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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1966
Page
2
The weather bureau reports warmer temperatures in the eastern half of the nation today and cooler conditions in the West. Expect showers in the extreme Northwest across a wide belt. In Scotland, New Year’s Eve is marked as Hogmanay.
In St Louis, John Rundquist president of the Producers Livestock Marketing Association says American markets will have meat in good supply this year and at lower prices. Despite record domestic demand and growing military requirements, he sees no need for rationing or price controls.
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Thursday with high 79 and low 57. Arkansas mostly cloudy mild tonight and Friday with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms likely starting west tonight but statewide Friday. low 42 to 62, high 70 to 76. Louisiana partly cloudy through Friday with widely scattered showers tonight. little temperature change, lows in the 50s, highs 74 to 78.
Sir William Henry Perkins discovered the first coal tar dye in 1856, a landmark event in chemical history.
The National Farmers Union elected Tony T. Dechant as president and Edwin Christianson as vice president to lead the group toward higher farm incomes and broader membership. Dechant, 50, backs a businesslike approach while Christianson, 56, will focus on Washington lobbying and farm legislation, aligning with key Minnesota ties.
New York AP reports Gemini 8 astronauts will dine on space age freeze dried meals and bite size chunks to fit a two week supply. A typical menu includes beef pot roast with gravied sauce, potato salad, toast, orange drink, pudding and brownies.
The Rev. Cecil R. Culver aged 60, executive secretary of the Area Council of Arkansas Methodism, died Wednesday while conducting revival services in Prescott. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, a brother and a sister. Reudel Funeral Home, Little Rock, will announce arrangements. Neil Huckabee Services set for Neil Huckabee, 48, who died Wednesday in Hobbs New Mexico. Service Friday at Spring Hill Baptist Church led by Rev Stacy Thrasher and Rev D O Silvery. Burial in Huckabee Cemetery conducted by Herndon Cornelius.
Funeral service for Mrs Georgia Spence set for Friday March 18 at 1 p.m. at Bethel A M E Church Little Rock with interment at National Guard Cemetery. Mrs Rena Trotter, Hope resident, dies after long illness. arrangements by Hicks Funeral Home.
A vintage ad claims a gentle, well balanced BU KETS formula can help tired kidneys improving nighttime symptoms and backache within four days. It promises a 39 cent back guarantee at Gibson's Rexall Drug Store, urging readers to seek the product at the drug counter.
AMA News reports Americans spend more on tobacco than hospital care with $14.8 billion on cosmetics haircuts and toiletries versus $14.4 billion for physicians and hospitals. The figures are cited from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Viscount Antony Head, former British defense minister, told a Cleveland forum that Red China is not as great a threat as Americans believe. He argued China does not want to rule Southeast Asia and would avoid war over Vietnam, noting Beijing has too much to lose in any conflict.
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