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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1963
Page
4
Senator Keating accuses Soviets of arming Cuba amid a larger buildup while Kennedy weighs a sweeping order restricting shipping to the island. Officials caution on precise troop counts, as debates continue over missile bases and future disposal of arms.
January precipitation totals and a sea disaster are reported by the Experiment Station for a 24 hour period ending 8 a.m. Monday. Nine crewmen were aboard the Sea Horse out of Bayou La Batre when a gale struck, two died and a third perished during rescue. Names include Willard Hull and Archie Wilson of Pensacola and Wesley Haslett of Theodore, Alabama. skipper Max Alford injured. Several crew members treated for shock. Weather outlook from Arkansas to Louisiana notes warming and clear to partly cloudy skies.
Six of nine fishermen who tied together and leaped into a boiling sea when their vessel sank recounted the grim ordeal. Three companions perished as the Coast Guard cutter struggled against 25 foot swells to reach them in about forty minutes.
Observance of the third birthday of Boy Scouts of America. Piney Woods District will hold a Court of Honor at Hope City Hall auditorium Tuesday February 3 at 7 30 p m. Scout troops from Nashville Prescott Lewisville Stamps Cale and Hope will participate. All bur units Scout troops and Explorer Posts are invited to attend.
The new Senate convened January 9 and 26 days later remains unorganized as a filibuster dispute over debate limits stalls legislation. Proposals would require three fifths to halt debate, aiming to enable civil rights bills, while opponents defend Senate tradition. A key vote showed liberals split, with some conservatives opposing reform. The president favors Senate-led settlement. The next step may be tabling Anderson’s motion.
In Hunitsville Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus celebrates becoming a grandfather after his son’s wife gives birth to Fara Elizabeth Faubus weighing eight pounds. The governor visited the hospital and expressed pride about the new family addition stating plans to bring the baby home soon.
J Lawson Smith aged 67 of Bodcan area found dead Sunday near his home. Deputy Coroner McBrayer said death due to exposure. Survivors include three sons Perry and Jerry Smith of Dennis Calif Julius Smith of Texarkana five daughters Gwendolyn Kindrick Texarkana Richard Comeau Haverhill Mass Den Meadows Fort Knox Ky Judy and Gaylen Smith Texarkana two sisters Grady Clark Stamps Mas J G Atlen Sid Skinner Vernie Goynes two brothers Pletcher Oxnard Calif Bobby Smith. Services Tuesday at Forrest Hit Church by Rev Wesley Nha burial Hemadarcornelius in Forrest Hit Cemetery.
Europeans shivered as a brutal cold spell deepened with 539 official deaths. A town hall collapse in Spain’s Canary Islands killed 23, while Britain faced 15 foot snowdrifts in Kent and widespread highway closures. London’s Water Board considered private help to thaw pipes with electricity. A typhoid outbreak strained Montenegrin villagers near Bijelo Polje as doctors struggled to reach patients amid snow.
Texas State Patrol officer Joe R Bateman of Laredo earned outstanding law enforcement honors for 1962. He is the son of former Hope resident Mrs Jaicy Watson Bateman of Jacksonville Texas, with relatives in Hope. Hope High School band and district clinic selections include Ruth Ann Mahon Olive Ann Arnold Ricky Stone Phil McLarty Lane Jones Brenda Hicks Joe Hargis David Chism. Hope orchestra played at a Friday dance with Julianna Fenwick. Arkansas film scenes featuring Avika Vilage Jennifer Cox Jay Ellis and Mary An Beaty shown at Saenger. a Guernsey School bus on the Hope Auto Co lot suffered two flat tires. Municipal Judge John L Wilson attended Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association meeting in Little Rock.
Dr. Gould A. Andrews a 15 year Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies veteran will speak at the Arkansas Tech nuclear energy conference Feb 12 at 7 30 pm at Ozan St Paul Church. He chairs the medical division and will discuss radiation biological damage while George Brown of the Soil Conservation Service presents watershed project slides. Purchases aim to form a Watershed district. Lonesome Pine Ranch joins American Angus Association. Miss Amy Green Henredson State Teachers College guest speaks at PVTA Founder Day dinner Feb 14 7 pm Barlow Hotel. Band Boosters collected scrap paper about 4 to 5000 pounds, two months needed for full pickup. Hope residents urged to beautify and paint as part of the project.
The Arkansas Department of Education estimates 55 549 handicapped students in the state based on a survey of 14 districts and 26 789 children. Mental handicap was most common, with whites showing 881 of 2 090 and Negroes 17 of 4 699. Speech defects followed, then vision, crippling, and hearing impairments. The report notes higher rates of mental handicap among whites and higher speech defects among whites, with Negroes leading in vision, hearing, and crippling categories. The survey involved 33 agencies and districts including Clinton Crossett Dell Payetteville Horatio Newport Paris Pocahontas Prescott Searcy Jonesboro Lamar Stuttgart and Wilmot. The department says results will guide local educational planning for the handicapped.
Two minor accidents were investigated by City Police over the weekend. At Third and Hervey a collision involving Carol Jayl Harvin and EB Fuller caused door damage to Harvin's car. Officers Rowe, Martin, and Jongs investigated. On West Division a collision between C W Harrison and Sam Muldrow caused minor damage. Officers Rowe and Martin charged Harrison with failure to yield the right of way.
A mass of cold air ended a brief western warming, with sharp rises in the Midwest. Subzero readings were common east of the Appalachians, with Boston area and New Hampshire towns feeling deep cold and late storms bringing snow in Maine. Pacific-coast warmth spread to the plains, while Florida faced thunderstorms and heavy rain.
Fayetteville AP Jess Craig chief of Magnolia Chamber elected president of the state Chamber of Commerce managers at their Saturday meeting final day. Other officers include James Vanney Malvern and John Blackwell Jonesboro as vice presidents Bill Henderson Little Rock as secretary treasurer. New board members: Frank Cantrell Little Rock Bill Senter Fort Smith Dodi Harrelson Forrest City Bob Garner Stuttgart.
The Soil Conservation Service will open bids March 1 on modifying 10 flood water retarding structures in Six Mile Creek in Franklin and Logan counties. Low bidder has 189 calendar days to complete the work, including excavation of 49,000 cubic yards of earth and 1,445 feet of reinforced concrete pipe.
Canada faces a political shakeup as Defense Minister Harkness resigns amid renewed talk of dissolution of Parliament and April elections. He cites irreconcilable views on supplying nuclear weapons to Canada’s armed forces and says he sent his resignation to Prime Minister Diefenbaker with a memorandum.
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer says Charles de Gaulle is “absolutely in favor of cooperation with the United States” and believes U S cooperation is vital to Europe and to the United States. He urges patience to restore unity in the Western alliance and cites future US France agreement on Polaris. De Gaulle’s push for an independent French nuclear force and France’s blocking of British Common Market membership are noted.
Arkansas plans a National Guard reorganization affecting five non division artillery units in Harrison Fayetteville Fort Smith Paragould and West Memphis and converting Jonesboro 875th Engineer Battalion to an Engineer Combat Battalion Governor Faubus says a heavy construction engineer battalion at Jonesboro will be transferred on paper to another unit with a new name while remaining 11 Jonesboro personnel. The 875th unit may shift to combat engineering duties though it is not trained for that role and the Military Department aims to finalize the change by May.
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