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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1961
Page
2
Voters in the Net tleton School District approved a nine month term by 264 to 216 in a special election held Saturday. The district within Jonesboro city limits will replace the split schedule that began July and ended September for cotton picking and resumed in November, delaying May dismissal.
The Yerger High School Band directed by B. W. Carter will present its ninth annual concert in Harris Gym Friday April 7 at 7 20 p m. Special features include vocal solos and duets by students. Tickets are sold by members of the Barxl Mothers Club.
In St Louis the Los Angeles Lakers edge ahead 3-2 in the Western finals after a 121 112 win, led by Elgin Baylor 47 points. Clyde Lovellette misses game with a twisted spine, Hawks face possible season end as St Louis seeks to close out in six.
SEATO ministers met behind closed doors for a second day as Rusk urged action to prevent a Communist takeover in Laos, citing no confirmed Soviet moves to end hostilities. The SEATO council drafted a resolution and awaited Soviet replies to cease-fire proposals, wary of PRAVDA style peace gambits.
President Kennedy outlined a revised defense budget for 1962 focusing on deterrence. He urged expanding Minuteman production capacity while dropping railroad-car deployment ideas and ending funds for the atomic airplane program. He also proposed boosts for Navy Polaris crews, Army special forces, Marines, and Air Force ground alert measures, plus space and missile defense funding including the Midas satellite.
In Los Angeles a third jury convicted Dr. R Bernard Finch of first degree murder and his mistress Carole Tregofé of second degree murder in the July 18 1959 West Covina killing of Finch's socialite wife Barbara Jean Finch 35. Both were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and face possible death sentences as California law mandates.
Chris Waddell and Norma Vespasian move through Midas Hill toward new tensions after a murder trial in the Hall of Justice and a web of suspicions around Spence Munger. Norma questions why Munger might dislike Waddell while hints tie Millerson, Weyl, and Munger to a prior heist. The scene shifts to a cliffhanger as Norma reveals she has spoken with Millerson’s son about Munger.
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