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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1967
Page
2
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a m Tuesday notes a high near 92 and low around 65. Partly cloudy to cloudy with little change through Wednesday. widely scattered thunderstorms expected mainly afternoon and evening, most numerous in the south. Highs 84 to 92, lows around 62 to 65.
In Little Rock, State Police Director Lynn A. Davis testifies that his heart remains in Arkansas though he lived in Wake Village Texas for 16 months before joining the FBI. Judge Warren Wood grants one week for written briefs as Davis fights a residency eligibility challenge under a 1945 law.
Seven Republicans filed a suit in Circuit Court alleging the Arkansas Election Commission violated Act 3 of 1948 by appointing Democrats as the third member on county election boards in five counties. Plaintiffs name Frank Ellis DeWitt Franklin S. Garrison Harrison T O Porter Hope Chester Adres Nashville Mrs Maxine G Reed Fordyce Mrs Marguerite Turner El Dorado James W Hurley Springdale. Democrats say they knew of no vacancies beyond those filled by the commission.
American Motors unveils the Javelin a sporty car seen as a rival to the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro with hopes of reversing a 1967 sales decline. Officials indicated it will be priced low for its class while board chairman Roy Chapin Jr noted higher prices in 1968 due to safety smog and cost increases.
Communist East Germany freed 37 prisoners and handed them to the West in a latest secret exchange. In recent years East Germany has traded hundreds of prisoners for West German consumer goods loans and credits.
The railway mail sorting car, once central to the postal system, is losing ground to the Zip program. From 10,000 trains with sorting cars, the number has fallen to about 800 in 15 years, with 24 cars to be removed on Chicago to Portland runs in September. Beginning Sept. 16, most first class mail moved east or west will travel in bulk by air among 552 sorting centers, while other classes stay on trains.
The Little Rock district reported 443,212,000 in federal tax receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, the first time above 400 million. The gain of 15 percent over the previous year was attributed to general prosperity in Arkansas, according to district director Emmett E. Cook Jr.
The night marshal Luther Haggenmacher, 69, of Lake City Arkansas was abducted in his car on Main Street, driven around for hours, then robbed of 648 dollars and locked in the trunk. Two sawmill workers freed him when they forced open the trunk. He escaped unharmed beyond bruises and tape marks. incident remains unsolved.
AP&L announces a $140 million nuclear station to be built near Russellville at the Dardanelle Reservoir on about 1,100 acres five miles west of town. Commercial operation is set for December 1972 with fuel loading starting July 1972, creating up to 500 construction jobs and about $16 million in payroll plus $14 million in local contracts.
PFC John A. Wilson, son of Mrs. Dora Fenwick of Hope, was named soldier of the month for his unit on August 16. He serves with the 85th Transportation Company in Boblingen, Germany, and is married to Sharon Faris.
August 22 1967 report quotes Education official Daniel Hughes disputing discrimination in Title I compensatory education while noting three Mississippi districts faced segregation complaints linked to free lunch incentives. Office of Education reassured transfers to white schools would still get free meals. About 1 billion dollars yearly under the 1965 act. Separate Manila note reports thousands of Filipino workers striking at Park Base with no impact on Vietnam flights.
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