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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1961
Page
2
A two bedroom house with a garage is offered in good condition and landscaped at Highway 4 North for 4500 dollars.
U S astronaut Alan Shepard completed the first U S manned space flight after being launched aboard a Redstone rocket. He performed manual tasks during weightless moments and reported all systems OK during the 15 mile suborbital mission. Recovery teams secured the capsule as he emerged from a postflight medical check and a dining plan followed before return. He spoke of a beautiful view and described the mission as a pioneering step toward orbital flight by the United States later this year. The event drew millions of viewers as officials announced Test No. 108 and the craft landed on the sea near the Lake Champlain. funeral notices follow for a local resident.
William Darmody, a deaf-mute servant of Julius Stockmaster, confronts Stockmaster’s deception with Laura Reynolds and Jim Bennett. Bennett, a private eye, uncovers Reynolds’ arranged marriage to Max Daney for money while Darmody learns Stockmaster’s feigned deafness aids his schemes. The tense dialogue reveals reliance on written notes and the ruse's exposure.
Mt. Ida Ark AP reports a special Tuesday election on a 105000 county hospital bond. If approved Montgomery County would seek a Hill Burton federal loan for the project.
Thought for the Day Exaggeration is a dead relation to falsehood. The church business meeting at Garrett Chapel Baptist Church tonight invites all members and visitors. Sunday service at 11:00 a.m. features the sermon We Have a Man in Space from Acts 1:9. The Matron's Annual Day is planned for Sunday May 7 at 3 p.m. Mrs. Willie M Golston is president and Mrs. Emma Edwards secretary. Obituary Susie Hill, longtime Hope resident, dies at 83.
After the capsule splashdown off Cape Canaveral Shepard crawled out and was hoisted to a helicopter, then reached the carrier deck in good condition. He received immediate medical checks and will be flown to Grand Bahama Island for 24 hours of tests before a Washington visit and further evaluations.
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