Change for Change in Industry Sparks Inflation Critique
The piece argues that change for its own sake harms efficiency. It recalls Hoover driving standardization to cut 40,000 parts and cites modern delays in replacements like windshield water bags and AC pumps as signs of waste. The author warns against profiteering at consumers' expense.
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America
Herbert Hoover
Will Rogers
Hoover
Paris
Europe
Hope
Washington
Fort Smith Firm Seeks Supreme Court Overturn
Mid-South Insurance Co. asks the Arkansas Supreme Court to overturn a Sebastian County Circuit Court order that temporarily put the firm out of business. State Insurance Commissioner Harvey G. Combs obtained the order from Judge Paul Wolfe. The company contends it is solvent and that Wolfe acted without a full hearing based on a financial statement.
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Little Rock
Fort Smith
Arkansas Supreme Court
Sebastian County
Harvey G. Combs
Paul Wolfe
Mid-South Insurance Co
Supreme Court
Combs
Wolfe
Weather Report From Experiment Station
Weather summary for 24 hours ending 7 a m Thursday records a high of 38 and a low of 33 with .55 inch precipitation. Continued on Page Two.
90th Year Observance Underway Here
Hope hosts 90th birthday celebration with a Friday parade at 4 p.m. featuring Talbot Feild Sr. and Terry Feild, 85 year old twins on big wheel bikes, local school bands, vintage cars, and an Old Time Value Days Art Gallery in downtown Hope attracting visitors.
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Hope
Talbot Feild Sr
Texarkana
Terry Feild
Little Rock
Hope High School
Blevins Training School
McRae High School
Prescott
Hope Band
Second
Main Streets
Roy Anderson
Riding Club
FFA Rosco
Lehman's
Montgomery’s
Historic Washington Foundation
Charles A. Haynes
Haynes
Washington
Guernsey Senior Class Plans March Play at High School
The Guernsey Senior Class will stage a play Friday March 26 in the High School Auditorium. Cast includes Nora Malone Jane Black Officer Tim McGrill Leon Adams and many others with a novelty Beetails act between acts. Admission is 50c for students and 75c for adults.
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Guernsey
Nora Malone
Jane Black
Tim McGrill
Leon Adams
Fanny Farnham
Pat Griffin
Larry Elliott
Larry Walden
Ted Hartley
Larry Tullis
Vivian Smythe-Kersey
Alene Fowell
Aleck Twiggs
Kenneth Coleman
Charlie Hopps
Maxine Evans
Caroline Smythe-Kersey
Revell Bullard
Mortimer Smythe-Kersey
Larry Griffis
Johnny Rosenbaum
Don Byers
Larry Elledge
Ronny Rosenbaum
Eighty Attend Fellowship Breakfast at First Baptist Hope
More than eight men gathered for a 6 30 a m breakfast at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Joe Cervini of Texarkana led with a testimony of his conversion to Jesus Christ. The Rev Willhite praised lay men’s cooperation in this inter denominational spiritual effort. Tonight at 7 30 a rally at the First Methodist Church will feature speaker Jimmie Karam of Little Rock. Residents of Hope and nearby areas are invited.
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First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Joe Cervini
Texarkana
Jesus Christ
Mr. Cervini
Jesus
Willhite
Hope Ministerial Alliance
Man Killed in Head-On Collision Near Forrest City
A. D. Ellis, 67, of near Forrest City, died in a head-on collision on Arkansas 50 eight miles east of Forrest City. His pickup struck a car driven by Percy Gilbert, 36, of Widener, who survived.
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Forrest City
Ark
A. D. Ellis
Arkansas 50
Ellis
Percy Gilbert
Widener
Gilbert
Propaganda Storm Over U S Nonlethal Gas in Viet Nam
The United States faces a worldwide propaganda defeat over the use of nonlethal tear gas in Vietnam. Officials fear lingering distrust from denials and a binding Geneva issue while McNamara and Rusk seek to limit the scope to riot control and civilian protection.
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Viet Nam
U.S
United States
South
John M. Hightower
State Department
Washington (Ap
Dean Rusk
Johnson Administration
Saigon
Moscow
Far East
Washington
Pentagon
U. S
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Cyprus
Rusk
London
Sen. J.W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
Michael Stewart
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Moon crater rims offered as safer lunar landing sites
Scientists at a Jet Propulsion Laboratory news conference based on Ranger 9 photos argued crater rims and ridges could provide safer lunar landing areas than plains. They cite possible volcanic activity on Alphonsus and note floors may collapse under weight, making rims preferable for future missions.
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Ralph Dighton
Pasadena
Calif
Ranger 9
Moon
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Alphonsus
Gerard P. Kuiper
Kuiper
Lions Club Broom Sale Supports Scout House Project
Hope Lions Club launches a new broom sale with brooms available by phone on Saturday March 27 from 1 to 4 pm on KXAR. Lions and Scouts will take orders over the phone to fund the Scout House construction and gain points in the District Governors contest. Brooms ship April 19, enabling planning for distribution.
