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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1964
Page
5
Local clubs join church groups for September activities. Circle meetings at the First Methodist and Union Baptist Churches share fellowship and potlucks through Labor Day. The Iris Club, P.E.O. and other groups plan meetings at homes, theaters, and banks with devotions, games, and fundraisers. Public notices urge attendance, reservations, and reminders for October gatherings.
Hempstead Courthouse records show multiple chancery filings and legal actions. The docket lists individuals and couples across Hope, Texarkana, Texarkana Arkansas, Lewisville Arkansas, and Dallas, involving controversies, marriages, and civil matters under trustees and guardians.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy and staff occupy a four room suite in New York at 400 Park Avenue, leased by the General Services Administration, to handle war letters and other mail since President Kennedy's death. Caroline and John Jr. will move soon to a Manhattan apartment. office to manage condolence and other correspondence.
Abundant, error-filled letters and Abby Van Buren responses from 1964 reveal marital money worries, hobby obsessions, and romantic infatuations. The page lists domestic anecdotes, social notices, and travel bits, ending with subscription and booklet requests.
Seventeen sports writers from Texas and one from Arkansas start a 2000 mile tour of Southwest Conference ball training camps beginning at Fayetteville. Arkansas Gazette sports editor Orville Henry is the sole Arkansan. Press conferences and photo sessions are planned at each stop including Texas Tech in Lubbock and Wright final stop at Taylor.
Mr and Mrs L R Brum of Ft Worth are calling on Mr and Mrs C M McLain and Mr and Mrs W N Easterling as they visit the area.
A fragment notes the first use of illuminated traffic signals in Detroit in 1915 and includes a voter related remark about a race toward the White House. The text references New York and a respondent commenting on someone’s path to the presidency.
Washington AP reports Nicholas Katzenbach, 42, deputy attorney general, becomes top DOJ official after Robert Kennedy resigns to run for Senate. President Johnson unlikely to name a permanent attorney general before the November election. The same dispatch notes a separate claim by the IRS for 52,000 in back taxes from Teamsters President James Hoffa, with disputes over 60,000 in legal fees for Detroit Local 299 and a Detroit trial request. A further dispute covers 1959 income taxes totaling 20,295.
Little Rock AP report says Leroy Sparrow of Southern Litho Supply, 46, was arrested on a charge of paying 350 to Louis A. Wall, 24, to influence Martin Marietta subcontracts for office supplies and printing. Wall previously charged with taking 306 from Midwestern Printing owner Faulkner. Lancer, 29, of North Little Rock, accused of delivering 306 to Wall for Faulkner. Indictment returned Tuesday.
Four individuals, including Wall, face federal charges from the Grand Jury in Eastern Arkansas. Indictments allege payments received in May and June 1963 while Wall worked at Martin Marietta's office at Little Rock Air Force Base. All four are free on a $500 bond.
The dragonfly head is dominated by large eyes that provide wide vision enabling detection of minuscule prey at long distances. This eye arrangement supports precise tracking and rapid responses during pursuit.
President Johnson signed a bill aimed at ending the coin shortage by retaining the 1964 date on all minted coins until hoarding abates. Government testimony cited hoarding by speculators and collectors as a contributing factor, with the Treasury Secretary to determine when the shortage ends.
Washington AP reports unemployment rose to 5.1 percent in August as teenage joblessness surged. Adults and heads of families stayed at seven year lows, while overall unemployment fell 160,000 earlier but teens reversed the decline. Bureau of Labor Statistics spokesman cites teen influx as future risk without demand growth.
At Cape Kennedy Florida the launch of the OGO scientific satellite is rescheduled after earlier ground support trouble. The Atlas Agena booster is set to lift off within a 45 minute window starting at 8 23 p m The OGO or orbiting geophysical observatory is the largest US built scientific satellite and will probe space mysteries.
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