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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1963
Page
1
Dorothy Dix counsels Confused about a love triangle and marriage risks and urges self discipline, maturity, and honoring marriage vows. She advises ending contact with the first lover, explains parental discipline nuances, and suggests writing for more guidance.
An advertisement describes using instant drying T-4-L to relieve itching and burning within minutes. It claims infected skin clears in 3 to 5 days as healthy skin returns and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied within one hour at Gibson Drug Co.
DUMAS Ark AP Tommye Lynn Smith 19 of Star City sister of 1960 Miss Arkansas Claudette Smith wife of Don Hunnicutt competes as Miss Dumas in the Miss Arkansas Pageant at Hot Springs next month. She is a University of Arkansas junior with brown eyes blonde hair 34 93 35. The Miss Dumas contest was held Tuesday night.
New York AP reports Cleopatra, a $40 million epic, opened on Broadway to mostly positive notices. Celebrities attended the Rivoli premiere, including Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, and Richard Burton, while crowd excitement drew police attention outside. Critics were split with Bosley Crowther praising it as epic romance and Wanda Hale praising the acting, versus Judith Crist calling it a major disappointment and other reviews noting varying reception.
A Conservative MP Donald Johnson calls for Prime Minister Macmillan to resign amid a looming House of Commons debate on Profumo. The Tory 100 seat majority shields the government from a censure motion, but discontent grows over leadership ahead of the 1964 general election. Moral protests from clergy and press intensify the scrutiny.
Weather continued with thundershowers this afternoon to night and Friday. Highs reach the upper 80s in the northeast to the upper 90s in the extreme southwest. Overnight lows range from 66 to 73.
Pine Bluff Arkansas integrated Oakland Park on Wednesday after the Park Commission announced it had accepted desegregation if attempted. A 17 year old Negro youth, Jessie Wilson, was beaten by about a dozen white youths during the incident but was treated and released from a local hospital. The Negro group toured the zoo, rode the Ferris wheel, and bought soft drinks, while the swimming pool remained closed to avoid integration. No arrests were reported.
Circuit Judge J Mitchell Cockrill heard full day testimony on charges by the City of North Little Rock that Arkana Power and Light overcharged $669934 for 1957 58 59. AP&L counterclaims that city owes its 1960 power bill. Central issue is whether a 1956 Public Service Commission rate increase of two mills per kilowatt hour applies to the city.
Jean Setser of Decatur Benton County elected president of the Arkansas Future Homemakers of America at a Russellville state meeting. Dale Speck Holly Grove Judy Gordon Rector and Linda Spence Bauxite named vice presidents.
William Wlover of the Associated Press calls Cleopatra a long gaudy spectacle that tires. Archer Winston of the New York Post says the film won t recoup its cost and criticizes Elizabeth Taylor s performance and dialogue despite the visual grandeur.
Pine Bluff Arkansas Highway Commission Chairman Wayne Hampton urged a civic club to support a one cent gasoline tax increase to fund highways. He argued more revenue is needed for roads, bridges, bypasses, and urban expressways, noting only 12.7 million of 60 million in gas taxes and fees funded new road construction in 1961-62.
Hollywood AP reported Roy Harris, 65, pursues composing and teaching, praising his career while noting financial limits. He revealed commissions from the Philadelphia Orchestra for a Ninth Symphony and a chorus and orchestra piece for Schweitzer’s 90th birthday, alongside family duties and UCLA seminars.
Sixteen southern senators led by J William Fulbright and John L McClellan assailed President Kennedy s civil rights position. One called the administration s approach appeasement of demonstrators while Senator Richard Russell urged united resistance to any new federal power over private property for political aims.
The speaker reflects on choices in music and scoring, noting missed opportunities in popular music and film scores. They express a preference for teaching, stating it is a privilege and a responsibility, even though better offers could have brought broader success.
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