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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1968
Page
1
A commentary on con games and human folly references W C Fields and a Baltimore grand jury case about mink seed fraud. It argues some adults are so naive they enable crime, comparing insurance safety cautions to the lure of fraud. The piece echoes Fields on stage and screen and notes public gullibility in scams.
The Associated Press reports snow along with sleet and rain covered most of Arkansas today. Temperatures stayed mild enough to avoid hazardous road conditions. Snow began Wednesday morning, with most accumulations around one inch and higher in Harrison and Walnut Ridge. Friday is expected to bring warmer temperatures and decreasing clouds.
A Denver waitress, Mrs Freddie Mee Williams, 25, was sentenced to 60 days for theft and asked for her purse. After a nod from County Judge John Sanchez she retrieved her purse from the spectator area and walked out of the courtroom with no deputies present.
In Little Rock the Arkansas General Assembly debates two rival constitutional convention bills. The House passed its measure with no dissent while the Senate faced a tough 29 to 11 vote. The House attaches 11 amendments to an administration bill creating a Department of Corrections including a controversial corporal punishment clause. The convention calls for 100 delegates chosen by the 1967 House apportionment with a 1969 special election to ratify or reject the document. The Senate plan also provides for 100 delegates.
Washington reports a U S Navy Skyraider strayed into what China claims as its air space near Hainan Island. The plane was shot down by Chinese MIGs. the fate of the pilot was not immediately known. A second Skyraider escaped after a diving attack. its pilot unharmed, the craft damaged.
The Army is stockpiling riot control equipment in about a dozen depots nationwide and will airlift to cities if civil disorders flare next summer. Officials say plans, including a possible federally trained riot-control force, emerge from the President's Commission on Civil Disorders critique of National Guard performance last summer.
Prosecuting Attorney Bill Denman Jr. announces his candidacy for re election to the Eighth Judicial Circuit. He supports Democratic nomination, cites 15 years of practice, cooperation with police, and changes in criminal law since 1966. He says he remains committed to serving voters with experience, honesty, and effectiveness.
Hope High School vocational agriculture students join Hope FFA members nationwide to highlight agri culture during National FFA Week February 17 to 24 with theme Challenging Youth in Agriculture. Teacher Troy Buck notes global hunger forecasts and the need for trained youth in FFA to meet future food demands. Hope FFA Chapter lists 247 members with officers Rocky Cumings, Jack Dougan, Mike Voss, Gary Golden, Sidney Hollis, and Danny Key.
In Little Rock the House passed 85 to 11 a bill requiring the state police director to be a qualified elector. Gov. Rockefeller aides said Lynn A. Davis would withdraw if the measure passed. Davis testified at Cummins Prison Farm while the vote took place and was not available for comment. Rockefeller said he would seek a new nominee as head of the state police.
The U S Command reports 400 American deaths and 1 494 wounded in the last week of the Vietnam War amid a countrywide offensive. The prior week recorded 4160 deaths and 2 757 wounded. missing figures were not reported. Foreign casualties included 70 allied troops killed and 92 wounded.
City police disclose 1967 traffic data with 923 auto accidents. main causes include 248 drivers failing to yield, 129 speeding, 45 following too closely, and 45 driving while intoxicated. one fatality occurred in 323 wrecks. several other infractions noted. Hempstead County Singing Convention listed for Sunday. local honors include Texarkana students and Southern State College degree conferred. Boy Scouts invite past members to open house Feb 26.
The Henderson State College Symphony Orchestra under Dr. Newel Kay Brown will perform at Hope High School on February 20. A varied program includes Gluck Ravel Strauss Ives Vaughan Williams and Bernstein. Family tickets are free admission for holders. single tickets at the door 1.00 for adults 50 cents for students. The group arrives at 3:00 p.m. for supper before a 8:00 p.m. concert in the High School Auditorium.
U S Marines bombed Hue's Citadel in a daylong bid to break a North Vietnamese defense as ground troops pressed the city. U S pilots attacked key facilities near Hanoi and Saigon while fighting raged at the historic fortress and surrounding walls.
AP reports U S efforts for a cease fire yield no halt to air strikes over North Vietnam while Hue and Hanoi areas experience heavy bombing. In Washington, riot control stockpiles prepare for civil unrest and a debate over taxing American travel to curb dollar drain. Nixon links sanitation strikes to his campaign, Romney urges restraint, and Sicily quake relief updates note tens of thousands sheltered and ongoing finds.
Washington The Defense Department announced Corporal Ape tony W Handley of Hot Springs was killed in action in Vietnam He was the son of Mrs Ruth B Fuller of Hot Springs
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