Violinist Kills Wife in Museum
At the American Museum of Natural History in New York a 72 year old violin maker killed his ex wife, 43, in the museum entrance hall during a custody dispute. Her 12 year old daughter Susan witnessed part of the attack. The suspect, Dmytro Didchenko, was subdued by guards and a retired detective.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Gertrude Didchenko
Susan
Dmytro Didchenko
Didchenko
America
Philadelphia
United Steelworkers Union
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Washington
Lester A. Maddox
Maddox
New York Museum
Arkansas
Ford Ward Wins January Letter Prize for Hope Industry
The Star awarded Ford Ward of Magnolia and Southern State College the $10 prize for best letter to the editor printed in January. Ward is son of Mr and Mrs Travis Ward of this city. The monthly prize started last September with steady winners except December had no qualified entries.
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Hope
The
Star
Ford Ward
Southern State College
Magnolia
Travis Ward
Deceber
David Waddle
Rt. J. Emmet
Hope High School
Texarkana Gazette
David
Engineers Club
Weather Station Report Shows Mild 24-Hour Span
Weather data for 24 hours ending 7 am Monday from the experiment station lists Hidi at 64 with a low of 53 and precipitation of 1.95 inches. Continued on Page Two.
Scout Court of Honor Tuesday at Hope City Hall
A District Court of Honor will be held Tuesday Feb 9 at 7 30 p m in Hope City Hall auditorium. Presenting awards are Jerry O Neal Olen Overturf Jamie Boyette Dr C Crow Judge Royce Weisenberger Bob Lewis and Clifford Franks of Hope. The Wheel Horse Clan Order of the Arrow will perform Indian dances and the Cub Scouts of Nashville will present a skit The Journey of the Three Sons.
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District Court of Honor
Hope City Hall
Jerry O'Neal
Olen Overturf
Jamie Boyette
C. Crow
Royce Weisenberger
Bob Lewis
Clifford Franks
Hope
Wheel Horse Clan
Order of the Arrow
Cub Scouts of
Nashville
Three Arkansas Bills Recalled for Reconsideration
The Arkansas House recalled three bills from the Senate for further action. One covers mineral rights, another would strip municipal court clerks of arrest warrant power, and the third bans transporting a loaded rifle or shotgun in a vehicle. The mineral rights measure, by Rep. Bill Wells, passed 41 to 39 after more than an hour of debate.
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Little Rock
Arkansas House
Senate
Bradley County
Bill Wells
Air Raid LBJ's Reply to Criticism
President Johnson sidetracked a Republican attack by ordering retaliatory strikes against North Vietnamese bases after Viet Cong attacks. Before the weekend action Republicans awaited Bundy's assessment of Saigon, fearing more of the same. Eight Americans were killed and over 160 wounded in the Viet Cong assault. Johnson then ordered carrier-based bombing of southern North Vietnam bases.
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Washington
Johnson
Saigon
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
South
Viet Nam
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
North
Page Two
Burgess Garrett Earns Second In State Farm Award
Burgess Garrett, local Jaycees winner, placed second in the State Farmers Contest at Springdale among 14 contestants. He received a $50 Savings Bond and a second winner plaque, with Tol E Tex and Butane Gas Co. co-sponsoring. The Jaycees meet Feb 9 at Town & Country Restaurant at 7 p.m. Films The Sandia Story and The Mercury Story will be shown.
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Burgess Garrett
Jaycee
Springdale
Garrett
Jaycees
Tol- E-Tex and
Butane Gas Co
Town & Country
Mercury
Johnson meets advisers as Vietnam strikes continue
President Johnson consults with McGeorge Bundy and top aides after U S retaliatory air strikes on North Vietnam bases. Viet Cong attack a South Vietnamese helicopter base fails. Dependents prepare to leave as U S officials ponder Soviet ties to guerrilla actions. A busy week includes Congress on beauty proposal and dock strike developments.
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Johnson
McGeorge Bundy
U.S
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Sovet Union
Viet Nam
Washington
Million-Pound Thrust Successful at Edwards AFB
An Air Force test at Edwards Field California achieved a successful firing of a solid propellant rocket motor generating one million pounds of thrust. The 75 foot tall 250 ton Titan C3 motor was tested nozzle up in a concrete steel stand developed by United Technology Center Sunnyvale California.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
United Technology Center
Sunnyvale
President Johnson Rests Firm on Viet Nam Stance
President Johnson maintains a firm line on Viet Nam citing no choice but to back South Vietnam in its fight for independence. He announced evacuation of American dependents, deployment of an antiaircraft battalion, and possible reinforcements as tensions rise. The stance echoes the Gulf of Tonkin episode with increased readiness for a showdown.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
U. S
China Sea
North Viet
Hope Kiwanis Delegation Hosts Moylan Dinner
Hope Kiwanis Club members led by Guy Grigg attend a Fayetteville reception and banquet for Kiwanis International President Ed Moylan Jr. The event drew about 600 people from Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Moylan urged clubs to act on the Kiwanis Motto We Build as Kiwanis marks its 50th anniversary. The Hope club, active since 1937, backs Youth Center K Park Little League Farm Week and community programs.
