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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1957
Page
4
Four 4 H club boys from Arkansas attended the National Land Judging Contest in Oklahoma City on May 2 and 3 with coach Mr Miley. The Arkansas Bankers Association sponsored the trip providing transportation and expenses.
President Eisenhower appealed to a Democratic Congress to accelerate action on his legislative agenda or risk a poorer nation. He urged electing a Republican Congress next year and cited civil rights, school aid, and postal rate reforms as key items pending before Congress. He spoke at a Republican conference in Cincinnati, paying tribute to Sen. Taft.
In Little Rock editor Sam Bearhart travels to Canada with an Arkansas Goodwill mission. Gov Orval Faubus awards credentials for the Canadian visit, inviting American newspaper men to meet government officials and strengthen ties with Canada. Bearhart is praised as a capable, respected elder statesman of the state.
A community cemetery cleaning is scheduled all day on Wednesday May 22 at Macedonia Church located 60 miles south of Hope on Patrids road. All residents are invited to help with the work.
Senate debate centers on a 613,584,200 Commerce Department appropriation for the new fiscal year. Projections show a roughly 21 percent cut already approved, with a net reduction of about 257.9 million dollars from the administration request, amid House and Senate adjustments and budget bookkeeping. A separate item notes a fatal one car crash on U S Highway 66 near Mena, Arkansas, killing a 63 year old man and his 63 year old passenger, both identified as Barber.
Apathy harms the city as much as trash in vacant lots. As Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up week nears, residents are urged to stop littering and obey disposal laws. Each person should repair and beautify their space to defeat apathy and boost the city’s vitality. Cleanup days start Monday.
HAL BOYLE reports on relaxing Victorian driving rules in Great Britain and explains that speed limits and flagmen are no longer required. British road scouts from the Automobile Association assist motorists, help with breakdowns, report fires, and watch for stolen cars, while outsiders mistook them for police.
Officers reported a wreck yesterday at 4th and Fersusot involving a city truck and a car. The car driven by FP J Burroughs backed from a driveway and struck the truck driven by HH Al Whatley. There was no danger and very little to the public.
Arkansas Power Light Co. won approval from the Arkansas Public Services Commission for a $1,778,003 increase in rates. The measure, effective immediately, boosts residential bills by about 20 cents monthly and restores a fuel clause tied to rising fuel costs. The PSC ordered a cost of service study and noted experts estimated the utility needed over four million dollars annually beyond current earnings.
Wichita braces as Weather Bureau warns of serious floods from the Little and Big Arkansas. A drowning occurred as a boy swam in a swollen area. Evacuations progressed with 309 volunteers from McDowell Air Force Base and National Guard support. Red Cross centers opened and canteens ran while dikes expected to hold back 4 foot rises in the Big Arkansas.
Sheriff William Bergumman said a Fort Worth truck driver was seriously wounded last night after an altercation with Night Marshal Wilcox in Lincoln. Wilcox reported Hart entered a tavern, then left and attacked the driver, who was shot and hospitalized in Memphis, Tennessee. The sheriff's office is investigating.
Washington observers discuss how Senate leaders and key members may undo the House decision to end funding for soil bank payments. Analysts say Benson seeks reduced government farm costs and continued soil programs with fewer controls, while House opposition cites waste and uncertain impact on production.
In Manorville New York a boy seven falls into a dry twenty four foot well and rescue workers labor through the night. Sand slides hinder tunneling as hundreds gather while the father and rescuers try to reach him with a horizontal tunnel and oxygen. The boy shows brief signs of life before falling silent and a page two continuation promises further details.
A conference on the link between education levels and economic development opened today under Southern Regional Conference and National Citizens Council for Better Schools sponsorship. Speakers include Rockefeller, Arkansas Industrial Commission chair, Kaplan of Browlehnge Institute, and publisher Matterson of the Arkansas Gazette.
Yerger High School plans its first graduation program with Baccalaureate on Sunday May 10 in Harris Gymnasium and Commencement set for Friday May 24 at 8 p m The sermon will be given by Rev Z B Cob y pastor Lonoke Baptist Church The class roster lists forty nine seniors including Alice Marie Shaw salutatorian and Ruth Lowe and B W Car sponsor staff and Mrs dno Spearman as music director
The Senate Labor Rackets committee charged Norman Gessert, relative of Dave Beck, with receiving both $50,000 from the Teamster Union payroll and $51,000 from a company doing business with the union. Gessert invoked the Fifth Amendment to refuse to answer questions. Page two continuation.
Principal Will Rutherford notes about 50 percent of a typical graduating class drops out between grades 7 and 12. The current graduation class began with over 300 students and enrollment will rise to 340 next week. Bill Tooley receives a $2,000 University of Arkansas engineering scholarship. Henderson Concert Band's Spring Concert is Sunday with Paula Raley, Reynard Dunn, Bill Andrews, John Amos, Don Browning, and Charles Greenlee performing. Browning advances to military stage. May 20 features the college Madrigal Singers. Carolyn Story and Paula Raley from Hope sing with the choir. Quachita College awards include Bill N. Blake a superior rating. Marshall Rowe wins a track letter. Sue Moses a choir letter. Frances Prazier and Kent Hughes win band letters. Polly Ju Compton of Hope earns a Bachelor of Arts. honorary doctor of divinity awarded to Rev. A Whitlow. Hendrix College at Conway lists Pluniey from Hope named Sophomore Council member. Ms. Pansy Plus is noted.
Heavy rainfall across central Oklahoma triggers rising Cimarron and Canadian rivers. Dozens of roads and bridges washed out, towns flooded, and 100 people homeless in Dover. Fatalities reported include a farm couple from Okeene and several drownings along swollen creeks and rivers. Rescue centers opened. typhoid serum rushed to Dover as weather forecasters warn of continuing deluge.
Adaho Falls Idaho reports two new lines in low cost atomic power research. The Atomic Energy Commission opened several reactor testing projects for inspection. One project builds a 45 million-dollar plant to recover second-hand uranium from experiment reactors. Another uses a chemical resembling white sponge as a processing medium for reactors. Potential streamlining methods for future power piles are explored as another tester operated in the danger post is shut down in a split second after electronic instruments record its prelude behavior.
An F-100 jet fighter arrived at Little Rock Air Force Base to take part in the observance tomorrow. It will be one of 23 bombers and fighters on public display, flown here from Foster AFB Victoria Texas, with planes from Blytheville AFB, England AFB and Alexandria La. also participating.
Arkansas Red Cross shipped 300 blankets from Little Rock for Oklahoma City to aid families displaced by flooding along the nearby river. The request came from Oklahoma in anticipation of further housing needs as the region shelters homeless residents.
Weather experiment station notes a 24 hour period ending 7 am Friday with highs near 88, lows around 68 to 70 degrees. May total precipitation 2.63 inches, yearly total 94.28 inches. Red and Little Rivers indices show mixed rises and falls, with Fulton rising, Horatio falling, Whitecats rising. Thunderstorms expected north and across the state through Saturday, with little temperature change. Highs likely in the upper 80s inland, winds light, no major changes anticipated tonight.
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