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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1953
Page
4
A reflective editorial discusses the Harry Truman White case and warned against expanding federal wiretapping powers. It argues both parties erred, cautions that expanding surveillance threatens civil liberties, and recalls how history shows a government can erode citizen freedoms.
Boosters plan the annual Bobcats banquet on Wednesday December 9 with University of Arkansas coaching staff in attendance. Letters to the Bobcats ending the season at Texarkana Thursday afternoon will be awarded. Further details to be announced.
Temperatures will average slightly below normal with lows 33 to 43 degrees and highs 50 to 68. Expect a lightly cooler Wednesday, warmer Thursday, then cooler again Friday. Precipitation is not indicated.
An annual Community Thanksgiving Service will be held at 9:90 a.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church on South Main, sponsored by the local Ministerial Alliance. The Rev. Edmond Pendleton, pastor of the First Christian Church, will deliver the Thanksgiving message. Choir from First Baptist will provide special music.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles lauded Canadian External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson as a strong foe of communism. Dulles spoke at a news conference denying that U S Canadian relations would suffer from Senate requests to quiz Igor Gouzenko. In Ottawa, David Cross accused congressional investigators of a smear campaign against Pearson.
ATLANTA Democrat Adil Steven son amplifies attack on Republicans for dramatizing the loyalty issue to rally support for Eisenhower. He cites the “bloody shirt” tactic of Reconstruction and accuses the GOP of corruption, while urging U S. officials to press Canada over Gouzenko questioning.
A two story Arkadelphia structure housing the Elkhorn Bank Fuller Walgreen Drug Co and law offices of JH Lockadoo and Frank Gerig was gutted by fire around 4 am. The blaze caused extensive damage with bank and drug company losses and likely totals to between 100000 and 124900 dollars. Firefighters fought the flames for two and a half hours.
Pack 62 at Garland school appeals for den mothers as about 30 boys wait to join Cub Scouts in Hope. Volunteers may contact Mrs. Roy Allison or Norman Moore. The meeting featured singing, flag ceremony, and awards including Wolf Scout promotions for James and Jim Tollett and Lion Scout promotions for Larry Gaines and Joe Vic Duggan.
Officials from 11 Arkansas counties join Gov. Francis Cherry in Jonesboro for a juvenile delinquency conference at Arkansas State College. The first in a state series, the meeting aims to assess the delinquency situation, tally resources, and draft recommendations with judges prosecutors mayors police chiefs sheriffs and welfare and civic leaders attending. Gov. Cherry to speak.
Lesie Wright aged 18 will be tried in Van Buren circuit court on December 14 for the double murder of his parents, Jonius Wright 53 and his wife 48, following a mental competency finding. Wright pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after authorities certified him competent. He allegedly confessed to shooting them during an argument about his future plans.
A Hope man Jimmy Harbin was seriously injured in a water accident at Little Creek this past weekend and is reported in very critical condition. State Policeman Guy Downing connected the incident and blood donations were made by local residents in Little Rock. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harbin.
Searchers found a jet pilot's body near a Mississippi River bridge after the crash that ignited a natural gas pipeline and left the span in flames. The plane fuselage and parachute lay beside the body about a half mile north near a sand bar. The bridge reopened in one lane as crews fought the fire and the Air Force announced the pilot’s identity after next of kin notification.
Farmers Home Administration offers farm development loans to help inde quite farms improve land and buildings and to expand operations. Loans run 40 years at 4 percent interest and cover building repair soil treatment fencing terraces ponds pasture development and refinancing existing debt. Borrowers are urged to use self help and native materials where possible.
Fragmented report notes Charles Barrett and others debunk a nationwide sales tax, with Democratic and Republican leaders expressing doubt over passing a general tax next year. Eisenhower administration reportedly weighing options while Treasury Secretary Aphey and others assess proposals amid Senate and House opposition.
Washington reports proposed reductions in cotton plantings for next year under a rigid production control program. Approval requires two thirds of growers voting. Arizona would face about 60 percent reduction, California about 62 percent, New Mexico about 44 percent, with a national allotment of 17,910,449 acres. Southeastern states would average around 30 percent. Allocations hinge on past cultivation levels from 1947 to 1951, with new or expanding states needing larger cuts. County and individual farmer shares will be allocated by a farm-law formula.
Whitfield Masonie Lodge No. 289 will confer an entered apprentice degree tonight at 7:90. All members are urged to attend.
All grade A dairymen are asked to meet Wednesday night November 23 in the county agent's office by Charlie Key chairman of the group to plan feeding strategies during the emergency period. Other notes mention Friends of Weldon Taylor recovering from surgery in Little Rock and Ouachita College students earning honors.
A state federation debate favored a proposal to require 90 percent parity on stable, storable commodities with price supports. Aubrey Adson urged a two-price system to let American cotton compete internationally while domestic prices are maintained. The convention approved a motion to table the resolution or reject it, with some voices opposing the tabling not counted.
The Weather Bureau warns of more rain and heavy amounts as floods threaten over 4500 people in Oregon. Seven fatalities are reported and two drownings occurred. Coast Guard and KWRO aided evacuations along with a duck leading a family to safety. Landslides and road washouts blocked major routes in Curry and Clatsop counties.
Navy mascot Billy the goat was kept under heavy guard at Annapolis as Army Navy game preparations intensified. Reports say the goat was returned from West Point within hours of appearing at a cadet meal, with orders possibly coming from high levels including the Department of Defense or the White House via Bernard Baruch. Lt. Col. George W. McIntyre accompanied Billy on the seven hour truck ride back to Annapolis.
Two youths from Pontiac Michigan were arrested in Hope after a chain of car thefts spanning Memphis Memphis and Prescott. Law officers traced a stolen car through Walchway Hope Mexurkan and Red River crossing, then recovered two more cars in Texarkana. The couple admitted planning to marry and were turned over to Hope authorities.
Two people die in violent incidents described in Associated Press copy. Mrs Shmer Merritt, 94, near Manila, dies in a Memphis hospital after rescuing her 4 year old daughter from a burning house as a kerosene stove explodes. Daughter Barbara hospitalized in critical condition. Another injured driver, Mickey Neill, struck by an automobile on Highway 19 in Detroit during the incident.
Allied leaders disclose final steps to push for repatriation as U N command readies interviews with prisoners of war. Officials say talks involve five nation commission and a push to accelerate the 90 day review while behind the scenes measures prepare for possible peace efforts.
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