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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1957
Page
5
Announcement lists the Hopé Duplicate Bridge Club event Monday evening November 18 with buffet at 6 30 and play at 7 30 in the mall dining room of the biathotd Cafe and Cafeteria Reservations must be made by week Saturday contact Luther Ellainon 7 3392. Includes community society notices and engagements.
Mrs. Hartsfield and her daughter Gladys Donster of Whittier California are visiting Mrs. C. M. Cox on Route 4 Hope and many relatives and friends in the area.
A list of admissions and discharges from Hospital Notes includes Mrs Monroe Samuels and Mrs Eugene O Steen among inpatients at Hope and Patmos in Arkansas. Several babies are noted, with families such as Mr and Mrs Billy Ray Tabor announcing a baby girl in Patmos. The record also cites residents from Benton, Newarkless Ben Westy Brook, and Henderson Texas.
A fragment discusses Hinton Home Club activities and a gift or accessory making project led by Mrs Nath Rider, highlighting community crafting and home decor efforts.
World War I hero Alvin C. York faces an $85,000 federal tax claim over proceeds from a successful movie. York, 69, says he owes nothing and cannot pay, living on a $603 monthly pension with a 400 acre farm as his only asset. Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver has campaigned for relief, noting President Eisenhower’s tax relief for his book profits.
New York quiz veteran David Mayer, a 36 year old psychologist who runs his own research firm, returns to Twenty-One with Paul Bain seeking a larger prize. Mayer has already won 45000 and could reach 87000 or drop to 3000 depending on outcomes. He plans to reinvest winnings in his firm and donate to Harvard.
Washington reports that a Senate House Economic subcommittee plans two weeks of hearings to study federal spending amid rising defense costs. About 100 economists contributed to a 1000 page compendium, urging restraint and linking tax cuts to spending curbs as defense budgets climb.
UP reports four Wyoming deaths push influenza-like illness toll beyond 800 nationwide. Health department notes weeklong epidemic with about one in twelve Wyoming residents affected. Minnesota and Georgia officials report declining cases while overall death counts rise to 811.
A column presents reader letters on love, marriage, and social pressure. Advice urges Myra to avoid a mismatched marriage with Vernon, Nora to confront bigamy, a daughter to defy parental dating rules with two-day notice, and Dessie to confess and marry honestly rather than elope, urging honesty and commitment in relationships.
A fragmented passage notes flu related fatalities in sixteen states, many in the Southwest and Eastern Seaboard, mentioning Georgia and Pennsylvania with numeric figures. The garbled OCR fragment hints at a broader regional impact without clear dates or full names.
A large crowd in the Waldorf Astoria applauded William C Handy, age 84, blind composer of The St. Louis Blues, as proceeds from a $60 plate tribute benefited the W C Handy Foundation for the Blind. Handy entered in a wheelchair to a 30 piece orchestra.
Washington reports indicate the Internal Revenue Service may require reporting of certain business expense items on income tax forms. Directors and agents discuss limits on leniency and whether deductions will be scrutinized, with changes to forms aimed at improved disclosure.
The 1917 ship inshore media telephony talk linked the New Hampshire off Hampton Roads to the Secretary of the Navy in Washington. Notables like Ralph Bunche and Althea Gibson attended Handy’s tribute in Yonkers and New York declared W C Handy Week with remarks on his song contributions and a tale of selling the Memphis Blues for fifty dollars.
A fugitive, Paul Norton, 26, enters a neighbor’s home during a standoff after a shooting at a residence. Four officers pursue him. Norton escapes through a back door as deputies call him out. His estranged wife’s family involved. a bystander wounded. Local authorities seek Norton as a murder suspect.
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