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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1963
Page
2
Want ads promote daily shopping through the holiday season at 472 West Third Street Hope Arkansas. Contact PR 7 4691 for details and specials running through December 5.
EL DORADO Arkansas Bill Bradley ten year old boy travels to Houston Texas hoping for improved sight after being blinded when lightning struck a tree during a baseball practice in April 1962. Two prior operations gave only blurred vision but hope persists for another chance at sight.
Ray Adams 21 and Al freda Adams 18 of North Little Rock died in a head on collision one mile south of Mayflower on U S Highway 65. Passenger Boys Lee Homsley 30 from North Little Rock was hospitalized in serious condition after a tractor truck flipped onto its top when the Adams car swerved to pass.
Cynthia Lowry reports networks weigh spin offs from established shows to launch new series. The Danny Thomas Show showcased Irish comedians Tommy Makem, the Clancy brothers, and Barbara Mullen as potential stars, with their pilot aiming to stretch into a long run. NBC delayed a Cuba Bay of Pigs documentary in favor of a music comedy hour. ABC weighs Howard K. Smith Edward Morgan coverage without plans for a Huntley Brinkley style pairing.
In Rome hundreds of freshmen and sophomores from the University of Rome engineering school protested classroom inadequacies by staging a lecture in the Colosseum. Teachers refused to lecture there, so a student spoke on mathematics for an hour.
Harold Johnson 176 pounds from Philadelphia out pointed Henry Hank 172 pounds from Debroft. Melbourne Kimpo Am-
A wide set of Friday college basketball results across East, Midwest, Southwest and West regions. Notable outcomes include Massachusetts over Rutgers 101 to 82, Princeton 80 over Army 73, and NYU 99 defeating Tulsa 76. Coastal games feature Navy 83 over Manhattan 75 and Columbia 88 over Colgate 76 with many more scores listed.
The schedule lists Sundays games in the National and American Leagues including Green Bay at Los Angeles Cleveland at Detroit Minnesota at Baltimore Philadelphia at St Louis Pittsburgh at Dallas San Francisco at Chicago Washington at New York along with a boxing result where affio. 128 from Ghana outpointed Os car Reyes 125 from the Philippines confirming a mixed sports day.
Kansas City AP reports a half hour post funeral meeting rekindled warmth between former Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Tom Gavin recalls the two sharing memories and sharing refreshments at Blair House.
In the Probate Court of Hempstead County Arkansas the estate of William Harry Newman deceased with last address in Hope Arkansas. Date of death November 22 1963. Administrator appointed November 27 1963. Claimants must file within six months from first publication December 7 1963 or be barred. First National Bank administrator. December 7 and 14 1963.
AFL-CIO officials cite a 962 loss and about 174,000 fewer members versus 222,000 reported by the bureau. The federation notes similar trends this year as it pilots new organizing efforts, aiming to recruit white collar workers while noting older industries face declines due to technology, competition, and productivity gains.
Communist guerrillas shelled a river boat in the Mekong Delta killing 19 and wounding 69, as mortars and rifles fired from canal banks in Kien Hoa Province southwest of Saigon. Two U S helicopters were repaired and flown out after being downed nearer the Cambodian border while evacuating refugees.
In Washington, President Truman and Mrs Daniel were asked to join the Eisenhowers for the funeral the next day near Gettysburg. Mrs Truman stayed behind due to influenza recovery and did not make the trip.
Refugees aboard two helicopters suffered superficial wounds when steel fragments struck both craft in Tay Ninh Province. Pilots landed safely as construction details of the State Canal note it began in 1899 on penitentiary lands and finished in 1916.
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