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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1968
Page
2
24 hour report ending 7 am shows Wednesday high 97 low 71. Precipitation 0.66. Partly cloudy with warm trend through Thursday. Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms possible. Tonight mostly low clouds.
As U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese troops engage across South Vietnam, 76 North Vietnamese soldiers killed in Da Nang area clashes. Allied losses include 1 Marine and multiple South Vietnamese dead or wounded. Marine unit near Ba Nang reports heavy fire and counterattack with 23 enemy killed. Along Highway 1 near Da Nang, 52 enemy killed. 10 South Vietnamese dead, 14 wounded, 2 missing. Hill 606 near Khe Sanh attacked. 4 Marines killed, 6 wounded. A CH46 helicopter downed east of Khe Sanh. crew unharmed. Political coverage follows with Senator Dirksen denouncing Great Society programs and fiscal strain.
Virginia Johnson sharpens attacks on Mation Crank alleging machine politics and county forces aim to disenfranchise Arkansas voters in a Little Rock television speech. Johnson cites Conway County and 15 machine counties as pockets of the old guard while criticizing the six day vote certification delay.
Gov. Ronald Reagan stated he will reject the Republican vice presidential nomination if offered by the GOP National Convention. He told state delegates he is not a candidate and cannot be drafted, promising to become the third GOP figure to refuse the office after Cyrus Right in 1844 and Frank Lowden in 1924.
Col Charles L. Steel of the Army corps report shows the district opened nine reservoirs, with over 6.5 million visits in the recent month. The most visited site was Table Rock, as Lakes Explore program notes public use.
At yesterday's Kiwanis luncheon in Town and Country Jack Lowe introduced four members with long perfect attendance. Charles Tarpley and Bill Madgett joined in 1939, each with 24 years of membership. Hensty Haynes has 25 years and 26 total, Dr. Jim McKernie 27 years with nine years of perfect attendance.
In Little Rock Arkansas the Marvell School Board was urged by U.S. District Court Judge Grant Harris to draft a new desegregation plan by February to abolish its dual system. The board earned permission to continue its current freedom of choice plan for the coming school year. The judge said progress had fallen short of desegregation goals and warned that White students might be required to attend Marvell Academy if total desegregation is forced. The note references Star files and quotes Judge Harris on the district’s obligations.
Report shows U S Steel signaling possible partial retreat on price hikes due to opposition from President Johnson. Spokesmen indicated a rollback unlikely, but smaller boosts may be accepted. The latest increase covered hot rolled sheet and strip and cold rolled sheets used in auto bodies refrigerators and stoves.
Washington AP Rep Joh Paul Hammerschmidt ARK proposes a bill to spare the capital from disruptions by banning over tight camping and temporary shelters on public grounds under Interior jurisdiction unless designated as a campsite. The measure seeks to prevent a repeat of a so called resurrection city scene.
The Department of Agriculture projects strong harvests in most of Europe and the Soviet Union for the year, though drought hits southeastern areas and southern USSR. Greece and Italy face dry weather. Western and central Europe may approach 1967 record grain output while eastern Greece and Soviet wheat forage for lower production. US vehicle registrations rose 4.1 million in 1967 to 101.6 million by Jan 1, 1968.
From page one, Nixon plans rely on late delegates and possible switches as he seeks a first count margin near 660 votes. Hall, Rockefeller’s manager, argues Nixon ahead but inner advisers warn southern delegates switching to Reagan could alter the tally. Clifton White counters that such shifts won’t occur.
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