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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1959
Page
1
The Arkansas Highway Commission moved to end small-town speed traps by tightening regulations on speed limits deemed unreasonably low. Highway Director Oliver indicated the ruling responds to complaints about excessive enforcement and aims to curb abuses in rural jurisdictions.
Opportunity to run a Daftin Feed mobile and sell a top brand in Hope. Operate a Mobile Mill converting grains into quality formula feed and merchandise feeds and concentrates. Average operators report annual net incomes above 410,000 with initial investment from 5 000 to 8 000. Write to BON NO. 1D Hope Star Hope Ark.
The Perry Equipment Corp of Philadelphia offered the high bid for the 100 acre Maumelle Plant near Little Rock Arkansas in a bid opening by the GSA regional office in Dallas. Other bids came from Louisiana Gas Corp, S F Evans, and Tennenbaum Co Inc. The plant built in the 1940s to manufacture explosives cost over 14 million dollars and has been idle since 1943. The GSA did not disclose the current appraisal price.
Oliver cited state authority to set speed firings in small towns and to raise them so they are unreasonably low. The commission ruled the Highway Department must approve all traffic signals used on state highways entering or leaving towns and ensure they meet a 1935 state law standards. He noted a few complaints about speed straps.
An ad promotes ODRINEX a tiny tablet that supposedly suppresses appetite letting you eat what you like while losing weight within seven days. It guarantees a full refund if weight loss does not occur and offers mail orders from John P. Cox Drug Store Hope.
A 1960 Arkansas notice warns residents that the last day to purchase a poll tax is near. County receipts show Conway, Palk, Waulkner, and Wat parishes issuing payments, with totals 1,500, 200, 399, and 800 respectively. Registration records in Waulkner County already reflect many sales. May be compared to the 1987 high.
Defense Secretary Neil Mee enid reports difficult conditions in the Formosa Strait during a day visit by Metilroy and Prasitis Kai-shek and other Chinese leaders, amid American and allied tensions.
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