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The
Hope Lions Club
KXAR
Faubus Signs 64 Bills Including Education Grants
Governor Faubus signed 64 new laws from the recent session. The package includes 350000 for community junior colleges and 322000 for voter registration supplies. Also approved are four year terms for mayors of second class cities and a 40 hour five day week for police in larger towns.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Faubus
State Board of Finance
State Public Service Commission
Special Speaker at Hope Church by Nazarene Leader
Dr. A Milton Smith district superintendent of the South Arkansas District Church of the Nazarene will speak at Hope Church Sunday at 10 45 a m He has led the district since 1961 The Rev George C Prentice is pastor Public invited.
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A Milton Smith
South Arkansas
Church of the Nazarene
Hope Church
Smith
George C. Prentice
State Schools to Comply in Rights Plan
Arkansas state education officials report about half of the 412 districts have pledged non discrimination or desegregation plans to keep federal aid. A federal official will speak to superintendents April 1 in Little Rock to clarify requirements of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, with 33 districts already accepted.
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Little Rock
A. W. Ford
Arkansas
Ford
Wayne O. Reed
United States Office of Education
Reed
State Board of Education
Counterfeit Bag of Coins Reported Missing in Little Rock
Secret Service agents seek a brown canvas bag reportedly filled with counterfeit 50 cent pieces. Bill Jones found the bag in War Memorial Park and turned over several coins to his employer, who alerted the Treasury. When officials returned, the bag was missing. Jones described the bag as about 18 by 6 inches with no amount stated.
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Little Rock
Secret Service
Leroy M. Letteer
Bill Jones
War Memorial Park
Jones
U.S. Treasury Department
Letteer
China Signals Readiness to Send Troops to South Vietnam
The article notes China pledging to provide arms and war materials to South Vietnam and saying it is ready to send troops if requested by the Viet Cong. A Western expert in Hong Kong warns the statement may be noncommittal, using cautious phrasing about being “ready” to send volunteers. Continued on Page two.
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Tokyo
Red
China
U.S
Soth Viet Nam
Peking
Hong Kong
John
Leaders of Scouting to Be Honored Banquet in Hope
A Scout Leaders Appreciation Banquet will be held in Hope at the Town and Country restaurant on Tuesday March 30 at 7 30 p m Ed Trice superintendent of Texarkana Arkansas schools will speak District officers will be installed by Josh Morris Jr and M R Cook Scout Executive of Texarkana Judge Royce Weisenberger Hope will be master of ceremonies Hope High School Band will provide dinner music Tickets are on sale from listed organizers and all scout volunteers will receive awards
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Hope
Ed Trice
Texarkana
Ark
Josh Morris Jr
M.R. Cook
Royce Weisenberger
Hope High School
Jerry Oneal
Clifford Franks
Bob Lewis
Ralph Harrison
E. P. Young, Jr
Lester Godwin
WOW convention attendance marks post merge in Lit tle Rock
Mrs. D E Faris and Mrs C F Wiggins attended the WOW convention in Little Rock along with Ray Turner Y C Roleman Richard Arnold Jamie Russell Marvin Watterson and Dub Flowers. Seven Hope High School juniors joined the National Honor Society in formal ceremonies Wednesday. Tax Assessor Carter Sutton notes April 10 deadline for personal taxes. Norman Story brought a two and a half inch chicken egg to the Star office. A special Agriculture Feature Ark La Tex Research Advances airs KWKH Shreveport Friday March 26 at 7 15 pm with panelist Cecil Bittle. Three Henderson State faculty and 11 physical education majors attended the national convention in Dallas. Science Fair winners from 10 counties meet Saturday at Henderson State for the 8th Regional Fair. Hope County Club plans meeting Friday at 7 50 pm to discuss a new club house.
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D. E. Faris
Woodman Circle
C. F. Wiggins
Little Rock
Ray Turner
Y. C. Roleman
Richard Arnold
Jamie Russell
Marvin Watterson
Dub Flowers
WOW
Henderson State Teachers College
Fayetteville
Hempstead
Howard
Nevada
Civil rights marchers nearing Montgomery end of six mile trek
Hundreds of demonstrators from across the nation join civil rights marchers for the final six mile leg to the Alabama Capitol. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed victory day as federal troops guard the route from Selma to Montgomery.
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Ross Hagen Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Capitol
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Browns Chapel
A.M.E. Church
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Cecil Jackson
E. E. Flanagan
Faubus Signals Moves on Gambling in Hot Springs
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus hinted that further action is planned on gambling in Hot Springs after an unsuccessful police raid on private clubs. He refused to elaborate and also spoke briefly on racial cafeteria demonstrations, university recruiting of Black athletes, and school consolidation, urging local choice and not forcing consolidation while noting potential cafeteria changes.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
Hot Springs
Faubus
Capitol
University of Arkansas
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Ptolemaeus
Albategnius
Ranger
Earth
Nazarene Church
Cong
John Roderick
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National Honor Society
Martha Allison
Susan Cook
Dennis Ramsey
Tony Smith
Sammy Strong
Susan Turner
Gayle Williams
Carter Sutton
Norman Story
West Third St
Star Office
Ark-La-Tex Research Advances
KWKH
Shreve
Port
Cecil Bittle
Southwest Branch
American Association For Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Dallas
Lera Callicott
Joe Taylor
Delight
Hope Country Club
King
Montgomery
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