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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1966
Page
1
Macon News notes the controversy over prayer and Bible reading in public schools prompts scrutiny of Bible study as part of secular education. Justice Clark suggested teaching about religion and the Bible as literature can fit within constitutional limits, while avoiding worship services in class.
A cold spring storm weakened after lashing the West and Plains, bringing snow, frost, and tornadoes. Damage exceeded 1.5 million dollars. three men died in storm-related crashes in Colorado and Wyoming. at least five people were injured in a tornado. Regions affected include Overland Park Kansas and Lombard Illinois. tornadoes touched down in north Iowa. witnesses reported a funnel near Kansas City.
Cmdr. James H B Morton captain of the Coast Guard cutter Diligence was cited for his role in aiding the Cuban exodus last fall. The Diligence rescued 54 people in small boats between October and November.
Bill Arnold of Texarkana filed with the Hempstead County Democratic Committee as a candidate for Circuit Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit inclining Hempstead Miller Nevada and Clark counties. The seat is held by Judge Lyle Brown who will vacate December 30 1966 as he runs for Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Arnold 42 has practiced 16 years in federal and state courts in Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas focusing on jury trials. He hails from Texarkana and is from a pioneer family. his grandfather Juge W H Arnold founded the Texarkana firm Arnold Arnold in 1883.
LITTLE ROCK AP The Arkansas Highway Commission fired another upper level employee Tuesday and said he was digging deeper into the agency’s internal operations. James Meredith Jr., 41, a 14 year veteran, earned 950 dollars monthly as chief of general services. He was fired for refusing to answer questions about a pickup truck given to Mack Sturgis when he resigned as highway director on April 1. The panel cited an unauthorized pay raise that led to the firings of Y. W. Whelchel. Meredith was noted as the only questioned employee who did not cooperate. The commission released two resolutions on gifts to departing employees and reestablishing the purchasing committee. Sturgis had abolished the committee months earlier. he returned to his former job as state purchasing agent. The investigation continues with possible further action.
SEARCY Ark AP An official from Cook County Federal Savings and Loan Association warned at the 27th Freedom Forum that continued Great Society programs could erode American freedom He spoke on Our American Heritage to about 300 people The event is sponsored by the National Education Program and Harding College.
Rep Sterling Cockrill Jr announces the Legislative Joint Audit Committee is split on a full scale probe of the Arkansas Highway Department. A Friday vote in Washington will decide if the inquiry proceeds, following Sen Jim Raney's request after ex-Director Mack Sturgis approved 2.1 million in salary increases without commission notice.
Wayne Hampton, Arkansas Highway Commission chair, said he would let his neighbors’ ads speak for him after Republican charges that the road serving his farm was used for other purposes. Ads signed by about 150 people claimed the road Arkansas 276 serves many, with pastors and cemetery officials supporting its necessity.
The Economic Development Administration approved 23000 for a feasibility study near Batesville Arkansas to assess marble quarry and stone products potential. Arkansas Geological Commission will evaluate if quality panels and blocks can be produced economically on a bank of black marble spanning southern Independence County.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said she may meet Pakistan President Ayub Khan if the talks could reverse the deteriorating relations between the two nations. The possibility was raised in New Delhi as both sides seek ways to ease tensions and avoid conflict.
A Hope minister with a law degree extols legal logic beyond scripture as Hempstead County lawyers pledge their entire 1966 annual United Fund contribution in one lump sum. Named contributors include Atkins, Brown, Crow, Feild Jr, Graves and others. George T. Frazier chairs the 1966 drive.
Weather in Arkansas shifts to colder air with forecasts for 20 degree drop overnight. A tornado touched down near Eureka Springs causing minor damage while northwest Arkansas faced a thunderstorm watch. No injuries reported as northern sections saw rainfall totals over an inch, and temperatures were expected to fall from the upper 30s to low 40s in the south and east.
George H. Dunklin of Pine Bluff Arkansas was named president of the Mississippi Valley Oilseed Processors Association succeeding N P Bartmess of Kennett Missouri. Officers were elected during the annual convention which ended Tuesday night.
