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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1961
Page
2
Ad rates and payment terms outline a simple system for placing want ads by phone in the Hope Star. The notice shows per ward pricing from 15 to 50 units and outlines account payment on statement rendering.
Records list Gertrude Hood versus W. D. Hood for divorce and civil suits including Qran Lumber Co. versus LaNevada Transit Co. and F. S. McGee with plaintiff awarded 2500 dollars plus costs. Marriage licenses issued for several couples. Noted individuals include John M. Hall and Martha Faye Rowe, John T. Connell and Faye Hines, Charles E. Bright and Nora Lynn Wilson, and Mary Ann Young. Tucson, Ariz., Municipal Airport is described with a long runway claim.
Rental ad offering pickup trucks for local or long distance moving. Includes furniture pads dollies and loading equipment. Slogans and a Perry's Truck Stop contact line appear with a highway address and telephone-like string.
FOR SALE five room house with low equity listed on East Second. Contact Dial 7-4313 for details dated 1-23-31e 1-20-3b¢.
The Angelic Gospel Singers perform at Harris Gym at 7 30 p m with advance tickets from Bethel AME Church members priced 1 25 for adults and 50 cents for students. The Cornerstone Laying at Church of God in Christ was postponed due to bad weather with a new date set for the second Sunday in February. Glider O N Dennis is pastor. Verger Band Mothers Club meets Feb 1 at 7 30 p m. all members urged to attend.
AP reports Peiping offered to sell 30 000 tons of Cuban sugar to Burma at an undisclosed price. China has shipped over 100 000 tons of rice to Cuba and 15 000 tons to Guinea, plus food valued over 20 million dollars to Ceylon, signaling a food export push despite claimed harvest calamities and localized shortages in South China.
Washington AP Kennedy’s call for immediate economic remedies meets Republican pushback on a delay strategy. Senate GOP leader Dirksen signals extended hearings while Thruston Morton criticizes the speech as optimistic yet cautious amid debates on foreign aid and budget alignment.
Henry Farrell presents Blanche Hudson's fear of sister Jane who tortures by isolation and control. Blanche recalls childhood abuse on the porch as Jane presumes parental praise for her work. A dramatic cliffhanger ends with a plea for secrecy and a life or death need.
Democratic leaders vow swift Kennedy program passage despite Republican resistance and possible defections. Republicans cannot block alone, but Southern Democratic conservatives likely back the opposition. The text notes 228 men’s colleges, 252 women’s colleges, and 1,531 co educational institutions in the United States.
Arkansas governor Ornval Faubus said he personally favors billboard controls along interstate highways but avoided joining a dispute between St Francis Rep Clarke Kinney and the Highway Department. Kinney criticized the department for yielding to billboard lobby pressure as the department responded.
Gov. Faubus rejects extending the automobile license deadline and opposes a soft drink tax and a $52 million bond plan. Bath House asks for an extension, but Cheney says legal limits prevent it this year. Kinney pushes two bills to bar interstate highway advertising while noting initial Highway Department support. Faubus defends education affordability and plans to attend Lee Hudson's funeral in Huntsville.
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