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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1959
Page
5
Readers share social news from Hope including club meetings, bridge gatherings, and home demonstrations. Attendees include Ms Hatley and the Polk family, with visits from relatives in Houston Newport and Dallas. Funeral and holiday travel mentions reference Tracy Mullins and multiple families.
A Kinser Christmas gathering drew many relatives including Clyde Osborns and Ralph Pyle with son, Mrs. James Osborn of fo, Floyd Delizhl and Sullivan of Dallas, Tammy Kinser, and My. Park family. The 18 member dinner featured Mrs. O M Harris and families, Gwendolyn and Sarah Bradford, Dr and Mrs Lynn god, and guests Roy Hors anch manager of the jco at the Sugar Bowl.
Walnut Ridge area police hunted three bandits who robbed former Hoxie mayor C. A. Sullens of about 34,000 as he stopped to help on a narrow road. They tied him, blocked the road with a car hood up, then fled. he freed himself and sought help. Sheriff Foley noted Sullens habitually carried large sums.
Two federal lawyers assist a special grand jury in Biloxi that convenes January 4 to investigate the Mack Charles Parker lynching. Seven persons have subpoenas to appear as the probe seeks indictments after Parker, a truck driver, was dragged from Poplarville jail and killed in a riverbed near Pearl River County following an attempted trial for assaulting a white woman.
Little Rock resident Clinton D. Smith learned his wristwatch is radioactive. University of Arkansas radiatio n experts tested the luminous dial using strontium 50, finding about three times the radiation considered permissible for health and safety. Smith plans to send the Swiss-made watch to the American Watch Corp in New York for exchange if found to exceed limits.
Arkansans were urged to prevent lasting damage from integration as the U.S. Supreme Court desegregation decision looms. The 1930 White House Conference report notes youth disruption, teacher shortages, and rising working mothers amid controversy, with no clear solution offered. Carl Adams led the report discussion in Little Rock.
Havana reported nine men including two Americans were held in Camaguey after landing in three Venezuelan planes. Cuban authorities accuse them of conspiracy against Fidel Castro. Military police confirmed some airmen were detained but provided no details.
A wild gas well blew out and exploded near Mission Texas Tuesday night. The fire was extinguished and the well burned for hours. One fire crew member was killed and two injured. The blast launched 200 feet into the air. Missing at the site was Carl Mbrecht, 28, of Mirage Texas. Don Bailey, 29, of Artesia, NM. and Benny Schooler, 26, of McCamey, Texas, with Schooler seriously hurt.
Arkansas activists and officials announce a coordinated vice campaign with De Wallin Ge Brown of the Christian Cryre Foundation guiding efforts. The plan targets enforcement, public awareness, and policy change across communities, aiming to curb illicit conduct and bolster safety.
A reader asks how to handle marital suspicion and a nephew’s rudeness in a chaotic correspondence. The first piece urges honesty with a spouse and avoiding trust undermining behaviors. the latter advises a simple birthday greeting over sending a gift.
Chicago report quotes Arkansas Education Association official Forrest Russell urging educators to enter politics. He says America education has been thrust into political area by scientific progress and that teachers support, not seek partisan wigs, while denouncing oversimplified measures and political funding aims.
A Black man, 30, L. Yardy, was charged with a serious crime after a partly nude body of a young Black woman was found near the Arkansas River on December 4. Police say the slashing occurred at a home on the night before, and Yardy is free on a 4000 dollar bond.
Gil ley, president of a LAM Reel savings and loan assonchilion, named view chairman of the board of directors of the Gille Roule district federal home run law. Gail Whitcomb of Merston, Tex. was appointed chairman Masher Weard Citley will serve ony year terms starting Lamonaw, 'Ted Gossett, Dallas, esx) at torney, appointed public in terest director for the Title Rock office's board of civ The Lale Bank of Tainsas, dovisians New Mexico and Texas, fy Aw.
A reader seeks guidance on winning a steady girl who values character over mere looks. The note urges self-improvement in grades and general appearance to prove worthiness and win her affections, ending with instructions to mail the problem and a self addressed stamped envelope to the newspaper.
AP reports Captain Takk Rhea, safety supervisor, predicts Arkansas traffic fatalities during the New Year holiday weekend will total four. Rhea urged careful driving, promising not to lose more than four lives. The forecast came amid holiday travel plans and stalled official preparations.
A Riverton report describes a new elver shite discovery, misreadings and a bank note about a 1880 silver dollar circulation. Coin collectors swiftly bought the coins as banks noted Omaha Federal Reserve shipments predated recognizing collector value.
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