El Dorado Arkansas AP Richard Arnold of Texarkana a Democratic candidate for 4th District congressman urged cutting waste in the federal budget on Tuesday. He said reductions must not affect Vietnam War expenditures to avoid deficits rising debt and inflation or tax increases.
New York state supreme court justice Samuel J. Silverman ruled a private citizen who becomes a public figure may recover only limited damages for libel if his private life is not defamed and there is no actual malice. He dismissed Linus Pauling's 1.441 billion libel suit against National Review and editor William F Buckley Jr, a decision expected to become landmark.
Ida Perry 51 in Derby says goodbye to her cleaning job as husband George Perry Labour wins South Nottingham seat in Parliament. She will watch Queen Elizabeth II open the new session. Previously a railway mechanic, he earned about $78 weekly. as MP he will make about $180 weekly.
Vatican broadcasts Pope Paul VI addressing a choir of 5,000 children from seven nations. He urged gratitude to God while warning that many children suffer hunger, sickness, abandonment, and the horrors of war, and cannot sing.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara asserted the United States can commit 325000 troops to Vietnam without draft or economic strain, claiming no other nation has ever matched such military strength with so little societal burden. He spoke as Senate and House Republicans clashed over wartime management, Dirksen defending the president while Ford claimed McNamara was on the run.
State Forester Fred Lang welcomed rainfall across Arkansas and predicted no major forest fires this week unless north winds develop. He noted north winds dry forests more than other directions. Officials said fires destroyed about 1,600 acres of timber in national forests on Sunday.
In Tokyo AP report China rejected Secretary of State Dean Rusk's proposal for broader unofficial contacts with the United States calling it a mix of hostility and deception. The rejection underscores Cold War tensions as both nations eyed limited dialogue and wary diplomacy.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara testifies as Senate hearings begin while Republicans clash on Vietnam policy. A Viet Cong attack damages two American planes at a central highlands air field and a teenager wounded in combat laments leaving school for war thoughts. Indonesian students seize Beijing consulate in Jakarta setting off a new flare of tensions. Dean Rusk urges CENTO to stay united as communists press world revolution claim. Neighborhood Youth Corps expands summer programs amid trouble, and a severe storm weakens after hitting the West and Midwest. A judge limits damages claims in a libel case against Linus Pauling. Buckley Jr. magazine suit dismissed. Arkansas sees another top Highway Commission firing.
A tornado touched down near Hill Speak area south of Eureka Springs, damaging a livestock sale barn and a house, uprooting trees along a three mile path. No injuries were reported, though James Hunt escaped injury when a tree toppled onto his car on a blocked county road. The Fred Evans farm chicken house and the Evans home roof were destroyed, and the Eureka Springs Sales Barn roof was blown off.
Communist China's President Liu Shao-chi left Rangoon today for Peking, wrapping up a three day visit to Burma according to AP. The departure marks the end of the official state itinerary with Burma hosts.
All Around Town reports Jack Spates announcing an art exhibit at the Garden Club Flower Show to be held Thursday at the Coliseum in Fair Park with entries open to the fine arts category and paintings due by 10 a.m. The Century Bible Class plans a steering committee meeting Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the First Methodist Church classroom, with supper to be served.
U S Navy bombers pressed raids toward Haiphong in the Red River Delta destroying a span of a railroad bridge 10 miles north of the port. Four Soviet built surface to air missiles missed. Three American jets were lost or captured in 24 hours bringing total shot down since raids began to 213. Viet Cong attacks damaged two Hercules transports at a central highlands airfield with no casualties.
Anti Communist Kami students occupied the Chinese consulate in Jakarta, burned furniture and papers, and painted anti Chinese slogans. They claimed military permission to use the building as headquarters. Earlier the Chinese Embassy was ransacked, fueling anti Communist and anti Chinese sentiment across Indonesia spurred by political upheaval.
R Lewis Urton, an Arkansas Rehabilitation Service official, was named president elect of the Arkansas Conference on Social Welfare. Miss Margaret Deal, coordinator of medical case services for the Welfare Department, was elected vice president. The 1966-67 president is Miss Ann Guthrie of Pine Bluff, director of the Jefferson County Welfare Depart.
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