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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1960
Page
2
Stella Hardt, daughter of the Ld ranch owner, confesses to Bart Wag she prefers Kansas City to rough Panhandle life and asks him to take her away. Bart replies he has other work to attend to.
Bart visits a frontier store in Cedar Valley to buy provisions for Miz Lewis after Ben Lewis’s death. He chats with Jonas Myers, buys coffee sugar rice and more, and halts at a saloon to drink a whiskey before discussing the county’s judge and a Prohibition clause. The scene shows outlaw era tensions, small-town economy, and looming legal shifts.
In Lewes England AP gas meter reader Leonard J. Pike 47 was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Sylvia Corbett 31. He was sentenced to 10 to 15 months after admitting he used a cleaning fluid to intoxicate women on his rounds to arouse passion. A prior trial ended with a hung jury.
NEW DELHI AP The government rammed through one house of Parliament a controversial bill to amend the constitution and permit transfer of two square miles of territory to Pakistan The bill aroused broad protest in Calcutta and West Bengal where shops and private transport stopped as a political action The transfer involves the Berubari Union formerly part of West Bengal Prime Minister Nehru agreed to the transfer in September 1958 after talks with Prime Minister Firoz Khan Noon The bill passed 328 47 and is expected to receive upper house approval in Thursday with the transfer pending by December 31
A garbled report from Palm Beach details confusion over an electoral certification and a press conference where speakers cited fraud claims. Names and places are unclear, but the piece centers on election officials and Republican figures amid accusations.
In Little Rock AP report, the Dollarway School desegregation plan undergoes revision after an Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals demand for objective standards. Judge Henley urges a stable plan lasting beyond litigation, with attorneys to confer after Christmas. The original plan was approved then rejected for vagueness, and the current draft resists weekly changes. Delores Jean York remains the sole Black student in first grade at the formerly all white Dollarway School near Pine Bluff.
Federal Aviation Agency head Quesada criticized for comments about a New York crash. McDonald defended him saying Quesada cannot state a probable cause. Quesada told President Eisenhower that the United Air Lines jet was 11 miles off course at the time of collision.
Governor Faubus told Arkadelphia leaders that aluminum overproduction, not power costs, drives Reynolds Metals plant closing in Arkadelphia set for January 6. He noted a national trend with limited production at other Arkadelphia facilities and urged ongoing updates while the city seeks help from Senator McClellan.
A fragmentary newspaper line shows a character described as ornery, with partial names and office references. The readable text hints at an incident or comment tied to a past office and a person named Harding, with unclear surrounding context.
New York AP report unclear text from Mankatta area notes a dispute over a 497 dollar bill for food and drink at a club. Magistrate Waller involved in action against an arresting officer with references to a stabbing case and a barge payment row.
Spur Company merges with Murphy Company in El Dorado Arkansas. About 92.4 percent of Murphy’s outstanding stock represented at the meeting voted for the merger with 8 percent opposing. No further merger details released by Murphy stockholders. Spur operates in several states including Kansas.
The ordinance permitted residential zones to host limited business activity with board approval. It required applicants to file with the city clerk, publish notices, and allow public protests. Violations carried up to 15 dollars per day, and the ordinance declared an emergency to take effect after adoption on November 19, 1969.
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