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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1960
Page
3
Weather notes show cloudy conditions affecting multiple cities including Portland and San Diego with temperatures around mid nineties or lower. Forecasts indicate lingering overcast skies and minimal rainfall across coastal areas.
The hospital planned a bond issue from Stephens Inc and Ta and Sons with an average interest rate around 3.99 percent. The $2.61 million issue will retire about $46,000 in outstanding panels and finance a 2,294 room expansion of the municipal hospital.
Campaign speeches in Haverson Little Rock and Pine Bluff focus on Amendment 32 and school desegregation. Millsap and Hardin push term limits and tax cuts while Bennett defends Paulius and attacks opponents. Industrialization and state growth topics feature in Bennett, Faubus, and Williams stances amid calls for voter engagement in November.
Havana AP reports unions and supporters aligned with Fidel Castro seized the last independent newspapers in Cuba. La Prensa Libre editors Saizare Montay and two small papers Wormaclon and El Crisal published criticism of the government, while most press is government controlled.
A weather alert notes last night s tornado warnings with turbulence in limited areas. Wind gusts toppled four trees and unroofed two chicken houses in Sitoan Springs and Cave. no injuries or major damage reported. In Havana authorities report arrests in Camaguey for alleged counterfeiting activity.
Avco's Mayor Qscay Johnson signs to become town clerk in Arco Idaho. The new post pays 409 dollars per month, leaving him with no pay as mayor. The small town features 18 part time jobs in local governance.
Fragmentary OCR listing appears to name clerks and officials including CH TURNAGE REV and circuit figures. Readable terms show JAMIE RUSSELL SNORMAN JONES TALBOT FIELD JR. No coherent event or date. item suggests a partial roster or notice.
Acting president E. E. Evans of the Negro School at AM and N College defended students from UK sit-down criticism. In a letter to L. C. Bates of the NAACP, Evans said criticism should target AM and N administration, not students. He urged students to express requests legally and orderly, noting sit-downs would harm the college and break the law.
Theodore Jennings, 17, pleaded guilty in federal court to abducting Patricka Breen, 17, outside a Fort Smith church. He forced her toward Sequoyah County before she escaped to a nearby house and alerted authorities. Jennings was arrested soon after. The judge will study a recommended sentence. The case names involve Fort Smith Arkansas and Roteo California origins.
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