07 Jan 1957
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1957
Page
1
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration presented Congress with a vague Middle East program, signaling leadership but offering little concrete action. The outline aims to influence aid and potential arms shipments while balancing tension with Britain and France, leaving many questions for Congress, the public, and Moscow.
An old advertisement targets people sixty to eighty offering a $1,000 policy to cover final expenses. It instructs mail-in enrollment without obligation and states no one will call. Readers are asked to send name address and age to a Kansas City company.
William Dove, a Pine Bluff foundry worker, tried to enroll his five children in Dollarway school but was turned away. School officials said integration plans for 1946-57 were not in place. NAACP members said the move was not officially endorsed and Dove offered no reasons for seeking transfers.
PORT SAID Egypt Thirteen ships from seven nations finally leave the canal after weeks of being bottled up by British French action and Egyptian countermeasures Wrecks obstructing the canal make passage tricky Col Mahmoud Yunes head of the canal authority says it could take until Thursday to clear all ships Egyptians undertake the salvage effort amid offers from the United Nations and long lingering questions on arms sales in the Middle East posed by officials and allies
Arkansas 4-H members from 4.4 Club lanes earned state recognition for their major project work. Jesse Duckett of Nope Wan, Patricia Dudley of Swifton, and Max Mayes of Fayetteville highlighted the year with top honors, safety efforts, and multiple demonstrations. International Harvester and General Motors funded trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, drawing 1200 delegates.
Prescott area social notes report Mrs Saxon Regan hosting a Wednesday Bridge Club gathering with high score won by Mrs Guss McCaskill and cut prize to Mrs Blake Scott. Cub Scout Den 4 and Den 6 met with themes “Eyes in the Sky” studying stars and constellations, refreshments served. Local families and guests visited in Topeka Memphis Hendrix College and Florida trips, with multiple returns and visits noted.
In Little Rock the Arkansas State Practical Nurses Association says it will oppose a proposal by the Registered Nurses Association to remove its representation on the state Board of Nurse Examiners. Executive director Georgia Lee Gebphardt announced Saturday that practical nurses would back a bill to create a separate licensing board for practical nurses, arguing that their job status would be reduced under the RN association’s plans.
Weekend fires in the northeast damaged Jonesboro Cash and Bone causing one death indirect injuries and at least 29000 in losses. A 16 year old girl saw the badly burned body of Hanen Sommers 71 who lived alone. Firemen from nearby towns assisted as three downtown fires across Jonesboro and Cash destroyed multiple buildings including a theater and a warehouse. Three Jonesboro firemen were slightly injured in a collision en route to the fires.
A wry 1957 outlook predicts a year of dramatic politics, celebrity foibles, and bold stock market gambits. The spoof forecast envisions World War II style intrigue, Lassie and Rin Tin Tin marriage, and a rash of investigations while Hollywood and television trend toward a new era of mischief and mirth.
Arkansas Merit System Council members were paid over $350 for a hearing on Dr. Frances Brenneckes dismissal as director of welfare crippled children division. Members Reb samen Mitchell and Collings, all of Little Rock, presided over the case.
A week ending Sunday saw Allen at 21 persons die violently in Arkansas. Traffic crashes killed several, including two women in a US 82 wreck near El Dorado and two fatalities near Little Rock from separate incidents. A fire killed Harmon Summers in Boho near Rohesboro, and other accidents caused multiple injuries. A Monette farmer Alfard Gaul died in a two car collision on state Highway 134.
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