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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1960
Page
10
A garbled excerpt from a commencement speech in Little Rock urges graduates to engage politics boldly. The fragment mentions Arkansas, Little Rock, and a speaker offering advice on public service and civic duty despite fear.
The Agriculture Department announced penalties for wheat grown in excess of a farm's allotted quota. Wheat above the quota faces a penalty of 308 dollars per bushel, under the law designed to discourage overplanting. The farm's quota equals its revised allotment and the support price for this year will not be less than 1.77 dollars per bushel.
Local anecdotes recount a Brownsboro woman raising squirrels and kittens after finding young birds in a nest. Neighbor Wade Howell promises to buy a license, Lawrie and Bowle wed, and a sheriff's cheek for 3.10 arrives. A prankster uses a switch on a four year old as a tale of mischief and a bank alarm rings prompting police chatter about odd jobs and rides.
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