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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1964
Page
5
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie L. Wadley will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Texarkana. In her eighties, Wadley was widely known in the Southwest for humanitarian work and died at her home after a long illness.
The U S Weather Bureau predicts showers and thundershowers across Arkansas for the last two days of 1984. Warm, southerly conditions persist with highs in the 70s and overnight lows from the 40s to the 60s. A cold front in Northwest Arkansas drifts southeast to become stationary, bringing mostly cloudy skies and 40 to 60 percent precipitation through Thursday.
Weather data from the Weather Experiment Station covers the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The high temperature reached 65 degrees, the low was 33, and precipitation measured 0.2 inches. Continued on Page Two.
HAL BOYLE offers a satirical checklist of New Year resolutions to improve oneself and society. The piece suggests true progress requires personal change and humorously lists 20 pointed resolutions spanning honesty, charity, patience, restraint, sleep, and kindness. It ends by promising personal immortality if half are kept.
Arkansas Forestry Commission will obtain an additional 23,400 dollars to assist in battling fires and related timber industry services. Commissioner Fred H. Lang noted the money derives from a two cent per acre voluntary assessment on about 68,000 acres tied to the Fordyce lumber firm bought by Georgia Pacific Corp. The commission typically collects around 90,000 dollars annually from such assessments, but Fordyce had ceased payments in 1951.
State Treasurer Nancy Hall announced Citizens Bank of Jonesboro as Eastern Arkansas clearing bank. Five other banks were named for similar duties: First National Union National Worthen Bank and Trust Co. Little Rock Simmons National Pine Bluff and State National Texarkana.
A federal grand jury in January 1919 will reconvene to consider the Mississippi murders of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia in Neshoba County amid reports of new evidence. The Justice Department seeks 21 defendants as charges against 19 were dismissed after a Meridan hearing. Judge Harald Cox ordered the grand jury reconvening. the order did not mention the murders.
Two accidents were reported by City Police yesterday. On Wahway 67 East an auto driven by Barry Randal struck a call from Free da's Angus Farms, damaging the Volkswagen with minor injuries. On North Hazel Street Barry Handall rear ended Joy Jones. Rahdail was charged with following too closely as damage remained slight.
The Far West endures a flood described as the worst in over a millennium. In five states California Oregon Washington Idaho and Nevada tens of thousands face upheaval with 19 deaths in California and 18 in Oregon. Recovery centers operate as communities dig out and evacuees return home. Estimated California damage exceeds 500 million and Oregon damage hits 315 million as governors call it the region’s worst disaster.
LITTLE ROCK AP Two backers of the voter registration amendment approved in the November general election doubt changes to the form. State Senator elect Jim Brandon of Pulaski County urges following the amendment exactly for two years to gain experience. The Election Commission adopted a form adding race, party affiliation, and absentee registration though not in the amendment. The legislature holds final say. Dr H D Luck of Arkadelphia, chair of the committee that backed approval, says changes should come only from demonstrated need and opposes adding absentee registration under permanent registration.
Montreal AP report quotes Dr. Jacob Gershon-Cohen predicting cancer control breakthroughs by vaccines and curative drugs soon after 1970, based on proof cancers may be caused by viruses and advances in DNA RNA virus structure. He links infra red body scanning to future diagnosis and notes cancer latent viruses may require triggering factors for development.
Police raid across India before dawn nets hundreds of Communists. Communist headquarters in New Delhi claims more than 1,000 party members were seized in the sweep. Prime Minister 2nd graf 126.
AP News Digest reports government forces clash with Viet Cong to drive the community from a district capital about 40 miles east of Saigon. Sen. Richard B. Russell calls for re evaluation of the U S position in South Vietnam as the Senate Armed Services Committee will review Vietnam and Congo situations. An American cancer expert foresees breakthroughs toward cancer control but a future moon mission is hinted.
John Edward Moody age 86 longtime Hope resident died today at the home of a daughter. Survivors include four sons Edward George Sammy and J W Moody all of Hope and four daughters Mrs P W McCorkle Mrs R C Kelly Mrs W T Sharman of Hope and Mrs F B McCorkle of Mineral Springs. Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Evening Shade with burial at Evening Shade Cemetery by Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home.
Arkansas license plates go on sale January 4 at the Hempstead Revenue Office in the Courthouse. Applicants for 1965 plates must show 1964 registration with title number, one assessment, and a 1963 personal property tax receipt. drivers licenses require 1964 licenses or a current out of state license. Chief Yeoman Joe Bearden and family depart Honolulu for Memphis Tennessee, Bearden’s Arkansas roots noted. Razorbacks fans telegram Texas Longhorns before Orange Bowl, Parker fans predict top ranking. Hope Post Office plans January 1 closure. most services suspended. Parker cages beat Old Miss 86-48 in Shreveport. semifinal vs Virginia Military Institute at 9:15 pm on KAA.
Government forces tried to reclaim Binh Nghia near Saigon while Viet Cong overran the town again. In three days of fighting about 1,200 government troops faced roughly equal Communist forces. Two U.S. enlisted men were captured and several servicemen wounded or killed in separate actions, with 241 Americans killed in combat since December 1961. The town, hosting thousands of North Vietnamese refugees, remains contested as helicopters were shot down and final assaults continued. Continued on page two.
In Macon Georgia the federal government may appeal Judge Bootle's dismissal of federal conspiracy indictments against six Ku Klux Klansmen charged with oppressing Negroes. The case follows two acquittals in state court for Richard Lemuel Penn murder. Penn, an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, was shot July 11 near Fort Benning as he traveled with two other Black officers. State murder charges remain pending against James Lackey.
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