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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1961
Page
2
A softball game between the teachers and the seniors of Yer ger High School will be played at City Park Wednesday May 3 at 7 30 p m. Proceeds buy bats and balls for the baseball team admission 15 cents. The public is invited to attend.
Loyd Been, 66, serving as Sebastian County Treasurer, died Sunday night in a Fort Smith hospital after a four day illness. He had held the post for many years and was a prominent local figure. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
Storms eased slightly after a violent wave across the South Central states. Two people were killed in Texas as damage reached about 2 million dollars. Tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma and other states, with heavy hail and high winds causing widespread property damage and injuries. Showers extended into the Middle Atlantic region and the Plains as colder air met warm moist air.
Arkansas chamber president Marvin Motton leads a 150 member delegation to the national meeting in Washington D C. The group attends the Arkansas State Dinner sponsored by the state chamber and Associated Industries of Arkansas with John E Campbell of Camden. Winthrop Rockefeller, Arkansas Industrial Development Commission chair, speaks. Former Gov Francis Cherry, in Washington, will be honored with the state's congressmen. Blytheville sends the largest group with 31 delegates.
AP reports Britain will provide two loans totaling 112 million dollars as an initial contribution to India's third five year plan. The agreement marks financial backing for New Delhi's development program and signals ongoing postwar aid efforts.
Katanga President Moise Tshombe to be moved to Leopoldville under house arrest as central government pursues unity talks. Bomoko says Tshombe cannot rejoin conference, aims to end mercenary influence and foreign advisers. Conference orders disarmament of private armies and expulsion of unaccredited diplomats from Stanleyville.
Washington reports a pivotal year ahead as the Kennedy administration weighs a bold crash program to beat the Soviets to the moon. cost estimates run 20 to 40 billion dollars with high risk of failure, and a decision on developing a giant Nova rocket is expected in the 1963 budget. Vice President Johnson leads a committee aiding the re examination.
Jim Bennett, a private detective, confronts Laura Reynolds at a wedding crossroads. Laura plans to marry Max Doney while Julius Stockmaster, a writer who poses as a deaf mute, hides his true identity. Bennett probes loyalties, secrets, and a looming breakup amid jealousy and danger. Laura’s actions threaten the impending union and Bennett’s plans to warn Max.
Director Sargent Shriver of the Peace Corps toured a region where U S experts aid farm production and planned a meeting with Prime Minister Nehru to discuss volunteer roles in India. He was to outline how volunteers could assist agricultural development and exchange ideas with Indian officials.
Israel labor and economic expert and former cabinet member Naphtali died in Tel Aviv at 73 after years of ill health. He was buried today at Alumot Kibbutz on the Sea of Galilee, following a life in public service.
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