Finish High School, Boys Are Warned
Hope Star reports its fourth annual Christmas banquet for paper carriers in the Hope trade area held at Diamond cafeteria. Editor A H Washburn urged carriers to stay in school, noting college is optional but a high school diploma is essential for good jobs and to avoid welfare. He cited dwindling opportunities in auto and service jobs and shared the story of Johnny Erp, a former El Dorado student who was fired for quitting school but later rebuilt his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Star
Hope Trade
Diamond
Star
A.H. Washburn
C. M. Rogers, Jr
Waldene Townemaker
Dexter Bailey
Rogers
the Star
Washburn
el Dorado Daily News
Johnny Erp
el Dorado High School
el Dorado
Johnny
Johnnie Erp
Holiday Death Toll Mounts Amid Christmas Weekend
The Associated Press reports holiday traffic deaths surpassed 300 in the first two days of the Christmas weekend, with total toll at 804 across the nation by Christmas Eve. Fires and other accidents added 81 deaths to reach an overall 385, while safety officials note a lower toll than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Pyle
National Safety’ Council
Pyle
Emmet Printer Cecil Johnson Dies at 59
Cecil Clyde Johnson, 59, lifelong printer at Emmet, died yesterday at his home. Survived by wife Kathryn and siblings William R. Johnson, Archie Johnson, Lawrence Haynie, Faye Cobb, Hess Gordon. Services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Herndon-Cornelius Chapel. Burial Snell Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Clyde Johnson
Emmet
Kathryn Johnson
William R. Johnson
Malvern
Archie ‘Johnson
Prescott
Lawrence Haynie
Warren
Faye Cobb
Little Rock
Hess Gordon
Arkadelphia
Herndon-Cornelius Chapel
L. T. Lawrence
Snell Cemetery
George Hosmer
Loren Riley
Paul Buchanan
Ural Cloud
Ralph Gordon
A. W. Hudson
Lost but Found: A Boy Named Erp and a Christmas Banquet
The reminiscence traces Johnny Erp’s early journalism work for Hearst and INS, his return to El Dorado to finish school, and a Chicago TV tour with Lloyd Spencer noting Erp’s success. It links a cautionary tale of quitting school at sixteen to the Hope Star’s 1962 Christmas banquet attendees from Hope Star and the Arkansas Gazette, highlighting local names and a sense of shared history.
Dockmen Strike Ties Up Atlantic and Gulf Ports
The Tongshoremen strike by the International Longshoremen's Association halts loading at major ports from Searsport Maine to Brownsville Texas. About 81,000 ILA members walk out as government court orders lapse, with pickets at New York Newark Houston and Lake Charles and ships rushing to depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy Besnie Gould
Rork UP
Atlantic
Gulf
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
Searsport
Maine
Brownsville
Tex
Onn Kennedy
New York
Newark
Houston
Lake Charles
Mobile
Ala
Providence
R.I
Philadelphia
Trenton
N.J
Dilmington
Del
Hudson River
Jersey Turnpike
Coast Guard
David Alston
ILA International
Hampton Roads
Star Suspends Christmas Day Publication
The Star will suspend publication on Christmas Day as part of its annual holiday observances. It normally pauses for three holidays each year and will resume on Wednesday, December 26.
