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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1967
Page
2
Obituary notices and society items recount multiple local deaths and funerals. Families include Miller, White, and Shively, with details on survivors, services, and burial. The column also lists local names, memorials, and social tidbits, plus a brief items on names and early national roads.
State Insurance Commissioner John Norman Harkey asked Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller to accept his resignation by Feb. 1 1968 so he can return to his law practice. He praised the governor for backing efforts to cleanse the industry and said a successor with integrity would be found. Rockefeller indicated he would comply with the resignation request.
Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller urged newsmen to stop publicizing threats against his life saying publicity may encourage unstable individuals. He announced no further comment until investigations in Arkansas and Texas conclude.
Weather report from ARKANSAS station shows high 51 and low 41 with 1.05 inches precipitation. Forecast calls for cloudy and cool tonight with rain decreasing, Tuesday partly cloudy to cloudy and continued cool, low tonight from the northwest to the 40s in the southeast.
Arkansas Supreme Court did not issue a ruling on Lynn A Davis's eligibility to be State Police director. The court delayed decision amid expectations and surrounding political figures in attendance as the case challenges a 1945 residency requirement for the director.
Rhode Island Gov. John H. Chafee announced the goal as Republican governors meeting in Palm Beach focus on leadership roles for platform work. Pennsylvania Gov. Raymond Shafer is a leading candidate for platform chairman, with other governors urging influence beyond congressional chiefs. Presidents and other political notes accompany the report of broader party dynamics and upcoming alignments.
Mrs. Thompson Evans Jr spoke to the Hope Rotary Club Friday at Town and Country restaurant about the Rose Hill Cemetery Association founded in 1919. The cemetery, dating to 1878, began as Cave Hill on W. W. Andrews estate and now operates as a nonprofit guided by volunteers and a full time caretaker with jail labor in summer.
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