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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1967
Page
2
The forecast notes partly cloudy conditions with humid air through Friday. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms develop tonight and Friday, with a pattern turning widely scattered tonight and Friday. Lows mainly in the 70s.
An old newspaper blurb promotes Quick-drying ITCH-ME-NOT at Gibson Drug Co. It claims to deaden itch fast for eczema insect bites foot itch and other surface rashes and then kill germs to speed healing.
The Associated Press report notes a cooling of street violence while Congress probes the causes of riots. Vice President Humphrey urges a civil peace council and a Marshall Plan for impoverished areas. Milwaukee and Wyandanch see fresh clashes. Detroit ends with four dead. Black Power figures H. Rap Brown and Stokely Carmichael are named. Mayor Cavanagh calls for a penetrating inquiry.
Edgar L. Ball of the United Steelworkers and Odell Smith of Teamsters Local 878 told Arkansas union officials that past disagreements have been smoothed over. They said leadership from both unions ordered an agreement to end competition for plant representation in the state.
A committee bill would raise payroll taxes for Social Security benefits and Medicare, increasing the wage base from 6600 to 7600 with a gradual rate rise to 5.9 percent by 1987. No tax increase before 1969 for those earning under 6600, and the peak tax would reach 448.40 in 1987, up from 372.90.
In El Dorado Arkansas Elvin Wade Eaves 43 testifies that fellow suspect Cale Eugene Hale 38 planned to kill victim James 58 after kidnapping and armed robbery accusations surface. Hale is jailed in Leavenworth while both men face charges. psychiatrist calls Eaves psychotic and not able to control wrongs. Trial enters its third day.
Louisi ana seeks extradition of Searcy motel operator Carlton Lee Hammond over a $25,000 theft. Gov. Rockefeller aide Bob Scott recommended signing the papers for extradition after a three hour hearing. Hammond and attorney Darrell Hickman have one week to file a writ of habeas corpus in White County Circuit Court.
Calleo Rock Ministerial Alliance announced its support for School Superintendent Silvey amid a taxpayer suit filed in Chancery Court seeking his ouster. The group said they investigated the allegations about misuse of federal money, charging students for remedial materials, and involving evolution in textbooks, deeming Silvey clean on every charge. The open letter was signed by local clergy and the World Book Encyclopaedia regional manager, with about 300 supporters listed.
President Johnson faces GOP pressure as clashes with Michigan Governor Romney over federal troops in Detroit threaten to erode House support for a key anticrime amendment. Republicans push to shift grants for police training and equipment from federal to state control, amid Democratic resistance and calls for local oversight.
External agitators sparked July violence as police chiefs and senators blamed figures like Carmichael and Brown for inciting disorder. J. Edgar Hoover denied a conspiracy. Senate threats to arrest Carmichael if he returns from Cuba followed calls to charge him with advocating overthrow and assassination.
The Arkansas Prison Board selected an executive secretary for the new $8,400 yearly post. The appointee will coordinate Cummins and Tucker Prison Farms, with name withheld during talks with current employer. Board approved $2,000 for an independent audit of the two farms and requested a broader financial audit of recent prison operations.
NASA confirmed five men on a list of at least 11 scientists-astronauts to be announced soon. The group includes John Llewellyn and Philip Chapman, the nation’s first foreign born astronauts, both naturalized citizens. Other named candidates are Donald Holmquest Karl Heineke and William Thornton, with a briefing to the National Academy of Sciences planned before the weekend. The expansion would bring NASA’s astronaut corps to 57.
An official of the United Steelworkers union says two Arkansas locals have asked permission to strike Reynolds Metals Co. plants near Malvern and Bauxite. Local 333 at Bauxite and Local 332 at Jones Mill filed for strike authorization over disputes on contracting out certain work to outside firms.
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund disclosed on Wednesday that it donated nearly 7 million dollars in philanthropic gifts during 1966, bringing total contributions since its 1940 founding by John D. Rockefeller III and brothers to 67.5 million. Last year’s major grants included 400,000 to Colonial Williamsburg restoration plans and 893,000 to the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation for Manila office construction and income support.
Funeral services for Edgar M Carter 77 of Cale were held at Morris Baptist Church Caney with Rev Jewel Murry officiating. Burial in Friendship Cemetery by Cornish Funeral Home. Surviving are a son Alvis Prescott a daughter Mrs LE Johnson of Cale a brother Clinton Omaha Neb two sisters Mrs Velma Burkett Prescott and Mrs Ora Inzer Monroe La.
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