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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1966
Page
1
A compact column by editor Alex H. Washburn reflects on daily bread themes with concise observations and terse commentary. The piece channels a journalistic voice focused on practical reflections and timely social notes.
A column surveys the fading label middle class amid rising affluence and tax burdens, arguing it remains the backbone of funding programs while critiquing stereotypes. It notes criteria for class status and cites AP dispatches from Savannah Tallahassee Oak Ridge Moscow Tokyo about tax policy lime juice smuggling and a purge of economists in the Chinese Communist party.
Two Hempstead County districts see partial relief as a Education Department ruling allows Washington District seniors to attend and graduate at Hope High. The rule still stops white students from the Washngton district from attending Hope. Families plan residence shifts to avoid sending children to Lincoln High in Washington. Guernsey District also faces busing issues pushing Negro students to Hope or Washington schools.
A corn belt truck loaded with chickens skidded and overturned in Hope City Limits during heavy rain at about 10:30 last night on Highway 67 East. Cecil England said he braked to avoid a following car. Mrs. Bobby Allen was hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. Mr Allen and the Allen baby were unharmed. Both vehicles were badly damaged. most chickens saved. Officers Shirley and Milam investigated.
Riots broke out in Detroit East Side with shot and firebombs injuring Tyrone Powers and a white motorist. Police arrested 32 Negroes and seven whites amid shattered storefronts. Brooklyn police reported a shooting after a white mob chased three Negroes, wounding two men. In Grenada Mississippi similar unrest occurred as national debate over the civil rights bill intensified.
New York AP piece by HAL BOYLE lampoons campus doublespeak used in education and administration. It lampoons jargon that glosses ignorance and mocks examples from kindergarten to postgraduate seminars, highlighting flawed pretentious language.
A Pulaski Perry Turn the Rascals Out Committee ran harsh ads in Little Rock papers targeting Bruce Bennett J H Cottrell Jr and Paul Van Dalsem aiding their defeat. Incumbents tied to Faubus administration faced tough polls as accusations and tone shaped the Democratic primary results.
Congress hobbles through wreckage after airlines strike negotiators torpedoed a last effort to avoid back-to-work legislation. 35,000 aircraft mechanics locked with five airlines as union and management blame each other. arbitration floated then collapsed amid sharp statements from Curfin and Siemiller.
The Associated Press reports unofficial results from Tuesday's Democratic primary runoff races. Gov Jim Johnson leads with 210616 votes, Frank Hott 199660, Lt Gov James Pilkinson 222278, Claude Carpenter 160704, Atty General Joe Purcell 212685, Bruce Bennett 184494. Supreme Court Position 6 John Fogleman 220358, T J Gentry 180525. 4th District Congress Regular David Pryor 73457, Richard Arnold 40366. 7th District Congress Special Pryor 73082, Arnold 40346.
An AP digest item notes 750 U.S. Marines engaging a entrenched Communist force northwest of Chu Lai amid ongoing spotlight in Vietnam war reporting. The report also mentions Southeast Asia pact events and domestic political shifts affecting civil rights debates and violence in Detroit.
An airline machinists strike now in its fifth week disrupts 60 percent of U S air services. With Congress hesitant to intervene amid an election year, management and labor risks a tougher bargain as talks resume after a brief bargaining session last week.
Hope community notices include Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 939 scheduling a Masters degree on Friday August 12 at 730 PM and inviting all Master Masons. school opens September 1 in Hope with first football game against Arkadelphia on September 2. Also reports U of A band to perform at Hope during Hope Fairview game October 14 and a singing at White's Chapel Church August 14 in Nevads County Surcy.
Johnson calls for a unified Arkansas Democratic Party as he campaigns for governor against Winthrop Rockefeller. Rockefeller opens his own campaign with strong local support while asserting his program aims and reviewing past votes. The piece notes Johnson's victory statement and Rockefeller’s televised stance amid the 1966 race. The report ends with a Berlin crusade note for Billy Graham.
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