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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1961
Page
2
The Dale Grave Methodist Church sponsors a bake sale on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. The event is held at the corner of Elm Street and Front Street across from the Barlow.
NEW YORK AP Glamorous Marilyn Monroe underwent emergency gallbladder removal surgery Monday night at Palynetine Hospital. Seven doctors attended including her personal physician from California. The hospital said the entire gallbladder was removed with no complications and Monroe is resting well. DiMaggio has stayed by her side since her admission, following their divorce from Arthur Miller.
Calendar of church circle events lists Circle 8 WSCS meeting July 3 at 9 30 in Mrs Loyd Spencers home with Ed win Ward as leader. Other items include the July 4 country club picnic at 6 30 with pot luck and fireworks and a July 10 WMS Royal Service at First Baptist postponed to after the Fourth. L 11:30 am business meeting followed by 12 15 luncheon hosted by Annie Hoover Circle. Hazel Sorrels Missionary Circle program at 1 00 pm. nursery opens at 11 15 am.
Washington AP reports the Rural Electric Administration approved a 1.316 million dollar loan to Valley Electric Cooperative Corp for a new Ozark headquarters 90 miles of distribution lines and related facilities to serve 900 new rural customers.
Arkansas official Ted Woods warns Holiday magazine may lose its state advertising after a July issue editorial accusing the Civil War Centennial of the South and a travel piece on speed traps angered officials. He expects other Southern states to join in the advertising pull.
Bookmobile summer schedule lists stops on July 5 with times 9 10 at Butt City 1145 Bryson's Cafe 11 45 Cagel's Serve nee Station 1 30 Pleasant Sfill and July 6 stops include Norvells Home Columbus community Parkers Rogers home Cross Roads St J Wi Bgers home tid Days home 12 30 Ovan 2 Amonnets Gro 1 80 Bobs Cro 2 30 Lucks Ranch 3 Collums home.
The Northern Great Plains face drought as heat and lack of rain hurt crops and cattle. Dry conditions extend from Minnesota through North and South Dakota to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Canadian fires threaten forests near Winnipeg while officials seek aid from Washington to farmers under the soil bank and disaster declarations.
The Little Rock School Board continued hearings on pupil reassignment for the fall term. Ten Negro students requested transfers to white schools, six to desegregating junior highs and four to white senior highs. Decisions will be announced in about a week.
In Pulaski County, Morris Faucett, former operator of a North Little Rock nightclub, received a suspended five-year sentence for second degree murder after a jury found him guilty in the Dec. 4 shooting that killed Evans Sanders, 24. The judge placed Faucett on probation with leniency recommended.
Readers share letters on unwed mothers and foster care, showing how judgments vary by perspective. A teenage problem girl asks about leaving a foster home, with Helen Worden Erskine advising loyalty to foster parents and realistic hopes. Dorothy Dix advises considering the foster family’s welfare and suggests contacting for guidance leaflets. This Bit Syndicate feature presents personal epistolary reflections and columnist responses.
A gunman outside Little Rock robbed a grocery store taking 185 dollars. He told manager William A Morrison that his ill mother forced the act and that he hated to do it. The incident occurred Tuesday near the city limits, with police beginning inquiries into the motive and seeking the suspect.
Kirkhof Electric Co of Grand Rapids Michigan submitted the apparent low bid of 35509 dollars for the manufacture of control switchboards and accessories for Power Units 7 and 8 at Bull Shoals. Dam.
Arkansas Public Service Commission considers requests by South Missouri Telephone Co. to buy Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. exchange at Mammoth Spring for 28790 dollars and by Tri-County Telephone Co. to buy Jasper Telephone Co. for 5000 dollars. Tri-County serves 500 customers across five counties. Jasper firm serves 110 customers in Jasper area. Tri-County seeks rate increase to fund expansion. South Missouri aims Mammoth Spring exchange as part of growth plan.
In Deerfield Massachusetts Gordon Ainsworth reports a fire alarm sounded Tuesday when a cow rubbed against a pole button. Fire crews found no blaze as people rushed to the pasture to investigate the false alarm.
Mrs. Raymond Young, 28, of Constantine Michigan, dived into deep water at Lake Ouachita and saved her 4-year-old son Jeffrey from drowning despite not being able to swim. An unidentified bystander grabbed her hand as officials rushed them 24 miles to a hospital, where the boy was pronounced in satisfactory condition. Sheriff Duffie Searcy administered artificial respiration during the transport as Raymond Young competed at the National Field Archers' tournament nearby.
Washington AP reports a 1.9 million dollar authorization for a Lille Rock Air Force Base hospital in a military construction bill signed by President Kennedy. Arkansas allocations also include 475 thousand for Blytheville AFB facilities, 45 thousand for armories at Dermott Lake Village and Lincoln, and 48 thousand for an Army Reserve Center at Adams Field Little Rock.
The Senate has launched nine new inquiries into narcotics, gambling and white slave rackets. Sen. John L. McClellan says field inquiries will lead to hearings planned to start by early August, with a wide-ranging investigation across major eastern and western cities and midwest centers.
The U S Golf Association announced a 10 man U S squad led by national champion Deane Reman Charley Coe and Jack Nicklaus for the September 1 2 Walker Cup against Britain at Seattle Golf Club The 1959 winner United States beat Britain 9 3 and the roster includes Gene Andrews Don Cherry Bob Cochran Bob Gardner Bill Myndman Charie Smith and Dr Frank M Bad Taylor plus standout amateurs from Beverly Hills Oklahoma City Columbus and more
President Kennedy and his family will leave Washington at 3 45 p m Friday for a long Fourth of July weekend at Hyannis Port Massachusetts. A one hour jet flight will depart from Andrews Air Force Base and land at Otis Air Force Base near Hyannis Port. The president and family will travel by helicopter from Andrews to Otis and then to Hyannis Port. They plan to return to Washington early Wednesday morning.
Huntsville Arkansas AP republican leaders say they have dropped a complaint that no ballots or ballot boxes showed up in Madison County Venus township in Tuesday's special election. GOP candidate Essie Barker lost to Farrell Faubus by a two to one vote in a race for state representatives, and GOP leaders said there was no point in contesting a one sided election.
Senator John L. McClellan reports a Senate Government Operations Committee program saves taxpayers over 500 million annually by reducing charges for government special services. Receipts reach 523 million in the fiscal year ending today.
Grasshoppers invaded the northern Great Plains amid a severe drought spreading across five U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Officials reported infestation of about one million acres in Montana and large areas in Wyoming as fires burned 5,000 acres near the Little Missouri River. North Dakota counties declared disaster, with 30 more counties under consideration for aid, as Ottawa mapped emergency measures in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to protect grain fields and dairy stock.
DARDANELLE Ack APY stockholders of Arkansas Valley Industries re elect Harold Snyder president of the board at the Russellville meeting. S. D. Mitchell is re elected executive vice president and general manager, and William M. Lemley is re elected comptroller.
Entered at second class matter at the Hope Post Office under the 1897 act. Publication and staffing details list C. Mer as President Meeteaser Banting and Alex as editors with Paul H. Jones as Managing Editor and Jean Ale as Classified Manager. Also notes advertising and circulation information and Associated Press membership.
SEARCY Ark AP Dr James D Bales professor at Harding College collaborates with singer Pat Boone on a book to warn teenagers about communism. They have worked on it for about 18 months and will meet at Boone s Los Angeles home later this summer to finish.
A news brief notes that more than 57 percent of Arkansas’ total land area is covered by forests. It highlights forested expanse and implies substantial timber resources across the state.
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