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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1961
Page
2
Sell fresh farm products fruits and vegetables poultry and meats want ad rates all want ads are payable in advance but ad will be accepted over the telephone and accommodation accounts allowed with the understanding the accounts payable when statement is rendered.
Pictured is Reece Cannon, a Hope resident backing local facility growth. A Youth Center air conditioner project is funded. The Harmony CME Church Missionary Society hosts a July 9 service at 8 p.m. Rev. W. T. Keaton delivers the sermon, with Mrs. Joe Elia Bradley presiding. Roosevelt Jamison Jr leaves Hope for a two year Europe tour from Fort Dix. Texarkana Regulars vs Texarkana Bears boxing at City Park, 8 p.m. Saturday. admission 25 and 50 cents.
Army Engineers opened bids at the Marion Hotel for the Seland phase of the Titan L intercontinental ballistic missile complex in central Arkansas. The first phase bid was 28.7 million dollars, with the government estimate at 28.01 million. Completion of the entire project is targeted for 1963 with three phases involving silo excavation, conduit and equipment installation, and eventual missile testing by Martin Co.
Three downtown Oklahoma City dining spots abandoned fight against integration and began serving Black customers on an experimental basis for about two weeks. Harvey P. Everest, chairman of the governor's committee on human relations, announced the policy change on Thursday and said it would continue.
In Newton Massachusetts Maude Kimball left $1 2565 million to Charles W Abbott her longtime personal secretary after a pension retirement and her death probate court granted the bequest. Abbott aged 67 served 50 years in her household and received the sum after her passing.
BUFFALO N Y AP Chyrel Jalis 15 a schoolgirl with mental disturbances sobbingly confessed she bound and gagged 3 year old Andy Ashley and left him at the park lake where he drowned June 24 police said she also claimed to have kidnapped Richard Edgington who was found bound and gagged but unharmed the day before the Ashley case Police said she told a psychiatrist Thursday night she is undergoing mental tests at a hospital and police have a warrant for Edgington kidnapping awaiting test results
On Highway 66 near Gallup a family of eight led by husband and father Smith was struck by a grain truck. Mrs. Smith 35 and six children Cecilin Richard Edward Wanda Ann Toreta Virgil Lee died at the scene. two others died later in a Gallup hospital. Smith, a Navajo, witnessed the losses and collapsed. Police say Mrs. Smith failed to keep a proper lookout.
Sheriff Arnold said he would take a .22 caliber rifle believed to be the death weapon to Little Rock for examination. The bullet was not recovered. Mrs. Vaught, mother of four, was buried in the country cemetery ten miles north of here as a Clarksville utility company lit floodlights at the cemetery Friday night.
The Arkansas Highway Department report shows gross highway revenues of 54.4 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. Only 31 million went to the highway fund while about 23.3 million was used to meet legislative commitments or bonded indebtedness through 1972.
Estancia New Mexico five homesites listed for one dollar each with a binding condition to build a home of at least 1000 square feet within 24 months. If construction does not begin, the title reverts to Estancia Development Corp led by State Sen. Earl Parker to spur the local economy.
In El Dorado Arkansas a construction site dispute over a public safety item at a Ford Construction Co project left Freddie Bryd of Osceola dead and Joseph McFadden of Lewisville jailed after allegedly firing first. Police report Bryd was struck by a public safety item bullet during the incident at a sewage treatment plant site three miles south of El Dorado.
Gov Orval Faubus and Rep Dale Alford both listed as speakers at the Mt Nebo Chicken Fry in Dardanelle Arkansas on July 19. About 3000 people are expected to attend the annual event with the two public figures headlining.
Charley and Homer, same age, pursued opposite life styles. Charley embraced excess with a life of partying and smoking while Homer pursued rigid self discipline. Doctors urged balance for longevity. Both men died at the same age, and the tale ends with a warning about accidents and care on the road.
Subscription rates payable in advance by mail in Hempstead Nevada LaFayette Howard and Miller counties. One month five dollars three months one point zero three six months three point five four one year six point five six. All other months three months thirty six months seven one year fifteen sixty six. Advertising reps listed in Arkansas Daily Inc with addresses in Memphis Ballas Texas Chicago New York Detroit and Oklahoma City. The Associated Press holds rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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