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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1963
Page
4
City Planning Commission endorses rerouting Highway 29 to the west of Hope and linking it with the planned Highway 67 bypass. The group notes prior support for the South Hervey Street plan but says a west bypass aligns with future roadway plans and public sentiment.
Weather station report for 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Tuesday shows high 84 and low 59 with trace precipitation. Arkansas remains clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change this afternoon through Wednesday. A few showers possible in the western portion Wednesday afternoon or evening, tonight’s low 54 to 64, Wednesday’s high mostly in the 80s.
Federal and state liquor agents raided a 120 gallon steamer still 16 miles north of De Queen and arrested four men Lem Dun, 57, Gordon Watford, 48, Henry Wright, 59, and Bethard Tee, 30 on charges of operating it. The device used a broiler and produced whisky faster than a conventional still.
Fort Smith Ark AP Attorneys for Frederick Rush petitioned for a new trial in Sebastian Circuit Court alleging the April 30 first degree murder conviction relied on unlawful evidence. They claim 27 errors occurred in the trial. Rush was accused of fatally shooting his stepfather Paul Rush May 13 in the V R Sales Co basement and was sentenced to life. Raymond Wood and Carolyn Brown are separately charged. Wood set for May 20 and Brown to be tried later after a prior nervous breakdown in jail.
Tulsa AP reports Ted Weems 62 died Monday night from a lung ailment. He built a long career as a leading bandleader and mentored stars including Marilyn Maxwell Perry Como Jan Garber Snooky Lawson. Survived by wife Eleanor mother Victoria Weems son Ted Jr brother Robert. Funeral services in Bethesda and Dallas where his theatrical agency operated. Weems had battled emphysema and was hospitalized in Dallas last December.
Maj. Gen. Winston Peabody Wilson, deputy chief of the National Guard Bureau in Washington since January 1953, will speak May 31 at the dedication ceremony for Pea Ridge National Military Park in Arkansas. Wilson, a native of Arkadelphia, will address the event held 10 miles northeast of Rogers.
The Crossett City Council voted to form a 12 member committee to study whether the city should operate its utilities or use private interests. About 800 residents attended a meeting where opposition to a special election was voiced. The panel will report to the council within 60 days.
Englewood New Jersey AP eight Negro children and parents planned to reenter Cleveland Elementary after bypassing the principal and sitting in unregistered in six grade classes. They protest racial imbalance in Englewood schools and have boycotted Lincoln Elementary since February 26.
A flash fire in the aft trim tank of the nuclear attack submarine Flasher under construction in Groton, Connecticut, killed three sailors and injured two others, one critically. The cause of the blaze was not determined.
West Germany moved toward settlement as labor and management agreed to a wage package hammered by vice chancellor Ludwig Erhard. The plan raises wages 5 percent for 12 months and an additional 2 percent for six months starting April 1, with unions seeking 8 percent. The strike idled about a half million workers in the southwest and threatened to spread to 1.3 million in the Ruhr.
Claud Hiel Brooks, a 4th year retired pharmacist and Hope resident for 14 years, died Monday in a local hospital. He was a member of FW, a Mason, and a Methodist. Survivors include his wife Byrd Brooks, a daughter Charlyne Eby of Oklahoma City, three sisters Lillie Mannall, Byrdie Watt, and Ruth Dunn. Services at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Herndon-Cornelius Chapel with Rev. Rivus Sarrells. Burial Rose Hill Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
The Area Redevelopment Administration announced a seven thousand forty dollar grant Monday to Calico Rock to aid construction of a railroad siding for a new industry, boosting local economic development.
Harold F. Ohlendorf of Osceola, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, urged defeat of the Wheat certificate plan in the May 21 national farmers referendum. He warned the plan would push government policed supply control, price fixing, and strict quotas, opening doors to controls on dairying, poultry, livestock, and the grain complex, while shifting marketing toward centralized controls and acreage allotments.
Winthrop Rockefeller said he was surprised by Nelson Rockefeller and Margaretta Murphy’s marriage. He was in Nashville for a Vanderbilt Board meeting and declined to comment. He said he could not speculate on political effects and had not spoken to his brother since the wedding.
A Delta three stage rocket launched Telstar 2 from Cape Canaveral at 6 38 a m. The 175 pound satellite aims for an orbit between 575 and 6550 miles and is designed to test global radio television and telephone links. Officials said orbit confirmation would come after the first pass and commercial network plans were unclear.
In Jonesboro Arkansas a crash between a station wagon and a car left William T Bud Thurman 67 dead several hours after the collision. Gracie M Skipper 63 Thurmans sister suffered leg injuries and was hospitalized. Leland Walker White 21 suffered chest injuries but was not hospitalized. Thurman brother N G Thurman 93 had minor injuries and was treated and released. No charges filed.
In the first four months of 1963 there were 47 auto accidents inside city limits with 11 people injured, compared to 58 wrecks and four injuries in the same period last year. The West All Star football squad lists Alan Tollett, Elwood Brooks, and David Porter field as members. Bill Aldridge placed second in the district 100-yard dash and will compete at state. Spring Hill Civics Class and instructor Mrs. Talbot Feild Jr visited the Star office. Meditation ceremonies for the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock are set for May 18, with three days of activities. James Wreyford, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wreyford, serves aboard USS Ranger in the Western Pacific on its fourth Pacific cruise. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved 41 faculty rank promotions. W. R. Orton Jr. of the College of Arts and Sciences was promoted to professor.
U S Engineers said the Arkansas Post Canal project will total about 51 million. Construction bids for Locks and Dams Nos 1 and 2 in the Arkansas Post area are scheduled to open in late 1964 with a 1966 completion target.
East Germany says a U S Army captain and a sergeant sought political asylum. Capt Alfred Svenson, 30, from Scranton, and Sgt Benjamin Cain, 35, from Frederica Del, crossed the border and asked East Berlin authorities for asylum. U S Army HQ in Heidelberg is investigating.
At a Board of Directors meeting the Hope Housing Authority approved a resolution to obtain a federal loan to construct 200 housing units in Hope. Hubert Thrash and Talbot Field Jr. filed the resolution. Vincent Poster and George Peck presented part of the Westwood subdivision and related regulatory discussions.
MORRISTON Ark AP Bill Beale of Fort Smith won the presidency of the Arkansas Audubon Society succeeding Charles Geree of Texarkana Other new officers include C W Greene Searcy vice president Mrs Milton Brown El Dorado secretary Mrs Henry Halburg Little Rock editor John Logan Jr Texarkana treasurer and Mrs Jon Rea Little Rock convention chairman
Birmingham's jails are jammed with Negroes amid a desegregation drive led by the movement's leaders. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. pledged more demonstrations, with about 2,400 arrested since Thursday and Dick Gregory among the detainees. Demonstrators, mostly students, traveled from a church area to protest segregation, singing and carrying placards before police moved in.
Hope Auto Company of Hope, Arkansas, has been named one of the nation’s outstanding Ford dealerships for the third consecutive year. Frank McLarty, president, accepted Ford’s Distinguished Achievement Award from L. J. Wariner, Memphis District sales manager, citing progressive management, modern facilities, and superior service to Ford owners.
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