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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1967
Page
2
Reports from central China detail clashes between Mao Zedong supporters and rivals led by Liu Shaoqi. Fleeing residents stream from Chongqing and Sichuan capitals as violence swells in Wuhan and Hankow area. Formosan intelligence cites paralyzed transport and escalating unrest.
Readers report from Chengtu indicate Nationalist and Maoist factions clash as Liu Chiehsting and Chang Hsifing are named officials linked to the violence. Travelers say Red Army in Canton split, with rifles distributed to residents while naval units stay loyal to opposite sides.
Washington AP Senator Mike Mansfield chairing talks warned colleagues they have 7 billion dollars in promises to keep to violence plagues cities to President Johnson and to themselves. He urged urgent handling of Johnsons urban program noting the figure while not addressing an extra 2.8 billion in city aid added to an antipoverty bill by Senate Labor and Public Welfare committee.
AP report from Washington quotes Clifford L. Alexander Jr., new chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, stressing elimination of complacent hiring of Negro and Mexican American workers. He calls for broad recruiter outreach to Black colleges, usage of employer data to expose discriminatory patterns, a backlog of roughly 1,800 discrimination complaints, and more lawsuits plus technical assistance to train the chronically unemployed. In Kabul, Afghan Premier Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal has undergone surgery for an intestinal blockage.
Printed Weather Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 am Thursday. High 96, low 60 with 0.03 inch precipitation. Forecast: clear to partly cloudy tonight, Friday cooler but continued mild. Tonight low 50s to low 60s.
The Arkansas State AFL-CIO denounces any plan to replace elected judges with appointment. In a letter to George E. Campbell signed by president J. Bill Becker, the union warns such a change would deprive citizens of the right to elect their judges and calls it a tragedy for constitutional revision. The group cites widespread testimony favoring retention of judicial elections.
In Chicago a five day NCNP convention opens with talk of forming a third party to defeat Johnson in 1968. Attendees include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Benjamin Spock, Floyd McKissick, Rep. Julian Bond, Dick Gregory and other civil rights and antiwar advocates gathered to discuss civil rights, cold war and local politics.
James Clay and Leon Clay, brothers from Ellicott City Maryland, face burglary grand larсeny and car theft charges in two warrants issued June 26 by Prof Atty Richard Adkisson. They were arrested on concealed weapons charges in Ellicott City.
Assistant Prison Supt. Thomas Murton announced that dove hunting at Tucker Prison Farm is not in keeping with the prison’s function and will no longer be allowed. He cited inmate work in the area during dove season and free roaming livestock on prison property as factors.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller and Rep E C Gathings are set to address the annual Labor Day picnic in Rector Ark on Monday. Last year the event drew more than 20 000 attendees and organizers expect a large turnout again.
The Army Engineers named Peter Kiewit Sons Co of Omaha the apparent low bidder at 9.747 million on the Dardanelle Lock and Dam project in Arkansas. Six firms bid. estimated cost was 9.686 million. Work to begin next month, finish in about 20 months. the Arkansas River navigation project will gain its final lock. Total to date exceeds 66 million, expected to reach 80 million by completion in late 1969. In Los Angeles, Edmund G. Brown says he will teach a graduate seminar in public administration at the University of California this year.
The Associated Press reports fair skies and cooler temperatures forecast across Arkansas for the opening high school football weekend. Scattered showers faded by noon in Northwest Arkansas, with South Arkansas showers ending late today. Heaviest rainfall Wednesday fell in Georgetown White County at 1.20 inches. Daytime highs reached the 80s and 90s, with overnight lows from the 60s to 72 at Texarkana and El Dorado.
The Baker Tri state Local 363 of the AFL CIO union will represent Ideal Baking Co. after 10 of 15 eligible bakers vote for union representation in a National Labor Relations Board conducted election in Batesville Arkansas on Wednesday.
Mrs Sula Anderson 76 died Wednesday at a focal hospital with brother Elvin Beavers of Pittsburgh and sister Mrs Ivy Bolton of Hope among survivors. Services Friday 2 p.m. Walnut Street Church of Christ. burial Centeral Cemetery, Highway 29, by Burford Funeral Home. William T Dodson 81 long time Hope resident died in a local hospital. Survivors include wife Dessie Dodson four Dodgon brothers and a Dodson sister, burial Friday 4 30 p.m. Herndon Chapel Macedonia Cemetery by Herndon Funeral Home. Attorney general says penalties for late delivery on state printing contracts must be specified per contract. bid invitations must be mailed Friday to comply with the law.
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