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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1964
Page
4
Arkansas delegates to the Republican National Convention contemplate shelving the favorite son plan for Winthrop Rockefeller. Warren Lieblong predicts a ballot shift toward a serious candidate, with Goldwater’s backing possibly protecting the Arkansas slate. Some delegates remain undecided as caucuses approach in San Francisco.
Weather data for the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Friday shows a high of 100 and a low of 9 with precipitation totaling 0.50 inches. The record notes the time frame and measured rainfall for the period.
Hempstead County candidates journey to Sweet Home on Highway 25 five miles east of Blevins tonight. Supper will be served at the Home Construction club house at 7 30 p.m. The public is invited to hear the candidates talk.
The Hope High School Class of 1924 holds an open house reunion at Hope Country Club on Saturday July 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. and later in the evening, inviting former and present friends and former teachers to celebrate. The 38 members listed include many named individuals and deceased members, with senior class officers named as President Dick Watkins, Vice-President Newton Murray, Secretary Lillie Mai Ridghill Coker, and Treasurer Mildred Smith McPherson.
New York AP The Teamsters Local 808 wins a settlement allowing drivers to wear shorts but bans short shorts and requires socks to reach the knee. The dispute caused a one day walkout at a Railway Express Agency terminal in Brooklyn on July 2 as five drivers in bermuda shorts were sent home and fifty more walked out.
Washington AP Johnson announced 50 FBI agents will be permanently assigned to a new FBI office in Jackson Mississippi opening today amid the disappearances of three civil rights workers. He declined to say how many agents were already in the state and commented on Goldwater and Kennedy politics during a Cabinet Room briefing.
The MYF of First Methodist Church of Hope sponsors Youth Week July 12 to 15 with a theme The Young Who Dare. Speakers are Dr Roy I Bagley and Rev Robert B Moore Jr. Activities begin Sunday July 12 with a 6 p.m. fellowship banquet and 7 p.m. worship. week includes studies and a Wednesday parsonage picnic supper inviting senior high groups from area churches.
In Baltimore the Maryland Barber School offers shaves for 25 cents and haircuts for 50 cents performed by students. A reader recounts a novice shave lasting through 14 steps with signs of nervous progress, noting the 900 hour requirement for a barber license and a final student tally of 47 hours at day’s end.
Taos County New Mexico land dealer George Wiehsarl testified in federal court that real estate in a New Mexico development was valued at about $25 per acre. The trial involves Robert D. Craft of Proctor Arkansas and Bert Latimore of Geneva Alabama, charged with mail fraud, with Ranches of Rio Grande Inc and Rio Grande Land Co Inc as the developers. Closing costs cited as $49.30 for a quarter acre and $64.85 for half an acre.
Contests held at the County Courthouse and Fair Park on July 9 determined Hempstead County 4-H winners in baking method demonstrations illustrated talks citizenship and tractor driving. Jenny Lee Waters won baking first with Jennifer Smith second. others named include Lore na Arrington Shirley Smith Freida Middlebrooks Linda Arrington and Don Middlebrooks. Charles Arnold won method demonstrations on Poison and Antidotes. Regina Smith won girls citizenship. Arnold won boys division. Senior tractor driving winners were Robert Cash first and Arnold second. juniors James Rowe and David Rowe both placed first and second respectively. First place seniors advance to the state contest July 21-24.
Rep. Don Edwards says the Mississippi voter registration project led by civil rights workers will continue beyond summer, amid student concern for safety after bombs hit the Edwards home and FBI involvement questions. Hoover reportedly considers a Mississippi trip as 100 agents search for missing workers.
A United Air Lines Viscount turbo prop crashed near Newport Tennessee killing all 39 aboard. Searchers gathered remains and 70 bags of fragments were moved to a local morgue as federal investigators began probing the cause amid good weather and limited warning.
A special singing convention will be held in the newly air conditioned auditorium at Hope City Hall on Sunday July 12 at 1 30 p m. Jesse L Brown reports that the Lee White quartet and other groups will perform.
CHICAGO AP The zip in the mails speeds letters around the world. A Stae postal tale shows a 57 day cross street delivery by Har ry S Albin. The letter carried four strange Brazilian stamps and a note saying it arrived in Brazil by mistake and is being forwarded. Albin’s printing office is at 1223 S Wabash Segal’s at 1139 S Wabash.
Thunderstorms and high winds raked central Arkansas, leaving about 2,300 customers without power. Wind gusts reached 66 mph in Little Rock and 74 mph at Hot Springs, with heavy rain and hail causing minor damage and two tornado reports. Utilities restored most service by late Thursday. no injuries were reported.
AP digest outlines Barry Goldwater's confident push toward the Republican platform hearing while signaling he has secured the presidential nomination. Other items note a United Airlines crash in Tennessee killing 39, Mississippi civil rights "freedom schools," Edwards promising year‑round civil rights work, Kennedy intrigue in NYC, Marine strength boost talk, Viet Nam neutrality petitions, Faubus power critique, Fulbright on civil rights, and Arkansas storm damage.
The Church of Nazarene will hold Sunday services to burn its mortgage on the current building, bought in 1956 from Unity Baptist Church. District Superintendent Dr. A Milton Smith will speak, and Sunday night the pastor Rev Billy Grimes will deliver his farewell sermon before moving to Gladewater Texas.
A bronze bust honoring police hero J. D. Tippit, crafted by Dallas welder Louis Lee, will be presented to the Police Department in memory of the officer believed slain by Lee Harvey Oswald. Lee said the work aims to perpetuate Tippit's memory and service.
Jerry O Neal leads Troop 62 and seven local Boy Scouts to the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge after a cross country train from Port Arthur Texas joining about 400 along the route. They will spend three days in New York and attend the Worlds Fair before the jamboree where 56000 attendees are expected. The list includes Bill Coffee Monroe Pardue Jimmy Turner Keenan Williams Jack Fountain Mike Murphy and Terry Huffman. The Dean's List at Texarkana College includes Tomye E Power. William Harper Leiper of Houston is elected vice president of the Professional Photographer's Association of America. Mrs Howard Miller wins a set of Encyclopedia on NBC You Dont Say program. her question was used. W R Herndon Jr moves to Dublin California, son of Mrs W R Herndon. Police report 17 city accidents in June with one fatality. 95 accidents in 1964 vs 60 in 1963. Dean's Truckers host Nashville Cubs at Legion Field Saturday night.
Sen. Barry Goldwater pressed party unity as he told the Republican platform committee he would not dictate plank language. He urged the panel to craft a document that unites the party on core principles while allowing dissents to test applications, then said he looks forward to running on the final platform.
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