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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1969
Page
2
An occasional heated front enters the extreme north and east today. Otherwise conditions remain fair. Tonight and Wednesday show little temperature change with highs in the upper 80s and around 90. Laws.
Washington AP reports Arkansas received 16176 dollars as its share of sale and use fees on federal lands. Interior Department notes funds come from mineral leasing and grazing land sale fees for the past year. The department says 26 states shared 228.5 million.
At the Arkansas constitutional convention in Little Rock delegates debated judicial provisions for Article II. They rejected a plan to elect Supreme Court justices, approved creating an intermediate court of appeals with funding, and backed magistrate appointments to aid pretrial processes. The panel also voted to grant statutory status to a ban on bond conversion, requiring a two thirds legislative vote to alter.
Governors will be urged to back a Cabinet level federal planning agency to curb the movement of workers from underpopulated states to industrial regions. A policy statement to be presented at the National Governors Conference accuses the federal system of distorting population distribution through uncoordinated programs. The committee, led by Gov. William L. Guy, will bring the plan to Colorado Springs on September 3.
Pentagon officials warn that a Senate cut of 16 million dollars in CBW research funds could force layoffs at major facilities. Ft. Detrick in Maryland Pine Bluff Arkansas Edgewood Arsenal Maryland and test sites at Deseret and Dugway Utah would be affected over the coming months.
News services and syndicates would face a 2 percent sales tax on distributing news photographs and features to newspapers magazines and broadcasts under a House approved measure awaiting Senate consideration. The tax would raise about 150000 annually for the District of Columbia and apply to services for preparing providing or supplying news items photographs comic strips and feature articles for publications.
Obituary notices report the death of Catherine Lathrop 87 formerly of the area in Springdale Ark and other deaths including Claud Vann 75 of Magnolio and figures Gene Robb Otto Stern Eric Hawkins Mildred Davis Lloyd with service details and burial plans in multiple locations.
Two Americans and 22 enemy were reported killed and 13 Americans wounded in a clash south of Da Nang. B52 raids on the central plateau indicated a growing threat as 40 bombers dropped 1,250 tons along the Cambodian border northeast of Saigon. U.S. units were surprised by North Vietnamese forces on a ridge between two valleys amid heavy fighting.
Partly cloudy skies with little temperature change are expected through Wednesday according to the U S Weather Bureau The outlook calls for warmer conditions on Thursday The remnants of Hurricane Camille were felt in Arkansas Monday bringing showers across the southeastern portion of the state and spreading to much of the eastern half
Haynsworth faces extensive hearings as Senators weigh civil rights record and potential impact on the Supreme Court. Supporters praise his legal career while critics alert for testimony from groups including the NAACP. Confirmation is anticipated before the court’s October term.
New York report says orthodontists note braces are increasingly sought not for necessity but as status symbols for children. The piece cites parents wanting the best image, parallels to backyard pools as status markers, and includes quirky anecdotes about aging, mosquitos, and misleading remedies. It ends with a reflection on education in hard knocks.
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