Abolish County School Supervisor Election Plea
Editor appeals for turnout in Hope, urging vote to abolish the County School Supervisor office. Names Herbert M. Stephens as a candidate, critiques Elmer Brown and allies, and calls residents to support board control and taxpayer savings.
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Alex. Washburn
The
Hope Star
Palls Pond
County Board of Education
Ralph Lehman
Herbert M. Stephens
Aalls
Elmer Brown
Aliei
Change in Street Names Protest by Hope Citizens
Hope's Board of Directors met with residents protesting a citywide street renaming by the Planning Board. Citizens urged addressing street name changes through planning authorities, while a five mill ad valorem tax was approved annually. An annual Christmas bonus of $2 for city workers was also okayed.
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Hope
City Planning Board
Hope Board of
Cing
Public Service Commission
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company
Cape
People For Hope
Arkla
Arkansas
Lions Auction Struggles to Hit Money Target
Hope's Lions Club auction opened slowly with only 290 dollars in sales from 5:50 to 9:30 pm and Wednesday night at a downtown building formerly occupied by Keesey. The event aims to raise about 1,600 dollars to fund baskets for needy families at Christmas.
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Hope
Lions Club
Keesey
Slare
Arkansas Regional Forecast Clousy to miculy cloudy and continued cool
Weather data for Wel hough November shows 8610 inches total precipitation, 40.44 inches year-ago. An experiment station at rypark reports 24 hour rainfall ending at 1 p m Monday with high 70 and low 60. The Associated Press notes light precipitation and cloudy skies across one Arkansas region, with continued cool conditions expected this afternoon and tonight.
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Rypark
Arkansas
Associated Press
Nehru vows India would resist any China invasion
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament that India would fight and repel any Chinese invasion. He cited Peiping’s complaints about Indian military buildup in Ladakh and other border areas, and noted China's hint they may move south of the McMahon Line if activity continues.
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New Delhi
India
China
Trensier
Nehru
Peiping
Ladakh
Kashmir
Bara Hoti
Uttar Pradesh
Assam
Tibet
Bhutan
Hope Star Ballot Ask Voters To Support School Election Leaders
The Hope Star urges voters to participate in the annual school election Tuesday December 5 and mark ballots for five year terms for Herbert M Stephens, Dr Forney Holt, and Jud Martingale unopposed posts on the Board of Directors and for or against the 40 Mills School Tax.
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Hope Star
Palls and Gate
County Board of Education
Herbert M. Stephens
Forney G. Holt
Macmillan to Meet Kennedy in Bermuda
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will meet in Bermuda on December 21 and 22 to discuss Berlin negotiations with the Soviet Union. They will also cover disarmament, a plan for nuclear testing ban with international inspection, and ways to bring Britain into the European Common Market. The talks aim to strengthen Western defenses and assess the Moscow party congress and de Stalinization wave.
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Washington
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Bermuda
Berlin
Soviet Union
White House
Macmillan
London
Britain
Communist Party
Moscow
Blunt
West Berlin
East Germany
Kennedy Gides
Tavestia
Walter Ulbricht
United States
France
West Germany
Kennedy-Macmillan
Man 23 is denied Supreme Court review in racial jury appeal
Washington N A P Clarence Stewart Jr a 23 year old Negro on death row for stabbing an elderly white man during a 29 robbery in North Little Rock failed to win a U S Supreme Court hearing The court denied the request Monday though Justice Douglas voiced a view that the appeal should be heard in light of alleged racial discrimination in jury selection The Arkansas Supreme Court had upheld the murder conviction of William N Calswell a 79 year old man
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Washington (Ap
Clarence Stewart Jr
North Litig Rock
U.S. Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
Stewart
Pulaski
Arkansas Supreme Court
William N. Calswell
KXAR To Broadcast Hempshinl County Election Returns
KXAR will broadcast election returns tonight from the Hempshinl county school election. Manager Haskell Jones said the Lions Club Christmas Auction will run alongside the returns, with results announced between sales. County Clerk Dick Turnaga will keep the courthouse office open until all ballots are counted. Officials should deliver boxes promptly and place tally sheets outside the boxes to speed publication.
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Hempshinl
KXAR
Haskell Jones
Lions Club
Jones
Dick Turnaga
Udall Ordered Off Kansas Ranch During Park Tour
Secretary Udall led an inspection party by air across a 21,000 acre Kansas grazing area when rancher Carl Bellinger ordered them off his property. Bellinger said he had no ownership and cited lease rights, while Udall defended the park plan saying preservation will benefit future generations. 125 attendees at a Westmoreland meeting presented a petition from 300 residents opposing the Prairie National Park proposal.
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Manhattan
Kan
Cap I
Stewart JL. Udall
Udall
Prairie National Park
Carl Bellinger
Bellinger
William Hey Avery
R-Kan
Seneca
Mad
Hely
Justice William ©. Douglis
Sen
Paul Douglas
Anglers
John T. Regis
National Park Service
Adalh
Fin Tike
Probie
Weishee
Advisory Board On
National Parks
Congress
Avery
PSC Recesses Phone Hearing in Woodruff County
The Public Service Commission recessed Monday a hearing on a telephone service change impacting 85 Woodruff County residents. Southwestern Bell and General Telephone seek to adjust exchanges linking Augusta Tupelo and Newport with new estimates to be developed.
