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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1961
Page
5
Society notes report churches in Portland Oregon from August 23 to 25. The Rev and Mrs Thomas B Talley of Tulsa Oklahoma are visiting Mrs Ada Talley.
Calendar pages show the Country Club Ladies Bridge Luncheon moved from August 24 to Thursday, August 31. Hostesses are Mrs. Lloyd Spencer, Mrs. R. E. Cain, and Mrs. C. C. Lewis with Rose Garden Club of Hope to meet at 2 30 p m at the Luck home with Mrs. Charles Stone as co hostess. Neighbors return home after a Friday gathering with guests from San Angelo and Ft Myers.
A string of social notes from Ft Worth Texas records visits and travel. Mrs Jo Ann Hartsfield underwent surgery recently and Mrs R J Gosnell and Rev and Mrs W G Land attend the Assembly of God National Conference. Several families including the McDowells and Prathers are guests or hosting, with a mention of Mr Dorsey hospitalized after a Nashville airplane accident. Sunday Wesleyan Service Guild district seminar attendees are listed.
A reader asks how to handle a 14 year old daughter seen as a petter and a mother and step father clash over discipline. Dorothy Dix advises consistent rules and focus on school and wholesome activities, then describes sending for her leaflet on the Petting Problem. Also includes other brief items and notices from the household and community.
A National Education Association survey shows U.S. public schools expanding reading, writing, and arithmetic while adding foreign language, science, and study skills. Districts like Davenport and Beverly Hills pilot longer English classes and weekly writing, with others testing early reading intervention and new math courses linked to space age research.
Hollywood AP writer Bob Thomas reports on the Mothers of the Holiday in Japan troupe returning to the United States after a long Las Vegas engagement. Highlights include 25 months, six marriages, two babies, and a farewell hosted by Shirley MacLaine. The group recalls gruelling schedules, modest profits, and travels from Las Vegas to Sao Paulo and Houston.
King Hassan II pledged to restore Morocco's historical unity and bring all its children north and south together. The remarks hinted at control over regions recently decolonized or disputed, including former French Mauritania, Spanish Sahara territories, and parts of the southwestern Sahara.
The NEA survey notes rapid growth of foreign language programs from kindergarten through high school. California Santa Cruz and other districts report early Spanish lessons. Marion Ohio aims for a 10 year Spanish sequence. Colleges fear freshman failure from poor study skills, prompting new study courses in Laredo Texas Boise Idaho and Tyler Texas with focus on note taking and classroom study practices.
The Senate debates expanding civil rights legislation while the House moves a death penalty bill for airline hijackings. Leaders plan to attach civil rights measures to a two year extension of the Civil Rights Commission, needing a two thirds vote to suspend rules.
Fire Chief E L Beasley of Warren was elected president of the Atlantic Firemen’s Association at its annual meeting. W M Lemley of Texarkana and Baker Davis of Forrest City were elected vice presidents with Leslie Shoptrer of Fort Smith named secretary treasurer. Russellville will host the next meeting on August 24, 1962.
A legislative bill proposes extending the Civil Rights Commission for two more years. Lawmakers argue the extension is needed to continue oversight and address ongoing civil rights concerns.
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