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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1961
Page
1
Calendar notes the Hope Country Club Christmas party on Saturday December 9 from 8 to 12. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Lye McMahon Donald Moore Arch Wylie G D Royston Jr J B Martin Brack Schenck and other couples listed in the invite.
Washington AP reports Talay Circle 6 of WSCS meets for a Christmas luncheon at the Barlow Hotel at 12 30 Monday with a general meeting to follow Many church groups schedule gatherings in December urging members to bring Christmas offerings The piece discusses postwar communist expansion and Western responses including questions about if and how communism could be managed rather than destroyed with a critical eye on historical colonialism and Cold War dynamics
United Nations Acting Secretary-General U Thant seeks wider approval for a plan to place Katanga under U.N. control and expel about 200 foreign mercenaries serving with Moise Tshombe. The United States expressed strong support. A U.S. airlift to Elisabethville was halted after Katangan troops fired at a Globemaster near Tshombe’s villa.
The FAA announced an eight hour low altitude flight ban over the New Mexico desert test site near Carlsbad and urged planes within 230 miles to monitor radio signals for possible hazard areas. The Plowshare test, the first to study peaceful uses of atomic energy, aims to avoid surface blast while potentially affecting visibility up to 12,000 feet. The AEC excavated a 1,200 foot shaft into salt formations costing about $1 million, with a 1,110 foot horizontal tunnel ending in a chamber.
Mrs. Rosie Bell Byrd, 51, of North Little Rock, is jailed on arson and murder charges after a fire that killed 72 year old Henry Wallace. The blaze damaged a frame building where Byrd and Wallace lived. Preliminary hearing set for next Tuesday. Byrd’s husband John was briefly questioned.
Maj. Gen. Sherman T. Clinger announced Wednesday that the Arkansas National Guard spent more than 18 million dollars in the two year period ending. He noted the code did not include funds used for buildings during the period and highlighted gaps in reporting.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania the AP reports the Amish must add electric lights to their traditional bag lamps for the first time due to a new plate low. The transition highlights a clash between old customs and modern safety or regulatory demands as communities adapt to required illumination standards.
A letter-writer vented about a husband who resents her attending dances while he travels with friends, urging him to join her socially. Dorothy Dix counsels that marriage is a partnership, not a prison, and suggests the wife demand equality. The page also covers birth announcements, gifts, and a couple seeking parental acceptance, advising diplomacy and considerate action.
A Washington AP analysis by Arthur Edson reviews John F. Kennedy's first year as president. Most insiders praise his leadership and progress, aside from Cuba, while critics see the New Frontier floundering and doubt any Democrat could have done better with the same Congress. The piece contrasts insiders’ confidence with Republicans’ sharp critique, noting Kennedy’s campaign promises and legislative pushes.
Weekly school menu for December 1 to 15 lists meals for each weekday. Monday offers macaroni with vienna sausage and cheese topping, green beans, cinnamon rolls, chipped apricots, milk. Tuesday barbecue on bun, potato salad, cheese wedges, apple cobbler, milk. Wednesday beef vegetable stew, beans with tomatoes, cabbage, apple salad, corn bread, butter, fruit cup, milk. Thursday Christmas dinner with all trimmings. Friday vegetable soup, cheese sandwich, apple salad, cookies, milk.
Route list includes Dee Guernsey School 12 9:30. Whitney Gro 11 36. McNab 12105 Latshaw home 1 30. Natural Gaz Station 2 45. B Bar Ranch Mandeville 4. Fry home 4 15. Youngbloods Cafe Det 13 8 48. Blackman Ferry s Road 9 30. Bright Star School 1. Daddridge Post Office 1 35. Yancey s Gro 2. Forts Lynn 3. Valley Gin 0. Dec 14 Fouke School 2 Fouke Community Puckett s Gro 2 45. Harris Gro 3 10. Boyd Park
U S transports resumed airlifting men and supplies to U N troops in Katanga as clashes continued. Katanga President Tshombe accused Americans of bombing civilians and claimed U S planes are involved, though no U S aircraft have engaged in combat. The British pledged 1000 pound bombs for Indian jets to defend Katanga airfields amid the conflict.
Margaret probes a tangled web in a parkside house where Cornelia’s illness and Philip’s cash ties spark fear. Margaret recalls past connections with Jerome Kincaid and Julio Garcia while a Breslin Laboratories lead raises questions about Cornelia’s medication. The chapter ends with a cliffhanger as plans to reveal secrets intensify.
Dawn airlift resumes bringing 200 Irish troops to Leopardville while Katangan defenses hold. Gen Sean McKeown surveys the front as Katangans widen mortar fire on UN positions near the headquarters and Gurkha camp. Tshombe returns from Paris to assume direct command in Elisabethville.
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