This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1967
Page
2
Weather page reports a 24 hour period ending 7 am with high 72 and low 41. Conditions vary from clear to partly cloudy today then cloudier tonight and Saturday with a chance of showers. Winds will be windy today and tonight. Temperatures warm today in the 70s, cooler tonight north and statewide Saturday with lows 40s north and 50s central and south.
London AP reports the Labour party faced its largest revolt in two years as 46 Labour MPs abstained on the defense budget. The government won 270 to 231, reducing its usual majority from about 90 to 39 amid complaints over Far Eastern policy and defense spending cuts.
David Scott director of music at 1st Baptist Church Hope and his wife Francis and son Shannon win roles in the Henderson State College musical Oliver to be staged March 20 to 22. Shannon nine will star as the title character while the Scotts play Mr and Mrs Bumble. Shannon performs March 21. Shannon Scott has appeared in Ouachita Baptist University productions and the family has long been active in theater and music. David Scott trained in Vienna and has sung leading roles in oratorios operas and Musicals. Francis Scott has television, opera, and concert credits across several states and has appeared with orchestras in Arkansas.
Samuel I. Newhouse buys the Cleveland Plain Dealer for about 50 million dollars in the highest price paid for a U.S. newspaper. The Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest morning paper, has a weekday circulation of 377,089 and 526,401 on Sundays. The purchase transfers 91 percent of stock at 500 dollars per share with a plan to acquire the remaining 9 percent, financed by banks and personal funds.
Dr Sidney Dressler estimates that 25 million people in the United States carry tuberculosis not active. He spoke at a Los Angeles news conference during a TB control symposium and urged tuberculin testing for whole generations of schoolchildren. A. A. Graban of the Erie County Health Department said case increases reflect better reporting and detection, not a true rise in TB.
The GRAD system in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, gathers resumes by teletype, stores them on magnetic tape, and uses microfilmed records in a random access system for rapid employer searches. Employers pay $400 plus usage charges while prospective workers pay nothing, with employers spending about a billion dollars yearly to find talent.
The Arkansas Senate passed a five member crime commission bill enabling private club gambling only in counties with pari mutuel betting, limited to one club per 15 000 residents in Garland County, while the House delayed on a second reading. A separate move would boost legislator pay under a public relations plan.
State Police on Thursday confiscated 27 slot machines from three Hot Springs venues the Frontier Club the Palms and the Shamrock Cafe as part of Gov Rockefeller s crackdown on illegal gambling. Owners Ellis Agree William Sellars and John Beckum were arrested on gambling device charges and bonded out. The raid followed a smaller Wednesday sweep that yielded one arrest at eight private clubs including Cameo Club where a room above the club held most equipment.
Miss Alma Martha Wilson, 48, died Wednesday in a local hospital. She was sister to Mrs. Hows and Pritchard of Hope. Oakefest is in charge of funeral arrangements. The body will be in state at Powell Funeral Home in Augusta, Arkansas, until funeral time.
The Soviet youth magazine Yunost argues lack of sex education in schools fuels delinquency among girls. It cites teen girls in reform schools linking early sexual life to crime and notes teachers lack any guidance on sex education. It warns puritanical opinions block needed curriculum and cites a proverb about suppressed knowledge. The article also recalls the Sphinx’s death after Oedipus solved her riddle.
The House rejected an anti bombing declaration and approved $4.5 billion to finance Vietnam fighting in a fiery debate. The vote came as the Senate passed a similar measure, with conference to reconcile differences. Ramsey Clark was nominated as attorney general amid broader budget and arms race talks.
Defense Department announced that Army Private Harold W. Maddox husband of Mrs Maomi Maddox of St Charles Arkansas was killed in action in Vietnam.
Helena World copy circulated in Arkansas Senate quotes Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller pledging support for removing or lowering tolls on the Helena Bridge. Rockefeller opposes shifting repayment of bridge financing to the state. Sen. Joe Lee Anderson circulated the material to prove Rockefeller’s prior stance.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.