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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1963
Page
3
Property is offered at a negotiable price with terms or a long term lease option. Willing to lease the property under a lengthy contract and may accept other property in exchange as part of the deal.
The notice lists local group meetings including Ann P. Strong Club at Mrs. W Lowe's home, Friendship Club at Mrs. Willie Pearl Hardaman's residence, a weiner roast at Mrs. Icie Lee Muldrew's home, Aller Guild gathering at Mrs. Ruby Whitley's, and Vacation Bible School at BeRee Memorial C.M.E. Church. It also reports Arcansas Association of Girls Clubs attendees from Hope with talent winners in instrumental, reading, oration and vocal categories.
In Copenhagen, the American wife of Denmark’s former ambassador Henrik Kauffmann slit his throat and killed herself with the same bread knife in a mercy killing. He had cancer and both left letters explaining the act. The couple, 63 and 74, were married in 1926 and leave two daughters.
The Arkansas Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Orion Tratter of Monticello who was to be executed June 14 for raping a white woman. His lawyers sought the stay during the appeal. Albert Harris faces the same date with a likely request pending. Both men were sentenced April 11 for abducting a woman from a parked car and attacking her on February 16. Gov. Faubus said he would not halt the executions since no appeals were filed.
In a 1962 courtroom scene Smokey Howdershell testifies about blackmail tied to the 1947 disappearance of his wife. Weber, posing as a hospital patient for the Linde Construction Company, pressed for hush money after threatening exposure of an illegal operation on Smokey's daughter. The judge urges fuller disclosure as the saga continues.
Doris Dennis takes first place in a Cotillion event sponsored by Cotillion Club and Mrs BE, with Anna P. Strong I Club and Mrs Nava Carmichael among supporters. Linda Poindexter is elected State 2nd Vice President in a separate civic proceeding.
The Arkansas Pardons and Paroles Board approved paroles for seventy inmates. One notable case involved Lonnie M. Robbins of Scotland, age 49, previously sentenced to life for the 1948 strychnine murder of Mrs. Sadie Sue Dudley Robbins, whom he had married after a mail courtship. The crime occurred after their wedding trip when they returned to Arkansas.
Hope Star announces weekly publication and lists staff positions centered at 2142 South Walnut, Hope Arkansas. Subscription rates vary by delivery method and region, with prices for weekly carriers and several mail plans across Hempstead and surrounding counties. Advertising reps are in Memphis Dallas Chicago Detroit and Oklahoma City. The paper is a member of The Associated Press proceeding with local news and AP dispatches for republication.
Mayor John Harden calls a special June 2 vote on shifting Jacksonville to a city manager government, arguing the present system isn’t for the people and wastes money. Throckmorton presents a $1,000 donation from the Better Government Committee to back the measure. Governor Faubus has reduced Robbins’ sentence to 45 years, making parole eligible.
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