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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1964
Page
4
Administration plans sketch a 1966 excise tax cut and a further income tax reduction the following year. President Johnson may unveil the timetable during the 1966 campaign. Some support trims across many excise taxes though earmarked taxes for road programs face opposition.
The Arkansas Commerce Commission plans a hearing Thursday on a 15 percent rise request from 72 transportation firms led by the Southwestern Motor Freight Bureau Inc. Dallas. It covers 12 railroads and 60 trucking firms arguing intrastate rates are below interstate levels and unreasonably low against costs. The commission foresees protests to the proposal.
Adlai Stevenson defended U.S. policy before the United Nations Security Council amid France’s rejection of American proposals on the Cambodian border. France urged a council resolution denouncing border violations and reparations. Roger Seydoux backed reconvening the Geneva conference and opposed UN policing without joint border patrols.
Weather data for 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday reports a high of 92 and low of 68 with partly cloudy warm humid conditions in Eastern and Southern Missouri. Scattered showers and thundershowers today, ending in extreme south by Wednesday. Cooler tonight in the northeast and central areas and extreme south by Wednesday. Highs mid 80s to mid 90s, lows upper 40s to lower 70s. Continued on Page wy.
Hope Star announces the first Four Seasons Tabloid a 16 page paper produced by the staff sold for 10 cents. It features a $100 prize for best vacation pictures submitted before Labor Day with contests and substan tial prizes. Placards with details will be placed in drugstores and newsstands across the Hope trading area. Copies available by mail request at PR 7 3431.
Local police late yesterday arrested Donald Fay Denham, 22, in the 100 block on West Avenue D after two women reported a nude man on the street. He was identified by the callers and held in Hempstead County Jail. Earlier a similar sighting at a washateria prompted the earlier call. Denham lives on Hope Route 4.
Washington AP Sen. J William Fulbright said the Agriculture Department has allocated 670000 for use in 20 Arkansas counties affected by droughts. The money will be administered through the Arkansas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Counties listed include Baxter Benton Boone Carroll Crawford Franklin Fulton Izard Johnson Logan Madison Marion Newton Pope Searcy Sebastian Sharp Stone Van Buren Washington.
The Greater Little Rock Ministerial Association adopted a resolution opposing the proposed constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling at Hot Springs. The group noted relief at the governor orders shutting down Hot Springs casinos and questioned why liquor sale enforcement was not extended along with the casino ban.
The Weather Bureau issued a severe weather warning for extreme northeast Arkansas northwest Tennessee southeast Missouri southern Illinois and western Kentucky. Scattered severe thunderstorms expected today within 60 miles of a line from southwest of St Louis Missouri to Jackson Tennessee noon to 6 pm CST. Large hail and damaging wind anticipated in the strongest storms. Affected counties include Clay Greene Craighead and Mississippi.
Evangelist Grace Clark of Hot Springs leads revival services at Southside Assembly. Pastor Rev. S Joseph Geno invites all to attend nightly at 730 p m.
New York AP column notes readers can learn surprising facts from mail. It cites figures on life insurance, bicycle injuries, and educational reading loads. Folklore bits about luck, marriage, and superstitions mingle with trivia about the Eiffel Tower and pole weather.
The Laotian neutralists say part of their army counterattacked and drove the Communists back in the Muong Kheung sector north west of the Plaine des Jarres. Gen Amkha Soukhavong said the Communists were stopped 12 miles from Muong Soui on a major east west highway.
Katie Mae Kimbrough Curtis 77 longtime McCaskill resident dies Tuesday in a Nashville hospital. She was a Belton Baptist Church member. Survived by husband H C Curtis three sons George San Antonio Horace St. Louis Frank Little Rock one daughter Ruby Falson Fort Smith. Services 2 30 p m Thursday at Belton Baptist Church conducted by Rev Ray Ward. Burial Belton Cemetery Latimer Funeral Service Nashville.
