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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1962
Page
2
Royce L Reisenesenberg has been named head of the division with Jeff Jencaller as a key collaborator. The announcement notes strategic oversight, coordinated operations, and a push to align the division with the company’s broader goals.
Margaret Talbott widow of Harold E Talbott Air Force secretary leapt 12 stories from a Manhattan bedroom window. Police say she left five notes four to servants and one to family citing her grief over her husband's death five years earlier. Talbott died March 2 1957 in Palm Beach Florida of a cerebral hemorrhage.
President Kennedy nominated Cleveland mayor Anthony J. Celebrezze to be secretary of welfare. Senate Republican leaders expect little opposition and Democrats praise him. The White House planned to forward the nomination to the Senate Finance Committee, where Byrd indicated quick handling and a ceremonial appearance would be required. Celebrezze departs Cleveland for Washington to confer with Kennedy ahead of a prompt confirmation.
Cape Canaveral officials aim to inflate a giant 135 foot diameter aluminum coated balloon named Big Shot nearly 230 miles up to test Echo satellite launch techniques. The 20 minute flight should drift to 950 miles altitude before burning up 600 miles downrange.
In Russellville Arkansas authorities arrested Louise Mallet Loyd and Carroll D. Mallett in North Little Rock on suspicion of the Bank of Atkins robbery. Each held for $20,000 bail, while an unidentified man remains at large. A second bank burglary, the Leslie State Bank heist, yielded coins totaling $5,587 being investigated.
A building’s impact was heard and police were alerted. Mrs. Talbott, from Philadelphia’s longstanding Thayer family, was the daughter of the late John B. Thayer and his wife. Her father, an economist, served as vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
A damaged excerpt describes Waldo Elderson alone on a bus near county line. Passengers mostly disembarked leaving him behind the driver. Shadows obscure his features, hat tucked low as tension builds at the last stop.
Waldo clashes with the driver over immigration and anger toward foreigners. The conversation touches on world affairs and social security as Waldo pushes the driver to reveal his origins. Waldo flees in fear when the driver reveals rabbitlike ears and teeth, claiming Mara as home.
The Associated Press reports the body of Raymond Ethridge a 19 year old Charleston construction worker was recovered from the Arkansas River below Fort Smith after a boat carrying five workers capsized on Saturday night Ethridge died along with others in a deadly week across the state.
Mechanics reconditioning a Monticello car obtained from a New Orleans credit firm found a jammed window wiring. They tore it apart and discovered a plastic bag of white powder identified as marijuana. The car had belonged to Nan, arrested for transporting ship load between New Orleans and Mexico.
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