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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1969
Page
2
Weather report notes 94 hour period ending Wednesday 7 AM with highs around 93 and lows near 67. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions in Arkansas with a temperature shift through Thursday. Today's high expected around 80s to mid 90s and tonight’s lows in the upper 60s to low 70s.
The first American units to leave Thailand will likely be the 12,000 man Army support group. Sources said it is unlikely that the 36,000 U S Air Force personnel at six bases will be withdrawn while the presence remains authorized.
Arab ministers meet in Cairo to push for a pan Islamic summit and a joint defense conference in November aimed at mobilizing Arab military potential against Israel. They seek unity with Iran Pakistan Malaysia and Indonesia while delaying summit plans until after the defense meeting.
President Nixon announced a $9 million federal effort to aid post riot cleanup in 20 cities, funding projects from portable pools in Akron to boardwalk repairs in Coney Island. Detroit uses part of the funds for a morale program addressing rats and garbage as Washington seeks to revive affected neighborhoods.
The Hope district, cooperating with State Police and County Sheriff, plans 68 hour police shifts with two days off, aiming for adequate coverage. The Board approves replacing a ladder truck engine at 1800 dollars and purchasing a chassis for a sanitation yard truck. A Planning and Zoning proposal lets churches be built in A-1 and C-2 zones, removing prior restrictions.
James Newton Landers 80 native of Hempstead County died Tuesday a retired farmer survived by his wife a daughter a brother five stepdaughters a stepson services Thursday at 2 pm Herndon Chapel burial Snell Cemetery Emmet Rev Thomas Simmons Rev J B Browning A T Jones Sr 75 died Tuesday in local hospital lived Hope Route 3 Methodist Church survivors wife two daughters two step sons one step daughter one brother sixteen grandchildren funeral 2 30 pm Thursday Holly Grove Methodist Church burial Holly Grove Cemetery Herndon Funeral Home Hope
Saline County Grand Jury indicted ten persons in the Aug. 17 death of Leonard Williams 19 Benton where he was shot in the hip and run over at a local drive in Roscoe Smith owner of the drive in was among those charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and released on bond authorities reported after 38 witnesses testified icebergs are fresh water ice
Pittsburgh AP report details confrontations between black and white demonstrators and police over union representation. Michael Dismond, leader of the Black Construction Coalition, vows daily protests until more Negroes join the city’s 30,000 trade union members. The piece notes violence blamed on police turning a peaceful demonstration into chaos.
HEW general counsel filed a revised brief asking the hearing examiner to reflect the appeals court decision. Secretary Robert H. Finch has not publicly commented but is believed to shift focus from systemwide segregation to discrimination by program. Advisers push broad program definitions across elementary to vocational levels.
About 15 people were killed and at least as many injured when a Soviet airliner crash landed at Moscow Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday night. A foreign witness said the plane came down hard on its belly and skidded to a halt as fire engines quickly doused a potential blaze, though airport descriptions differed.
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