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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1966
Page
5
U.S. consumption of wood products is surging with a vast share from a “paper explosion.” Paper use expands across publications, disposables, office work and even clothing, with current use near 51 million tons yearly. To meet demand, forest genetics experts apply agricultural breeding science to develop supertrees, already underway.
DETROIT AP The Big Three say they will reject the UAW bid to reopen contracts for immediate wage hikes for about 100000 skilled trades workers. GM Ford and Chrysler plan to maintain current contracts with automatic wage raises totaling 168 million for 700000 production workers in two weeks. Henry Ford II calls reopening inadvisable citing existing contract and possible small cost of living escalators.
NASA plans Nimbus 3 for late next year to aid wildlife study. Biologists will attach 25 pound packs to elephants whales turtles and caribou to track locations twice daily with 10 mile accuracy. Smaller packs may follow, expanding migratory research for conservation and potential tech uses in guidance systems.
A young couple and their one year old son died when their car struck a bridge railing on rain slick U S 67 167 between Little Rock and Jacksonville. Airman Donald J. Cooksey 24 his wife Clara Bell 22 and Shawn Alan 1 were among six killed in Arkansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Two others were injured Bertha Gammel 22 and Donald Earl 3. The Air Force identified the dead and the hospital listed the child as not seriously hurt. Other fatalities included Betty McFadden 40 who died when her car overturned on U S 167 north of Sheridan and Dale Rickertson 23 who was killed in a head on bicycle collision with a car on U S 67 near Gordon.
Washington AP The House voted 108 to 59 to block a $19.7 million Senate plan to fund Project Mohole a multimillion dollar probe of the earths crust The move follows disclosures that contractor George R Brown and family gave $25 000 to the Presidents Club Rep Donald Rumsfeld cited multiple donations noting timing and amounts Brown and Root of Houston holds the prime Mohole contract with about $55 million already appropriated Brown denies ties between gifts and Mohole actions
NEW YORK reports a Coast Guard cutter Ingham is racing toward Argentia New Foundland to hospitalize Capt William Willis 72 after a solo voyage in an 11 foot boat toward England. Willis calls in with a strangulated hernia diagnosed by a doctor aboard.
AP News Analyst James Marlow reviews the clash over campaign financing in Congress. The issue risks leaving only the wealthy able to seek public office, with Johnson's reform proposals meeting cold reception and little chance of passage this year. Some lawmakers float alternatives, but entrenched opposition blocks swift change.
Senator Mansfield said Charles de Gaulle's Cambodia visit could yield first steps toward Viet Nam peace negotiations. He noted de Gaulle may press for ending the fighting, while maintaining ties with Hanoi. Mansfield alongside Sihanouk discussed potential outcomes and Harriman's possible future visit.
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