This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1970
Page
7
Hope merchants celebrate Washington's Birthday with a city wide sale. An automobile will be given away in a 5:15 p.m. Monday drawing at Second and Main. To register, entrants need a valid driver's license and must be present to win. Registration runs through Monday 5 p.m. with no purchase required.
In Syracuse New York the 76ers beat the Detroit Pistons 133 114 led by Archie Clark 26 points and Billy Cunningham 24 Hal Greer 20. The win marks their second trip to Syracuse this season as they pursue the franchise roots dating to 1963.
Ouachita AIC champion in Division A and Henderson in Division B after late-season wins. Ouachita beat Southern State 73-68, Henderson defeated State College of Arkansas 86-63 as playoff pairings set for Arkadelphia. Hendrix, Tech, A&M and Ozarks also posted results in the final AIC regular-season games.
Dike, the Claiborne year old colt, seeks a second stakes win in the $139,600 Widener Handicap at Hillenby. Johnny Rotz rides Dike with a likely loaded field including Al Hattab and Great Cohoes. Other notes include the $50,000 Barbara Fritchie, $15,000 Le Comte, and $15,000 Arkansas Handicap at major tracks, plus contenders in each race and weight assignments.
Ariel Hiatus, a 4-year-old gelding trained to make his first start since Feb 14, led the stretch to win Oaklawn Park's Thursday feature race worth $7,500. He clocked 1:54.95 for a mile on a fast track, paying $10.80, $4.80 and $3.20. Browsing Around finished a length back, returning $4.80 and $2.60. Joe Top paid $3.40, while Jim's Melody with David Benjamin won the fourth race for $196, $91 and $20.40. A crowd of 7,622 wagered $565,068.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.