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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1950
Page
2
A Dec 14 hearing addressed military disability discharges and active duty status. Witnesses including Gates and Maj Gen pH discussed the rush to discharge and urged clearer criteria while noting cases of veterans with 20 to 39 percent ratings. The discussion touched on reinforcing standards and potential implications for reservists and new enlistees.
A defendant bound for trial on murder charges faced a pending hearing as officials reported a body recovered from a creek. The case, tied to events earlier this year, remains unresolved with a not guilty plea entered and a jury date set for December.
Eddie waits for Margie Lou as a busy night at the boatworks peaks. Aunt Ellen collapses with heart trouble masked by bourbon, prompting a medical visit and a wary warning from Max Lengel. Margie Lou drags Aunt Ellen to bed with Max outside, while Eddie contemplates a risky romance.
In Little Rock on December 14 Southwestern Bell Telephone seeks a 4.62 million dollar annual rate rise, the largest and most publicized, with other filings totaling around 3.5 million dollars annually. Hearings will be held where protests exist. many approved by local councils may take effect automatically after filing. Southwestern Bell asks Stuttgart customers for about 24 thousand dollars more yearly, while independent lines in Lepanto Tyronza Marked Tree and Keiser also seek higher charges.
The Spirit of St Louis freight collision near South Fork Altoona derailed two cars and unlocked the diesel engine but caused no injuries. Officials report the engine resumed eastward after a four hour delay.
A fragmented item notes water companies serving Bixtheville Pine and towns including Mountainburg Mountain Home Corning Belifante Piggott Amity Hardy and Prairie Grove seek permanent rate increases. Arkansas Power and Light Company Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company and Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Company have asked for higher rates for large industrial customers.
Weather forecast notes a warm trend for the southeast and mid south, while the Midwest braces for a new cold air batch with subzero readings in the Dakotas Montana and Minnesota. Temperatures vary across the upper Mississippi Valley with a low of 15 at Grantsburg Wisconsin and light snow in the Great Lakes Ohio Valley and parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas. Ice persists in the west as mild weather continues. Highway 66 traverses an ancient lava flow between Albuquerque and Gallup New Mexico.
Russia pursues a dual track of peace talks while preparing for a broader war with the United States and China. Western diplomats note Soviet tactics aim to divide UN support, with moves such as pressuring UN admission for Red China while seeming to oppose it. Moscow seeks to deter US and British forces and test small nations’ loyalty to the UN amid Korean, Indochina, and Iran tensions.
The text notes Paraguay has no sea coast while mentioning the Bermejo River’s local lore that its waters once were said to grant an unwrinkled old age. It highlights a comparison with Russia and hints at a broader strategic or rhetorical gain in states.
Angelo Pappas aged 93 a well known Hot Springs restaurant operator died today He was a native of Tripoli Greece and came to America in 1905 He had operated his business for many years in Hot Springs and was widely known in the Greek American community.
Arkansas road deaths lag last year with 41 months of data showing 41 fatalities, nine fewer than the first 11 months of 1940. State Police Director Herman B. Lindsey noted 52 deaths last month, 40 in November, 1949, as part of the ongoing tallies.
Profilic publication Arcadia a pastoral romance from 1504, issued 60 editions within a century and inspired imitators throughout European literature, Britannica notes.
The obituary notes a man who started his restaurant in 1906 with his brothers John Jim and a sister still living in Greece. A mason and Shriner, he was a World War I veteran and a member of the American Hellenic Order of Ahepa and Greek Orthodox Church. Funeral services will be held here Saturday.
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