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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1968
Page
2
A report notes continued warm humid conditions in Arkansas with fair skies, isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers Tuesday. Lows in the 70s and highs around the 90s, with urban heat contributing to the muggy feel.
Three new plants were announced by Arkansas Industrial Development Commission this month. Ralston-Purina Co. will build in McGehee, International Shoe Co. in Malvern, Evans and Sons in Moscow. The Moscow facility will be a catfish processing plant.
Dardanelle Ark AP Mayor Omer Stanfield eyed a city offer to acquire the London Bridge. A corporate partner pledged to underwrite relocation to a new site near Lake Dardanella with recreation facilities. Stanfield touted the area as a tourist paradise and proposed a 24 000 foot sky ride from the Arkansas River to Mt Nebo.
Abbe Arr Rotary Club speaker Pat Adcock of Texarkana discussed Social Security benefits for students widows and disabled at the Hope club luncheon at Town and Country. The meeting led by President Harold Eakley noted Camden candidate Eat Clifton for Governor in District 617. Guests Linda Wray Hod Booster Club and Ed Justus attended.
A light airplane crashed near Miami Oklahoma early today killing six people. The victims all worked for Glenn Berry Manufacturing Co. of Commerce and lived in the Miami area. The pilot was Bo McGaw from Miami. Witnesses included the airport manager and the pilot’s wife. Values of the other victims were Kenneth Fields Ronnie Teague Darlene Cooper Louise Yankowski and Charles Hayes of Crane Missouri.
President Eisenhower remains in critical condition after his seventh heart attack at Walter Reed Army Hospital. In Texas, clergy prayed for him as First Lady Mamie Johnson attended services in Stonewall and at Trinity Lutheran nearby. Meanwhile in Vietnam a bus hit a mine on National Highway 1 near the Quang Ngai Binh Dinh border, killing ten civilians and wounding one.
A long list of teachers and administrators names is provided from multiple schools. The Special Education classes will be moved to Garland School until the new Special Education Center at Beryl Henry sites is completed, expected around November 1.
Rioting and gunfire lit the Southside in St. Petersburg amid racial unrest. Police deployed tear gas and an armored patrol truck to disperse crowds after a weekend of violence that wounded 18 and led to about 97 arrests. Citizens faced liquor and gasoline sales bans as city leaders called an emergency meeting to discuss preventing further outbreaks.
Ben Hugh Woodson, 65, died Saturday in San Pencises, California. A member of Hempstead County Methodist and Shrines, he is survived by his wife Claries Woodson. four sons Hugh Woodson Jr and Ey Woodson. brothers E Woodwotter and Bal Woode. a sister Mrs Jack Fountain, all of Prescott. Funeral is Wednesday at WilsonsKratton Funeral Home, Richmond, California.
Report on Dwight D. Eisenhower's medical condition details episodes of ventricular fibrillation after the attack and notes doctors at Walter Reed installing a pacemaker. The Sunday bulletin indicated the device appeared to suppress spasms while the general remained gravely ill with his wife Mattie, son John, and three grandchildren nearby.
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