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The
Star
Wednnesday
Castro's Food Fit for Pigs
In Miami AP report, Fidel Castro fed Bay of Pigs prisoners meals described as very poor. Prisoner Tullio Diaz recalls breakfast of sour coffee and bread. meals include macaroni with thin sauce, a dirt‑like grain named fatherland or death, and squash. Diaz quips about plans to gain weight after release.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Tullio Diaz
Havana
Diaz
22 Deaths Around Arkansas
A murder suicide and an execution raised Arkansas weekly violent deaths to 22. Willie Ponders shot his wife Avan and killed himself at Jacksonville, as their three children watched. Elmus Nicholas was electrocuted at Halub's Crossing while moving a house on Highway 121. The week also saw 12 traffic fatalities, three burns, two smotherings, one shooting, and one stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Willie Ponders
Avan
Jacksonville
Ponders
Howard A. Dishough
Pulaski County
Pondlers
Halub's Crossing
Marianna
Elmus Ray Nicholas
Wester
Nicholas
Santa letter page from Peekskill Star shows hopeful kids
Joy Miller reports on children’s Christmas requests printed in the Peekskill Evening Star. Young writers describe good behavior and wish lists for Santa, with playful spellings and charming notes about Santa and Mrs. Claus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Miller
New York
Sandra Claus
Peekskill Evening Star
Hudson
Elf
North Pole
Santa
Mrs. Claust
Jury Tampering Charged in Hoffa Mistrial
Nashville AP reports the Hoffa trial ended in a hung jury after 17 hours of deliberation. Judge Miller ordered an investigation into possible jury tampering tied to two Hoffa associates as the case, once again, did not reach a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Justice Department
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Hoffa
Michigan
Hial
U.S. Dist
William E. Miller
FBI
Miller
James F. Neal
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters Union
Washington,d.c
McClellan Committee
New York
Kennedy
Detroit
Neal
James Paschal
Hoodbury
Gratin Fields
Oakhaven Christmas party and Lions Club charity baskets
All About Town reports Oakhaven held separate Christmas gatherings for children teenagers and adults then gathered around a central tree for presents. Lions Club distributed 43 baskets to Hempstead families valued at 20 each with 19 cans of food from student and theater donations. Arkansas deer hunting stats and local fines are noted with KTAL Channel 6 Sugar Bowl coverage planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakhaven
Jess Davis
The
Lions Club
Prisoner Airlift From Cuba Brings Joyful Reunions
Operation Ransom delivered 426 Bay of Pigs veterans to Homestead and Miami on a Christmas Eve airlift. Cuban exiles and families endured long vigil. joyful embraces, tears, and homecomings followed across the crowd-filled arrival at the reception center and auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cuba
United States
San Antonio de Los Banos
Homestead Air Force Base
Dcé
Pan American World Airways
Havana
Fidel Castro
Javana
Dinner Key Auditorium
Homestead Air Force
Brigade
Bay of Pigs
White Christmas Hopes Dimmed By Arkansas Winter Storm
A cold front brings sleet snow and rain across Arkansas with hazards for holiday travel. Snow fell in Pine Bluff Texarkana Hot Springs Little Rock and Benton and spread toward Missouri. Temperatures will dip to the 20s and 30s with highs in the 30s to 40s as the system lingers through Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Pine Bluff
Texarkana
Hot Springs
Benton
Memphis
Bootheel
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Mid-South
Tennessee
Mississipp
Alabama
Kansas
John Brown University Receives AEC Equipment Grant
Siloam Springs Ark AP John Brown University won a five thousand dollar grant from the Atomic Energy Commission for nuclear and radioisotope equipment. The gear is slated for installation early in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siloam Springs, Ark
John Brown University
Atomic Energy Commission
DWI Charge After Accident Here At Third and Laurel
City police filed a driving while intoxicated charge against Ken ny Ray Knox of Hope after an accident at Third and Laurel streets. No injuries occurred and only minor vehicle damage was reported.
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Laurel Streets
James E. Matthews
Stamps
Kenny Ray Knox
Hope
Jack Brown
Knox
Weather Station Report and Regional Forecast
Weather data for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Monday shows high 51 and low 29 with rain and sleet totaling .24 inch. November rainfall up to 1962 totals 47.20 inches, compared with 51.19 inches a year ago. Arkansas remains cloudy and cold with mixed precipitation, snow north, rain south tonight, and a high of 28 to 46. Eastern Southern Missouri expect cloudy skies through Tuesday with a chance of snow tonight or Tuesday and slightly warmer conditions, highs near 25 to 40 and lows around 20 to 30.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
Great "Lakes
Ohio Valley
Cecil Johnson
Hearst Wire
International News Service
United Press Intern National
Russellville Tech
Lloyd Spencer
Hope Bank
Chicago
Mr. Spencer
Alex Washburn
Jimmy Whitten
John Whitten
Jimmy Brown
Kenny Keen
Jimmy Singleton
Eddie Munsey
John van Riper
Benton Fincher
Billy Browning
Alan Parish
David Morris
Doug Rogers
Randy Still
Terry Beard
Gary Hollis
Richard Cahoun
Keith Wood
Steve Mhoon
W. D. Bailey
Arkansas Gazette
Garland Bright
Kenneth Willis
Robert Gladney
Merry, Merry Christmas
Castro
WB Irater Ss
Ieee Gers
By Gavin Scott
Hope School
Crow
United Fund
Blevins Training School
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Dee
Alvin Barnett
Lafayette County
Ktal-Tv Channel 6
Arka Magazine
John Brown
Santa Claus
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