19 May 1962
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1962
Page
1
Bookmobile visits Fouke School at 2 p.m. and Fouke Community at 3 Harris Grove on May 23. Mirae announces weekly route times for next week, listing locations and start times in concise society notes.
In San Francisco business leaders recall a calmer reaction to government policy shifts. They expect the economy to adapt, with guides for labor dealings and pricing while wary of expanding government competition in private enterprise. Confidence remains high about growth, though concerns linger about regulatory overreach.
Mr and Mrs Harry Fisk Sr return home from a visit with Harry Fisker and Mrs Fisk in Titusville Florida Out of town visitors of Mr and Mrs Charlie Bush over the weekend were Mr and Mrs Lester Bush of Waskom Texas Mr and Mrs Paul Curtis and children of Emerson Arkansas Mia and Mrs Willie Hula and a daughter Mack Andrew of Prescott and N K Beyer of Arkadelphia.
A Columbia University scientist and global seismology network report tiny tremors possibly triggered by a powerful storm off the West Central coast of Africa. The Weather Bureau expands the storm data effort using ground stations to study tornadoes squalls and severe weather trends.
The Arkansas Health Department urged using oral polio vaccine on a community basis rather than individual programs. Dr. J T Herron explained the live virus vaccine suits mass immunization. Salk vaccine remains for individual injections. A virus lab would verify effectiveness in mass campaigns.
Mrs Warren Griswold will fly to Naples to visit her ailing brother Pasquale Schrardi, funded by racing stamp donations from friends. In 1946 she was a war bride leaving Little Rock at 6 45 am for Lille Rock to Naples after 15 days by boat. Her trip, costing over 700 dollars, will last about three weeks with her husband and six children stays home.
An unwed mother writes that society offers no security or peace for illegitimate children, arguing secrecy harms birth families and adoption can give a legal, rightful identity. The letter contrasts Victorian views with modern city attitudes and recalls midwife Mary Lail aiding girls who wished to keep their babies though stigma endures.
In Little Rock AP report Missouri Pacific President Downing P. Jenks says Arkansas full crew law costs the railroad about 1 million dollars yearly in extra brakeman wages. He criticizes the law as unnecessary for safety and an obstacle to economical operation, noting 43 percent of Arkansas rail mileage is Missouri Pacific and that the railroad is a major taxpayer.
Djilas portrays Stalin as a ruthless leader who believed he carried out history's judgment. He cites Stalin's 1949 meeting on a divided Germany and Greece, notes Moscow's restraint on revolutions, and accuses Stalin of blocking Chinese Spanish and Yugoslav revolutions to protect Soviet supremacy. He calls Stalin the greatest criminal in history and questions successors' ability to explain his three-decade rule.
National States Rights Party seeks ballot access in Arkansas. Little Rock state chairwoman Mrs. E. Bishop says she asked Secretary of State Nancy Hall to refer the case to the attorney general. The party had a 1960 presidential slate and could have fielded candidates if a primary had been held. The party hopes convention nomination may replace a primary, but a 1957 law blocks that route. The primary filing deadline passed May 3.
A humorous New York AP column argues that bifocals after age forty broaden sight and responsibility, noting pride deters wearers while praising Benjamin Franklin as an example. It describes the visual shifts, the so called bifocal look, and social perceptions, including a grandmotherly stigma.
A Gravette Arkansas plant is described as shelling walnuts for the market. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches printed in this newspaper.
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