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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1967
Page
2
Police and National Guardsmen kept watch as curfew eased citywide after two deaths and a string of fires. Vigilance remained high with gunfire sporadic, snipers, and arrests as authorities patrolled streets and restrained crowds.
The club presented two blankets to Hempstead Memorial Hospital and two to the Hempstead County Health Office for patient use. Memorial Hospital Administrator Bill Cross accepted the donation in the top picture, while Mrs. Inez Turner accepted the blankets for the county unit in the bottom photo.
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday notes high 95, low 71 with trace precipitation. Arkansas: partly cloudy, warm and humid with widely scattered showers and a few thunderstorms through Wednesday, most numerous in the afternoon and evenings. lows in the 70s, highs in the 90s. Louisiana: clear to partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with isolated mainly afternoon thundershowers. low tonight 72 to 78, high Wednesday 90 to 96.
A compilation of city by city weather readings showing conditions and high temperatures for Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Honolulu Indianapolis Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Mpis StP Montreal New Orleans New York Okla City Omaha Pittsburgh Ptind Me Ptind Ore Rapid City Richmond St Louis Salt Lake City San Diego San Fran Seattle Tampa Washington Winnipeg with cloudiness rain and clear skies and temperatures ranging from the single digits to the low hundreds.
Calico Rock Arkansas special committee of the Arkansas Kansas Education Association will submit its first report on the Calico Rock school system to the ABA Professional Rights and Responsibilities Commission and then to the ABA Board of Directors. Chairwoman Helen Henderson said timing is uncertain as the board and superintendent T. J. Silvey agreed to the investigation after 300 patrons sued Izard Chancery Court to halt Silvey. The suit claims misuse of school credit cards and teaching of evolution. The Sledge Grocery in Springfield has been disqualified from the federal Food Stamp Program for six months starting July 25.
Cummins Prison Farm in Arkansas reports the escape of 26 year old Belong from Fayette Ohio during the morning detail. Delong, serving a one year burglary term from Polk County, was last seen on the daily detail. Local reactions show fear and calls for swift government action amid rioting and looting, with strong quotes from readers in Seattle Spokane and Mississippi.
Two contracts approving toll facility sales by Southwest Bell to smaller firms were approved by the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Faberty Telephone and Communications and Liberty Telephone will serve Fulton Izard and Pope counties, while Western Arkansas Telephone and Yell County Telephone will cover parts of Pope Yell and Perry counties.
Washington AP reports a preliminary loan of 3000 dollars for Coal Hill Johnson County Arkansas housing planning has been approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and announced by Senator John L. McClellan on Monday.
A fragment quotes Michigan official remarks on segregation and reparation joining a larger debate about moving Black Americans to Africa. The dialogue mentions 160 acres and a tractor as proposed incentives, while a Negro from Michigan asserts responsibility and commitment to law and order amid the upheaval.
Willie H. Dixon 65 of Dallas died Sunday. Services Tuesday at Rosston Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Elpert O'Steen. Burial in Rosston Cemetery. Native of Rosston he lived in Dallas 10 years. Survived by wife Eunice Lowery Dixon two sons John T Irving and Bill Ed Dixon of Orange Texas four daughters Mrs Hugh Ward Stephens Mrs Horace Martin Dallas Mrs Leslie Jatton Tucson Ariz and Miss Shirley Dixon Dallas a brother Price H. Dixon Dallas two sisters Mrs Millard Fairchild Houston and Mrs Velora Thompson Paducah Ky.
Classified ads in multiple cities seek qualified staff for the new state administration department. Positions include certified public accountants computer programmers and a director of administrative payrolls with starting salaries from 9000 to 14000 annually. Recruitments on campuses were unsuccessful.
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