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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1961
Page
4
The United States accuses the Soviet Union of seeking to wreck the United Nations by pressing for a new secretariat leadership. Ambassador Stevenson rejects Soviet threats and defends U.N. integrity amid talks for Dag Hammarskjold’s successor. Zorin accuses the secretariat of one man rule as undersecretaries deny extra authority.
CHICAGO AP A researcher reports continuous infusion therapy using high dose methotrexate and a protective antidote cured eight of fifty two patients with head and neck cancers, with about three others showing partial tumor regression. Localized cancers responded best, with some clinical benefit even when tumors were larger.
Jackson Miss elected Dierks as chairman of the Mid South Section of the forest products research society. Other officers include Dee Warren Thompson of Louisiana State University as vice chairman and George Lusentreeter of Crossett Arkansas as secretary-treasurer. New board trustees include Art Syska of Crossett Arkansas.
Donald Hall and Marion Smith will address Hope citizens at City Hall on Monday Oct 16 at 7 30 p m about joining Arkansas two party system. Hempstead County Republican Chairman Haskell Jones invites conservatives to hear the talks on the conservative movement. Next to last meeting, next week canceled due to nurses convention. Plans aim to have Winthrop Rockefeller speak at the final meeting date to be announced.
In Newton New Jersey a black bear weighing about 300 pounds was shot and killed by seven searchers after wandering into the downtown area. Police Sgt Ralph Carey tracked the animal through a residential district to the main shopping street where it climbed a utility pole before Carey shot it again and it collapsed.
Little Rock reports a $89 756 lawsuit settled after a clearing, involving Mrs Ben Q Bynum of Chicot County. Judge Smith Henely dismissed the case in federal court at双方 request. The Bynums sued Mrs Bruce J Birkmier administratrix of her late husband’s estate in Bogalusa Louisiana. Birkmier was killed and the Bynums were injured.
Clarence Sullivan, 24, of Poru eb, faces extradition to Indiana after admitting he left the state without permission while on parole. Arnold Sikes says the move follows a request from Gov Oryal J Fuubus, with the case unfolding in Muntsville.
The Netherlands ordered two Soviet embassy officials to leave by Saturday after a free for all at Amsterdam Airport involving Soviet Ambassador Ponomarenko. Ponomarenko was accused of participating in the fight over the return of scientist Golub’s wife to Moscow, with Golub seeking asylum. The government may expel Ponomarenko and pursue other steps with Soviet authorities.
Three Arkansas Democrat reporters Gene Herrington Marcus George and Bull Troutt and Circuit Judge William J Kirby cleared in contempt of court case. Citations arose after Coffelt alleged gambling in Pulaski and Garland counties. The paper argued no intent to reflect on the court and Coffelt later said he was not quoted precisely. Collett’s involvement noted as dismissed.
U S surplus Sabre jets sold to Yugoslavia for cash drew sharp rebukes from Senators Passman Tower and Jackson. Officials say eight Yugoslav air force pilots train at Perrin AFB Texas and the deal totals about 1.6 million dollars with planes priced at 10 000 each. The State Department says the sale aims to keep Yugoslavia free of Soviet influence and involves no foreign aid.
The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation asks Arkansas lawmakers to press the U S Department of Agriculture to purchase turkeys from the current bumper crop to stabilize prices. Executive VP Waldo Yasier says government purchases would aid producers, with up to 40 million pounds eligible under the tariff clause to relieve economic stress.
Police report a burglary at a motel where the suspect took pants from two men as they slept. A wallet fell from one of the pockets containing $1400, while the burglar reportedly did not get the wallet. The incident highlights the thief’s misfortune and the recovered evidence.
In the Federal Reserve district for the four weeks ended October 7, department store sales generally increased with Little Rock reporting a 10 percent drop from last year, Louisville up 9 percent, and St Louis up 3 percent. Memphis held steady.
A series of blasts and a blaze at a Southeastern Natural Gas Corp facility on Northwest 29th Avenue near 25th Street led to early morning evacuations as officials fought the fire. A leaking 50 foot storage lane was kept cool by firefighters while authorities planned a two hour gas transfer to other facilities to reduce explosion risk.
FRANKFORT Ky A Arkansas man William Burl White 30 was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Jasper Brewer 72 whose body was found near Springfield Kentucky. White a resident of Earle and Tyron Arkansas was held for the Washington County Grand Jury after being arrested near Portageville Massachusetts and later returned to Kentucky. Brewer previously lived in Florence Alabama and was married recently then living in Mishawaka Indiana. White denied the killing but admitted being in the Springfield Perryville area around Sept 28 and a blood stained car with Arkansas plates was seen nearby. A 22 caliber weapon used in the death was not recovered. Brewer's widow said White had visited relatives in Mishawaka and befriended Brewer as both men left town Sept 23. White reportedly picked up his family in Arkansas Sept 24 and left the state.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin charged that an American, Andrew W. Cordier, and others had seized control of the U.N. secretariat and were running it unilaterally. He urged urgent big-power agreement at a news conference and warned Hamarskijold’s successors must be named with care to avoid collapsing the organization.
Community leaders in Hope explain the benefits of a united annual campaign uniting 61 agencies under one fund to cover essential welfare services. Local residents including Mrs Talbot Peild and Mrs Howard Prichard express support for centralized fundraising, payroll deductions, and coordinated use of funds to maximize aid.
ALGIERS AP French underg round forces seized a radio transmitter operated near the air force base Aldecs. The action was part of the Algerian crisis opposing President Charles De Gaulle. The assault occurred within 50 yards of the base, signaling a bold challenge to authority amid ongoing tensions.
Seoul reports a South Korean air force C46 crash 4 miles south of the city. AP reports at least VE people dead, with Chosun Ilbo listing 54 aboard the plane.
In rural Arapahoe County near Denver a 16 year old boy named John Russell, armed with a 38 caliber pistol and a shotgun, shot Sheriff’s Sgt. Halligan in the wrist and forced two women to drive to a Denver area shopping center for ammunition. Surrounded by police at an abandoned farmhouse after his mother implored him to surrender, Russell gave up as officers closed in. He is jailed without bond.
In Washington Senator McClellan urged curb on Hoffa and Teamsters alleging communist influence in unions led by Bridges West Coast longshoremen and Mine Mill workers. Hoffa defended solidarity as non political, while witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment amid questions of communist ties and conspiracy charges. The hearing scheduled further testimony and delays through November.
Eduardo Mayea Aroca a former Cuban consul general in Paris says he worked for the anti Castro movement for years while serving as a diplomat. He sailed to the United States after resigning and faces dishonorable dismissal over alleged disloyal contacts with the U S Embassy.
Misread dispatch from Budapest states two leading butterfly swimmers Lisala Kiss and Lajos Varszesh were sentenced to five and four years respectively for rape. The Magy ar newspaper cited these details amid coverage of the nation’s sporting achievements and a controversial court action involving athletes.
Soviet composer Dimitri Shostakovich stated that one of his future works would be devoted to man's conquest of space. This remark appears in a Moscow dateline and reflects early space exploration enthusiasm.
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