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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1961
Page
5
Local society pages list multiple Sept 14 meetings across groups including Jr High and Bucksey PTAs, Azalean Garden Club and Hope B P W Club, with executive sessions, host homes, and planned programs. Additional items cover Wesleyan Service Guild gathering Sept 18, Kathleen Mallory Circle rescheduled to Sept 19, and Hope Duplicate Bridge Club results.
Names of Boy Scout Troop members at the 4 States Park gathering and Monday night event, plus several families visiting or returning from Dallas, Montivell, and Hope. The text lists Garland Bright Johnny Selooldy Freddie McCulley Malcolm Tinlowdy Edward Bode scout master Olin Overturf and others, with mentions of the WSCS at First Presbyterian Church and upcoming gatherings.
New York AP reports Sanwel Bronston refused a $1 million offer from 20th Century Fox to abandon his life of Christ film King of Kings. Bronston, a Sorbonne graduate and former European salesman, said money cannot buy time or purpose and he aims for large, moral, universal stories despite vast budgets.
Washington observes Premier Khrushchev as a hard realist who pursues world power through force and strategic moves. The piece argues his rise was earned by strength, notes his Berlin pressure and 1960 nuclear test suspensions, and suggests his actions aim to coerce the West while maintaining strategic leverage.
A reader asks how to handle a young man in love with her daughter while the daughter’s father remains distant and controlling. Dorothy Dix advises separating from the partner, enabling the daughter to gain perspective, and building a real life for herself and the children within present constraints.
Panama President Roberto TV Chiari said his government will seek full revision of the Panama Canal treaty with the United States at an opportune time. He argued the canal’s 300 square mile route is a natural resource and that Panama receives unfair compensation. The current annuity stands at 1.9 million dollars.
A film producer, Brenston, wrestles with rebuilding after a hurricane destroyed a biblical film project. He quotes two words, questions rebuilding, and notes a bid of $300,000 from a film company to recreate another biblical epic. He asserts there is too much of him in the project to sell outright.
At a Monday night meeting of the Republican Women’s Club in Little Rock, officials urged beginning recruitment aimed at restless Democrats and independents to energize GOP efforts. A public opinion poll in Arkansas indicated 62 percent doubted the ballot’s secrecy.
A 19 year old man, Carter, from Paragoould, Ark died after a high pressure water line tank exploded while he was inserting air into the tank near Crowley's Ridge Academy. Sheriff deputy Sam Hunt said the blast occurred Monday at the water system facility supplying the academy.
Washington AP reports Arkansas will receive 145000 for administrative costs and personnel for its civil defense program. The Defense Department says the funds are part of 1 million allocated to various states for such work and must be matched by state funds. They are separate from the 207 million approved by Congress for a fallout shelter program.
AP reports from central Catlin city say saboteurs may target the Leaning Tower of Pisa after weekend bombings in Rome. Government officials blame German-speaking extremism seeking autonomy for regional unrest. City authorities deem normal security around the monument sufficient.
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