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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1959
Page
5
Society pages report upcoming engagements and weddings including Lomna Jean Camp and Billy Ray Billings with a planned August 2 ceremony. It notes families Cornelius LaGrone and the Logan sport LaGrone circle, plus church suppers and community events in July and August.
Weekend visitors from Wichita Kansas include Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Davin Hendricksen and friends in Hane. Patmos hosts Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Gibson for guests Mrs. Elino Stiles and children from Kansas City Kansas. Texarkana residents include Mrs. Jean McClombs Kathy and Mrs. John Jones. Plans include travels of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gibson and children to Delhi Louisiana and Grandparents hosting Terri Lynn Abbritton of Conroe Texas. Pfc W C Bruner Jr departed for Hawthorne Nevada Marines after a visit with relatives. Jeannine Scott of Malvern, conference M Y F president, spent weekend with Edwina and Ann Whitman.
Mrs B A Washburn and David of Westfield visit Mr and Mrs Harry Clawthorne. Mrs Caroling Wiswat, Rosie and Julie. Mrs Joe Polk returns from Magnolia with her mother Mrs W C Roberts who had surgery last week. Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs R T White include Mr and Mrs J W Norman and Carolyn, Mrs C B Galloway and Travis, and Mrs Dollie May More of Little Rock. On Sunday Mr and Mrs J T Williamson of Texarkana join, along with Mr and Mrs Richard Bruner and their baby daughter from Dallas, who returned after a week with Mrs R M Bruner. Mr and Mrs Randolph Crutchfield of Camden visit Mr and Mrs H C Kyler. Penny Franks, Betty Brynick, John Crain, Jack Coop, Roy Wray, Al Weisenberger, Mike Seamans, Edwina Whitman, and junior counselor Gladwin Connell will attend Methodist Camp Tanaka Monday. Gene Brulek family back from Kansas City visit. Mrs Martin Pool and Luther Hollaman visit Mr and Mel Colyer Cox and Lou Nell in Hot Springs. Oscar Mosier and children Mary Ann and Joe visit in Lindsay, California, with a picnic at Lindsay Park Sunday. Royal Strand and family return from a short vacation to Port Arthur, Texas. Miss Janet Morley of Little Rock guests of Miss Shelia Foster this week. Mrs Emil Sermo and daughter Suzanne of Cleveland, Ohio visit her father Mr C McLain and Mrs McLain.
Mr and Mrs Steve Snell plan further education at the University of Missouri after their studies at Arkansas. He will continue counseling psychology while she pursues a masters in counseling and guidance. They will first visit Mr and Mrs B W Snell of Emmet and Mr and Mrs Garrett Willis of Hope before leaving for Missouri.
El Dorado Water Corp asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission for permission to sell its facilities to the City of El Dorado for 2726000 dollars. Voters had approved a bond issue to finance the transfer. The report notes regional Austrian topography and agricultural employment figures.
Miss Belly Sue Dickens daughter of Rev Grady Dickens Gordon and Billy Joe Rogers son of Frances Rogers Hope were married July in the brides parents home. Rev Charles Conner officiated. Maid of honor Lera Ellen Childres Gordon. Reception followed at the bride's home. couple to reside in Hope.
A reader asks whether to warn his brother about a current girlfriend who formerly dated him. Dorothy Dix advises against gossip but says if danger to the brother exists reveal the truth now to protect him. Other letters discuss parental limits on daughters dating and a son who calls his mother nightly.
The dust at a Moscow CADP exhibit immobilized a large electronic question answering machine. Visitors faced delays as thousands of Russian janpunge answers jammed the system. The exhibition director announced a temporary closure while a new flour surface is laid to cover 30,000 square feet of concrete and allow a proper smooth floor.
In New York a blaze swept through tenements triggering multiple fatalities. Reports name victims including a baby girl and several adults as emergency crews battled the fire. The tragedy underscores the dangerous conditions of crowded housing districts.
A fire broke out shortly after dawn injuring thirteen people including parents, with three policemen hurt in the fighting. Authorities say the blaze appears suspicious and the neighborhood is a tenement district largely inhabited by Negro and Puerto Rican families.
Voters in Little Rock face a three candidate contest for Traffic Judge with incumbent Robert Laster seeking renomination against John Hatley and John Sullivan. Other Arkansas races include a Garland County $310,000 bond for a Hot Springs shoe factory, Pine Bluff water system purchase ordinance, and Fayetteville mayoral election with J Austin Parish and rivals.
In Havana a charge of treason was leveled at former president Manuel Unrutin after a TV speech cited by lawyer Rial Comex Quintera. Supreme Court transferred matters to the Cabinet as Castro, long a pivotal figure, faced a dramatic political crisis and brief resignation before a mass celebration restored him.
An autumn chill covers the Pacific Northwest with below freezing readings in parts of Oregon and Alaska cold pockets. Western areas report sticky humidity in the east while slight relief is expected from afternoon and evening showers. Temperatures dip to 36 at Re mond Oregon and 42 in Fairbanks Alaska.
U S congressman Passman warned in debate over foreign aid that some nations receiving U S military aid could attack America in war. He cited Yugoslavia Poland and others as at risk and noted industry and manufacturing benefits from aid, while criticizing proposed cuts in the large appropriations bill.
Senate action moves a two million dollar first year research program aimed at expanding commercial uses for firm products and assisting the mining industry while another pension related bill advances to the blouse for further action.
Washington (AP) The Space Committee demanded Air Force leaders explain why Atlas, Polaris missiles and related systems failed recently. General Bernard Lehrlever testified as the committee probes five straight Atlas test failures and Polaris test troubles, noting one successful Atlas launch after months. The inquiry shapes pending Ship and Senate actions on defense legislation.
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