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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1968
Page
1
A读ers’ column argues federal minimum wage laws debase the dollar and spur inflation, harming small business and workers. It recounts a small plant cut from 50 to 20 employees after wage increases and warns politicians favor big business, neglecting local economies and production.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller ordered a stop to excavations for graves of convicts claimed to be secretly buried. He asked state police to review the legal aspects and report findings. The Penitentiary Board had authorized digging and Prison Supt Morton planned to resume at Cummins Prison Farm next week.
The first bill from the Arkansas special session, a $95,000 appropriation to cover House costs during the session, was signed into law by Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller on Thursday. The measure, approved by TRE ASSOCIATED PRESS, marks the start of the session’s formal legislative actions.
Police train Arkansas Highway Department staff in defensive driving at Red River Vocational Technical School led by State Troopers and safety officers. The eight hour course covers hazard recognition, following distance, intersection passage, and defensive maneuvers. Completion set for March 15, with all 3600 employees to finish, a joint effort of highways and state police to cut fatalities and costs. Separately, Arkansas House defeats a proposal to form a county association to pool revenue and lobby, amid partisan dispute and concerns over state control. In Orangeburg South Carolina, three Negro teenagers die and over 40 are wounded as gunfire erupts between police and students near State College and All-Star Bowling lanes. SNCC coordinator Cleveland Sellers is arrested on incitement charges after being hit by shotgun pellets.
AP News Digest reports rising violence in South Vietnam with 314 Communist and 89 American deaths, Da Nang pressure, Kennedy opens no preemptive attack, and Orangeburg killings plus 40 wounded. NYC sanitation fears rise as strike mediation continues. US Germany scrap joint revolutionary rat fighter project. foreign aid debate and Wallace White House bid noted. UK parliament leans toward sweeping divorce reform.
North Vietnam proposed a dual approach offering both peace talks and continued fighting in a bid to end the Vietnam War. Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh demanded the United States halt all bombing and acts of war before negotiations could begin. General Vo Nguyen Giap warned of further hostilities and outlined resolve from Hanoi.
AP reports that if trends continue about 190000 Americans will file personal bankruptcy petitions this year, with roughly $1.5 billion written off. Linn Twinem of the ABA says abuse extends to grantors and recipients, prompting calls to amend the Bankruptcy Act to give referees discretionary power to deny petitions in abusive cases.
A syndicated column argues men should stare at miniskirts rather than dodge eye contact on subways and buses, noting discomfort and shifting attitudes toward skirts above the knee. The piece links two topics with a discussion on bankruptcy stigma and rising consumer debt pressures.
John Patler, 30, convicted of first degree murder in the shooting of American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell, is free on bond while seeking to overturn the verdict. A hearing is set for February 23 on a defense motion to vacate the Arlington Circuit Court jury ruling. if denied, an appeal will follow.
A Mississippi State University student from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, John William Bohnert, was killed in a car crash near the campus on Thursday. Authorities say the driver lost control, struck a utility pole and two trees. A passenger was seriously injured.
Judge John L. Wilson announces the Municipal Court will meet at 8 am for the next two weeks. Read that U.S. Census figures show Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, and Nevada County with varied farm counts, values, expenditures, and sales in 1954-64. Hunting seasons open March 27 for turkeys and Langshaw runs through April 29. KXAR fundraiser for Rosetta Mullins and a Key Club dance follow tonight’s ball game. Mrs. Iva Gentry hospitalized in Wadley.
Roy Lee Hight, president of the Young Democrats Clubs of Arkansas, says the 1967 YDC platform backs minimum wage legislation. The group urges General Assembly members to give favorable consideration and action to the proposed Arkansas law introduced in the special session.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller said he is writing a book examining the economic political and ethnic factors in the South. He noted it would not be just another political book and that a couple of free weekends would help, though he did not expect many free weekends soon.
Paratroops from the 101st Airborne and other U.S. units backed Saigon forces as North Vietnamese heavy fighting intensified around Da Nang and Khe Sanh. Reports say 21 Communists and 67 U.S. troops killed, 170 Americans wounded, with Viet Cong control near the race course and renewed fighting in Saigon’s surrounding areas. General Abrams to head operations in Phu Bai as northern offensives taper.
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller said the resignation of State Police Director Carl Miller will help push a bill through the legislature to requalify Lynn A. Davis for the job. Opposition cited Miller’s performance as a reason some lawmakers objected. Miller asked to retire after March 1. The amended bill would require a four year residency and be a qualified elector, meeting Arkansas rules.
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