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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1963
Page
4
In Moscow hundreds of Ghanaian and other African students stormed Red Square near Khrushchev's office protesting the fatal stabbing of a Ghanaian student. They clashed with police, breached barriers, and tried to enter the Kremlin as police used loudspeakers to urge them home.
Weather bulletin warns a cold wave across Arkansas with lows from 5 below to 8 above in the north and up to 25 in the south. Expect fair skies through Thursday with highs from 22 to 32 and afternoon readings between 10 and 28 across regions.
Forecast for Louisiana calls for overcast skies and colder conditions through Thursday. A hard freeze is expected tonight inland with low temperatures 26 to 30 degrees inland and 30 to 36 along the coast. Thursday highs anticipated in the 34 to 44 range.
North Georgia faces rising Christmas tree poaching from private and government lands. State Sen. Zell Miller said he will seek a law empowering state patrolmen to stop vehicles loaded with trees or shrubs and demand proof of ownership.
Teletypes for sheriffs in eight Arkansas counties will connect in an experimental circuit that may expand to all 75. Installed in Garland Jefferson Mississippi Craighead Crittenden and Lee, with Pulaski and Desha added soon, the system costs far less than voice calls and will be part of Bell System’s national teletype network. The Arkansas circuit debuts Jan 8 10 during the 1963 meeting at Arlington Hotel in Hot Springs, aiming to broaden to 60 70 sheriffs nationwide.
MISSOULA Mont AP A freshly cut crop of Christmas trees was delivered Tuesday to a service club that sells them. One tree’s trunk bore a pair of eyeglasses, apparently lost by its owner years ago. Proceeds support the club’s Light Conservation program.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved $3.2995 billion in new overseas aid, more than the House’s $2.8017 billion. The panel also dropped a House amendment to bar government guarantees of private financing for grain sales to Communist bloc countries. Senate leaders planned to push the measure under a unanimous consent agreement to finish before Christmas adjournment, but further cuts were possible before a House-Senate conference.
KXAR will offer a wide range of Christmas programs including school group performances from Brookwood Garland Hope Jr. and Sr. High Hopewell Paisley and Shover Street, a one hour recital by Mrs Bess Evans pupils, Handel Messiah by the Independence Messiah choir of 250, six new upper room programs, drama featuring Gregory Peck Norman Vincent Peale and Patty Duke, and a new recording of Dicken's Christmas Carol with Basil Rathbone to be aired Christmas Eve. Manager Haskell Jones touts fine listening from Sunday noon to sign off Wednesday December 25.
Hope Star announces a city wide Christmas dinner for all newsboys serving The Star and other papers. Dinner is at 7 pm Friday December 20 in the Diamond Cafe main banquet room. Carriers from multiple papers including Gazette and Democrat are invited and must register with The Star to confirm attendance and meals.
An Argentine firm contracted to supply 2 million tons of grain to Russia by year end. The deal includes wheat, corn, and sorghum with at least a portion in wheat. A spokesman for the Foreign Trade Co. cited government objections to the arrangement.
Senate investigators seek the source of Robert G. Bakers cash holdings in his office as President Johnson authorizes the Rules Committee to audit Bakers tax files. Mrs Gertrude Novak testified about thousands of dollars Baker kept and paid for Carousel Motel costs. The panel will pause hearings until after Christmas.
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus said consolidation of county governments would not reduce costs by even five percent and offered to debate Rep. Hardy W. Croxton who proposed legislation allowing counties to consolidate. Croxton denied advocating arbitrary county reductions and challenged debate on his views. Faubus argued consolidation would not cut highway miles or record handling costs.
Martin L. Fox Sr. aged 56, shop operator, died suddenly today in a local hospital after years of residence here. Survivors include his wife Velma Fox, son Martin Fox Jr. of Little Rock, three brothers and two sisters. Arrangements will be announced by Herndon Cornelius.
Seven Arkansas counties leave the federal Accelerabie Public Works eligibility list as conditions improve. James L. Bland, state administrator of the Employment Security Division, cites better economic conditions. The counties are Poinsett, St. Francis, Prairie, Monroe, Benton, Clay and Lonoke.
Washington AP reports a post mortem account says the first shot struck Kennedy in the back with a small neat hole and did not damage vital organs, possibly after glancing off the limousine. The second shot hit Kennedy in the head, killing him instantly, while Connally was wounded in the chest. The account suggests Kennedy might have survived if he had been shielded or knocked to the floor.
Jo Anna Turnage aged 72 liflong resident of Hempstead County died Wednesday in a local hospital. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors: son J D Dick Turnage of Hope two daughters Murry Cox of Lewisville and Edward Adcock of Shreveport LA. stepsister Ethel Ra and brother Dewey Ray of Hope. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Thursday Anderson Baptist Church Spring Hill Rev George Balen tine. Burial Oakcrest Cemetery.
The Associated Press reports a blizzard warning issued for Muskegon Michigan a city facing record snowfall with 214 inches on the ground. Schools closed, main streets plowed while secondary roads are drifted. cold waves hit the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with subzero readings in multiple states. Redistribution of snow removal crews continues as Midwest regions brace for continuing winter conditions.
The Hot Springs NAACP mailed petitions to federal officials demanding an end to discrimination in hotels and bath houses. Rev. James Donald Rice said the petitions would go to Secretary Udall, President Johnson, Atty. Gen. Kennedy, and the National Park Service. The group is prepared to seek federal court action and may stage pickets during the campaign.
Singing services at Sweet Home Church five miles east of Blevins on Highway 24 Sunday December 22 begin at 7 p m. Zack Stone reports the Lee White quartet and Burke duo will perform as the featured acts.
In Williamson Georgia AP reports Yancey Madison Anderson age 78 continues to harvest mistletoe atop 15 tall oaks. He notes mistletoe sales stay steady since 50 years ago and earns between 200 and 2000 dollars each Christmas. He retired after a heart attack five years ago and still climbs when able.
President Johnson meets with six national farm groups at the White House to press for action on a wheat program aiming to avert a projected 3600 million drop in farmer incomes next year. Institutions include Farm Bureau Federation, National Grange, and National Farmers Union, with divisions over government controls. Freeman says the aim is a united front and early action this year on a voluntary or proposed wheat program.
New York apartment residents posted a sign warning thieves that cameras hi fi systems radios jewelry had been stolen from the building after four unsolved burglaries in 16 months. The sign itself was subsequently stolen.
In Look magazine page 36 fashion feature shows Jack and James Hendrix wearing jackets from different eras, with a model admiring the newer style. Also included is December Yard of the Month, Christmas party at the Youth Center, Hempstead deer kill tally, new Millwood Shrine officials, and Nome Alaska note on Emily Boucher’s death and Tony Polet’s WWI era ties to Hope’s 153rd Infantry guards.
President Johnson told reporters he is willing to meet any world leader, including Nikita Khrushchev, if talks seem fruitful. He outlined planned discussions with West Germany, Britain, Italy, Canada and Mexico and announced Thomas Mann will coordinate Latin American policy. Johnson also praised Senate foreign aid action and said he may visit his Texas ranch for Christmas.
Washington AP The threat of a strike that could have shut United Air Lines during Christmas ended early when United and the AFL-CIO Machinists Union reached a new contract. The agreement calls for a 39 cent per hour wage increase in three steps, reaching 3.52 per hour by January 1, 1965, and matches the top level of Braniff mechanics. The machinists, representing mechanics and service staff, hope to have 13,000 members vote before Sunday.
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