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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1967
Page
2
Informed sources say a mass withdrawal by civilian candidates could be linked to a denunciation of Kyanoi Thieu for police harassment and election sabotage. Candidates met in Saigon to plot actions but Ky’s silence reduces chances of a resumed campaign tour amid public apathy toward a system seen as a sham.
In Saigon the remains of American troops killed in Vietnam are treated with high priority and dignified handling as they are recovered and shipped to the United States. The U S Army mortuary at Tan Son Nhut and the new Da Nang facility oversee receiving identifying preserving and shipping remains for servicemen and allied troops. A separate firemen training session continues in Hope Prescott Texarkana Gordon Murfreesboro Nashville and Delight focusing on hose practices and sprinkler support.
Stockholm AP report on Sweden testing prison breaks with three week camp vacations for nine inmates and open institutions. Director Clas Amison says program aims to socialise offenders and make them better citizens as furloughs and two day breaks expand. Despite liberal policy, 1966 escape rate 8.2 percent prompts study of recidivism and safeguards.
Governors meeting chaired by Governor Rockefeller unveil a 60 point plan to curb riots and social injustice. Michigan Governor Romney stresses prompt law enforcement and expansion of National Guard role. The group proposes pooling police and firefighting assets, an urban action center, and targeted slum improvements to quell unrest.
Earl E. Warren, 47, of Hot Springs Arkansas, was struck and killed about midnight Wednesday while crossing U S 96 at Kreele Crossing near Pascagoula. The driver, David E. Palmer 24, of Biloxi, remained at the scene. Police investigated the fatal accident.
Fidel Castro said a new revolution in the United States will spring from the oppressed Negro sector and urged world revolutionaries to support it. He accused President Johnson of a plot to kill him and cited Cuban exiles claiming U.S. training and a mission to assassinate Cuban officials. OLAS ended without public resolutions but a secret committee approved a resolution critical of the Soviet Union.
Report shows high 80 and low 63 with one inch of precipitation in the period. Forecast calls partly cloudy and cool today and tonight with a fair and cool Saturday. Highs today in the low 80s, tonight in the low 60s, and Saturday in the 80s.
A fragment claims composer Ludwig van Beethoven on his deathbed uttered The comedy is ended. The report attributes the witty line to his final moments and notes it as part of historical lore.
President Johnson invites House Democrats to White House sessions with his top fiscal advisers to argue for the tax increase. Attendees report mixed views on his salesmanship, with some backing the proposal and others unsure it can pass. Questions focus on spending cuts, tax reform, and potential follow up after the 1968 election. The piece ends by noting Jules Verne referenced submarines decades earlier.
Ouachita Baptist University official Dr Ben Elrod will be evangelist at Washington Baptist Church August 14 to 20. A native of Rison Arkansas, Elrod served as a U S House page in 1946 47 and led the Ouachita student body. He earned a Doctor of Theology from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1962 and has pastored in Atkins Arkansas Marlow Oklahoma and Pine Bluff South Side Baptist Church. Evening services begin at 7 30 led by pastor Dale C Merritt.
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