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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1963
Page
4
AP reports 1963 grain futures in Chicago surged to record levels due to prolonged Midwest drought and potential Russian demand. Soybeans led volume, accounting for about 70 percent of pits, while corn and wheat saw bullish spikes before Russia negotiations stalled in December.
President Johnson’s push for civil rights and tax cut bills after Kennedy’s assassination shows little change in prospects. Senate Finance speeded a bit on the tax cut, while House Rules plans no civil rights sessions until next month. Johnson’s leverage yields some pledges to act, but broad passage remains uncertain.
McGehee Ark. principal Ned Moseley reports near zero vandalism after four years of a student anti Halloween vandalism program. The local holiday Monday marks the start of Arkansas' second deer season as schools participate in the campaign.
AP report from London notes three more electoral setbacks for Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home. Con party losses in London Manchester and Sudbury weaken bid for a spring general election, with Labour likely to gain in a national poll. Conservative holds in St Marylebone and Sudbury countered by losses elsewhere.
Harvard President Pusey announced an estimated six million dollar John F Kennedy Memorial Library will rise on two acres near the Harvard Business School with land donated by Harvard. A Kennedy family led corporation will fund and oversee construction. RFK as president and ED Kennedy as vice president will steer the project. The building will house Kennedy papers and a museum and eventually be deeded to the federal government for the Bureau of Archives.
James T. Karam resigns as commander of the M. M. Eberts Post 1 American Legion in Little Rock amid efforts to curb liquor and gambling in the club. Col. Hobart W. Copeland elected to complete the term. A petition seeks to detach the club as a nonprofit corporation from the Legion post.
A 1960s era cautionary piece urges seat belt use citing National Safety Council data and state actions. It notes that about half holiday deaths might have survived with belts, mentions European awareness, and cites that 70 percent of US drivers will face a crash within five years.
In Morrilton Arkansas the Morrillton Democrat becomes a non political weekly for the first time in six years. Mrs Gene Wirges edits this issue after her husband the publisher lost the paper to a foreclosure by Transportation Properties Inc. The firm controls the paper with no editorial policy set and may replace staff.
President Johnson awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 28 Americans and foreigners chosen by John F. Kennedy for dedication to human achievement. Kennedy’s list included 31 names. Lehman died of a heart attack while preparing to travel to Washington for the ceremony.
The trial of William S. Woodard of Lake Village began in Federal District Court on embezzlement charges. He allegedly took $217.01 by manipulating checks of part time employees while serving as manager of the Cot County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office.
Houston, AP. A new trial date of January 20 was set for Leslie Douglas Ashley and Carolyn Ann Lima on murder charges in the 1961 gun torch slaying of real estate man Fred Tones. The defendants, previously convicted with death penalties later set aside by the Fifth Circuit.
Judy Muller, 17, DeWitt High School senior, was crowned Queen Mallard VIII at Stuttgart during the 28th annual World Championship Duck Calling Contest. Sharon Steinmetz of Stuttgart finished first runnerup, Sharon Kocourek of Hazen second runnerup. Malinda Siems of Hazen was Miss Congeniality, complimenting Pam Jackson of North Little Rock. The state and women’s contests were set for tonight, with the world championship finale Saturday.
Judge John L. Sullivan, secretary treasurer of the Arkansas Municipal Judges Association, said no official action was taken at the Little Rock meeting. The 15 member legislative committee discussed limitations on defendants in civil suits, juvenile cases, justices of the peace jurisdiction, and smaller matters.
Washington from AP reports that Lee Harvey Oswald told his wife Marina he fired at General Edwin A. Walker eight months before Kennedy’s assassination. The window shot in Dallas narrowly missed Walker, who was injured by glass splinters. Federal investigators have tied Oswald to the broader assassination case.
Washington AP report indicates the FBI has finished its extensive JFK assassination file but will not close the broader inquiry. The FBI supposedly linked Lee Harvey Oswald to the Dallas killing as a lone gunman, with the report routed to the Justice Department and then to President Johnson for the Warren Commission review. The commission, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, plans to use subpoena power and expand staff to probe questions unresolved by the FBI and six cooperating agencies.
Mountain Home Ark AP report: Clarence E. Dichory, 49, of Mountain Home, died Thursday when his car struck a pickup driven by Marvin Martin, 25, of Mountain Home, in a three lane crash investigated by State Police.
Employees of Standard Generator Service Co in Oakhaven voted 40 to 14 to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. The vote covered workers in production, maintenance and machine shop. Missouri Research Laboratories, Inc. of St. Louis oversees the division. Company officials declined to comment on the impact on local operations.
Labor Department ties drop in AFL-CIO membership to economic shift toward white collar jobs. From 1960 to 1962 affiliates shed 220,000 members. 1963 figures uncertain but trend remains. Bureau notes no surge in organizing comparable to the late 1930s and early 1940s. Continued on Page Four.
Pulaski County collector Tom Gulley reported a record 1581076.44 dollars in property taxes collected this year, 98.09 percent of the tax books. A delinquent 328523.58 dollars remained. The final statement, totaling 3568443.63 dollars, was deposited with County Treasurer C W Stegall, the largest single deposit ever.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 4.5 billion public works bill Thursday. It includes 85.005 million for Arkansas projects, with 250,000 for Red River work at Garland City, Miller County, and 300,000 for Ouachita and Black Rivers. The panel raised the Arkansas Red River Pollution Study to 200,000 and added planning funds for Kinney Bayou extension and Village Creek White River Mayberry levee districts.
Cloudy skies with light rainfall expected today. Temperatures will be cooler tonight across the region with a drop in overnight temperatures and a chilly wind.
Thompson, a dapper attorney from St Paul, was convicted of arranging his wife Carol’s murder nine months after her death. Jurors found him guilty of first degree murder after a six-week emotional trial. He received a life sentence with eligibility for parole after 174 years, with possibility of appeal and bond considerations.
N P Aless Inc of Little Rock submitted what appeared to be the low bid of 23747 dollars on the construction of a building at Little Rock Air Force Base where jet engines will be tested Nabholz Constructors Co of Conway submitted the other bid 29984 dollars The bids were taken under advisement.
Doctors at Methodist Hospital in Houston await results of what could be the final eye operation for Bill Bradley, 10, of El Dorado Arkansas. He was blinded in 1962 by a fall from a tree during a Junior Pee Wee League session. Prior surgeries have been performed since July 1962, and doctors hope for vision improving from about 20 60 to 20 20 after this procedure. It will take about a week to evaluate his condition.
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