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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1966
Page
2
Arkansas mostly cloudy and cold with a chance of sleet or light freezing rain tonight in the northern two thirds of the state. Low tonight near 20 north to around 30 south, high Saturday mostly in the 40s. Louisiana partly cloudy through Saturday with cooler north, low tonight 34-40 north and 40-50 south, high Saturday 62-68 north and 64-74 south.
Six Negro teachers who lost their jobs when the all Negro Sullivan High School closed in Morrilton in May 1965 filed claims for 7622 in damages in U S District Court on Thursday Three asked to be re employed by the Morrilton School Board Damages listed include 1755 for Miss Sanders 4202 for the former principal Hyman King 300 for Mrs King 765 for Phillip Jones 350 for Mrs Braswell and 3350 for Mrs Oliver The 8th U S Circuit Court of Appeals at St Louis ruled Sept 15 that dismissals were due to improper racial considerations and the board must offer positions to qualified teachers when vacancies occur and that the teachers were entitled to damages The appeals court said one Clement Smith Jr was not entitled to damages while John Sutton did not file a claim
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara moves to ease a shortage of combat pilots by allowing the Navy and Air Force to sharply boost pilot training next year. Sources say he will also authorize Army funding to nearly double its pilot training output in the near future.
Berkeley students joined a rain drenched protest against a Navy recruiting table. About 10,000 people gathered as Chancellor Heyns returned to campus to weigh a slower response. Students seek equal campus regulation and restraint on outside police involvement.
President Johnson's plan to cut $5.3 billion in federal programs sparks opposition from liberal Democrats in the 90th Congress. Rep. Don Edwards leads dissent, favoring education housing and antipoverty funds, while calls grow to cut military spending instead. Mayors urge restraint on antipoverty cuts. some suggest reallocating space budgets.
The Associated Press reports the Emmy award winner for distinguished TV achievement in the New York area was a surprise, with Mayor John V. Lindsay cited for encouraging television production as the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored 1966 recipients in its 10th annual ceremony. In Arkansas, the Legislative Council approved budgets for 12 state agencies funded by special fees and taxes after adjusting pay scales to fix salary inequities. The council postponed larger reviews to Monday, reviewed job titles and salaries from a Chicago consultant report, and raised top salaries for the Workmen’s Compensation Commission and its commissioners.
Coast Guard search continues for eight missing crewmen of the Daniel J. Morrell after 20 bodies were recovered from Lake Huron. One survivor, Dennis Hale, 26, from Ashtabula, Ohio, provided the only eyewitness account as a five member board of inquiry is formed to probe why the 603 foot ore carrier split and sank in the gale with no distress signal after a routine position message. The inquiry heads to Cleveland to begin.
Maude Palmore Petrey, 85, former Minden Louisiana resident, died Thursday. She belonged to First Methodist Church, Order of the Loy Star, DMA Club, and Order of Eastern Star of Hope. Survived by nephew H. Palmer Dupuy. Services 10 am Saturday at Herndon Chapel. burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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