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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
1
Our Hope Star notes its shift from letterpress to offset printing on January 7 1966 after a long effort. The anniversary recalls a late midnight inaugural run a week after the switch and the rapid growth of offset skills among staff, with praise for key workers and management.
Silver Springs Florida AP report describes Ray Carpen and his work washing windows underwater in a glass aquatorium. In Layton Utah a pair of nine year old twins David and Larljene Bagley both suffered broken arms minutes apart while sledding.
Ward Soadman was named director of the State Highway Department, succeeding Walter E. Hicks. The 58 year old Tennessee native has served 30 years in the department and has been acting director twice. He will take the post January 1, after a long career, including chief engineer and deputy director.
A West Memphis lawyer Glenn W. Nash 88 and Sue Ann Morrison 18 Chicago were charged with first degree murder in the slaying of cab driver Charlie C. Surratt 54 of Millington Tenn. The pair were arrested after a bus from Clarksdale arrived in Greenville. Nash faces a separate non support warrant.
The federal government raises the Social Security tax from 4.2% to 4.4% starting Jan 1 to fund Medicare and higher Social Security benefits. The 1967 maximum earnings subject to tax remains $6,600, with a new Medicare share rising to 33 dollars of the $290.40 maximum. overall the increase adds about $1 billion to trust funds. The change follows President Johnson’s push for higher benefits and faces further tax rises through 1987.
AP reports Chairman L. Mendel Rivers and Senator Richard Russell advocate heavy air power against North Vietnam. Rivers says use of force should be maximized even if world opinion suffers, while Russell urges harsher punishment to pressure Hanoi. Both frame war as potentially protracted with no clear victory.
The Lum of the Lum and Abner radio team announced plans to retire from Continental Oil Co and move to Hot Springs Arkansas. Chester Lauck, executive assistant to Continental board chairman L F Moe Collum since 1955, will retire January 1. Lauck began in radio over five years ago at Hot Springs.
A major snow storm disrupted travel and daily life across the Midwest and East. Heavy snow and strong winds blanketed Michigan while The storm spread to Pennsylvania New York Virginia D C and New England with rain in the Southeast. Several deaths were linked to shoveling snow and temps plunged below zero in western mountains.
Wayne Hampton chairman of the Ark Kansas Highway Commission said the Highway Department had committed all federal funds and would not likely have a January bid opening. He quipped about a potential surplus rumored by Gov Rockefeller and noted the department would bid only on small state projects if any. Hampton's term ends next month as Lawrence Blackwell is slated to replace him.
AP Special Correspondent Williams follows China’s fifth nuclear test this year, arguing it deepens Sino Soviet rift and pushes Moscow toward Vietnam peace efforts. China rejects nonproliferation norms as it seeks broader nuclear access, while U.S. and world reactions unfold across Vietnam, politics, and science.
Washington AP reports Army private first class Pie Plummer Williams son of Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Williams Route 1 Forrest City Ark listed as killed in action in Vietnam.
The Department of Health Education and Welfare announced Wednesday a $500,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for an administration building and a $447,500 grant to Arkansas AMEN College at Pine Bluff for a fine arts building.
Mrs Geraldine Murphy Stavenhagen died in a Little Rock hospital after a car crash in Paris Texas while visiting Hope and Benton for the holidays. Survivors include her husband James A Murphy two daughters Betsy and Mrs Dean Hash a son Steve her parents Mr and Mrs S L Murphy of Hope a brother and two sisters. Funeral services 11 A M Friday at First Baptist Wellington Texas burial Saturday in Rosehill Cemetery Hope Herndon Funeral Home in charge memorials to First Baptist Church Wellington building fund.
All Around Town notes Freddie McCulley of Hope will drum with the U S Marine Corps Band in the Cotton Bowl Parade and participated in the Gator Bowl events this week. McCulley has played with the Hope Jr Sr High Band for five years and is in the Drum and Bugle Corps at Paris Island. Also in Hempstead a Tuesday sale for license plates and drivers licenses at the Revenue office. 1967 auto tag applicants need a 1967 assessment slip a 1965 personal property tax receipt and the title pink slip with the number. The Arkansas Highway Commission listed road projects including resurfacing 16.63 miles of Highway No 4 from Hope to Nashville at about 140 600. Prescott Manor Nursing Home in Prescott Arkansas gained Medicare participation effective January 1 1967. The Medicare program covers extended care for certain seniors with health insurance entitlement. 1965 IRS income tax forms arrived in Hope with state sales tax tables and a refund envelope.
The U S Navy announced Task Force One with the Enterprise Bainbridge and Long Beach in action off North Vietnam near Yankee Station. Ground fighting softened as a 48 hour truce approached while U S casualties and enemy tolls were reported for the week.
Authorities say a natural gas buildup under the Fortenberry home likely caused Tuesday night’s explosion that killed five family members and injured others. Fire marshal Capt. J. D. Hampton noted uncertainty but cited gas accumulation beneath the house as the probable cause. Neighbors reported smelling gas and fumes, with the five-room dwelling demolished.
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