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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1962
Page
5
Society notices list weddings, birthdays, and church events in progress. Baby births announced include multiple families with names, locations, and birth dates. readers are notified of upcoming church meetings at First Methodist and Baptist churches with dates and host members.
A hospital notes list shows admitted and discharged patients with many unreadable or corrupted names across locations including Hope Saratoga Washington and Patmos. Entries mention Wyatt Davis James Cox and Mrs. Minnie Clack among others, with several truncated or misspelled spellings.
Heavy oils and process gas freed large amounts of natural gas for home use. Most schools closed until Monday with some reopening Thursday and 48 percent absenteeism in Little Rock. Icy roads froze pipes in Fort Smith, 20 percent of homes there had frozen pipes. Newport schools closed. Harrison high reached 25 degrees, Gilmore Searcy County saw 11 below. Pike County hospital used standby heaters. pressure restored Thursday. Airlines and buses operated in parts of state. south Arkansas lacked public transport. Tuckerman cafeteria fire destroyed by overheated stove. school to remain closed until Monday.
The Deep South faces a warming trend after record lows across Mississippi Arkansas and western Tennessee with some areas reporting subzero readings. Overnight lows dipped to below zero in Dorado Ark and other locales as snow lingered in the Midwest while warmer air was forecast to reach Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee.
Fair conditions prevail in Louisiana through Saturday with warmer spells this afternoon and again on Saturday. Hard freeze expected tonight dropping to 12 to 22 degrees, followed by a high near 38 to 48 degrees on Saturday.
AP reports Hanoi radio claimed a Laotian government plane manned by three Americans was shot down early this month. It notes three Americans died in the crash but adds no confirmation from Vientiane or the American airmen involved.
A sweeping cold wave drove temperatures down across the Midwest and South, with record lows and freezing rain in the South. The cold spell, blamed for at least 130 deaths, caused school closures, travel hazards, and fuel-related gas pressure issues as temperatures plummeted from the Plains to the Great Lakes and beyond.
A column of letters and replies on married life, boredom, and women’s roles. Readers discuss routine household drudgery and strategies for fulfillment, from hobbies and shared activities to education and social challenges faced by Navy spouses.
Moscow AP reports Prince Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao and the Lao army, will attend Geneva talks. Premier Bun Dum supports the meeting while neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma is en route to France to join. The conference aims to resolve Laos feuds amid Cold War tensions.
A strong quake struck Yugoslavia causing building collapses and landslides. The Yugoslav News Agency Tau Jug reported at least one death and several injuries as shocks recurred in short intervals for about an hour. The tremor center was near Makarska on the Adriatic coast, about 200 miles southwest of Belgrade.
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