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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1963
Page
1
Gov. Orval Faubus said Arkansas finances look bright enough to advance 4.5 million dollars in surplus funds for state construction. He proposed 2.5 million for the University of Arkansas and seven state colleges, with the remainder to the Children's Colony at Conway, the Educational Television Commission, state parks and other agencies.
Hope Arkansas city adopts health and housing standards from the 1960 61 Southern Standard Building Code Part IV Housing. Establishes Housing Enforcing Official, five member Housing Board of Appeals, and rights of entry for inspectors. Sets effective date after legal requirements and repeals inconsistent ordinances. Mayor Frank Douglas and City Clerk Frances S Reynerson.
Western diplomats view Khrushchev as open to a nuclear test ban amid talks. Prospects center on banning atmospheric, outer space, and underwater blasts with inspection methods. Disputes focus on underground verification and annual inspections in the Soviet Union. A possible Kennedy Khrushchev pledge on Berlin and European borders is floated. Separately Kansas claims the lowest government employee ratio to population, countering critics.
Forty two civil rights demonstrators including 14 Negro clergymen were arrested for blocking trucks at a Brooklyn hospital construction site and released without bail pending hearings. They protested alleged discrimination in employing construction workers and sent messages to leaders demanding 25 percent minority hiring or the projects be halted.
A 1962 SEC study shows no decisive evidence that specialists caused the May 28 collapse though some selling worsened prices. Proposals include automating odd lot trades, curbing short selling, tightening OTC quotation oversight, and publicly listing wholesale quotes for unlisted stocks to shield investors. Police warn against disruptive demonstrations while ensuring access to buildings.
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with widely scattered mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers. Arkansas highs reach 90 to 98 degrees with tonight’s lows 66 to 74. Eastern and southern Missouri stay hot and humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms through Thursday and lows around 68 to 75.
Mrs. Charlotte J. Gardner of Russellville Ark was named chairman of the 1964 nominating committee of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at a Dallas meeting. Weather: Central Arkansas partly cloudy with warm temps, highs near 98 98. Northeast Arkansas warm with scattered thunderstorms and highs in the 90s. Northwest Arkansas partly cloudy with warm Friday. Southeast and Southwest Arkansas partly cloudy with thundershowers.
Arkansas tax collections rose 4 percent to 319,434,431 for the 1962-63 fiscal year, with withholding and Social Security taxes up 15 percent. Corporation taxes climbed to 37,405,960 while estate taxes fell to 4,715,744. IRS director Fred W. Johnson cited healthy state economy as the rise's cause.
The Post Office Department invites bids for a new Malvern post office at Little Rock. The building will offer 10,297 square feet of floor space and be constructed on a lease-rental basis.
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