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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
1
A Miami Herald opinion argues that vocational education enrollment rose to 7 million, up from 6.07 million, with a 22 percent rise in public funds. The piece urges honoring skilled workers and condemns college snobbery, calling for renewed respect for trades and crafts.
The Associated Press reports continued rain and cool weather likely through Labor Day weekend as a high pressure system shifts and a northerly front brings more rain. Temperatures across Arkansas ranged from 68 to 95 with lows from 68 at Fort Smith to 66 at Walgout Ridge. In Magnolia, Southern State College names Gary Burton Piper of Shreveport as dean of men, announced by President Bruce.
AP reports University of Arkansas Little Rock campuses expect about 927 new students this year with focus on expanding programs in medicine and related fields. The enrollment figure highlights growth at a time of campus development in Little Rock.
U S envoy John Gordon Mein was assassinated in Guatemala City as his car was blocked by a front vehicle and a truck. Two attackers forced the chauffeur from the limousine and fired a machine gun burst, Mein was struck down while attempting to flee. Guatemala declared a 30 day state of siege and three days of mourning, while Washington demanded a full investigation.
Calvin R. Beshears, 42, of Greenwood was killed Wednesday when his car left U S 71 in a curve and struck a tree about eight miles north of Greenwood, according to State Police.
New York AP profiles Alan Arkin as an inwardly haunted young star living in a golden age of fame. Critics hail him as the decade’s best rising talent while he questions illusion and finds fulfillment through work and love, driven by an interior quest for artistic perfection. He notes acting as a basic necessity and escape, with a career shaped by poverty, apprenticeship, and diverse roles.
Democratic insiders place Senator Edmund Muskie as the leading choice for vice president with Ambassador Sargent Shriver also favored. Humphrey, wrapping up talks at the Conrad Hilton, plans to present his pick to the convention tonight amid ongoing consultations.
An alternate jury in Sheridan Arkansas found Albert Williamson and Rober Mosby guilty of first degree murder in the June 3 death of Little Rock taxi driver Ronald E. Lovelace. The single Negro juror did not recommend a sentence, triggering the death penalty.
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the Humphrey camp secured the first ballot win by defeating a minority plank calling for immediate bombing halt in North Vietnam. The split showed a party still divided on war policy with antiwar forces mounting a show of protest on the floor.
In South Vietnam last week heavy fighting raised American and allied casualties to their highest weekly total of the summer. U S headquarters reports 308 American troops killed and 1144 wounded as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces renewed major offensives along northwest routes into Saigon, ending a two month lull.
Antiwar demonstrators and Chicago police clashed near the Conrad Hilton as Hubert H. Humphrey neared the Democratic nomination. National Guardsmen formed a ring around the hotel while tear gas spread to upper floors amid police clubs and distrusting delegates.
With 373 of 410 precincts reported in Alaska, Mike Gravel leads Ernest Gruening 16,820 to 34,354 for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Gruening vows to wait final results as about 3,500 absentee ballots and distant precincts remain. Gravel, former Alaska House speaker, says the U S must honor its Vietnam commitment but is not a hawk.
Community Baptist Church plans a Sunday singing service on September 8 at 1 2 p.m. Pastor Stacy Thrasher invites the public to attend.
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