15 Mar 1962
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1962
Page
1
Published weekdays from The Star Building Hope Arkansas with staff roles for editor publisher and managers. Subscription rates listed for local and national mail, with national ad reps and AP membership note.
Geneva headlines show Secretary Rusk proposing a four point US plan for general and complete disarmament and aerial inspection zones while Gromyko presents a Soviet treaty draft calling for an international organization within the UN framework. Western powers demand clear verification and control mechanisms to prevent miscalculation or accidental war.
Fayetteville photographer Jerry Dacus, based near the University of Arkansas, faced a $2,000 bond after authorities found negatives and nude pictures of high school girls and young women in his possession. Police say he admitted taking the photos and planned to sell them to magazines. Prosecutor Ted Coxey led the case. In Vietnam, a government drive against Viet Cong guerrillas in the Mekong Delta yielded arrests and investigations into letters inviting girls to pose, with university coeds reportedly not involved.
Candidates linger from Page One while some incumbents plan to skip reelection or face ineligibility. Open races emerge for treasurer and secretary of state and one Supreme Court seat. State senators likely face challengers. governor remains with minimal opposition. Filings expected to accelerate through mid-April.
Weather to cloudy and cool this afternoon tonight and Friday. Generally fair and rather cold with rising temperatures by Friday. Arkansas and Louisiana show partly cloudy to clear skies, with highest temperatures ranging from mid 40s to mid 50s and nightly lows from the low 20s to upper 30s.
The Internal Revenue Service says its Arkansas outreach was meant to aid taxpayers in Fordyce and Dallas County, but residents reacted with alarm. About 20 agents were dispatched as an audit aid, prompting a sales drop of up to 75 percent at area businesses. The Fordyce Chamber of Commerce pressed lawmakers as the experiment drew complaints.
In Hempstead County Arkansas the probate court announces the last will of Beulah M Stroud deceased with date of death October 6 1961. The will dated January 31 1957 was admitted March 12 1962 and Raymond F Jones is executor. Creditors must file claims within six months of first publication March 5 192.
The annual report of Arkansas Baptist Hospital shows weekday operating costs in 1961 at 11,647 dollars per day, totaling 4,251,446 dollars for the year. It records nearly 20,000 patients and 128,473 patient days across the year.
POCOHONTAS Ark AP Pratt was appointed Wednesday night to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor Ted Bowers who resigned last month to devote more time to business Pratt a retired grocer served two terms as mayor in the early 1940s
Commerce Department data show Americans’ personal income rising sharply to a 439.8 billion monthly total, with a 1.5 billion January drop offset by a 2.7 billion February gain driven mainly by manufacturing payrolls and longer work weeks. Local merchants note wary shoppers as revenue agents begin talks on 1960 returns.
President Kennedy sent Congress a jumbo package of consumer protection proposals costing about 30 million dollars yearly. The plan targets safe drugs and beauty products, clearer loan rates, and better product labeling, with a consumer advisory council and pilot consumer information in 100 post offices.
The Arkansas board of the state Blind and Deaf Schools awarded a construction contract for a superintendent's home at the deaf school to W. R. Arnold of Geyer Springs for 33,200 dollars. The project includes air conditioning and a carport, per State Purchasing Agent Mack Sturgis. Kennedy urged safer, effective drugs and stricter controls amid debates on new substances and their harms.
Mrs Joseph P Kennedy mother of the President remained steadily improving after the hernia operation performed Tuesday at St Elizabeth's Hospital. The hospital said she is doing very well and may leave in seven or eight days to convalesce in Palm Beach Florida. The President's father is recovering in Palm Beach from a stroke.
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