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Guy Grigg
Hope Kiwanis Club
Eddie Whitman
Jim McKenzie
Lynn Harris
Royce Weisenberger
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Country Club
Arkansas
Moylan
Kiwanis
Kiwanians
Kiwanis International
Canada
United States
K’’ Park
Hope High School
Texarkana Banker Challenges Rotary on Town Ethics
Eric Wade president of Commercial National Bank of Texarkana spoke to the Texarkana Rotary Club at Town & Country Restaurant about self reflection and shaping a town’s future by personal example. More than forty guests attended, many Southwest Arkansas Dental Society members in Hope for a concurrent meeting.
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Eric Wade
Commercial National Bank of Texarkana
Rotary Club
Town & Country
Mr. Wade
Rotarians
Southwest Arkansas Dental Society
Hope
Did Russia Encourage Guerrillas
U S officials ponder Soviet ties to weekend Communist guerrilla attacks on U S bases in South Vietnam. They consider whether Moscow supported the strikes as a ploy to influence North Vietnamese leaders or if Hanoi acted independently to pressure Kosygin during his Hanoi trip. Authorities lean toward a pressure-play theory.
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Washington
USS
Soviet Union
South Viet Nam
Red China
Hanoi
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
Faubus Bond Issue to Be Topic on TV
Gov. Orval Faubus will answer questions on television about a bond issue to be voted on in a special election set for February 27. He will meet with the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation to explain the measure and notes the election must occur by Feb 27 due to Sunday Feb 28 and poll tax rules.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
General Assembly
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
West Germany to pay UN Cyprus peacekeeping funds
West Germany informed the United Nations it will make another quarterly contribution of 250000 dollars for the Cyprus peacekeeping operation. The Foreign Ministry reported three previous identical payments have already been made.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
United Nations
Cyprus
Foreign Ministry
Johnson reviews Vietnam campaign after air strike moves
President Johnson to hear from McGeorge Bundy as NSC session nears. Officials limit predictions while seeking diplomatic and military clues from the Communists. Pleiku attack toll rises, 8 Americans dead and over 100 wounded. dependents ordered to withdraw.
New Hope funeral home plans move to architect stage
R W Herndon Jr owner of Herndon Cornelius Funeral Home states plans for a new structure on the present site on South Main Street are now with the architect. Construction to begin in the near future. Also notes garden clubs campaign participants to pick up Red Bud Trees at Monts Seed Store after Monday.
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R. W. Herndon, Jr
Herndon - Cornelius Funeral Home
South Main Street
B. N. Holt
Hope Council of Garden Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
Monts
War Bases Struck Today for 2nd Time
American and South Vietnamese fighter bombers struck again at military installations in Communist North Vietnam. Barracks and guerrilla staging areas at Dong Hoi were hit as 49 U.S. Navy jets conducted a reprisal raid for North Vietnamese shelling of a U.S. base in South Vietnam. Tass claimed three U.S. planes were shot down, but the Defense Department said none were missing. President Johnson planned meetings with advisers and special emissary Bundy to review the situation.
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Washington
North Viet Nam
Johnson
Southeast Asia
McGeorge Bundy
Bundy
National Security Council
South Viet Nam
White House
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Dong Hoi
U.S
Pleiku
Soc Trang
Saigon
U.N. Security Council
Tass
Hanoi
Defense Department
U.S. and South Vietnamese Bomb North Vietnam Installations
American and South Vietnamese fighter bombers conducted a new strike on North Vietnamese military installations, the U.S. Embassy in Saigon announced. The embassy provided no further details, while Hanoi dispatches claimed three U.S. planes were shot down near Dong during the raid.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Tass
Hanoi
Dong
Three Directors Re-elected to Hempstead County Foundation Board
At the Hempstead County Industrial Foundation annual meeting three retiring directors James Pilkinton John B Gardner Jr and Leonard Ellis were re elected to new three year terms. Helen White was re elected to represent Employees on the Board. By law changes allow the county judge to serve on the board. Officers for 1965 were elected: John B Gardner Jr president Leonard Ellis vice president and B N Holt secretary treasurer.
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Hempstead County Industrial Foundation
James Pilkinton
John B. Gardner, Jr
Leonard Ellis
Helen White
Rlbert LaGrone
Frank Douglas
Tom Ed Hays
B. N. Holt
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Mr. and
Mrs. Burgess Garrett
AP News Digest
Congress
TD Eee
Erypy
Hope Kiwanis
Texarkana
Rotary
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John M. Hightower
First Methodist Church
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Shelia Powers
Betty Crocker
Men's Brotherhood of the Unity Baptist Church
Allison Brown
First Baptist Church of
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