No to Federal Grants in Hope Post Office Fight
Hope editor Alex Washburn leads a local bid to stop federal funding for a new post office, arguing debt buildup and wartime taxes demand restraint. The piece traces national debt from 1915 to over 300 billion and notes population losses in Hempstead county while portraying Washburn’s petition as a stance against government waste.
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Hope
Alex Washburn
Uncle Sam
Washington
Washburn
U.S
Hempstead
Post Office
Santa Claus
Santa
Letters to Editor Falitor The Star
A reader quotes and responds to a Wall Street Journal editorial about a pro Reece postal facility, cites a 1963 Bleck letter, and offers info from Carl D Black. The writer, Raymond E. Gearing, praises a stance on post office issues and attaches a clipping from the Washington Post. James S. Childs adds a comment on a government document plan and debt.
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Falitor
Star
Wall Street Journal
Carl D. Bleck
Sanilac County Jeffersonian
Crowell
Mich
Black
Raymond E. Gearing
Agnes Avenue
Brielle
N.J
Carl D. Black
WSJ
Lcan
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
The
Washington
D. C
U.S. Government Printing Office
James
Childs
Newton St
N.E. Ee
Weather Experiment Station report for two hours ending at seven
The Arkansas Regional Forecast from The Associated Press reports Central Arkansas will have cloudy skies with possible showers tonight. The two hour period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday shows a high around 57 and a low near 24. Page 19.
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Arkansas
THE
Associated Press
Central
Sherman Named to State Board Appointment to alcoholism commission
Gov Faubus announced the appointment of John K Sherman to the state Commission on Alcoholism filling the vacancy created by the resignation of N T Hollis. Sherman will assume the secretary role on the panel.
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Sherman
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
John K. Sherm Smith
State Commission On
N. T. Hollis
Legislature to Be Called Into Session
Arkansas moves toward a special legislative session on voter registration. Gov. Orval Faubus plans to convene the session after the Legislative Council studies the issue. Council Chairman Joe Ledbetter sets a Feb 10 meeting to begin the study, potentially moving the session to Feb 17 or later. Crank and Van Dalsem back quick action, with committees to prepare and invite groups proposing voter registration changes.
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John R. Starr
Little Rock
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Legislative Council
Pulaski County
Joe Y. Ledbetter
Faubus
Marion Crank
Perry
Paul van Dalsem
Crank
Committee On
Robert Harvey
Swifton
House Efficiency Committee
Honest Folks Cause Crooks in Politics
Mrs. Nolan Troxell of Rosebud Arkansas urged Hempstead Republican Women to become better informed on political issues and vote, stating four million women voters make politics crucial and that religion should guide their interest. The meeting aired Dowdy’s minority oil rights report and announced officers, with monthly meetings set for 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday.
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Nolan Troxell
Rosebud
Ark
Arkansas Federation of Republican Women
Hempstead Republican
Apaj
Texell
United States
Texas
John Dowdy
Lloyd Guerin
Haskell Jones
M. B. Hatch
Frank Grachek
J. W. Branch
Paul Rawson
Wayne Ward
Bloodless Coup in Viet Nam Army Seizes South Government
South Vietnam’s Nguyen Khanh, 37, toppled the military junta in a swift bloodless coup to form a new council of generals. Provisional chief Duong Van Minh and other top officers were arrested as tanks ringed Saigon. Khanh promoted himself and claimed to purge pro-Da Gaulle elements and restore democracy.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Duong van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Charles de Gaulle
France
Saigon Radio
Revolutionary Military Committee
Minh
Junta
Tran van Don
Armed Forces
le van Kim
de Gaulle
Ton Thai Dinh
Do Mau
le van Khiem
Those Who Ordered The Torch Is Passed Advised Pickup
Residents of Hope and Hempstead and nearby areas who ordered The Torch Is Passed a book on the assassination of John F. Kennedy are urged to pick up their copies soon. Those who did not order may buy remaining copies if ordered books are not collected within a reasonable time.
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Hope
Hempstead
John F. Kennedy
Tac
Pidast
Prosecution Tightens Grip On Hoffa Case As Witnesses Testify
A Florida musician testified she accompanied Nicholas Tweel at Nashville nightspots where he met operator Dallas Hall, linking Tweel to Hoffa trial figures. Government witnesses seek to prove calls intended to influence jurors while Hoffa faced jury tampering charges. Pettijohn recalled meeting Tweel in 1962 as she worked as a pianist in Nashville.
