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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1968
Page
2
Cloudy to partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday with scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms mainly south. Occasional showers likely over most of the state Tuesday. Cooler tonight with low temperatures around 40s northwest to 50s elsewhere.
Two young residents died in separate Arkansas highway accidents Friday night. James Miser, 18, of Kensett, was a passenger when a car overturned after losing control about 20 miles south of Searcy on Arkansas 11. Richard Collins, 16, of Sweet Home, was struck and killed while walking along Arkansas 965 about three miles south of Little Rock, struck by a vehicle driven by Joe Henderson, 23.
In Fort Smith Arkansas the AFL-CIO COPE urged passage of a bill allowing government units to bargain with employee unions. The resolution warned against another Memphis style dispute, praising Dr Martin Luther King Jr as a labor martyr and urging Congress to secure equal opportunity. The meeting screened congressional candidates and urged action to achieve economic and social justice.
Across Pittsburgh Chicago and other major cities riots left at least six dead and hundreds injured as stores burned and curfews took effect. National Guardsmen and Army troops imposed order while officials eyed calmer predawn hours and arson driven fires.
Fayatteville Arkansas AP Dr James Kavanaugh former priest who sided with reform and remarried a nurse said organized religion is dead The remark came during a public lecture as students questioned generational relevance Church unity and storefront congregations were criticized back entrance cemetery reference and remarks by Reverend Ralph Abernorthy on King assassination and civil rights plans to support striking garbage workers in Memphis draw attention A London AP note reports a canceled play Early Morning depicting Victoria and Florence Nightingale as lesbians due to police threats of prosecution at the Royal Court Theater
The U S commander in Vietnam, set to return to Washington as Army chief, declined questions citing sensitive events. The White House said he referred to tentative moves by both the United States and North Vietnam toward possible negotiations, a major topic of discussion in the White House.
A BOAC Boeing 707 with 181 aboard crashed on takeoff after an engine failure. Witnesses described passengers leaping clear as fire consumed the aircraft on No 5 runway. An airline spokesman said several injured, total not yet known.
G A Rider 80 of Lewisville died Saturday. Surviving wife son Doyle Rider of LaMarque daughter Mrs P D Burton of Lewisville six brothers and a sister. Services 2 30 p m Monday at Smith Funeral Home Chapel burial Wilson Cemetery. Henry Cornelius died in hospital survived by son Jack. services Wednesday Herndon Chapel burial Rose Hill. Don H Miller 58 president of Skelly Oil Co died Sunday. Jim Clark 32 two time world auto racing champion killed Sunday in Germany. Edward Crocker 72 former US ambassador to Iraq died Saturday. Joel E Harrell 76 former president of New England Telephone and Telegraph died Saturday.
Army Specialist 4 William F Dearinger, son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur S Dearinger, is serving in Vietnam with the 50th Mechanized Infantry after being injured by a mine blast. He is receiving treatment there. His wife Carolyn lives in Hope with her parents Mr and Mrs A R Hamm.
Washington shuddered under heavy police and hundreds of arrests during last night’s unrest. Troops guarded the White House and Capitol while Cyrus Vance projected cautious hope that calm would persist. Paratroopers and Marines were to stay in the city until after King’s funeral on Tuesday. About 2,000 soldiers from Andrews Air Force Base were moved to Baltimore as violence flared there Sunday night.
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