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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
4
Science features explore astronaut weightlessness and gravity shifts during ascent and reentry, U2 dust collection in the Arctic yielding tiny meteorites, slowdowns for orbital reentry, and experiments to tame hurricanes. Proposals include sea cooling, evaporation control, nuclear heating, and atmospheric cooling.
President Kennedy shows strength in domestic policy and Congress where he pushed a moderate program. He faces setbacks abroad, notably in Cuba and Laos, while preparation for a Berlin clash with Khrushchev looms. Major domestic wins include a housing bill, aid to distressed areas, and a higher minimum wage, with potential further help for schools and elderly care.
Morris Faucett twenty six of Jacksonville faces a second degree murder trial in Pulaski Circuit Court for the December four, 1980 shooting of Evans Sanders at a North Little Rock cafe he owned. The state rested yesterday and the defense called witnesses as today’s proceedings continued.
Five members of a British scientific expedition are presumed drowned after their small plastic boat capsized 200 yards off Jan Mayen island in the Arctic. Only survivor Dr. Frank John Fitch of London University reached a scientific station eight hours later, exhausted and exposed.
Newport Is determined to maintain order as thousands of young enthusiasts converge for the four day jazz festival at Freebody Park. Elaborate security plans include added police from across Rhode Island, 20 radio operators, state police standby, Pinkerton agents, plain clothes squads, extra patrol wagons and cars, plus possible National Guard involvement if needed.
Dublin voters again choose a Jewish mayor appealing to both Irish nationalism and Orthodox Jewish roots. Robert Briscoe, the ardent Irishman and Orthodox Jew, was reelected as Dublin’s first Jewish mayor, a notable historic event.
About 4,000 East Pakistan refugees rioted in Calcutta protesting resettlement plans outside Bengal. Police quelled the outburst with gunfire after tear gas failed. Four killed and 75 injured in the confrontation.
Torrential rains hit western and central Japan causing floods and landslides. Dozens are dead or missing as rescue efforts continue amid the early typhoon season. Weather authorities warn of more heavy rain and potential floods across affected prefectures.
In Chattanooga Roy Kiesshing of Cincinnati defeated Bizg Sheshyaoff of Magnolia Alaska in the opening round of the Tennessee Valley Open tennis tournament. The match marked Kiesshing as a favored contender while Sheshyaoff exited early.
Hot Springs Arkansas AP reports Mrs Hobbie Christensen 29 who escaped from Garland County jail Friday was recaptured Saturday at a rooming house where she hid in a closet. A hearing was set Friday to revoke her three year suspended sentence for being an accessory to a robbery.
Memphis AP reports A Carlson 74 retired works manager of Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing in Trimann Arkansas died here Monday. Carlson had held his job since 1919 and retired in 1986.
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