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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1963
Page
2
Washington AP reports a Senate Judiciary subcommittee led by Sen. Philip Hart urged Kennedy to speed resettlement of Cuban exiles beyond overcrowded Miami as plane service resumes between Havana and Miami. It called on Latin American nations to accept more refugees.
Joseph A. Stevens, 37, of Jonesboro, was killed when the car he rode in left State Highway 1 and hit a ditch three miles south of Jonesboro. Fay Caldwell, 34, of Jonesboro, the driver, was slightly hurt. Newell Coots, 37, of Gilbert, Arizona, suffered injuries and was hospitalized in Jonesboro.
The calendar highlights a June 11 meeting of The American Legion Nelson Hill Post 427 with C. G. Carmichael as commander and Mrs. Alice Halbert as reporter. Park Night features music swimming and a Pony League baseball game Hope vs Texarkana with gate fees for children and adults. Other items note church fund contributions, an obituary for Dr. B. R. Riley, and five Hope Girls attending Wonder Girls State at Pine Bluff.
In a courtroom drama from Elizabeth Seifert, Aunt Bean, Smokey, and Dr Howdershell anchor a murder case. Miss Anderson testifies on patient access and gun threats as police recount the crime scene. The detective work centers on who entered the surgical ward, who warned police, and who held a gun as the elements of blackmail surface.
Calhoun County School Board schedules a June 18 hearing on a petition seeking to dissolve the county district and annex it to the Hampton School District.
Lurlene Williams of Hope, a Nationalist Party candidate, was elected Governor for 1963. Other Hope girls named Gene Briggs, County clerk. Mattie Rutherford, District Prosecuting Attorney. Callie Hicks, most outstanding girl. Four girls sponsored by American Legion and Auxiliary Post 427, fifth by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones Bakery. Life Guard test announced for June 14 at City Park at 10 45 a.m. Jackie Tyus Park Director to contact by June 12.
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