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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1963
Page
1
The Spring Hill PTA hosts a Halloween Carnival in the gym at 7:30 with a king and queen for 1963 64. A 6 30 chicken and dressing lunch is 50c. dessert extra. District meetings, church programs and PEO activities populate the week with multiple gatherings and club reports. The Victory 4 H Club plans a doors and signs project and a November meeting.
Mr and Mrs Charles Laverance of Chicago were Thursday guests of Mr and Mrs Haskell Jones and Mr and Mrs Frank King. John and Peggy and Mrs Homer Beverley traveled to Ashdown Thursday night for the Jr High Homecoming where their niece Judy Gunter was Homecoming Queen. Mr and Mrs Tullie Wyrick of Magnolia were guests of Mr and Mrs Frank King on Friday night.
The bookmobile makes stops at Guernsey School Whitney Grocery McNab Marcum Home Latshaw Home Fry Home Youngblood Cafe October 30 at Laneburg School Manns Grocery Heading Home Rosston Shower Springs October 31 Allen Home Cale School Edwards Home Patmos School Patmos Community with times ranging from 9:00 to 3:30 each day.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico remains free of phones and television drawing American tourists with low prices, fish and scenery. The first large hotel opens next month as The Night of the Iguana film crew arrives, but locals pursue their easy pace and fear overcommercialization.
In Memphis the new federal building’s $13.5 million contract planned 365 clocks but lacked placement details. Some offices received far more timepieces than staff, including a room with eight clocks for five workers. The General Services Administration will remove excess clocks and store them while deciding where they’re needed.
Tentative weekly menu for Hope school system lists daily meals. Monday features chicken dumplings with peas and carrots, cabbage slaw with tomatoes, bread and desserts. Tuesday offers barbecue on buns with macaroni and cheese, slaw, peach cobbler and milk.
North American Car Corp of Texarkana seeks a proposed 1 million bond to double capacity and move into larger railroad tank cars up to 50 000 gallons. The Nov 26 bond election funds construction and equipment as the plant aims to increase daily car output and expand a facility on a 56 acre site.
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called a dispute over Lake Neark financing a misunderstanding. The Game and Fish Commission billed the Publicity and Parks Commission $50,000 while Parks said $25,000 had been paid. The lake project spans 488 acres of a former Mississippi River bed with estimated costs of 200 000 to 6250 000 and a federal grant of 112 500. state matching may apply.
Readers seek guidance on divorce while caregiving a two and a half year old child, dating ethics for teens, and handling a lodging reservation dispute. Dorothy Dix cautions that true love may be misperceived, urges mutual sacrifice and child considerations, and dismisses early dating as a path to stable marriage.
Blake learns Tess was willing to let Gibbon take the blame for Val’s murder. Todd confesses he hid the truth to spare Roth and their marriage while Barcello closes in. A weapon trace from Barcello’s shop confirms the killer, with Mrs. Wingate’s motive remaining a mystery for Mr. Shellam to probe.
Arkansas ranks among leaders in urban planning and development through a unique all-agency cooperation model. William B. Bonner of the University of Arkansas spoke at the AASHO meeting, citing Jonesboro's 1959 project as the first nationwide plan including city county state and federal agencies. He noted Marked Tree as an early beneficiary and urged closer coordination among urban renewal, public roads, and transportation programs with city officials. Mackie forecast Interstate expansion beyond 1972 and emphasized its impact on mobility.
Mousketeer Annette Funicello, who turned 21, arrived at Superior Court to collect 46 950 dollars in savings bonds earned while under contract with Walt Disney. The bonds equal 20 percent of her salary during her time on the Mickey Mouse Club. She plans to use the money for her family first and then for herself.
Mayor Byron R. Morse and banker B. Finley Vinson testified to a House banking subcommittee on urban renewal, praising Little Rock’s program and its achievements. Morse credited urban renewal for solid local progress and noted reliance on associated financial aid.
M. T. McMurray of Little Rock Arkansas was elected to the five member planning committee of the Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics at the group's meeting in Asheville North Carolina held on Wednesday.
A four alarm fire trapped the upper two floors of a three story rooming house in Little Rock early today but all occupants escaped unharmed. A fireman was hospitalized for observation with chest pains and numbness. The blaze began in the attic at the rear of the 100 year old structure and forced flames through the roof. Firemen battled the flames for two hours before extinguishing them.
An Associated Press survey finds 32,367 students across 22 Arkansas higher learning institutions this fall, up from 30,390 last year, with many campuses expanding dorms and classrooms to accommodate a big wave of students, driven by war babies and broader access to financing for education. Some schools turned away students or used substandard housing as construction continues and demand climbs toward 1972 projections. Hendrix College reports 572 this year, down from 615 last year due to limited housing. new dormitories are planned.
Former President Harry S Truman, 79, fell into evergreen shrubs during an early morning walk at Grinnell College but escaped injury. He rose quickly, continued his brisk pace, and planned a diplomatic history class and student symposium before a Drake University talk.
Poll tax receipts in Pulaski County totaled 80 878 this year, slightly below last year's 81 354, while the University of Arkansas campuses hit a record 8 415 students in Fayetteville and Little Rock. New dormitories are planned or opened to accommodate growth, including a women's dorm for 250 to 457 beds and a men’s dorm opened this fall. Arkansas State at Jonesboro set a record of 3 508 students, with continued enrollment growth foreseen into the 1970s. Arkansas AM&N College in Pine Bluff reported 2 175 students, a drop of 201 from last year due to curriculum and cash-payment requirements. Ouachita Baptist College posted 1 259 students, with new dorms and a gym under construction. Camden Extension Center grew to 325 students.
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