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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1951
Page
2
Unable to parse readable facts from the OCR fragment. The text mentions a basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden, teams including Duquesne and a reference to the National League, with unclear scores and participants.
A critical polemic traces blame across politics including prewar figures and a White House critique. It condemns public apathy, details alleged patronage and influence, and laments perceived decay in national integrity and civic virtue.
Roundup of sports notes and incidents from February detailing Hal Newhouser’s threat to quit baseball if he cannot prove his value to the Detroit Tigers, NCAA football governance chatter, racing updates, and college basketball scoring milestones. Includes referee remarks in West Virginia vs Pitt game and various minor sports tidbits from New York to Florida.
Kentucky remains the top college basketball team, holding the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press poll with 15 first‑place votes and 122 points. Oklahoma A&M trails with 28 first‑place votes, while other top contenders include Columbia, Kansas State, Bradley, Indiana, North Carolina State, St. John’s and St. Louis. Kentucky has clinched the SEC title and heads into the conference tournament in Atlanta as the favored champion.
District Attorney's office announced the arrest of Natest Miller, 25, of Brooklyn, a former Long Island University guard, on bribe charges tied to fixing two 1948 games at Madison Square Garden. Miller allegedly took 1500 from a teammate to influence outcomes against Western Kentucky State, part of a widening inquiry that includes Sherman White LeRoy Smith and Adolph Blaes among LIU players.
Fayetteville notes a treless Arkansas team losing 52 to 42 at home to Texas Christian. Harvey Froman and Ted Reynolds led TCU with 12 points each, while Arkansas top scorer Billy had 10. TCU moves to 8-4 in conference. Texas A&M can claim the title by beating Texas, potentially making three co champions.
The Associated Press reports scores from multiple games including New York U over Notre Dame 87 to 72 and Vanderbilt over Georgia 49 to 57. Other results feature Florida Southern 63 Mississippi College 54, Mercer 74 Oglethorpe 29, Bradley 51 Oklahoma A M 50, Nebraska 42, Michigan State 39, Purdue 62, Wisconsin 40, Indiana 53, Northwestern 84, Missouri 59, Iowa State 54, Kansas 58, Colorado 38, Texas Christian 52, Wyoming 50, and Brigham Young 41.
Nine teams enter the senior district 7 West boys basketball tournament in Nashville. Prescott and Gunter open at 6 04 p m with Nashville vs Ashdown and Arkadelphia vs Texarkana at 7 45 and 9 p m respectively. Dierks meets DeQueen at 7 40 p m Thursday. Hope faces the Prescott Gordon winner at 8 45 p m Thursday. Semifinals Friday 7 38 p m. championship Saturday night at eight o'clock.
In Little Rock on Feb 27 the Arkansas House rejected temporarily a county plant bill proposed by Rep. Marshall Shackleford of Union County. Opponents called it socialist, while an amendment to require county local option elections was discussed. The House also moved several education and welfare measures and rejected a veteran bonus bill funded by a tax increase.
March welfare payments in Arkansas totaled 2,884,763 an increase from February s 2,620,989 while Mrs Henry Bethell state welfare director noted a decline of 36,206 in March and a federal social security report showed Arkansas had the largest welfare payment nationwide amid higher rolls in several states The Philadelphia Eagles in the NPL lost five games by a total of 18 points during last season.
The Yerger P.T.A. observes Founder's Day tonight at seven in the Yerger Aubistorium with Mrs. Mc Cullum the State President as guest speaker. The Junior Chief of the BeBee Memorial C. M. B. Church rehearses tonight at seven thirty. Lonoke Baptist Church Chorus and Deacon Hoard meet at seven.
Arkansas athletic official says there are no reports of gamblers approaching high school players in Arkansas. He notes some fan gambling and point spread bets exist, influencing coaches, officials, and pressure on decisions, but assures no confirmed fixing cases and warns against the harm to youth development.
New York radio listings show Pentagon style programing across networks. At 0:30 President Truman address launching the Red Cross drive for 1951 followed by a Madison Square Garden stage program. NBC offers Cavalcade Drama at 7:40 and Baby Snooks with Bob Hope. 8:30 Fisher and Molly and Big Town Drama. CBS presents Mr and Mrs North Life with Luigi at 7:30, Rate Your Mate at 9. ABC features Can on Top this at 7:40 and America's Town Meeting. MBS lists Detective Drama John Steele Adventurer at 7:30 and My Hevions Traveler at 8:30.
A fragmentary broadcast listing notes NSC at 6 50 and 4 m1 with Clevelandaires, CBS and Godfrey's Time, ABC and Breakfast Club, MBS 10 30 Queen for this Day. The text also oddly mentions moral homes burning and 184 something.
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