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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
2
A Teen-Age Hop will be held at the J&E Riviera on East Third Street Friday night June 21. Admission 18 cents single, 25 cents couple. Refreshments provided for an evening of fun and recreation.
Arkansas Louisiana delegation urged Congress to approve 4.04 million dollars this year for the Ouachita River basin program, 1.71 million above the President's request, testi fying before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on water projects for the year starting July 1. The push cites basin needs and local leaders. Personal mentions note Mrs. Carrie Reed resting after surgery in Texarkana. Obituaries report Henry Faucette, Alma Nobie, and Floyd Walker. Funeral arrangements are pending.
James Marlow analyzes Kennedy’s European tour planned next week. He flags weak planning, shifting European and domestic politics, and potential impacts on civil rights battles. The stops include Germany Ireland Britain Italy with France skipped, aiming to bolster the Western alliance amid leadership uncertainties.
The United States Steel Foundation gave Little Rock University $1,000 and $6,000 to the Arkansas Foundation of Associated Colleges, which distributes funds to seven privately supported colleges in Arkansas.
Delegation proposes higher funding for DeGray Dam and Reservoir, Tensas Basin drainage, nine-foot Ouachita River channel, Narrows Dam and Reservoir, Blakely Mountain Reservoir, and Narrows Reservoir recreation facilities. Maintenance requests total 1,240,000, near the budgeted 1,230,000. Arkansas representatives H. W. McMillan, D. B. Clark, and H. D. Luck accompany the group from Philadelphia.
In a courtroom scene an urgent accident tale pulls Dr. Burns and Smokey into a crisis. Judge Brutton adjourns briefly, then the jury summarily dismisses Dr. Hendershell as the room erupts in relieved laughter.
The Hope Star issue notes publication details with staff and circulation figures. A narrative follows where Smokey hesitates to intervene in a dramatic incident, as bystanders urge him to act while awaiting police transport to the hospital. The passage ends with “To Be Continued” and ©1962.
The piece sketches John F. Kennedy facing global uncertainty during a trip. Profumo scandal in Britain weakens Macmillan’s government while Italy’s political coalition wavers. Pope John XXIII’s death may delay Kennedy’s planned Vatican meeting. Moro attempts a left-of-center cabinet. Italy’s politics loom. Kennedy’s civil rights push faces Senate resistance and potential electoral costs.
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