Funeral services for R D Ellis 85 who died Sunday will be held at 10 a m Wednesday at the 5th and Grady Street Church of Christ Burial by Herndon Cornelius will be in Macedonia Cemetery
The U S Supreme Court dismissed an appeal challenging Pine Bluff Arkansas annexing 7.52 square miles for lack of a substantial federal question. Residents of the annexed area had no vote in the change which increased Pine Bluff's population by about 7 400 to 44 037.
Prince Edward County faces limited white and Negro student integration as the Supreme Court orders public schools reopened on an integrated basis. Officials voice cautious optimism that most students will attend private or segregated schools, while district court powers could force tax levies to fund a public system. The county has operated private schools for whites since 1959, with about 1,250 white children in private settings and 1,600 Black children largely unschooled until a Kennedy urged program in 1963.
Mrs. Olin Purtell of Hope Ark chairs the Living Memorial Program for the American Cancer Society. She urges Memorial Day gifts to the Memorial Fund to fund education research and service. Contributions may be sent to Mrs. Purtell at 1120 W 7th, Hope Ark. Hemstead County will be credited.
Memphis AP reports a legal command post is being established to defend hundreds of civil rights demonstrators facing arrest in Mississippi. A W Willis Jr Memphis district attorney says the office will mainly handle cases from northern Mississippi, opening mid June. The staff will include about 14 lawyers from the NAACP and local volunteers, with a rotating schedule.
Liberty Methodist Church on the Houston Washington road a mile south of Crossroads will hold its annual Homecoming Sunday June 7. A singing event will fill much of the day and a noon dinner will be served on the church grounds. The event is extended by Pastor Joe Jones.
Republican National Committee moves to elevate Gov. Mark Hatfield of Oregon and Sen. Marston Morton of Kentucky to top convention posts. Barry Goldwater campaigns in California amid mounting pressure as Johnson administration plans 1966 and 1967 tax cuts. Civil rights amendments face Senate tests while violence erupts in Cambridge and Prince Edward County schools brace for fall reopen.
The Hope Water and Light Commission funded a new lighting system for Legion Ball Field at Mair Park. City Electric Dept completed installation of 100 Steber floodlights raising candle power to standards of American Legion Baseball and Babe Ruth League. The system mirrors City Park lighting, creating two top full-scale baseball diamonds in the state.
Miss Kathryn Ann Hoffman of El Paso is Bel Air High School valedictorian among 47 seniors. Kathy Hoffman led the Girls Recreation Association, earned NHS honors, and won multiple awards in French typing DAR and shorthand. Southern State College teams won intramural softball 40 to 0 over the Bruins. Danny Hatfield and Line Garner starred. Ver ley Powell and H L Washington urge Cemetery Cleaning at Union Chapel on Decoration Day. Sergeant Robert L. Mason, Screven, Ga., graduates as an electrical power production specialist at Sheppard AFB, with wife Mona from Prescott. Airman FE Colbert, Hope Arkansas, completes basic training at Lackland AFB near San Antonio.
Washington AP Senator Dirksen announced Republicans will introduce a package of civil rights amendments late today on the 64th day of Senate debate. He predicted votes to end a Southern filibuster with cloture, while Southern senators called the package unacceptable and may push for a two thirds vote in June.
In Marianna Florida Lee County residents approved an $80,000 bond issue to finance an addition to the Douglas and Lomasin Co plant. The vote was 642 to 32 and the measure carries a one mill tax increase. The expansion is expected to create more jobs as the plant now employs about 20 people in auto seat manufacturing.
Senator John L. McClellan assured a Senate proceeding that his 34 amendments would stay eligible when a bipartisan substitute package is offered. Alaska Senator Bob Bartlett, presiding, confirmed the assurance as McClellan pressed for a jury trial amendment in criminal contempt cases related to rights bills. He framed the jury trial as a cornerstone of American liberty.
The Advisory Council on Public Elementary and Secondary Education met to review education issues in Arkansas. It aims to propose legislation by the 1965 General Assembly after preliminary briefings on a statewide district study. Officials note little change in public school structure since 1874 and highlight high costs per pupil in small schools.
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