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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1966
Page
2
Weather notes from distant regions summarize conditions and forecasts. Details include temperature ranges and brief hints of precipitation, with emphasis on notable shifts in climate patterns noted by regional observers.
Experiment Station report shows 24 hour period ending 7 am with high 52 and low 68 and .13 inch of precipitation. Arkansas sees cloudiness and scattered showers and thundershowers central and southeast tonight and Friday, with northwest becoming partly cloudy. Louisiana forecasts partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers. Faubus allies suffer heavy losses in the legislature as Jim Johnson campaigns for change and the governor may face Republican support in November.
Longtime voter alienation in Pulaski County and a jokey remark about keeping women barefoot and pregnant are cited as key factors in a defeat. Cottrell, once Speaker in 1965, loses in a runoff for Position 4. Other incumbents fall in multiple districts as district-level shifts unfold.
The Southwest Arkansas Hospital Council met at the Town and Country Restaurant in Hope with Fred Smith presiding and W. M. McKinney of El Dorado as guest speaker. New officers named: James Moses president, James Schran vice president, Janis King secretary, Elbert Ray treasurer. Charlie Wilson received honorary life membership after 15 years of service. Forty attendees from Hot Springs to Hope attended. regional hospitals represented included DeQueen, El Dorado, Nashville, and Murfreesboro. In political news Rep. Arthur Deckleman lost in District 43 to Benny Ryburn Jr. Several veteran legislators survived opposition including Sen. Virgil Fletcher and Reps. Foster, Maddox, Butler, Miller, Hayes, Feild Jr. and others. Donald Brown and L. L. Morrow were defeated in related races.
A Belgian-born Argentine student at the University of Buenos Aires comments on the military government's takeover. He argues the government had to act, cites political focus in schools, and notes a shortage of technical faculty. He mentions anti Semitism rare so far and recalls offers of no action against Jews by officials. The university with 80,000 students has classes halted until August 16 and about half of the 2,000 faculty remain displaced.
Magnolia-Arliss House son of Mr and Mrs Ira J House of 106 East Avenue B Hope will be a candidate for the Bachelor of Business Administration degree at commencement services in the Greek Theater at Southern State College Aug 3. House is a 1962 graduate of Hope High School and has been a senior business major at Southern State, preparing for an accounting career with Klipsch and Association Inc of Hope before resigning. A lot of them won’t be back, he said, and he will learn how many extinct Tuesday.
Residents petition to abolish Guernsey District and annex to Hope District 1-A as teacher shortages loom. County Board meets Aug 18 to consider the petition, with expected approval leading to integration of white and Negro students into the Hope system for the next school year. William C. Carter of Chattanooga elected president of the Knights of Pythias Grand Secretaries Association in Indianapolis.
An advertisement urges customers to use Itch Me Not for relief from eczema insect bites and surface rashes. It claims quick drying action antiseptic aid speed healing and promises itching quiets in minutes. Available today at Gibson's Rexall Drug Store.
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