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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
2
The report shows 24 hour period ending at 7 am Friday with a high near 96 and a low around 71. Partly cloudy conditions expected with little change in temperatures through Saturday and isolated afternoon or evening thunderstorms possible. Overnight low around 70s.
William C. Stewart, 61, longtime LA Times writer and editor since 1955, died Thursday after a two year cancer struggle. He previously published the Southbridge Evening News and authored pieces about his illness for the Times.
The Credentials Committee faces a split Georgia delegation over who should represent the state at the Democratic National Convention. Gov. Lester Maddox and the Bond McCarthy faction clash as Hughes notes the system excludes Negroes, while party leaders fear a floor fight could alienate African American voters and white Southerners.
President Johnson convened congressional leaders for a White House conference after reviewing Czech developments with the National Security Council. Officials named included U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Llewellyn Thompson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford, and CIA chief Richard Helms. The talks aim to push missile curb talks, though timing was disrupted by the Czech invasion.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller says he will debate Marion Crank if Crank agrees to pre debate issue talks on state finances penitentiary reform Welfare Department education and growth topics. They favor radio television format with Crank detailing continued criticism of the administration and Rockefeller defending his two term plan. A separate Alaska per capita ranking note follows with Alaska listed as the flyest state.
Pope is hailed by thousands in Bogota area as he kisses soil and prepares to address Latin American peasants at San Jose Field 18 miles from Bogota The visit emphasizes church role in aiding impoverished Latin America and features the ordination of 161 priests and 41 deacons as the 39th International Eucharistic Congress proceeds amid chilly winds and signs asking prayers for Czechoslovakia.
More than 2,600 delegates may draft the party platform on the convention floor as minority leaders push for a strong antiwar plank. Two drafting groups vie over wording while Gov. Connally urges a resolution to support the administration in Vietnam. The clash could delay presidential candidate selections and feature heated debate on peace versus engagement.
Little Rock reports a proposed bill would create a new education commission with power to approve or reject new academic programs at state colleges and universities. The panel would maintain institutional identity while viewing each college as part of a statewide system to improve education. About 40 educators and leaders discussed a study urging broader, modernized higher education in Arkansas as enrollments rise from 18,700 in 1941 to a forecast above 71,000 by 1939.
A federal grand jury opens an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and two senators and disrupt the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Subpoenas were issued to South Side gang members and others who joined a Pentagon peace march last October. Eight thousand guardsmen and police prepare to secure the convention as demonstrations brew nearby.
Reports say Uberal leader seized by Soviet forces and taken to the Soviet Union as Prague endures sporadic gunfire and a rising death toll of 26. Curfew imposed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Crowds in Wenceslas Place chant against the invaders while authorities arrest writers and journalists. Police and army clamp down, radio stations go silent or jammed, and delegates to a Communist congress are escorted while Dubcek's reform cen tral committee faces purge efforts.
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