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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1956
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Charles Gutensohil and Mrs Will Manre returned Wednesday from a visit in New Orleans.
Mrs. NeH Harrell hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Krieder Buchanan who returned to Des Moines Iowa after a holiday visit. Kim Dill of Nashville visited his parents Col L C Dill and others in Br and Mrs N A Nelson while Lynn and Dyersburg and Searcy trips were noted for Mrs N B Nelson and Mrs Harold Ingram. Additional visits included Mr and Mrs Carl Dalrympe in Hot Springs and Mrs Doris Gordon of Granite City with Clyde Hesterly, plus Sim Howell and Timmy of Little Rock.
Mrs. Al Williams hosted a Christmas themed bridge party at her home with blue lights and greenery. Prizes went to Mrs. T H Duke of Benton and Mrs. Guss McCaskill. Guests included D L McRae and others. A separate bridge luncheon occurred at Lawson Hotel with high and low prizes awarded. John Marsh honored with a spend the day party by Darrell and Mrs. Marsh at a suburban home. Various friends attended and activities included games, horseback riding, and a noon hot dog lunch. Further social notes mention visits among Mrs. T H Duke, Kathy, and a Benton group returning from Dallas and Little Rock trips.
French voters headed to polls for the third National Assembly since World War II amid a divided field. Some overseas voting occurred while Algeria delayed due to a terrorist campaign. Main blocs were Faure’s center-right, Mendes-France’s left, and the Communists with a potential minor fourth group fragmenting campaigns.
Striking bus drivers and mechanics won a round in unemployment compensation rulings against Capitol Transit Co. The Arkansas Employment Security Division granted 140 workers $26 weekly benefits, with a company appeal possible to the Arkansas Board of Review and then to court. Violent incidents on city buses have occurred since the June 2 strike began. The union disavows ties to the violence.
An advertisement invites people aged 60 to 80 to mail in for a $1,000 final expense life policy from Old American Insurance Co. The offer promises no obligation and no phone calls, requesting only name address and age, mailed to a Kansas City address.
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