and propaganda in East and West Berlin.
The National Association of Claimants' Counsel of America cites former Arkansas Governor Sid McMath for directing educational seminars at its recent Boston convention. Edward Rood of Tampa, Fla., NACCA president, presented the citation to McMath, a prominent trial attorney.
The text argues socialist Russia still maintains distinct classes—intelligentsia, peasants, and workers—each with varied pay, housing, and status. It notes the party program only promises a future near-complete material basis for communism, not immediate pay according to need, and observes entrenched favored groups hinder rapid payoff restructuring.
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