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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1968
Page
1
A column notes conferences on aging and youth, arguing the middle years carry all phases of problems. It parodies the fashion of blaming age groups while marking how aging and youth intersect with midlife. Minor quotes from Charleston and Nashville papers are cited.
Washington AP reports businesses plan to boost outlays for new plants and equipment by about 4 billion dollars a year in the current and upcoming quarter. The Commerce Department and SEC survey shows capital investment rising to a 63.45 billion dollar annual rate for Q3, up 800 million from Q2, with expectations to reach 67.25 billion in the current quarter, up 3.8 billion.
Edgar A. Collis of Montague testified his wife struck him with an angle iron, a snow shovel hit him, and a broom was used by his daughter in a hostile incident. The State Supreme Court ruled he did not prove cruel or abusive treatment and upheld Probate Court's decision.
A gasoline truck exploded and burned this morning at a loading plant near North Little Rock. Driver Charles Romsayall of Little Rock sustained facial hand and leg burns and was listed in fair condition at a Little Rock hospital. Plant damage was estimated between $200,000 and $250,000.
UTTLE ROCK AP A bill to allow bequests of body organs will be introduced in the 1969 legislature by state Rep Cal vin R Ledbetter Jr Ledbetter said the Arkansas Medical Society is preparing the anatome real gift act under a model statute from the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar Association The draft would permit persons 18 or older to leave body organs by will for transplant or by a signed document outside of a will with two witnesses present.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a preliminary loan of 22400 dollars for junior rent public housing in Mena Arkansas. Senator J W Fulbright says the loan was announced Thursday.
Anita Laster writes about Christmas lights turning on in Hope this week and how color and light influence mood and perception. The piece links red, blue, green, and other hues to warmth, freshness, appetite, and weariness, noting cultural differences and even color symbolism across nations as readers are invited to appreciate the season’s color feast.
Rogers Arkansas AP Roose velt Roderson of Paris was reelected president of the Arkansas Holstein Association at its annual meeting in Rogers. Clyde Rone of Bentonville was elected state vice president. Mrs Bryan Blackburn secretary treasurer. and Mrs Clyde Rowe editor of the quarterly. The next annual meeting will be December 4 1969 in the Northwest District at a site to be named. The group, with over 50 attendees, approved expanding the awards program to encourage junior members showing animals at the state level. A blanket will go to the grand champion with trophies for state champion junior champion and the junior compiling the most points. The Holstein boy and girl for 1969 are Ronald Rowe of Bentonville and Ruth Huber of Subiaco.
Phyllis Alston, a blind Arkansas Tech senior, was chosen Magna Cum Laude by her class for outstanding four year contributions. She plans a career in counseling for the visually handicapped, maintains a 3.24 GPA, and travels campus by guiding arm with helpers.
Washington AP reports two Arkansas service members were killed in action in Vietnam as the Defense Department identified Army S. Sgt. Billy J. Clayborn of Knoxville and Army Spec. 4 Don W. Boner of Roxie. Clayborn was married to Jeswell A. Clayborn and Boner to Janet Boner.
U S and North Vietnamese negotiators agreed on seven procedural issues for four way peace talks but differ on seating. The talks will use the Majestic Hotel room with 10 12 delegates per side and English Vietnamese and French allowed. Newsmen are barred from the first rule making session.
The U S Navy will send two destroyers, the USS Turner and the USS Dyess, into the Black Sea for routine operations in coming days. The move drew a Soviet protest in Pravda via Ankara, alleging it risks regional tension near the Soviet Union. A Navy spokesman in London said the ships will operate in international waters despite entering the Black Sea.
Baltimore based City Comptroller Hyman A. Pressman says he is flabbergasted after receiving a letter from President-elect Richard M. Nixon seeking help to find individuals who can make significant contributions to the country. Pressman notes this is the second letter Nixon has sent him, the first thanking him for campaign work, which Pressman says he did for Humphrey.
Dr. Glenn A. Olds, a former Springfield College president and philosophy PhD holder, serves as Nixon's talent scout for potential cabinet members, advisers, and administrators. He interviewed 1,500 people over seven months, rating candidates for posts as Nixon shapes a new administration. Olds, a 47 year old with a doctor of divinity from Willamette and a Yale PhD, favors angular, creative picks over conventional choices.
U S observes Pearl Harbor anniversary with a special ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii. Delegates from state legislative leaders, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands attend as Marines fire three volleys and echo taps play. The memorial lists 1,177 Navy and Marine officers and men killed. 1,100 are entombed in the sunken ship.
Palm Springs AP Rockefeller told the Republican Governors Conference that each state must direct its own poverty war since there are essentially 50 different wars. He said Washington will never devise a master plan and noted he had not discussed the speech with President elect Nixon, though it was written after studying Nixon's poverty stance.
Arkansas Power and Light Co. gains approval for a new Russellville facility. The Atomic Energy Commission backs the safety plan covering 1,100 employees and related operations. The decision comes after a thorough review of site safeguards and environmental impact.
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