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Gavin Scott
Chattanooga
Tena
Florida
Huntington
W. Va
Nashville
James R. Hoffa
Carol Pettijohn
Lakeland
Fla
Nicholas
J. Tweel
Teamsters
Union
Sigh Fins
Hoffa’s
Sportsman's Bar
Tweel
Dallas Hall
Hall
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Miss Pettijohn
Hoffa
Detroit
Detroit Teamsters
Light Rain in Parts of State and West
Light rain and snow dampened scattered regions with no severe cold. Texas and Oklahoma saw heavier showers, Mineral Wells reporting nearly two inches. Wet belt expected to move east to Alabama and north to Missouri. Pacific Northwest had more rain, with snow and freezing rain reaching northern Nevada and Idaho. Eastern and northern Great Lakes saw light snow, Sault Ste. Marie tallying over one inch for a total of 25 inches on the ground.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Alabama
Missouri
Pacific Northwest
Nevada
Idaho
Great Lakes
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Ranger 6 Moon Shot Facts From Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy Fla AP presents facts about the Ranger 6 moon shot with launch at 10 49 p m EST Thursday. Moon impact expected about 4 30 a m Sunday. Objective to photograph the moon surface and relay over 3000 pictures to earth. Weight 804 pounds. Cameras six television. Launch payload places satellite in Earth orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Cotton price critique cited by Farm Bureau
The American Farm Bureau Federation charged that cotton is priced out of competition with man made fibers and foreign cotton, caused by Secretary Orville Freeman. A statement prepared for a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing argues for measures to improve cotton competitiveness and notes proposed payments to overcome import pressures. Boswell Stevens of the Mississippi Farm Bureau prepared the remarks with other state federation presidents attending the hearing.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville’ L. Freeman
Federation
Senate’ Agriculture Committee
Freeman
Farm Bureau
Boswell Stevens
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation
Arkansas Broiler Chicks Placed After Week Ended Jan 25
Arkansas producers started 4,521,000 broiler chicks in the week ended Jan 25, according to the Crop Reporting Service. The total placements were 2 percent below the prior week, with 3,906,000 chicks hatched in Arkansas and 615,000 originating from other states.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Ranger 6 Moon Flight Launch From Cape Kennedy
Ranger 6 blasted off aboard an Atlas Agena from Cape Kennedy on a 66 hour flight to the moon. The mission aims to photograph the lunar surface with more than 3 000 pictures and relay them in a ten minute burst before crash landing around 4 30 am EST Sunday. This is the first of four similar probes this year to help locate potential lunar landing sites for American astronauts planned later this decade.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Ranger 6
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johannesburg
South Africa
Woomera
Australia
FN Apra AE Mhbiaio
Comntihication
Cape
Governor Okays Washington Buy
Governor Faubus approved today plans by the Publicity and Parks Commission to buy the home of former Gov Augustus Garland in Washington Hempstead County for restoration as a historical shrine. The purchase price is 6500 dollars. Garland served as Arkansas governor from 1874 to 1876.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Publicity and Parks Commission
Augustus Garland
Washington
Hempstead County
Faubus
Arkansas
Garland
All Around Town items mix of theft sports and theater
Police report a English Red flyer bike stolen from the Bob Gla ney home on 6th Street during February 3 8. KXAR to broadcast 17 basketball times with 14 in sub district tourney. Hope-Mal vern game and U of A at Rice and Texas A&M noted. Former Hope Coach Ben Burton named to coach West All Star football in fall. Burton’s record 110 wins 30 losses four ties. Billy Jack Foster returns from Camp Polk after six months. Brides of Match John Chapman to be read at Hope Community Theater with Feb 3 reading and Feb 10 tryouts at City hall. director Martin Pool Jr. and technical director Mrs. Ken Daniels named. Report cards issued today. parents urged to review grades. Firemen responded to Ozan fire but found T. H. Johnson home burned. department dike about those details.
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KXAR
Jerry Hill
U of A
Rice
Texas A&m
Hope-Malvern
Osten
Hope
Ben Burton
John Pierce
Burton
Hot Springs
John Chapman
Hope Community Theater
City Hall
Martin Pool Jr
Ken Daniels
Move in Plane Incident Shifts to Moscow
State Department says next move rests with Moscow after a U S trainer jet was shot down over East Germany killing three U S airmen. The Kremlin accuses the U S of provocation as Washington and Moscow exchange protests and the U S seeks details of the incident.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
State Department
Moscow
East Germany
U.S
Kremlin
Blevins Veterinary Science Class Fifth Lecture Set
Blevins High School hosts the fifth of ten lectures in the adult veterinary science series. Dr Herbert Rogers of Hope, a local veterinarian, lectures on Anaplasmosis Leptospirosis and surgical procedures. About 30 area farmers attend each Thursday session from 7 to 9 p.m. with a discussion session following.
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Tarmers
Blevins High School
Herbert Rogers
Hope
Jack Willett
Blevins
Rogers
Senate Opens Debate on $11.6 Billion Tax Cut Bill
Washington AP notes Senate begins debate on the 11.6 billion tax cut measure. Administration allies expect overwhelming support, with major rate-cut provisions likely to survive amid floor battles before a final vote. Treasury tables show savings for a four person family under the committee version, highlighting increases at various income levels.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Treasury
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