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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1965
Page
1
Mrs. Charles Singleton, mother of Forrest Singleton manager of Hope's Penney Store, died late last night at Texarkana. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
Arkansas Education Commissioner Arch Ford reported a revised school funding plan that rejects consolidation threats for small districts and lowers equalizing aid to appease larger districts. Dr. Francis G. Cornell helped refine the plan, and Ford expressed confidence it will be accepted in the legislature.
Scattered light snow moved into North and North Central Arkansas mid morning. The Weather Bureau expects continued cold readings through Saturday with some warming later. Rainless day with cooler temperatures, highs Wednesday from the upper 40s to lower 60s and overnight lows in the 20s to mid 30s.
Weather report covers 24 hours to 7 a.m. Thursday with high 51 and low 30. Central Arkansas zones expect mostly cloudy night turning partly cloudy and warmer Friday with low in the low 30s and high 48 to 52. Northwest and Northeast Arkansas forecast partly cloudy through Friday. Continued on Page two.
HAL Boyle writes on memory letting a person feel younger by recalling past ages. The piece surveys life fragments, social norms, and notable 1957 events across the United States, including figures like Fatty Arbuckle and societal beliefs, interwoven with brief national and Arkansas notes.
President Johnson expressed distress at reports that Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon plans to resign. He told industrialists on Tuesday that he hopes the letter stating resignation never exists.
State Police reported a small airplane crashed and burned at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Michigan today. Two people were found outside the wreckage and rushed to a hospital while rescuers searched for others. The craft was described as not a commercial airliner and crashed shortly after noon.
Bitter cold covered the Midwest with subzero readings in northern Minnesota and the Dakotas, extending into Iowa Michigan Illinois and Indiana. Temperatures dipped to 42 below in Hibbing and 41 below in International Falls while Key West stood at 80. Chicago registered 2 below zero, its coldest since 1963.
Des Moines, Iowa Gov Harold E Hughes celebrating a second term paused to rescue his granddaughter Tracy Otto who was trapped in a bathroom at her parents home Tracy’s mother phoned the Governor’s Mansion and a rescue worker freed her from the locked room
The Hope Art Chapter met Tuesday in the First National Bank Community Room to view a slide lecture on Venetian artists by Mrs. Paul Lang from the Arkansas Art Center. Mrs Graves introduced the speaker and Mrs Lex Helms Jr presided as president with business and a discussion of the Artmobile visiting Hope February 15 17. Coffee was served afterward.
U S fighter bombers struck Route 7 in Central Laos targeting Red Pathet Lao and Viet Nam factions. Two Air Force jets were shot down. Capt Charles L Ferguson of Clovis New Mexico and Parma Idaho was recovered safe.
A Arkansas Highway Department report shows cities received 9.82 percent of highway revenues while handling 14.75 percent of traffic in 1964. The Arkansas Municipal League cites the imbalance and plans to press Gov. Faubus for legislative relief. Total highway revenues about 54.97 million. state 41.27 million. counties 8.30 million. cities 5.40 million.
In Huntsville Arkansas a break in at the Madison County clerk office led to the theft of disputed voter lists and election certificates. Sheriff Crumley said no leads and police were called in with State Police Sgt Earl Rife en route to assist the investigation.
In Little Rock Governor Orval Faubus rejects a meeting with four Republican women seeking Madison County absentee voting records. He calls their visit a publicity stunt and declines to intervene in county matters, directing them to proper channels.
Sen Robert Harvey introduces a 1966 ballot measure to shift juvenile court work to chancery judges and require county judges to be bonded and bid county purchases. The bill, backed by Legislative Council and County Judges Association leaders, would allow future county classifications to reduce quorum court sizes and curb graft concerns. Sen Morrell Gathright also proposes wide home rule for municipalities allowing tax levies with voter approval.
The text notes co captains Johnie Benefield and Tack le Goodwin for the 1965 Henderson Reddie football team. Benefield is a three year letter winner noted as all-district in his senior year. Sandra Lee Wesson is named 1965 Laneburg Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow with strong school leadership and family background. Also mentions town events and military honors.
President Johnson urged Congress to approve 3.38 billion dollars for the 1965 66 foreign aid program to bolster defense and economic strength of free nations. The request includes 1.17 billion in arms aid and 2.21 billion in economic assistance with a standby open end authorization to flexibly respond to Viet Nam Laos security needs.
J A Lillard of Corning was elected president of the Arkansas State Electric Co operative Inc at the annual meeting in Little Rock. Afton Wheeler of Best Benton County was reelected president of the Arkansas Electric Co operative. Roe Stokenbury joined the ASECI executive committee. The AECC and ASECI named other officers and reaffirmed leadership across member co operatives.
Glenn A. Green of the Associated Industries of Arkansas urged the public to monitor the state legislature and act to protect industrial growth. He warned against actions by Congress or state lawmakers that could threaten jobs, noting Arkansas needs about 50,000 new jobs in 1965 and opposing repeal of Taft Hartley Section 14B which would affect right to work laws.
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