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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1957
Page
4
Contestants named for Miss Hope and Miss Hospitality pageant to be held at night. beauty entrants to ride boats in the Hope parade signaling festive event.
Evening program in the auditorium of First Baptist Church features the Chapel Choir presenting a Valentine program. The event includes secular pieces and educational numbers, with performances scheduled from eight to nine.
The 6 0 ruling favors the government in the Girard case touching Japan and the Army. Capitol Hill voices oppose the decision with moves to bar similar trials. Rep Bow's anti foreign trial stance gains momentum as House considers a $3.24 billion aid bill amid debate over tying aid to Bow amendments.
Gen Lester J Maitland once a noted war flyer and civil defense director announced plans to leave his post and enter holy orders in the Episcopal Church. At age 58 he will be ordained a priest at St Johns Church in Upper Peninsula Meantime bishop Hesman Page of Menominee will oversee the service with other clergy present.
Lonoke Baptist Church music department presents a Hymnology Program Sunday night featuring a children chorus under Mrs Jamesoe Cob y and Gospel Chorus under Mrs Conta Newtons with Junior and Senior choirs directed by Neva Crimbheal. Focus on origins of hymns and regional singing led by Pastor Rev James Be.
Washington reports Senate Republican Leader Knowland presses for immediate action on the civil rights bill with no concessions or prearranged settlements before debate. He hopes for a unanimous consent agreement for an early vote, while Southern senators seek clarifications of the bill’s provisions. Johnson of Texas potentially aid a unified move to set voting time.
Woods Bound Over in the death of his wife, Bess Woods, after a gunshot at Hot Springs. Ray Woods, 49, appeared before Municipal Judge M C Lewis on a charge of assault with intent to kill, bond set at 1000 dollars. Mrs Woods asked that prosecution not proceed, and restatement noted she may recover from injuries. The hearing referenced June 28 as a prior note.
An ordinance signed by Mayor Woodrow Mann transfers the old University Hospital to the University of Arkansas. The university plans a Graduate Institute of Technology on the site, aiming to become a top industrial school and research center. The city council approved a similar measure, but the university board of trustees rejected it due to attached conditions.
In Clinton Tennessee a tense Federal court session focused on criminal contempt charges against 18 Tennesseans including women and Tah Kiger for defying a federal injunction on school integration. Witnesses described violence near Clinton High School while U S District Judge Robert T. Yagley ordered government access to FBI materials for defense.
Federal agents arrested Les Rutledge in the Hudson Mountain area ten miles south of Batesville for operating a moonshine still. He faced a federal grand jury after being bound over, with $1,500 bond posted. Agents seized a 50-gallon copper still, seven 50-gallon fermenters, 200 gallons of mash, and 9 gallons of whisky. Rutledge had been convicted in 1998 of voluntary manslaughter following a gunfight that killed a man and wounded his brother, a feud rooted in a long dispute over property. He is on parole after serving 18 months.
Surgeon General warns excessive cigarette use linked to cancer in new public health statement. The report cites a 1956 study by the Public Health Service and private groups, noting higher lung cancer rates among heavy smokers and a direct link to tobacco use.
Gen Kramer reports U S Army specialist William Girard predicted a Japanese court will acquit him of causing the death of Mrs Naka Sakai on a firing range. Trial opens Aug 2 in Muu Branley Levin says the case may wrap by October with the defendant arguing it was a duty related accident. Continued on Page Two.
The Rev Billy Gentry a young Hope Methodist minister and Hendrix College graduate will preach at DeAnn Methodist Church on Sunday July 14 at 1 p.m. The public is invited to hear him.
Cleanup at Westmoreland Cemetery two miles south of Gilbert Crossroads Saturday morning July 13. Buster Gilbert asks all interested persons to come early and bring down answers.
In Maryville Tennessee the Coulee brothers travel thousands of miles to assemble one of the South’s largest old Ford collections. They encounter a polite local woman who offers to help repair a vintage car but resists selling her late husband’s cherished vehicle. The brothers’ passion began after military service and WW II veterans now maintain seven Model Ts and more, keeping a Whitegrass era wagon and other antique Fords in their growing exhibit.
At Prague Castle elite guests including Khrushchev and other Soviet leaders heard Nikita Khrushchev argue for peaceful coexistence with the West. He warned against enemy labeling and urged mutual understanding while noting Soviet desire for improved yet equal relations with the United States.
Washington reports the General Services Administration dropped its opposition to creating a wild geese refuge at Holla Bend in Arkansas. The 4010 acre federal surplus area is now available for transfer to interior for migratory bird habitat, with Interior Department backing the plan to establish a refuge near the Arkansas River channel straightenings.
Arkansas forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions through Saturday with isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Overnight lows near 70s and highs around 90s to 100s. Extended outlook shows daytime temperatures averaging 3 to 6 degrees above normal with minor changes and no heavy rain expected.
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