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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
2
Partly cloudy conditions with humid air into Saturday. Friday high near 70, low around 59, with scattered afternoon and evening showers. Oren area forecast from Associated Press notes continued warmth and possible evening fog.
In Crown Heights Brooklyn a gunman using a shotgun wounded patrolmen Thomas Dockery and Leonard Fleck as they answered a disturbance call. Police pursued the shooter through the area as about 20 officers in bulletproof vests searched for the suspect near 1054 Stern Parkway.
Delegates on Page One of the GOP platform battle shape the first planks on cities and urban affairs while debating a time limit on speeches. Dirksen blocks halving the 16000 word draft. Javits disputes reports of a closed meeting clash with Dirksen over an independent judiciary plank. Nixon and Rockefeller back a Vietnam policy aligned with South Vietnam.
LBJ and Clifford push steel price increases as Bethlehem, Republic, and U.S. Steel raise prices starting midweek. Defense planners estimate annual steel use at 3.7 million tons, with Vietnam AM ammunition output driving demand. Clifford warns higher costs will strain the austere Pentagon budget and orders contractors to apply the same price policy throughout the supply chain.
Mrs. Joan Cudd, 28, of Marma Duke was found innocent of first degree murder in the May 9 1967 shooting of her husband Donald at their home. A jury of 10 men and two women returned the verdict after she testified the shooting was self defense.
Word received here of the death Thursday of Ernest Yates 49 in San Antonio Texas. He formerly lived in Hope. Surviving are his wife and four children. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Nguyen Thanh Le of the North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris talks accused the United States of intensifying the war each time peace proposals are offered. He cited recent statements by Dean Rusk and President Johnson and the arrival of 4,000 additional U.S. troops as proof that Washington pursues a warlike, colonialist stance in official Paris discussions.
In West Palm Beach Florida police seized a 20 milimeter antitank cannon from the mother of 23 year old Robert Levine. Levine had faced charges of conspiracy to commit murder and attempted burglary after a shooting at a bus stop. Authorities said the weapon was bought for 125 dollars with plans to sell it for 500 to fund legal defense.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that restricting Negro policemen to a Negro section was unconstitutional. The decision reverses a district ruling upholding the St. Petersburg Florida police department’s racial classifications despite claims of aiding effective administration. The ruling warned that police efficiency cannot override constitutional rights.
The 90th Congress heads into a one month recess with heavy bills looming. Major issues include President Johnsons Supreme Court nominations Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry gun control and the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. House and Senate face battles over farm aid education foreign aid Viet Nam funding and the November elections.
Civil Air Patrol reports ongoing search for Vernon Swartzrock 17 of Charles City after his Fayetteville to Longview flight plan was disrupted by bad weather. 15 to 20 planes reposition to Fort Smith as weather allows. Swartzrock departed Fayetteville Sunday night returning after weather. It remains unclear whether he aimed for Longview or Charles City.
GREAT FALLS Mont AP The annual Montana State Fair pet and doll parade drew 1300 entrants on Wednesday with one mishap a boa constrictor swallowed a white rat entrant causing a pause but no injuries reported.
Two inmates escaped Cummins Prison Farm Thursday and were arrested within 12 hours in Pine Bluff tied to a robbery at a service station. Billy Ray Hobbs, 24, and Billy Ray Marvel, 21, were captured in a tavern after a truck fled the scene. Hobbs was serving 15 years for kidnapping, Marvel 3 to 9 years for robbery.
Sirhan Sirhan, charged with Kennedy’s assassination, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court to plea. Defense attorney Parsons asks judge not to modify the order barring prejudicial statements by principals. District Attorney Younger seeks revocation or modification to allow law enforcement to share evaluations with newsmen if needed.
In Huntsville Arkansas a late reporting War Eagle Township box gave Farrell E. Faubus 480 votes to 66 for Herbert L. Burch. Burch, Rogers, won't challenge results. County totals favored Faubus by under 175 votes.
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