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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1968
Page
1
A Tribune style editorial notes a Brooklyn junior high echoing News of eighth graders marching over cafeteria food freedom and dances. It recalls Heywood Broun’s humor and argues delinquency reflects parental actions more than youth nature.
Chancellor John T. Jernigan analyzed a law suit to force University of Arkansas Medical Center to deduct union dues from the paychecks of center employees. Two unions claim Act 113 of 1967 mandates dues withholding. Med Center officials say it leaves withholding to state official discretion. briefs due by Feb. COPF sponsors 500 labor leaders from Arkansas and five other states gather in Memphis to discuss the 1968 national elections.
Representative Ivan W. Rose of Rogers filed for re election on day in district 1. Rose seeks Position No 2 in the Thames House. The district includes only Beaton County.
Treasury officials estimate the Johnson travel tax would add about 12 million pages of paperwork yearly for the Customs Service and the IRS, requiring roughly 535 new nationwide employees to handle the increased workload. Most travelers would be unaffected as the Western Hemisphere is exempt and forms could be filed in advance or at departure and return points.
President Johnson's proposed travel tax aims to trim the U.S. balance of payments deficit by taxing overseas spending. The plan, 0 first $74, 15 percent on the next $8, 30 percent above $15, plus 5 percent on international air and water fares, also halves duty-free gifts. Lawmakers and industry voices warn it is complex and potentially retaliatory, with critics calling the form and calculation burdensome on travelers.
Arkansas legislature opened a special session with Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller presenting a broad agenda. More than half of his 83 proposals were introduced, including bills to appoint Lynn Davis state police director, set up a constitutional convention, and create a Department of Corrections. Appropriation measures total about $171,100 across two chambers.
In Cape Town hospital officials say the sole surviving heart transplant patient Philip Blasberg, 58, will stay hospitalized for weeks as fluid reaccumulates around the transplanted heart. Doctors drain the fluid while monitoring his satisfactory overall condition. The issue arose nine days after he received a heart from a South African donor identified as Jan 2.
AP photographer Rick Merron aged 27, a three year Vietnam War veteran from Jersey City, was slightly wounded by shrapnel in the right leg while covering Merce fighting in Hue. He avoided hospitalization and earlier suffered a cheek wound from a grenade fragment while with the 1st Infantry Division near the city jail.
Teamsters Union and Detroit News and Free Press publishers reached a three year contract offering $30 weekly wage and fringe benefit increases. Ratification by about 3000 Teamsters awaited. Other unions’ contracts remain unresolved as publication still uncertain.
AP dispatch reports U S officials deny North Korea specifically charged the Pueblo with entering its territorial waters while acknowledging pre capture protests over spyboat activity. McNamara and Rusk say the Pueblo went undetected by North Korea for 10 to 12 days and no conclusive warning or evidence links the ship to crossing the 12 mile limit.
Sen John L McClellan notified Jonesboro and Arkansas State University officials that a $2.25 million HUD loan to finance a regional health center was approved. A $2 million ASU bond issue with state and local funds completes the $4.8748 million project cost. The health center complex will include services from Education, Health, Welfare, Civil Defense, and Rehabilitation agencies.
Ed Wellman, 40, of Reedsport pleaded guilty and paid a 200 fine after two school buses carrying full loads of children were caught drag racing on U S 101. Cecil Lane, 55, of Gardiner will appear in Stunisel Court Wednesday.
AP News Digest summarizes global tensions as Saigon endures street chaos with refugees fleeing Red forces. U.S. port charges on aid shipments draw concern. Senate subcommittee to question four agencies over 1967 charges of 7.1 million dollars. Johnson travel tax proposal faces Capitol opposition. Nixon cites Wisconsin primary as farm policy test. Rockefeller support remains despite rising presidential polling. Soviet CIA claims questioned by physicist’s wife. hospital workers plan further actions. Winter Olympics opening marked by ceremonies amid disputes.
Three Arkansans were among 149 servicemen listed by the Defense Department as killed in action in Vietnam. They are Army Cpl. Immie P Wall of Monticello, Army Spec. Carey C Anthony of Marianna, and Marine Pfe Wallace J Reather Jr. of Conway.
A Senate subcommittee will summon four federal agencies to explain why the government adds millions to the dollar drain each year by paying port charges on American food shipments abroad. President Johnson urged Congress to tax overseas travel to curb the drain, proposing a rising scale up to 30 percent of expenditures above $15 per day. A GAO report notes ongoing effort to identify and disallow ineligible port charges, with agencies still seeking a workable formula. The Senate subcommittee, led by Sen. Ernest Gruening, will call officials to testify.
A single vehicle crash on Interstate 40 west of West Memphis, Arkansas, killed 24 year old Tommy Olen Laughinghouse of Trumann after he appears to have lost control and struck a bridge, state police said.
A newly formed Junior High Science Club will meet at noon Friday in the school with adviser James Hardin to explore $1,000 worth of equipment loaned by the Atomic Energy Commission. The 22 members, who meet every other Friday, must maintain a B average and show interest in science. Officers include President Ben Downs and Vice President Ricky Clark. KXAK airs programs tonight starting at 6:30 with Walter Brennan, followed by the Arkansas Texas Tech basketball game at 7:24.
Reporting from Saigon, Allied forces face a large wave of Communist attacks as Hue and Saigon bear the brunt. U.S. Marines recapture a key Hue nerve center, while government troops retake districts and push enemy positions from the Citadel’s walls. Tens of thousands flee as refugees rise, with Da Nang placed on Alert Two and air battles resuming near Hanoi after both sides claim losses.
Washington AP report notes President Johnson sent Congress an eighty point consumer protection program. It calls for federal and state fish inspections, state poultry inspections, safety standards for television sets and other equipment, and stronger fraud safeguards in home improvement and other sales.
David Powell seven year old son of Ali and Mrs Hillery Powell was struck by an auto driven by Hoda Ward of Texarkana near Perry's Truck Stop on Highway 67. The boy suffered a broken leg and bruises but is not in critical condition. State Policeman Hubert Neel said the boy ran onto the highway and the car had almost stopped before hitting him.
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