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Little Rock
API
Public Service Commission
Moniday
Woodruft
Augusta
Oaithor
Tupelo
PSC
Southwestern Bell Co. Telephone and
General ‘Telephone Co
Asia-Africans Rip U.S. on China Stand at UN
The General Assembly faced a stormy debate over seating Red China as Ceylon led a sharp Asian African attack on U.S. policy. Ceylonese Ambassador Malassekera accused Washington of creating a wall of hatred and warned of a two front nuclear conflict should China rise as a power. India and others prepared further sharp remarks as the session extended toward Christmas.
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United Nations
N.Y
U. S
China
United Trons
General Assembly
Ceylon
Peiping
Washington
G. P. Malassekera
United States
U.S
Adlai
Stevenson
Assembly
Maljalschera
America
Yelewates
India
Peipings
Contracts Let Little Rock Up Near Ozark Plant
Contracts totaling 4,840,721 have been let for the Thomas B. Fitzhugh steam generating plant near Ozark. Burns & McDonnell designed the project for Arkansas Electric Co. officials disclosed at their Monday meeting. Work was authorized a year ago. equipment is being manufactured and shipment may begin by April.
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Little Rock
Thomas B. Fitzhugh
Ozark
Burns & McDonnel Design c
Tald
Arkansas Electric Coup
Mena Home Antics In Other Areas
In Mena Arkansas the Shinn family again left their home after strange noises and breakage were reported on Monday night. Outsiders including radio men observed the scene but found nothing conclusive while a tape recorder recorded a minor unexplained movement. Local officials and reporters have spent nights at the house with no clear proof of haunting.
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Shinn
Mena
Ark
Lef
Shim
Ray Green
KAJ
Lite Rock
Tie
Bill Pallton
Lille Rock
Green
Bruce Scoguins
Shinns
Heavy School Election Vote Across Districts
Voters in Ubai and nearby districts weighed in as 175 ballots were cast with about 100 in Ubai. Controversial issues include replacing the county supervisor office and millage requests of five and ten mills. Bond issues of 4.5 million to 600 across districts are on the ballot amid a tense pre election climate.
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Ubai
Combery
Atlace
Heydler Dorbert
Stephens
Ist
Forney
Holt
Topetiluh
Hope
Saratoga Distirict
Vollne
Associated Press
Like Rock
Tesday
Texarkana
20 Students Hurt in Bus Collision in Arkansas
In Paragould Arkansas on Highway 25 a school bus and a truck collided injuring 20 students. 17 received first aid or were treated and released, 3 sent to a hospital. Bus driver was unhurt. Willard Pruett 55 of Paragould faced charges. Some students were transported to Crowley Ridge Academy for care.
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Paragould
Ark
Charles Harpson
Willard Pruett
Herbert Christian
Stampton
Minell
Inv
Hernollshed
Crowley Ridge Academy
Brat Hico
Carol Spikes
Kathy Radberry
Walnut Ridge
Logger injured by falling log at Nashville Basket Factory
All Around Town reports Naward Hill of Blevins suffered injuries from a falling log at the Nashville Basket Factory and was taken to Howard County Hospital for treatment. The item also notes cake sale success by Hope Business and Professional Women's Club and lists various health, birth, and census statistics across Howard, Hempstead, Nevada, Lafayette counties, plus local civic notes and a sports mention of Lance Alworth being named to a magazine all American squad to appear on NBC show.
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Naward Hill
Blevins
Nashville
Howars County Hospital
Lance Alworth
Dwuk Magazine
Wall
UN Troops Battle in Congo Amid Katanga Unrest
Widespread fighting erupts between U.S. forces and Katanga leaders led by Tshombe as panic spreads through the capital. Katanga officials claim UN shots trigger the crisis while reporting nine wounded on their side. exodus from the secessionist province capital follows mortar fire.
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John Latz
Katanga
de Congo
Ml Tshormbie
Ite
Evariste KL Tha
Tin
Tshombe
United Nations
Katinga
U.N
PSC Hears Testimony in Phone Case
Five witnesses testified before the Arkansas Public Service Commission that a nine square mile Woodruff County area should receive telephone service from the Augusta Exchange of General Telephone Co. The area was allocated to Southwestern Bell last July. 86 residents petitioned to revert to General. Testimony covered morning and afternoon sessions. Residents favor Augusta to avoid long distance calls to other towns and seek local connections through Augusta if allocated to General.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Woodruff County
Ategasta Exchange
General Telephone Co
PSC
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
William O'Shields
Augusta
Hnaillo
Bell
Thurman Charge Denied by State Department
Washington The State Department on Monday denied a report that senator Strom Thurmond prepared a document proposing U S nuclear weapons be turned over to the United Nations. Press Officer Joseph Reap said there is no such paper and reaffirmed the U S disarmament program presented to the United Nations.
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Washington
State Department
Strom ‘Thurmond
U.S
United Nations
Joseph Reap
Little Rock
Reap
United States
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General
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Mendelson State ‘Teachers College
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