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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1964
Page
4
Goldwater accused President Johnson of neglecting duties for full time campaigning. He criticized Sunday campaign stops, urged a televiseddebate, and argued for more time at the desk. Goldwater spoke in Topeka and tied attacks to Southeast Asia policy and Baker case fallout.
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday with a high of 73 and a low of 40 and .10 inch precipitation. Arkansas forecasts show partly to mostly cloudy skies with showers over west central and southern portions, cooler in the north tonight, highs 65 to 75 Wednesday. Louisiana remains cloudy and mild through Wednesday with showers tonight and Wednesday, lows 50 to 60 and highs 74 to 80.
Forecasts indicate eastern and southern Missouri will be fair to partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday. The day’s high is expected to be around norm, with light winds and no significant precipitation. Continued on Page Two.
Soviet three man crew returns after a day in orbit and secures a space lead while the US space agency trails by about two years in the race to the moon. President Johnson vows to keep a brisk campaign pace through the November election amid sharp attack charges.
U S Air Force Lt Col Michael Smolen was freed unharmed in Caracas after two of five abductors were arrested. He described being blindfolded and kept with a small team, fed simple meals, and taken to a police station before reaching the U S embassy. Authorities said several other suspects were detained.
President Johnson, elated by his first full-scale campaign sweep, vows to maintain a torrid pace until November 3. He emphasizes not fearing defeat but not leaving possibilities to chance as he draws large crowds across 15 states on a six day, 10,000 mile trip ending in Boise. He plans two more days in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York before continuing to Ohio, Texas and the West. Johnson targets Goldwater, the Klan and the Birch Society in stopped-by crowds remarks, warning of no second chance if he errs in leading the nation.
Gwen Love Evans Martindale 88 died Monday at a local hospital. She attended Texas Womens University and the University of Arkansas, member of Chi Omega, active at First Methodist Church, WSCS, Fidelis Class, and PTA leadership. Survivors include husband Dr Jud B Martindale, two daughters Betsy Love and Nancy Nell, son Jud B Martindale Jr, her mother and sister. Funeral 10 a.m. Wednesday at Oakcrest Chapel, Rev. Robert Moore. burial Rose Hill Cemetery.
A head on collision on Arkansas 7 near Garland County killed two teens Hawley Lee Jar Jr 17 and Kenneth Ray Walter 18 both Pearcy. Bus driver James Crowell of Texarkana Tex injured while four others from Little Rock Arkadelphia and Arkadelphia were hospitalized with non critical injuries. crash occurred about 12 miles south of something.
Hope Arkansas proclaims October 11 to 17 1964 as Mrs Phoebe M Perkins Week in honor of her Freedom Foundation Valley Forge Retired Teachers Medal for Open Letter to American Youth The proclamation notes awards by Freedoms Foundation and appreciation for her teaching service and 1963 award year signed by Mayor Frank Douglas and City Clerk Frances Reynerson.
Melanie Dreyfus a five year old girl was found near her west Little Rock home Monday night after police called out auxiliary police and firemen to search the area.
Mrs. Mattie Foley aged 95 lifelong Spring Hill resident died Monday in a local hospital. She was a member of Spring Hill Methodist Church. Survivors include son Mike and daughter Mrs. Tom Turner of Spring Hill, four sisters Lucy Huckabee Willie Shoemaker Ruth Turner Minnie Martin of Texarkana. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Herndon Cornelius Chapel by Rev John Ross. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery with pallbearers E H Collins Elbert Tarpley Ed Turner J D Smith Sid Sinyard Marion Morris.
Light rain entered west and central Arkansas and will spread eastward tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures range from the 60s in the west to the 70s in the east today with a mild outlook for Wednesday. Overnight lows predicted from 48 to 58 degrees. Fayetteville 56 high, El Dorado 77, overnight 47 to 54 at Walnut Ridge and Texarkana. Rain totals from 0.03 to 0.19 inch were reported in Fayetteville Harrison and Texarkana.
The Hope and Nashville junior football game was postponed and will be played Thursday at 7 30 PM in Hope indicating possible weather issues. Arkansas highway wrecks in August included two deaths in Lafayette and Hempstead counties with total 19 wrecks. university enrollment hit a record 9 773 for fall term. births numbered 30 in Hempstead. U S Savings Bonds sales figures for Hempstead Howard Lafayette and Nevada counties shown for the year to date.
In Glens Falls New York during a Discovery Day sale two women both claimed a ten dollar bicycle. The dispute lasted over 12 hours ending when the store closed at 10 pm Monday. Manager Melvin Smith reported the women planned to resume the fight the next day. The offer of a coin flip to settle the dispute was vetoed.
Gov. Orval E. Faubus announced state police raided Jud's Place on U S 270 seven miles south of Hot Springs, confiscating three slot machines and liquor. He said plainclothes officers entered to verify gambling and that warrants were not needed after the machines were tested. The owner, W. Paulson, was arrested for operating a gambling house and selling liquor without a license.
The Rev Walter Yendell president of Arkansas Baptist Convention and pastor of Second Baptist Church Hot Springs spoke against proposed amendment 55 at a Hope rally. He warned of heavy spending by gambling interests claiming the measure would allow court action to collect gambling debts and turn Arkansas courts into a collection agency, citing Nevada crime rates and FBI figures from 1963. He urged strengthening moral and spiritual fiber to avoid crime and violence.
Mrs John F Kennedy will be guest of honor at a December 2 fund raising dinner for Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. A John Fitzgerald Kennedy Pavilion will be dedicated as part of the $30 million center project.
The Voskhod crew Vladimir Komarov Konstantin Feoktistov and Boris Yegorov landed in the Soviet Union at 10 47 a m local time after 17 orbits a 24 hour mission designed for multi field scientific research and direct space observations Tass reported Khrushchev promised a Moscow reception and the flight was said to meet its planned objectives.
Senator John L. McClellan D Arkansas endorsed the national Democratic ticket on Monday while signaling uncertainly about campaign intensity for President Johnson. The conservative Democrat said he would speak on the issues in a planned speech series and may campaign for Representative James W. Trimble and Governor Orval Faubus, who face Republican opponents.
In Russellville Arkansas plans were announced for a River Valley Democratic Rally at Arkansas Polytechnic College on October 20. The $2-a-plate event is sponsored by the Tech Young Democratic Club with Sen. J William Fulbright as principal speaker. Gov. Orval Faubus Representatives J W Trimble Wilbur Mills and possibly John L McClellan are expected to attend.
U S space agency trails Russia by about two years in the moon race, with Sunrise satellite launched carrying a pilot, doctor, and scientist. Gemini plans next year aim for rendezvous and docking. Saturn I flights claimed cargo lead, setting stage for Saturn V.
The Crop Reporting Service projects Arkansas total crop production up 11 percent from 1963 and 20 percent above the 1958-62 average based on Oct 1 estimates. Cotton may reach 1,550,000 bales, a 50,000 bale increase. record lint yield at 605 pounds per acre. Soybean yield pegged at 21 bushels per acre for a 63,840,000 bushel crop, up 11 percent from 1962. Rice forecast at 18,705,000 bags, a record three per cent above 1963. corn for grain 3,875,000 bushels, drought-dented from last year’s 5,984,000.
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