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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1961
Page
5
A reader letters urge welfare reform and a return to individual responsibility, criticizing welfare checks and socialist policies. They advocate limiting voting rights to contributors and warn of bankruptcy and communist influence, noting personal loss of faith in government. Written from Texarkana and Locust Grove with others backing similar views.
Mrs. Bellie Harper Thompson, 83, died Saturday at Le Rack. Widow of C. S. Thompson, she leaves Dy. Emmett Thompson now in Sacramento, Calif., a granddaughter Mrs. Lloyd Guerin of Hope, daughters Mrs. Frank Erwin Mrs. Sam Kirby and Mrs. James Jacks of North Little Rock, two other sons Paul of Mobile and Dewey of Little Rock.
Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 6 pm Sunday with high 81 and low 62 in Arkansas. Precipitation through September totals 45.44 inches, compared with 3.53 inches for the same period last year. Considerable clouds with widely scattered conditions. Continued from Page Three.
William Check and Kenneth Shambari of Little Rock were arrested by the FBI on a fugitive warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. They are connected to a robbery at a Little Rock liquor store on September 27.
A hurricane known as Mattia veered westward today and was expected to strike Mexico by nightfall. It lashed the northwestern Caribbean with strong winds, intensifying late Sunday. The Weather Bureau placed its center about 226 miles east of Chetumal, Mexico, and near Cuba’s Lip, reducing danger to Cuba and the U S as the storm met a strengthening front.
A Clark County Circuit Court jury in Arkadelphia returned a not guilty verdict in the State of Arkansas versus E. E. Davis after deliberating twenty minutes. Davis faced charges as an accessory to arson. Co-defendants, including Larry Davis and Gilbert Morris, received three year suspended sentences in unrelated counts.
The home demonstration council board met in special session at 9 30 on October 27 led by president Mrs Levier Kent. N B Coleman acted as secretary in the absence of the secretary. Plans for next year’s yearbook and yearhaur were approved, and a Christmas party was planned for December at the Fellowship Hall. Nineteen women from thirteen clubs attended.
US Army Engineers advertise bids Friday for modifying an ordnance storage building near Little Rock Air Force Base. Bids limited to firms designated as small businesses by the government.
Zerlinga a Stullpark miller and restaurant owner testified that an undercover Fish and Wildlife agent pressured him to sell ducks. Witness Anthony Stefano testified he posed as a buyer, purchasing thousands of ducks from Arkansans over two years, with several defendants pleading guilty or awaiting verdicts as the trial began.
William Chiv Spears a retired farmer from Blevins died Saturday in a Prescott hospital at age 85. He left two sons Vern and Witone Spears of Aan Bla, four daughters Mrs Louise Murphy Mrs Mildrat Phonades Miss Virginia Spears and Mrs Mhelmia Youkern. Services were held at Lewis Methodist Church with burial at Macedonia Cemetery.
Nearly 4,000 Arkansas teachers are expected to attend a Wednesday meeting in Springs. Principal speaker is A Perkins, assistant director of the College of Education at the Institute of Child Study, College Park.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld the 2nd year prison sentence for Lee Mode, a Conway contractor, in the 1958 shooting death of Russell Mussell in Conway. The court rejected claims of technical errors and allowed evidence including photos of Mussell’s wife and testimony about her living with Mode. Justice dissent cited 64 additional errors not covered by nine cited in the prior appeal.
C C Collins, 100, a local farmer who lived in Columbus County, died Sunday in a local hospital. Surviving are three sons, George, Clarence, and Charlie Callie, one brother Spriggs, and other relatives. Services will be held at Columbus Church with burial in the local cemetery.
Perry A Blakely, 74, died Saturday in a Tempsted home. He was survived by a spouse and a son. Services held Sunday at Prwadship, with Horndue Carnetios in charge.
Soviet Communist leaders vow to dis inter and relocate Joseph Stalin’s embalmed remains from Lenin’s tomb in Red Square as Premier Khrushchev and officials denounce the former dictator. The party congress signals a purge and possible easing of internal repression, aiming to shield volatile policies amid Berlin tensions.
At the United Nations a procedural tangle and potential amendments block a General Assembly vote on a resolution urging a halt to nuclear weapon tests. The 103-nation Political Committee debated priority motions from the British U S coalition and Ghana, with India and Yugoslavia backing the Indian resolution.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Nec Colles of Hope died Sunday in the hospital. Graveside services were conducted by the Rev. Cladwin Compe at Holly Grove Cemetery with arrangements handled by Oukeres.
Roy Johnson aged 86 and a lifelong resident of Hope died Saturday in a local rest home. He was a retired clothier. Survivors include Jennie Jewell Mel Annie Smith and Mrs. din Wile of Columbus. Services were held Monday at Serndon Cornelius Chapel by Dr L T Lawrene, burial in Tose Till Cemetery.
Local notes describe Brookwood, Verbert Burns store, and Safeway happenings. A missing purse incident near Hope involved a boy returning a $20 bill. several community events include a chicken spaghetti supper, music by the Army band, and a costume of Halloween carnivals. A Navy ship USS Ranger arrived in Yokosuka with crew from the Pacific Fleet, while local youths advance in education and fraternity life.
Soviet atmospheric tests near Uppsala Sweden and Novaya Zemlya area key details. Scientists report a blast of around 80 megatons, potentially far larger than expected, with Khrushchev defending nuclear testing and international calls to halt tests. The event occurred 1,260 miles northeast of Uppsala, in the Arctic region, as the United Nations urged cancellation.
Sue Coleman was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after police said she struck Sampson Coleman with a pipe in the 400 block of an 8th Street area. He suffered a concussion and was taken to a Little Rock hospital for treatment. The report also notes a wreck involving Thomas Stuart in a separate Spring Hill road incident, with Stuart and passenger Leola Lucy fleeing into the woods. another passenger Evelyn Agee sustained facial injuries. Additional city wrecks included a collision on Bust Whird Street involving J. C. Delaney and Leste B. Cook, with heavy damage reported.
A W Owen aged 86, a retired farmer of Blevins, died Saturday at his home. Survived by wife Ada Hollis Owen, two sons Harry of Russellville and H W Owen of Andrews Texas, two daughters Mrs Honiald Watson of Crowley and J Holman House of House s Ian Texas. Services planned Monday at Old New Hope Church near Patmos by Rev Edgar Laffery. Burial in Ne Hope Cemetery by Herne don Cornelius.
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