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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1955
Page
2
A satirical guide describes a strict no driving, bottle-searching New Year’s bash with staged jokes and pranks. Guests are taxed with sobriety, laughter, and cries, followed by a discreet exit and a prohibition tract at departure. The piece notes such a party would be memorable though lacking in humor.
Gulley states he has checked 15 or 20 leads in the Highway 67 case as investigators pursue how a wound occurred to the body, with details unclear and a still-open inquiry.
Mr and Mrs Tommy Tackette hosted a Christmas party for the ladies Missionary Council and husbands of the Assembly of God Church. Guests enjoyed a decorated tree exchange, Secret Pal names, and a buffet with salad sandwiches cookies and coffee. Numerous local residents and out-of-town guests attended including families from Shreveport and Houston with gifts remembered for Mrs Logan and Mrs Pittman on anniversaries.
In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Logan's fiftieth wedding anniversary, their children Mr. and Mrs. Steele Moore and grandchildren Eskeridge Ruth and Samuel Moore hosted an afternoon open house at the Logan home from 3 to 6. Guests greeted by Samuel Moore and Mrs. T. M. Bemis wore Mrs. Logan's wedding dress and signed a guest book presided by Eskeridge Ruth Moore. Receiving: Mr. and Mrs. Logan and Mr. and Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Logan wore light blue silk crepe with yellow rose buds and golden wedding bells. Mr. Logan wore a yellow rose bud boutonniere. The house featured yellow flowers as gifts from friends and relatives. The liv...
A sequence of killings near Highway 67 draws police to link three bodies with possible murder and a missing man. Witnesses could not identify the victim found near the Pulaski Saline border, while a former employee of Noah Pace was linked to the unidentified man. Coroner and sheriff weigh suicide versus homicide amid suspect connections and concealed identities.
A 1954 survey shows 89 percent of Rhode Island families own television sets, well above the national average of 58 percent. The figures reflect the rapid spread of TV in households across the United States during the early era of television.
James Marlow assesses the postwar spread of communism across Europe and Asia. He notes Soviet satellite governments, U S foreign aid, and evolving Western strategies while warning of renewed force or a slower, ideologically driven push.
United States and Canada markets close Monday January 2 for New Year observance while British markets stay open. Cotton futures in New York show mixed trading with current crop delays and year end selling. March at 33.90, May 33.36, July 31.89.
Northwest Arkansas market firm with demand fair for broilers and fryers at 20 cents per pound, February 21. Batesville Floral area reports market firm with good demand for broilers and fryers around 21 cents per pound farm.
The New York stock market opened the year with a broad rally lifting prices about 1 to 3 points in the early afternoon. Gains spread across steels, coppers, oils, rails, chemicals, aircraft, and selected pharmaceuticals and electrical equipment.
Live poultry receipts 385 yesterday and 523 today totaling 84,335 lb. Heavy hens 22-26, light hens 16.5-18.5, broilers 23-21, old roosters 14.5-15.5, caponettes under 4 1/2 lb 25-26, over 4 1/2 lb 20-33. Butter wholesale buying prices steady to 4 lower, 93 AA to 54.75 for C grade. Eggs nervous with receipts 12,854 and wholesale prices steady to 1 lower across U. S. large whites 60-69.9 cents, A’s 54, mixed 34, mediums 53, standards 53.
The text notes continued Communist pressure in Southern Asia and the Middle East. It questions whether Western powers can halt the advance, underscoring reliance on economic aid currently used in vulnerable regions.
The bulletin lists bids across grains and oils. Wheat and corn prices shown with No. 1 red and yellow varieties, No. 3 yellow corn, oats figures, soybean oil and meal prices, and barley ranges for maltine and feed grades.
Hogs 11 000, generally steady to weak with mixed grades 150 to 320 lb quoted from 5.50 to 15.50. Cattle 500 and calves 300, margined by grade with steers and yearlings 14.00 to 17.00, cows 8.00 to 12.50, bulls up to 15.00. Sheep 1 000, lambs mainly 18.75 to 19.60 for top lots, utilities 14.00 to 16.50, ewes 3.00 to 5.06.
Central and regional forecast shows partly cloudy skies and continued cold conditions into Saturday with fair and cool conditions Sunday. Highs range from the mid 30s to low 40s, with lows from the mid teens to upper 20s across zones, and a slight drizzle possible in Southeast Arkansas this afternoon.
Albert Forseth proposed a federal law to equip cars with devices that emit a warning note at 50 miles per hour, a scream at 355, and blow a fuse at 60, to curb highway deaths in a Madison, Wisconsin report.
The University of Rhode Island introduced its first complete poultry husbandry course in 1898, marking a milestone in agricultural education. The program aimed to train students in breeding, management, and farming practices under university supervision.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent remedy for coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis. It states the medicine reaches the bronchial system loosens phlegm and soothes inflamed membranes with a pediatric version available in pink and blue packages.
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