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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1960
Page
3
Fragmented text shows an item about a transaction or price involving AWG money figures and a date fragment. Other readable terms include quantities and references to a shop or seller, with unclear names or places. The legible data are insufficient to identify a clear person, organization, location, or definite outcome.
Ebbert retained his seat in a fast special election amid a brief Arkansas ballot. The race saw Ebbert and Kalfke receiving notable votes while the overall turnout remained limited and results finalized quickly.
Highway Commission opened bids on eight projects including seven miles of new expressway and a bridge over the Arkansas River. Bids from Foster and Craighton of Nashville were lowest at 3 a 701,205. Other entries include paving and resurfacing work across Graves and Conway counties with prices ranging up to 2 08,182.
Commissioner Clin Ly announced that by yesterday about 65 dealers had obtained licenses as part of stricter state oversight. He cited the 1850 securities measures as the framework guiding the registration process and anticipated further increases in licensed dealers.
A list of construction bids for Greers Ferry Reservoir access, bridges over Cache River on Highway 33, and multiple road surfacing and bridge jobs across Arkansas. Firms include Lianh Co ArK Construction Co Worth Lille Rock, Grenada Miss Conway Stipfacing, Reynatts Williams Lit He Rook, Faulkner Surfacing, Prashour Corp Sweet Mame, and McClinton Bros Co Fayetteville with values from 21 701 to 926 209 dollars.
Gov Orval Faubus reaffirmed no change in his stance on school integration in Walnut Ridge Arkansas addressing civic clubs. He declared no district shall be forced to integrate and dismissed press references to a policy shift as misinformation during his five years in office.
Civil rights stalemate in the Senate stretches into the next week as leaders expect no session until late Saturday and a possible break on Monday. Senator Sam J. Ervin warns of delays in major committees and the ongoing filibuster by Southern lawmakers. With 51 senators needed to proceed, a handful of older members join civil rights advocates in urging action while earlier sessions delay legislative work across space, banking, foreign relations, and other key panels.
A fragment notes debate over the Democratic elections scheduled for July and August, outlining procedural actions and local party leadership considerations without detailed outcomes.
In Nashville demonstrations continued with arrests as 75 Black protesters fight for equal rights at downtown eateries. Two white exchange students from California left jail, while Diane Nash remains jailed. Similar actions occurred in Tampa Montgomery Orangeburg and Montgomery area campuses with student parades, scuffles, and brief arrests.
President Eisenhower told the Chilean Congress that Chilean cooperation is possible in practical steps to reduce expenditures and armaments, signaling willingness to cooperate with Chile or neighboring governments to ease regional tensions and costs.
A one-year-old white boy reported being assaulted by four Negro youths while walking alone on a steel yesterday. Don Wright, uninjured, said he had never seen his attackers before. Robert E. Houston, a passing motorist, described the youths stalking Wright, then rushing him and fleeing in a car after firing shots. The assailants were about 19 years old.
A vast chemical plant fire in Pusan left dozens dead amid a flood of conflicting reports. Authorities said most victims were women among about 300 workers, with 49 confirmed dead and 50 missing as the blaze raged. The cause was under investigation.
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