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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1966
Page
2
The forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies across Arkansas through Friday with occasional rain in the south and a chance of rain in the north tonight and Friday. Lows tonight range 36 to 46 with highs Friday 54 to 64. Louisiana remains mostly cloudy with occasional rain likely Friday, warmer tonight, lows 36 to 44, highs Friday in the 50s.
Paris star Juliette Greco 39 and French actor Michel Piccoli 40 were married Monday in Verderonne. The ceremony linked two renowned performers in a secluded village setting, drawing attention in entertainment circles.
Governor-elect Winthrop Rockefeller told 22 East Arkansas lawmakers that patronage would be limited and capable career staff would be welcomed, with planned changes. He named Blackwell to the Highway Commission and pledged to keep Moss and Ford. He discussed university status for Arkansas State College at Jonesboro and noted growing industrial interest in Arkansas. He floated moving inauguration to Robinson Auditorium to accommodate all legislators and spectators.
American TV producer confirms Italian actress Sophia Loren is expecting a baby due next May.
Major J C Rothwell son of Mr and Mrs Jona c Rothwell Rt 2 Hope Arkansas received insignia marking his promotion at the US Army Medical Research Laboratory November 30 1966 He serves as Operations and Training Officer Colonel Howard H Craig Acting CO and Director USAMRL pinned the insignia Rothwell is a 1950 Hope High School graduate and earned a BA from Henderson State Teachers College Arkadelphia in 1958.
A majority of U.S. governors say tax increases to fund the Vietnam War would end state sharing of federal revenues. Gov. William M. Guy notes the plan may wait until the war ends. Michigan Gov. George Romney leads the governors’ interim conference amid questions of his 1968 presidential prospects.
HAL BOYLE recalls old fashioned Christmas rituals in a nostalgic tribute. He paints a picture of handmade decorations, simple tree lighting with candles, and family rituals from a bygone era, contrasted with modern materialism and the warmth of shared memory. The piece ends noting Florida's transfer from Britain after the 1763 Treaty of Paris and from Spain in 1783.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy says she will seek a temporary injunction to block publication of William Manchester's book Death of a President, calling it tasteless and distorted. Harper & Row and Look magazine are named in the suit, with publication set for next year.
Nelson Carr Purtle 75 formerly of Hope died yesterday at a deer camp near Rocky Mound. He lived near Rosston. Survived by wife Nellie Dillard Purtle three sons Doyle of Memphis Ted and J J Purtle of Hope a daughter Mrs James Gaines Hope two brothers Otis Hope amises. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Herndon Chapel with Revs Carlton Roberts and Merlin Cox burial Mouser Cemetery at Rocky Mound.
The U S Embassy in Saigon announced that wives of American civilian officials in Vietnam may visit their husbands over Christmas from Dec 23 to Jan 3. Deputy Ambassador William J Porter ordered that only wives not children may travel to Saigon. About 2,000 dependents were evacuated in Feb 1966, with many living in Bangkok Manila and Hong Kong.
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