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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1961
Page
2
The report notes clothing costs 1.3 percent above a year earlier while new cars fell about 3 percent from a year prior. After tax earnings show little change, with a four person family earning about $80.34 weekly in December, indicating reduced buying power as living costs rose faster than earnings.
U S Secret Service said counterfeit ten dollar notes were passed at Rector and Piggott as part of a ring operating in Arkansas and Missouri. A federal grand jury in St Louis indicted 11 men, including Tyran C. Bess of Maplewood Missouri, who allegedly passed several bogus bills in Rector and Piggott.
President Kennedy reportedly plans to appoint George Keenan as ambassador to Yugoslavia. The seven year old diplomat and educator is a top Soviet expert and author of the Truman era containment policy. A big polio benefit will be held at Harris Gym Saturday January 28 at 7 30 p.m. Hope All Stars vs Prescott All Stars follows a ball game with a dance by the TF Faga Rockers. Admission 30 cents to elementary students and 30 cents for high school students.
Desha Mt. El Bell St. district Kay Davis presented a bill requiring the state Highway Department to operate a free ferry on the Arkansas River linking Desha and Mount? Lincoln counties. Sponsor C Carnes said the service is needed to move soybeans and rice from southeast Arkansas to Stuttgart, reducing detours via Pine Bluff. A private ferry already exists at Pendleton Crossing.
Elder Dennis presides over an Achievement Banquet in the Verger Lunchroom Monday January 30 at 7 40 p m. Cayce Smith and Miss E L Ford announce features from 4 11 Congress State Camp and State Forestry Camp. Hempstead County Teachers Association meets Tuesday January 31 at 7 30 p m in Lincoln High School Washington Depot Pres Ady John L Wilson will speak with Sheriff Griffin. all teachers urged to attend. R L Wiley president Mrs J M McGhee reporter.
The Tulsa District outlines 1955 onward efforts to modify Millwood Reservoir by reducing flood storage and adding upstream reservoirs for flood control and water supply. The plan details dam construction, stage diversions, earthfill dimensions, and a Water Supply Act framework with cost sharing, contracts, and repayment terms. It notes the Southwest Arkansas Water District contract and emphasizes recreation and economic benefits from new lakes.
Conway Ark AP Senator Rudolph Bates plans to introduce a bill to tighten roadside junkyard rules along state highways. The measure would replace the 1955 law, raise the minimum distance from paved highways, and shift enforcement from counties to state police after a legislative inspection interview.
Rural and urban lawmakers clashed in Arkansas over bills to freeze turnback fund quotas tied to population shifts since 1960. Rural Senators Harvey and Penn push to keep counties from losing funds, while the House backs a 1950 census level freeze. The general turnback totals about 2.67 million annually with highway and gas tax allocations. Meanwhile a study resolution seeks to finance a construction program from current revenues, and Gov Faubus signals cautious stance on a tax exemption bill for industrial equipment.
Tonight expect freezing rain in southern areas with south portions warmer. Overnight lows range from near 10 degrees in the north to mid 20s in the south. Saturday brings highs from the upper teens in the north to mid 20s in the south with mixed precipitation likely in southern regions.
Central and southeast Arkansas remain cloudy and very cold with occasional snow or snow mixed with freezing rain tonight and Saturday. Sunday stays cloudy and cold with wind and more snow possible. Highs range from the teens to the low 30s. lows from the single digits to the mid 20s across regions. Louisiana outlook shows continued cold, rain beginning Saturday west portion, with highs near mid 20s to mid 40s Saturday.
LITTLE ROCK AP A bill to require motels and hotels to charge no more for local telephone service than the payphone rate in the area failed in the Senate today. Senator Roy Biales of Mena, author, cited his Title Rock hotel billed him 16 cents for calls from his room versus 10 cents per call in the lobby booth.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited New Delhi to open the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Officials presented them with a gold brocaded garland crafted over two months, marking a departure from the usual flower garlands.
In Elisabethville Congo AP reports danger of a clash as pro Lumumba and anti Lumumba factions mass forces in North Katanga. Around Manono about 2000 troops of the Stanleyville regime mobilize while Katanga gendarmerie of Kongolo with 600 men and 25 Belgian officers narrows the area. UN headquarters notes tense activity and reinforcement movements by both sides.
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