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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1957
Page
3
Daily weekday publication detail lists Star Publishing Company with O C E Palmer as president and Alex H Washburn as secretary treasurer. Printed at The Star Building, 212 14 South Walnut Street, Hope, Arkansas.
Female help wanted ad seeks women to join an Avon like cosmetics program. Respond to Mrs L Bintbourd at box 1004 Hot Springs Arkansas. Includes travel to New York and California with group, furnished transportation, and advance drawing account. Earnings quoted as 87 to 40 weekly plus bonus. Interview with Mrs Guidry at Hempstead County Employment Office Friday 9 am to 12. No phone calls.
A compact local newspaper card covers tips on modest leadership and avoiding showiness, plus a schedule of community events. Notices include a funeral service for Lola McFadden, a May 2 primary department picnic, a student field trip to Red Lake, and National 4-H Club Week observations with a sermon by Rev. J M Stewart.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that at least two major spring weapons tests will be detonated from captive balloons over the Nevada desert with yields exceeding 20,000 tons of TNT. One shot will be fired from steel towers and others may be underground or conducted at the test site, with start dates around May 15 and ongoing through the summer. The plan includes public witnesses for nine shots, while others are limited to officials.
April closings bring big names to the field as Ted Williams homers for Boston while Stan Musial and Bob Lemon push their teams to wins. Detroit and Chicago via Bolling and Pierce deliver key runs, with Milwaukee and New York stacking up dramatic late-game moments and clutch homers.
Secretary of State Dulles flies to Europe for another Atlantic treaty conference. He aims to push West Germany toward rapid military buildup and expects talks with allied leaders on strengthening NATO amid broader Cold War tensions.
Amateur anglers from Hot Springs vie in the spa derby final as daily winners advance. Notable weights list burnton Sargh 6 pounds 12, Gee Glorioso 5 pounds 12, Harold Lockwood 2 pounds 7, Crabtree 2 pounds 1, with residents and visitors contending for the top prizes.
Standings and yesterday results include Milwaukee at New York tied 4 6 with Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 10 Brooklyn 9 Chicago 9 St Louis 6 Pittsburgh 13 innings. Today’s games list Chicago at Baltimore at New York at Detroit Washington at Cleveland. Yesterday’s restnote Nashville 5 Rock 0 Pittsburgh 11 New Orleans 5 Atlanta 3 Memphis 8. Texas League Tulsa 3 Dallas 2, Houston 6 8 San Antonio 2 4. Weather rain in Shreveport and Oklahoma City at Fort Worth postponed.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Bradley reported a deadly truck incident in Wright County. A man changing a tire was struck by a loaded beverage truck, with the driver identified as employed by a local bottling company. The victim was working near Pine Route when the fatal collision occurred.
Chicago reports Sugar Ray Robinson and Gene Fullmer are set for a middleweight title rematch at the Chicago Stadium. Fullmer, who dethroned Robinson in New York Jan 2, is favored to again press the attack while Robinson, 2-1 underdog, seeks to regain the crown in a bout broadcast by ABC at 9 p.m. EST.
Sam Little, a 31 year old Negro caddy at Augusta National, has caddied for President Eisenhower since April 18. He says the President keeps him laughing and plays a serious, steady game riding much of the course in an electric cart. Little previously carried the President’s bag before his election and notes Eisenhower’s steady focus and humor during rounds.
Docket lists numerous defendants with offenses such as drunkenness driving while intoxicated and speeding. Bonds forfeited ranging from 3 to 200 dollars, with several cases dismissed on motion or submitted for decision. Notable items include driving while intoxicated bonds and a civil action listing judgment by default for 154.54 dollars.
Barrymore announces he will perform Hamlet at the Pasadena Playhouse on May 9 with Margaret OBrien. He explains he has not done Shakespeare before and wants to avoid living in his father’s shadow, despite pressure from fans and media. He now uses the name John Drew Barrymore Jr. and acknowledges enduring comparisons to his father. His mother Cara Williams opposes altering the child’s name.
A Hempstead County Arkansas board of directors meeting was held March 11 1987 at Hope High School. All members attended with due notice and a resolution considered a loan fund proposal involving the board and associated parties.
In Parker County near Springtown two Oklahoma Texas bandits Norris 35 and Humphrey were killed by officers after a failed plan to kidnap a Carnwell Air Force Base employee and a child for ransom to seize payrolls at the base. Authorities led by Jay Banks and Sheriff Hannah Wright pursued them along Walnut Creek as they attempted the heist.
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