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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1971
Page
2
Large capacity soft drink vending machine set for 15 cents. $495. Call 777-3662. Plus items: Upright piano, motorcycle, ski boat, motor and trailer listed. Real estate and farm equipment ads including 20 acres cleared at $3,500, and registered Black Angus bulls for sale with contact details.
Lt Gov Wendell Ford defeats former Gov Bert Combs in Kentucky Democratic primary for governor and will face Republican Tom Emberton in November. Ford says party will unite to win statehouse while Combs concedes and returns to law practice. Tax issue and electability cited as key factors in Ford’s edge.
Arkansas Power & Light Co. board re elected Reeves El Ritchie as president. Vice presidents named were C. A. Clift John T. Meek W M Murphy of Little Rock and A B Coen J D Phillips of Pine Bluff. Coen also named treasurer and secretary.
London AP notes TV listings with American Bandstand World Tomorrow and extensive daily schedule across networks. Highlights include Airborne Dastardly Muttley slots, sports coverage like Indianapolis 500 and Baseball pregame shows, plus news programs NBC CBS ABC and regional offerings across morning to late night with cartoons dramas and movies.
A garbled historic note recalls the Bastille as a state prison in Paris linked to tyranny prior to the French Revolution. The text mentions a captured man taken to the Bastille and the notion of thieves presented to figures such as George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette.
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