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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1967
Page
2
Page Two Weather Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Wednesday. High 67, Low 58, precipitation 0.4 inch. Considerable cloudiness tonight, then partly cloudy Thursday with a chance of showers in the west portion. Continued mild, with tonight’s lows mostly in the 60s.
City directors approved a Brannan street paving project with property owner payment of 75 cents per running foot and the city covering the rest. A second plan for curb and gutter on South Grady Street in Southland Heights was tentatively approved with a 1.50 per running foot owner cost and city share. Final approval of the $500,000 master street plan was postponed awaiting Planning and Zoning guidance, with a potential five mill levy and citywide vote. The planning commission may meet April 18 to set arterial priorities. Instruments for soil checks on race tracks include the hydrothermograph and penetrometer.
Obituaries report the deaths of Opal Atkins 52 in a local hospital and Josephine Cannon a longtime Hope resident in Arkadelphia nursing home. Also listed are Pearl Barnes 37, Ben Rush Horton 79, Mary Lena Love 94, and Thomas L. Smith 78 with service details, survivors, and burial plans across local churches and cemeteries.
Reports from Saigon describe a large assault by about 2,000 South Vietnamese forces supported by ground units helicopters and parachutists targeting a Viet Cong stronghold in the Mekong Delta near Can Tho. The action produced light casualties for the allies with two Viet Cong killed and two captured while Americans suffered two deaths and 45 wounded from a Communist mortar attack on Chu Lat airstrip. The Amastra tanker in Nha Trang harbor was struck by an external blast causing flooding and a 4 by 6 foot hole below the waterline though salvage is considered possible after most of the load was discharged.
About 80 inmates at Cummins Prison Farm remained in a sit down strike Tuesday night. Supt O E Bishop said no force would be used to end it, citing lack of space for solitary confinement and no use of straps. Inmates protest prison food and working conditions while being fed bread and water.
Ottawa AP reports Bower Edy ward Featherstone a 428 years old government lithographer will be sentenced April 24 after navy officers said he took two confidential charts that could assist Soviet submarines hide near shipwrecks off Newfoundland.
NEIL GILBRIDE reports that trucks resumed hauling goods to market after a three day industry lockout ended by a three year contract with the Teamsters Union. The pact includes a 50 cent wage hike and requires ratification by about 450,000 workers in 12,000 firms. Frank Fitzsimmons urged workers to return to work as employers reported recovery measures.
Cairo delegates from Nasser to Macka denounce Britain for supporting white rule in Rhodesia and urge withdrawal from the South Arabian Peninsula. The communique decries force and calls for a return to work after a defensive shutdown, noting involvement of TEI executives.
AP report from Punta del Este says President Johnson and Latin American leaders moved toward debate on a regional economic future. Foreign ministers drafted a preamble urging economic integration and a common market with U.S. endorsement, but several nations seek further changes before approval. Johnson faces U.S. Congress limits on commitments while urging gradual progress and self-help among Latins. He held talks expected to outpace formal sessions.
On Wednesday April 12, 1987 Venézuela president Rant Leoni convened at the headquarters for a 80 minute discussion with an unidentified delegation. The meeting lasted longer than private talks with other chiefs and aides.
The World Almanac notes Franklin served as deputy postmaster in 1737 and postmaster general for the colonies by 1758. As tensions rose before the Revolution he engaged in anti British activities and was dismissed by the king on January 30 1774. The Second Continental Congress later restored him to the post.
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