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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1967
Page
1
An editorial collage notes lingering belief in free medical advice from ancient times in Abylonia and mocks the shift to modern medicine. It cites AMA convention remarks on witchcraft, superstition, and the enduring pull of free guidance.
MIAMI BEACH Fla AFL CIO President George Meany and Walter P Reuther faced a quiet wait as speculation swirled over Reuthers potential move to pull the United Auto Workers from the federation Meany in a guarded mood amid the tension in labor ranks London poll shows Labor growing lead since election with an 11 point advantage over Conservatives Snowstorms in Greece block roads and disrupt air links Athens and beyond overnight
Earth appears in a dramatic satellite photograph captured by Applications Technology Satellite 1. The image aids scientists in studying cloud patterns and weather, offering insight into a care-worn world and its many joys and troubles across different hours of the day.
The United Fund reports cash and pledges totaling about $13,000 since late October. Drive co-chairs Roy Anderson and Dorsey Stringfel low note several local businesses have yet to contribute. A recent disbursement of $7,000 supported agencies including Salvation Army, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and American Red Cross, with further divisions planned as funds come in. Local officers include Ray Lawrence as president and Bill O'Neal as vice president with Gene White treasurer. Board members span Guy Grigg to Syd McMath and many others.
Atty. Gen. Joe Purcell ruled that a bill allowing special elections in counties with 100 000 or more people where a county office remains unfilled contravenes Amendment 14. Rep. Charles Matthews, from North Little Rock, pressed the measure again after the ruling.
The Daffodil Garden Club announces its fourth annual Dessert Bridge and Style Show on Friday March 3 from 12 30 to 4 30 p m at the Hope Country Club. Spring fashions from local shops will be modeled by 19 women with club officers and members hosting desserts and bridge games to raise funds for projects benefiting the library hospital and community centers in Hope.
Arkansas House approves a bill to extend Oaklawn Park’s racing season by seven days, directing breakage to a new Arkansas Racing Commission Purse and Awards Fund for Arkansas bred races. estimated state and track revenue gains total about 275 000 dollars with potential breeder awards and purse increases. Rep Sparks opposed, Rep Stuart supported, Rep Oakes said Arkansas could build a stronger thoroughbred industry with breeder aid.
Ten Mena ministers filed a resolution with the Federal Communications Commission over a program on the state educational TV station in Conway titled An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen. They called the February 3 airing obscene and profane.
Allied forces including Australians, South Vietnamese, Koreans, and Americans repelled guerrilla attacks across the Mekong Delta to Quang Ngai Province. The week long fighting produced a tally exceeding 1,000 enemy dead, with major engagements near Can Tho, Quang Ngai City, and the Cambodian border.
Pravda warns the drive to grant local factory bosses more authority is slowed by bureaucratic confusion. The front page editorial cites supply problems, late payments, central planners clinging to controls, unsanctioned plan revisions, and price change confusion across plants.
MARKEE TREE Ark AP A 43 year old Jonesboro man Raymond Kinney died Thursday night from injuries he received last Saturday when his truck crashed into a bridge The accident happened on U S 63 near here Kinney was a Jonesboro resident driving the truck OTTAWA Ont AP The prime ministers polka dot auction Thursday night aimed to raise money for the Canadian Friends Service Committee to aid Vietnam war victims JERUSALEM AP The fourth special session of the Syrian Israeli Mixed Armistice Commission to discuss border differences was postponed indefinitely by Lt Gen Qid Bull head of the UN truce supervision organization He will set a new date after consulting both governments TAIPEI Formosa AP Nationalist China's Defense Ministry reported Chinese Communist gunners fired 171 rounds at the Quemoy Islands Wednesday in the heaviest shelling of the Nationalist island off the China coast since 1960 A spokesman called the attack routine and implied no response.
A public hearing will be held at 9 30 a m Tuesday by the Arkansas Senate Federal Relations Committee to discuss bills by Sen Virgil Fletcher and Sen James Ed Light investigating milk industry problems. The bills arise from complaints last summer about high milk prices in the state.
In Little Rock the Arkansas Senate showed little reaction to the Joint Penitentiary Investigating Committee report. Senators shrugged off specific prison conditions, preferring focus on out of state publicity. Knox Nelson defended the system, insisting prisons should not be a country club and avoided listening to criminals on operation. Nelson offered to answer inquiries after further study.
Arkansas House approved a bill that makes fraudulent or misleading advertising a misdemeanor with fines from 100 to 1000 dollars or up to 60 days in jail. Rep. Cal Ledbetter Jr. and Sen. Oscar Alngood led the measure which targets false food price advertising and requires ads to name the seller as a business, not a private party. The vote was 82 to 3.
John H. Glenn Jr reflects on his three around the world voyage and the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts. He speaks from Houston as the anniversary of the tragedy approaches, mourning fallen friends and recalling the risks faced by his peers in space exploration.
North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesman in Hanoi says talks could begin if bombing ends, with Hanoi sticking to its four point stand on troop withdrawal, base dismantling, Geneva adherence, and internal settlement. Dispatch notes US pressure to talk and criticizes the Pentagon and pacification program as prolonging the war.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller announced plans to save funds through economies to advance a proposed three million dollar state library museum building. He said 1968 revenues cannot cover the project but it would be addressed in a special legislative session after January 1, 1968.
Benton Ark AP Saline County tax assessor H W Greene said tax records show Reynolds Metals plant at Bauxite was reduced by 839290 in 1965 after a Board action. Herman Finkbeiner of Benton said the Equalization Board cut the 1965 assessment from 3127890 to 2288600 after Reynolds filed suit challenging overvaluation.
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