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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1967
Page
2
A forecast for Arkansas notes mostly cloudy skies with light precip in places, tapering to clear later. Eastern areas may see periods of paint-like precipitation. cooler conditions arrive Thursday with lows in the 40s northwest and near 80s in the southeast.
Price boosts of five dollars a ton on cold rolled sheets and forty four dollars on galvanized shear and strip take hold at Republic Steel Corp and Armco Steel Corp. The increases, part of a broad rise by major producers, likley lift costs for autos appliances and industrial equipment. Industry observers expect the boosts to endure amid a booming market and ponder their effect on car prices as automakers weigh absorption versus pass through.
Tuesday saw U S raids and exchanges in South Vietnam with 34 enemy killed and a North Vietnamese regimental commander among the dead. Civilians and militiamen in the Dakson hamlet suffered 47 deaths and seven missing, with 20 wounded. The government later revised tolls while air missions in North Vietnam stayed limited by monsoon weather. Marines attacked a Hanoi area barracks as radar guided intruders penetrated weather to execute the strike.
Hempstead County farmers are urged to return ballots by mail or in person to the ASCS office. The refer endum on 1968 upland cotton marketing quotas runs Dec 4 through Dec 8 with ballots postmarked by the closing date. Two thirds approval required for quotas to take effect.
Robert B Hill, 75, died Tuesday in Nashville. He was a featured insurance salesman and a Baptist. Surviving are his widow, a son James W Hill of Leving Texas, a daughter Mrs Gerald Corbell of Hope, and four sisters including Mrs Ada Moore of Hugo Oklahoma. Services set for 10:30 Thursday at Latimer Funeral Chapel Nashville, burial in Sardis Cemetery near Nashville.
Federal farm program to reduce cotton production has cut supplies faster than planned, lifting prices and sparking fears of a national shortage. By midcycle, government-held stock and market demand clashed as weather also pushed prices higher, with 1968 targets set to boost planted area despite tight supplies.
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