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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
2
Forecast page notes fair to partly cloudy conditions with a hot wind likely tonight. High around 60 and low near 58. The report covers hours ending at 7 seeking weather details and conditions across the area.
Washington reports that Arkansas has been mailed $686,000 by the Agriculture Department as its share of fees charged for use of national forest land. The payment covers timber harvest grazing recreation and power projects administered by the Forest Service.
Police arrest 267 youths as about 3 000 demonstrators flood Michigan Avenue. Streets are torn by trash fires and stoning. Hilton guests including Mia and Carthy are trapped inside. Police beat and drag protesters into vans while a long-haired newsman is assaulted in the lobby. Margaret McCarthy helps bandage the injured as a standoff with National Guardsmen continues.
About thirty patients at the State Hospital in Little Rock were moved from one dormitory to another after air conditioning failed in two buildings. Superintendent Dr George W Jackson said the move aimed to prevent heat-related harm to patients.
Little Rock welfare officials announced the dismissal of a dental welfare consultant, Dr. Alstadt, after seven years in the post with nearly $43,005 paid. The governor's aide suggested rotating or eliminating the job, while Alstadt defended his actions and noted political donations. The dispute touched broader questions about administrative reform and funding in the department.
The Kennedy surge looms as Senator Edward M. Kennedy becomes a focal point for anti-Humphrey dissidents after Robert Kennedy’s assassination. McCarthy and McGovern flirt with backing Kennedy to block Humphrey, while Kennedy asks delegates to withdraw his name and accepts no nomination. California backers vow support for 1972, amid a shifting convention on Vietnam and draft protests.
United States military reports show 4 755 enemy troops killed last week and South Vietnamese losses of 495 killed in action, 1 833 wounded, and 49 missing. American combat deaths total 2 104 since January 1 1961 with 16 296 wounded and 1 208 missing or captured.
A Judicial Department report shows the state Supreme Court handled 21 criminal appeals in 1964 27 in 1965 49 in 1966 and 65 in 1967. Criminal cases absorb much of the court s attention as the report notes hospitalization figures in 1967 and a Navy personnel accounting change moved offshore crews out of the national total.
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