City Park set for Fourth States Bathing Beauty Pageant
The Hope City Park Commission hosts its second annual States Bathing Beauty Pageant at City Park on Friday August 24 with a rain date in Harris Gym. Admission is 15 and 35 cents, one ticket covers all activities, and a 4 pm parade starts at Verger High School. Master Masons meet August 27, Veterans of WWI plan August 26, plus church and civic group notices and community birthdays.
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Hope City Park Commission
City Park
Harris Gym
Verger High School
Passage of Drug Bill Expected
Washington AP reports President Kennedy pushed for swift passage of a drug bill to tighten safeguards against ineffective drugs. The Senate moved to limit debate, with Kefauver leading amendments for licensing of prescription drug patents and animal testing before human trials. A separate measure would ban sale of certain stimulants except by authorized entities, with strict reporting rules.
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Congress
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
J Judiciary Committee
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Kefgover
Thomas J- Dodd
D-Conn
Dredges Work to Clear Mississippi River Channel
Government dredges operated today to widen the shallow Mississippi River channel near Memphis after three major barge tows jammed in the past week. The Austin Cargill ran aground on a sand bar near Blytheville, Arkansas, while another tow and a 33-barge convoy caused traffic stoppages. River stage stood at 2.0 feet with forecasts of further falls to follow by weekend.
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Mississippi River
Austin Cargill
Minneapolis
Blytheville
Ark
Here
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Finley Bar
GOPs Plan Financial Program
Winthrop Rockefeller outlined a grass roots party financial campaign to about 175 Boone Carroll and Newton county Republicans in Harrison Arkansas. He described a Mississippi style method using signable bank drafts to withdraw monthly funds for advertising and supporting local and state GOP candidates. He criticized President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright while predicting Kennedy would be worked into a lather and claiming Fulbright’s quotes reveal fallacies in his thinking.
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Kennedy
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Rockefeller
Hyannis
Fulbright
Stave and Barrel Group Meets Over Label Rule Change
Representatives of Arkansas stave and barrel industry met in Little Rock to discuss a proposed rule change. Fred T. Bridges of Cooperage Producers of America attended with Sen. J. William Fulbright, who urged the Treasury Department to require labeling for whisky aged in reused barrels. Industry spokesmen say the title change would cost Arkansas 75 to 80 percent of its cooperage industry, affecting about 1,250 workers.
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Arkansas Stave and Barrel
Fred T. Bridges
Cooperage Producers of America
J. William Fulbright
Treasury Department
Arkalsas
Fatally Injured During a Fight
Willie Mae Fletcher, 51, was fatally struck with a chair during a home dispute in Little Rock. Detec tives say she intervened in a fight between a man and a woman, was struck, collapsed outside, and died on arrival at a hospital. No arrests reported.
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Sivile Rock
Willie Mae Fletcher
Lite Rock
Two Charged for Possession of Marijuana in Little Rock
Four men from Little Rock were charged with possession of marijuana after police found over a pound in their homes. Those named were Willard Harrison, Parlin Jr. 19, James Richard Brown, 18, Earl L. Davis, 22, and Frank C. Seford, 29. A municipal court hearing was set for 8:30 am.
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Little Rock
Willard Harrison
Parlin Jr
James Richard Brown
Earl L. Davis
Frank C. Seford
Sheriffs May Invite in Arkansans
MEMPHIS AP Formal consideration of a move to include Arkansas in the Tennessee and Mississippi Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association was scheduled for today. The proposal, discussed at the group’s 36th annual convention, would come up in a business session along with election of officers and selecting the 1963 convention site. An informal Mississippi poll suggested former Gov J P Coleman would win another term. Mississippi Atty Gen Joe Patterson criticized the U S Justice Department for hindering law enforcement in the South, charging privileges for troublemakers under civil rights banners.
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Tennessee
Mississippi Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Joe Patterson
U.S. Justice Department
South
Patterson
Co-ops Advance Plans With Tennessee Valley Link
In Little Rock Arkansas co operatives push a second steam plant as part of a plan tying 11 private companies to the Tennessee Valley Authority. Arkansas Power and Light would join a 1 500 000 kilowatts peaking power exchange with a West Memphis point eyed to connect Woodruff County’s planned generating plant. The Fitzhugh Steam Electric Plant near Ozark is under construction and set for completion next year.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Arkansas
Harry L. Oswald
Arkansas Power and Light Co
West Memphis
Woodruff County
Oswald
Fitzhugh
Qzark
Warth
First Rice Crop Reported in Jackson County
Newport Arkansas AP reports harvest of the first rice in Jackson County. Herschel Koettel of Remmel near Newport filed the report and plans to fertilize his land for a possible second Bell-Patna rice crop this year.
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Ark
Jackson County
Herschel Koettel
Remmell
Koettel
Probate Notice in Hempstead County Arkansas
The Probate Court of Hempstead County Arkansas announces the estate of Jessie McEntosh deceased No 1586 Last address Route 1 Hope Arkansas Date of death August 7 1962 Lonnie J McEntosh administrator appointed August 13 1962 All creditors must present verified claims within six months from first publication or be barred This notice first published August 16 1962 and August 23 1962 Texarkana Arkansas County Avenue 2501 Texarkana administrator signature
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Probate Court
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Jessie McEntosh
Route 1
Hope
Lonnie J. McEntosh
County Avenue
Texarkana
Hope Star masthead and staff list excerpt
The Hope Star masthead dated January 16 shows staff including Galmer as President, Washburn as Secretary-Treasurer, H. Washburn as Publisher, Paul H. Jones as Managing Editor, and Donel Parker as Advertising Manager. It notes circulation details and advertising reps for regional and national clients.
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Galmer
Alen. H. Washburn
Secy-Trewa
Star
Walnut Street
Hope
Arkansas
Margaret May Be Expecting Princess Birthday Photos Stir Rumor
Photographs from Princess Margaret's 32nd birthday show her with an unusually full figure fueling speculation she may be expecting a second child. The princess posed in Abbeyleix, Ireland, with husband Lord Snowdon visiting Viscount and Viscountess de Vesci, prompting pressure on royal observers.
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Margaret
Abbeyleix
Ireland
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Viscountess de Vesci
Soviet Nuclear Test Measured At Nine Megatons In Atmosphere
In Uppsala Sweden AP reports that a new Soviet atmospheric nuclear test was recorded by Uppsala University Seismological Institute. Scientists estimate the yield at about nine megatons equaling nine million tons of TNT, ranking it as the third largest among the five blasts in the current Soviet series.
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Sweden
Uppsala University
Will Contest Notice in Probate Court of Cunningham
Virgie Marie Evans Cunningham executrix of John Waddle Cunningham deceased. Last known address 3 West Sixth Street Hope. Will dated July 23 1962 admitted to probate August 13 1962. Contest must be filed within six months from first publication date August 16 1962.
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Arkansas
John Waddle
Cunningham
West Sixth Street
Hope
Virgie Marie Evans Cunningham
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