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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1959
Page
5
Society notes note a July 7 outing at Grassy Lake by the First Baptist Bible Class with Rev. Fate presiding and Mrs hostesses. Another item mentions a July 29 Sunday School Class event with a church supper planned after an Wednesday gathering at 7 p.m.
A fragmentary society item lists numerous relatives and friends from multiple towns attending the Arkansas B and P convention in Hot Springs. Names include Mrs. T. S. Car Satorit, Mrs. Clyde Garner, Text Calvin Allen Marcus, Ward McFadden, Mr. and Mrs. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. Bundy, Bob Herndon, Rufus Herndon, Neely Black, Jim Black, Mrs. J. B. Hill, Milkey, Mrs. Sid Bundy, John S. Gil, and many others tied to Little Rock, Nash, El Dorado, and Hope. References also mention Joplin, San Diego, and western states as visitors.
Fe Miss Virginia and Ann Hays of Prescott with Teresa Ann and Randy of Dallas spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Coop and family. Randy joined Mr. and Mrs. Howard and Randy at Luke Greeson. Teresa Ann visited the Coops while the Johnsons, Texarkana, hosted over the weekend.
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges across Hope, Emmet, Saratoga, and Washington with multiple births in July 1959. Entries mention Mrs Denyit Sparks Rt 2 Hope, Mrs Maityc Lon Emmet, and several newborns, including baby girl arrivals July 25 1959. Memorial admissions include David Butler Emmet and James Martin Rt 3 Hope.
Dallas city plan committee members puzzled as chairman Edmund J. Kahn dubbed a proposed subdivision Cigarette Heights before the streets were listed Kool Pall Mall Tampa Raleigh Camel and Chelsea.
In Mesa Arizona Howard Godfrey of the City Planting and Zoning Department tried to resolve a traffic issue at a Mayor's Safety Committee session. He proposed charging for city streets, suggesting only paid cars be allowed, a remark that nearly disrupted the meeting.
Washington AP reports Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy says the Soviet Union has fewer than ten intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of hitting the United States. He contrasts this with six months ago when he denied such capability and asserts U.S. weapons could match Soviet ICBM power.
A nationwide manhunt continues for the slayer of a pulp mill worker after a confrontation in the White Mountains involving Iv and his wife Hetty Gendron. Gendron, 81, of North Woodstock, was shot in the chest. another shot grazed his wife. The assailant fled the car with a wallet taken from Gene Gendron.
A Michigan family, Mr and Mrs DeHaan and niece Linda, hosted by Hone after a police stop on Highway 67 East. They toured local businesses, met Garden Club members, and enjoyed a meal at the Ideal Cafe with local officials and merchants observing the visit to bolster crop prospects and cotton yardage.
Arkansas school officials may require polio vaccine doses for students under Bruce Bennett's ruling. The opinion allows a first shot for entry and completion of the three shot series within a year to keep eligibility. The decision follows Health Department reports of polio activity and an epidemic scare in the state.
A garbled OCR style fragment mentions a missing mine searcher near Hawley and references a sequence of distorted terms. The text shows partial names, locations, and cryptic notes, but no coherent events or verifiable details to form a clear report.
Dorothy Dix responds to a letter from Mimi Dew seeking guidance on caring for an aging father who lives with them. The writer explains the father’s wealth but reluctance to contribute and asks how to discuss co residency and financial support. Dix suggests frank dialogue and shared cooperation, noting solvency as the key to aging family dynamics.
In Hot Springs Rek is reporting two escaped baboons killed after tearing from their cage and wandering through woods. Police and messengers said the animals fled following a breach in the enclosure. one or both were fatally wounded during pursuit led by a posse including local residents and officials.
In Oklahoma a man identified as Cherry's father has died in an unspecified incident. The report mentions references to various places and names, but the available text is fragmentary and obscure, offering little clear context or connective details about the event or individuals involved.
Dunaway testified in a libel suit today that he heard tape recordings allegedly transcribing a conversation setting up a lawsuit against Arkansas Democrat. Reporter Bob role reported the tapes after they were made in March 1954 as part of a libel dispute involving Cecil Win and Harold Dunaway over reputational damage.
A flash fire started Sunday night at the home of promoter Fackie Leonard in Los Angeles as he and his wife Jeanne and five visitors watched television. Investigators found perishable evidence and a gallon container with gasfluod on a front window area, Leonard claimed threats from underworld figures linked to boxing promoter Frankie Carbo and Blinky Patterson. Police offered no conclusion on whether Leonard’s injuries came from a fall or the fire, while testimony touched on alleged threats and an ongoing contract plot in boxing circles.
A resident described an apparent tornado near Cloverdale School in a southern Los Angeles suburb. Mrs J S Avery reported damage to her home and a neighboring house with toppled outbuildings and sheds. No injuries were reported.
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