Bearded Vulture Named for Beardlike Feathers
The African lammergeier also known as the bearded vulture features a tuft of bristly black feathers hanging from the base of its bill, resembling a beard.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1956
Page
2
The African lammergeier also known as the bearded vulture features a tuft of bristly black feathers hanging from the base of its bill, resembling a beard.
The Hopewell P T A meets February 8 at 7 40 pm in the school auditorium. Keystone Lodge No 43 convenes tonight at 7 20 in Hicks Funeral Home Building. Bethel AME Church hosts a February 13 concert by the Angelic Gospel Singers and Hummedg Bees. tickets at Hicks Funeral Home Unique Beauty Shop Nelson's Grocery Green Leaf Cafe Shower Street Dinettes. Beautician's Chapter 16 sponsors a February 10 Pre Valentine Ball at the American Legion Hut with admission 1 00 to 125. Also notes: Oak Grove Baptist church held Sunday services with Miss Mitchell Mrs Duffie and Mrs Smith assisting. Insurance Day on the third Sunday at 11 am to fund church insurance. Incoming: Mrs Malle Washington of Washington DC visits to be with ill father in McCaskill AR. Mrs Fannie B Buchanan travels to Cleveland OH for possible hospital admission. husband’s call reached Sunday night.
United Press reports a flurry of college games with scores across the East and Midwest. Teams like Queens College, Amherst, Duquesne, Florida, Tulane, Wake Forest, Richmond, Florida A and M and Michigan State posted wins, with others like Temple and Alabama also earning victories in overtime or by narrow margins.
Dallas columnist Harold V. Ratliff reports Cary Middlecoff, the winter's hottest golfer, returning to Memphis to work on his taxes and a book. The article notes he turned professional in 1947, has earned about $300,000 in prize money, and recently adopted a two-tournament on, two-off schedule for efficiency. It also mentions Hubert Reed shooting 33 and Wisconsin beating Iowa 78 to 74 as a Big Ten note.
In Prescott Delight edged the Wolves 47 to 46 in a closer live contest as the largest crowd, about 1,400, filled the Wolves gym. Delights C Walker led with 10, Hughes 14 and McKinnon 9 while Prescott’s Purtle had 15 and Smith 11. The Hope B team routed Guernsey 74 to 37, and Delight girls beat Prescott 43 to 23 in the earlier bracket. Tonight Hope Senior squads travel to Nashville for a doubleheader.
Arkansas Razorbacks visit Baylor seeking vital conference win to stay in title contention. Arkansas trails SMU by a game with a 5 1 league mark as Baylor sits out of title chase. A Razorbacks loss could end chances while an SMU defeat and Arkansas win could renew the race.
A 21-year-old Briton quits his antique dealer job to face former world welterweight champion Kid Gavilan tonight. The bout tests Peter Waterman against the Cuban veteran as experts debate Gavilan’s prime and Waterman’s climb. Gavilan, a 3-2 favorite, questions Waterman’s chances citing his 31 pro bouts and 16 knockouts.
The Spring Hill School and Community will host the Hempstead County Basketball Tournament starting Thursday February 9 at 7 pm. Junior and senior boys and girls compete with trophies for champions and runners up. Games run Thursday Friday Saturday with finals Saturday night at 7 pm. Concessions available. admission varies by session. Referees are Andy Caldwell and Olan Reeves.
The Arkansas Supreme Court refused to review its January decision banning legal liquor sales in Bradley County. An immediate mandate was issued and stores must halt sales once filed with the Bradley circuit clerk in Warren. Dealers may sell stocks back to wholesalers or dispose of them in bulk.
A narrator recalls a tense town scene after a failed marriage match in a sunlit square. Sheriff Tweed decries Wilbur as weak while Alice contemplates choices with roadblocks from friends and family. Abner Cornwallis orders the Sunday special as a quiet, revealing lunch unfolds.
Los Angeles authorities hold Taft Moody former University of Arkansas basketball star and ice cream businessman in a $200,000 safe robbery investigation. Alan Moody 42 and Arthur Gordon Bishop 53, ex-convicts, were arrested last Friday as police Lt. George Stoner reported. Moody has resided here on bond during his appeal of a 1954 Memphis federal income tax evasion conviction.
Homer Louisiana. State Sen W M Rainach leader of Louisiana Citizen Councils warns the NAACP is backing illegal Negro voter registration to gain block voting control of Louisiana. He cites similar tactics in New York Pennsylvania Illinois Michigan and notes Negro registration rising from under 2,000 in 1946 to over 154,000 in the governor race.
An Illinois man, Glen Len Stanridge, 40, was fatally injured when his car left Highway 270 and crashed into a 10 foot ditch near Hot Springs. He was driving alone.
In a fragmented dialogue set, Mrs. Brand and Doris discuss Lucy, Alice, and a proposal involving a move to Pittsburgh. A doctor in India Landing and several dismissive jokes about a man named Dick Butler Tarrett hint at professional and personal tensions. The scene ends with a tease for continuation.
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