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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1968
Page
2
Considerable cloudiness through tonight with occasional light rain or drizzle north and widely scattered showers and thundershowers central and south. Tuesday, partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Low tonight around 60 to 68.
The Hempstead County Health Department sponsors the 43rd Diabetic Class on August 16 at 1:80 p.m. in Woodman Hall across from City Hall. Dr. Bryant Swindon, director of the Chronic Disease program, Arkansas State Board of Health, will speak on Diabetes with emphasis on patient knowledge. He will also screen the film Diabetes What you Don't Know Can Hurt You. The hall offers adequate seating and air conditioning.
In Little Rock, Coffelt and Wells vie for the Democratic nomination runoff for lieutenant governor. Wells led the first primary with 150,720 votes, while Coffelt, a former state legislator, earned 77,373 and both candidates attack Republican Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, pledging to impeach or oppose his administration.
Obituary notices for Carl B Pendergraft and Mrs Ollie Purtle note survivors and funeral details across Hope Prescott and Little Rock. Bodcaw resident Sula Mitchell dies in Bodcaw hospital. Party politics cover Democratic Lt Governor candidates Coffelt Wells and Rockefeller criticisms, Crank’s stance, and gubernatorial race dynamics within Arkansas.
Reports describe B52 strikes inside North Vietnam and near Da Nang as U.S. forces seek to blunt an anticipated enemy offensive. In clashes near Con Thien and Spot, casualties mounted with 22 North Vietnamese and 8 Marines killed and 42 Americans wounded. Neutral diplomats suggest a planned de escalation rather than an imminent major push.
Walter Ulbricht arrives in Karlovy Vary for talks with Czechoslovak reformists on political and economic relations. He meets Alexander Dubcek and seeks assurances on West Germany dealings. Discussions focus on Comecon ties and political stability of East Germany.
President Johnson visits Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for further X rays to study diverticulosis. He endures a 48 hour liquid diet and may return to Brooke for additional tests while Navy doctors and a Mayo internist review results.
In Arkansas the Democratic primary for the first district seat, vacated by EB Gathings after 30 years, pits Bill Alexander of Osceola against Jack Files of Brinkley as they seek to face Republican Guy Newcomb in November. The year sees civil unrest with arson, gunfire, and curfews in Chicago and Little Rock amid a festival marking riots’ third anniversary.
In a bitter runoff, Alexander leads over Ralph Ratton by about 14 000 votes as about 70 000 expected voters decide if Files can overcome a 20 600 vote first primary edge. Files has endorsements from Ratton Ward and Hena y Ak ing among others as race shapes political power among plantation interests and Wyatte students.
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