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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1965
Page
1
A Louisiana tale about a cemetery mishap in Alexandria plus a Washington debate on Medicare payroll taxes. Denney, a Shreveport engineer, shares the ghostly pit anecdote while noting projected Social Security tax rises to 11.2 percent by 1987 and possible higher future rates. The piece contrasts humor with fiscal warnings about debt and SSDI funding.
Cattlemen in Hempstead County may have cattle sprayed this year. The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission sponsors the effort with W R Durham of Pescott performing the spraying. Fee is 10 cents per head. Contact the County Extension Office. First spray dates are April 19 through April 23.
For 24 hours to 7 am Thursday Arkansas shows considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms affecting about 60 percent of the area through tonight with little temperature change through Friday. Lows tonight 55 northwest to 70 southeast. Thundershoogers ending east Friday. Highs today in the 80s. Louisiana partly cloudy and warm through Friday with a few showers likely in extreme north portion. Lows tonight 65 to 70. Highs Friday 78 to 85.
The Associated Press reports central Arkansas will see considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms covering about 60 percent of the area tonight, then partly cloudy conditions Friday. Temperatures will change little, with Friday’s high listed. Continued on page two.
House Democrats press for quick passage of a $6 billion health care Social Security bill amid Republican accusations of a rubber stamp. The Byrnes substitute mirrors the admin measure but with no payroll tax increase and higher participant payments. Democrats claim votes to pass the administration version.
A Memphis nurse visits the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Service asking if she can take off her uniform. After a pause the agent confirms that if the question is about deducting nurses uniforms from tax obligations the answer is yes.
Bulletin from Saigon says young naval officers mutinied against Commander Adm. Chung Tan Cang and appeared to depose him, signaling a potential leadership shakeup in the Vietnamese Navy.
President Johnson states the United States is ready without preconditions to negotiate an end to the Viet Nam war and proposes a large Southeast Asia aid program. He invites possible Vietnamese peace talks, with the next move expected from the Communists.
New York AP Rosemary Forsyth, 21, signed by Universal for seven years with a year of dramatic training after impressing producers with rough film shots. She recalls a frugal, independent start in Montreal and Stockbridge, models fashion and TV, and aspires to serious acting while avoiding makeup and dreaming of love and a long life.
The Berlin autobahn was shut for five hours after a U S Army convoy traveled 110 miles from West Germany to Berlin and was followed by another three hour closure earlier in the day. A Soviet officer cited the extended shutdown during a week of Communist harassment of West Berlin communications.
East German guards sealed the autobahn between West Berlin and West Germany for three hours backed by the Soviets. A 22 vehicle U S Army convoy arrived at Helmstedt and was processed for entry, then the highway reopened for both directions.
The 1965 Cancer Crusade starts in Hempstead with education and fundraising. Volunteers led by Mrs Thomp son Evans Jr will contact Hope area businesses in April. Teens Against Cancer co chairs Edward Bode and Mike Turner host a Hoboe Day on April 10 to aid the American Cancer Society. A house to house campaign April 20 aims to visit about 150 homes with life saving folders and donation asks. Emphasis on early detection and health checkups.
Arkansas State Policeman Bob Cockman and city officers Shirley Ward and Burke arrested Arlis Ray Brown 33 for the FBI yesterday. Brown reportedly had relatives in the area and had been wanted by federal agents for some time. The exact charge was not disclosed.
Governor Faubus defend ed his decision to eliminate 92 jobs in the Welfare Department Child Welfare Division including the director Ruth Johnston. He rejected undoing the veto via a supplemental budget and said no child would suffer. Faubus faced criticism from groups over adoption policies and cited letters on the issue.
Galveston Texas AP Thurman Tullis a 44 year old carpenter saved Debbie Travis six year old daughter of Mrs Charles Travis by jumping into the water as a drowning girl cried out Stand or drown He pulled Debbie to the pier but suffered a heart attack and stopped breathing Four heart specialists at John Sealy Hospital worked two days to revive him his condition later judged satisfactory Debbie's mother called him brave saying he jumped in knowing he could drown too
Mrs. Hsu Fan Hsien ta o, 34, was chatting with a neighbor in her yard when a wasp sting to her tongue caused loss of consciousness and death before medical help could reach her.
Powers Missionary Baptist Church Fulton Rt 1 begins revival services Sunday April 11 with Rev. A. A. Massey preaching. The meeting continues through the week with singing at 7 p.m. and services at 7:30 p.m.
Fire struck downtown Stuttgart causing about 100000 in damage to four businesses. Cause unknown but believed to start in United Dollar Store which was most heavily damaged. Cecil Stacy and four teenage employees found smoke in a stock room as about 35 firemen battled the blaze adjoining a cafe.
President Johnson tells the nation he is ready for unconditional peace talks with the Communists over Vietnam and proposes a $1 billion Southeast Asia development program led by a team headed by Eugene Black. He backs a U.N. role and broad international participation while reaffirming U.S. commitment to South Vietnam. The address from Johns Hopkins drew applause at Shriver Hall as Thant and U.S. leaders weighed the plan.
Arkansas Power and Light Co directors approved sale of 25 million dollars in first mortgage bonds and 75 000 shares of new stock. Bids from White Weld Stone and Webster Lehman Brothers led the bond and stock issues. Proceeds fund AP and L 1965 construction program totaling 44 million dollars and aim to reduce dividend rates on outstanding stock.
U S officials report up to 200 Viet Cong guerrillas killed in a major Binh Dinh Province clash with Vietnamese marines about 320 miles northeast of Saigon. Five South Vietnamese dead, 25 wounded. no American casualties.
Lynne Justus, a junior, joins National Honor Society and several local scholastic groups in Phoenix. James McPherson represents Southern State College at a Dallas health and physical education conference. Don Nicholson and Johnny Mitchell are misidentified in court notices. Hempstead County Republicans plan a White Elephant Sale April 10 in Duffie Hardware Building. Merle Norman opens studio at 817 East Third in Hope with Mrs. Alvin Easterling managing appointments. Charles Beggs, Hope High graduate and South State College crew member, stars in Well of the Saints with Bob Stewart in the lead.
In Bogalusa Louisiana a midnight gunfire incident near a Negro residence where two white civil rights workers stayed spurred authorities to seal a Main Street block. Police counted about eight shots from the home none entering the house. Governor McKeithen blamed outside agitators while residents described returning fire during the confrontation.
President Johnson offered unconditional discussions on Viet Nam, signaling a shift from preconditions. The White House will seek a formal U.S. response via diplomatic channels while noting Hanoi Peking and Moscow await clues from their 17-nation peace appeal.
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