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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1967
Page
1
Our Daily Bread analyzes a clash between federal tax plans and market-driven price trends, arguing higher taxes raise costs and inflation fears. It notes postal rate lobbying by bulk mailers and Congress action on third class rates, then reports a jail escape capture in Hope Arkansas.
STUTTGART Arkansas AP The quarterly meeting of the Arkansas Society of American Medical Technologists will be held here Saturday and Sunday.
The United States and Soviet Union propose a nonproliferation treaty at Geneva to curb weapon spread. The draft leaves the inspection clause blank amid Moscow Western Europe differences. President Johnson calls the move a critical stage, aiming for a signed pact next year with broad global participation. John A. Clair, 40, named deputy regional director for the Labor Department in Kansas City.
South Vietnamese candidate Phan Quang Dan and running mate Phan Khac Suu said at a news conference that U.S. troops should not be increased and that South Vietnamese forces should bear more of the burden. Dan argued there are about 457,000 American troops and a million South Vietnamese and allies, urging escalation of the social but not military war. He warned of suspicion over rigging elections while noting the 1967 Sept. 3 vote would choose a president, with broad multinational observer presence planned.
A garbled composite of satirical letters recounts paradoxical notices from the era. Items include a resort honeymoon invitation, praise for a child artist, a university gift refund, and offers of jobs or favors, all modeled as quips from fictional correspondents. The absurdity mocks social pretensions.
Gary Syver news director at KTVE in El Dorado was chosen Thursday to succeed Kermit Richardson owner of KBOK Malvern as president of the Arkansas Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
AP summary highlights the House approval of a 2.8 billion foreign aid measure. It trails the president’s request by 563 million but exceeds the Semite version by about 200 million. Other items include talks on nonproliferation assurances, urban aid proposals, and Vietnam updates.
Soil Conservation Service scientists will begin mapping Hempstead County soils on August 28 1967 starting with Hope city for a comprehensive soil survey report. The study covers soil maps climate and agriculture plus classifications land use and drainage suitability with public benefit emphasized and contact details for more information.
Washington AP reports Marine Pfc Billy Cunningham son of Mr and Mrs Ed Cunningham Jr Wrightsville Arkansas has been killed in action in Vietnam the Defense Department announced Thursday
HOUMA La AP Junius Desoto 24 of Magnolia Ark was injured when his car left U S 90 and crashed near here. Charles K James 29 of Newton Kan was killed in the same wreck authorities said.
The House approved reducing President Johnson’s foreign aid request to 2.8 billion dollars after floor and committee cuts totaling 563 million. A tight margin of 202 to 194 followed late at night, with further 33 million in technical aid cut on a second vote. Conference talks with the Senate loom on military assistance.
WASHINGTON AP The Senate approved 168 of President Johnsons postmaster nominations including four Ark ansas appointments Russell A Orr Ash Flat Hautie L Huskey Blevins Emma J Wisenhunt Norphlet and Morris G Harris son Forrest City in Sharp Helmstead and Union counties respectively.
A football game between the Texarkana Titans and Shreveport Trojans is set for Saturday with 8 pm kickoff. Hope Bobcat cheerleaders sell season tickets at local stores while the athletic department seeks player jersey returns and basketball fund-raising efforts.
American warplanes pounded North Vietnam rail targets within 18 miles of Hanoi but suffered the loss of a Thunderchief jet to ground fire. Through Thursday 13 American jets were downed this week, with 660 U.S. combat planes lost overall. Despite no major ground action in South Vietnam, 156 Communist troops were killed in scattered clashes, and a Red terror cell was arrested in Saigon ahead of the September 3 presidential elections. Air missions totaled 152 as pilots reported fewer surface-to-air missiles than earlier in the week. rail yards near Hanoi remained packed with immobile boxcars after bridges were destroyed. A second raid hit Port Wallu, 30 miles south of the frontier, while the deepest strike targeted a yard 18 miles from the Chinese border. Arlington police reported the shooting death of George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi party, by a sniper in a parking lot near party headquarters.
The Arkansas Legislative Council directed that its report on the prison system and a tour be rewritten and merged with the Charitable Penal and Correctional Institutions committee report. A 32 page tour report of Louisiana, Colorado and Missouri prisons was incomplete and likely ready only by the September meeting. Crank called parts of the council’s observations naive and critical of Thomas W. Morton.
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