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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1968
Page
1
A brisk morning in Hope prompts talk of Spring delays in Arkansas and a looming cold wave from the Pacific Northwest. The speaker contrasts pessimistic and optimistic takes on the Vietnam era and U.S. foreign policy, charting public mood and international pressures.
A arctic front dumped sleet and snow over two thirds of Arkansas causing widespread school closures and hazardous driving. The State Police warned of icy roads from Little Rock to the Missouri line with 1 to 3 inches of snow likely and major incidents on I-40 and I-30.
Two Prescott men escaped serious injury when the car they rode in failed to negotiate a curve near Emmet on Highway 67 and rolled over twice. Driver Roedel and passenger William Justice, both of Prescott, were taken to a Prescott hospital for treatment. Deputy Sheriff Herbert Griffin assisted in the investigation.
Arkansas lawmakers moved to noon adjournment after a 13 day special session. The House and Senate approved a Department of Corrections bill, creating three prison units and separating pardons from parole. A 1970 constitutional convention vote was approved by the House and Senate and will go to Gov. Rockefeller for signature.
Dr. James Goddard, head of the Food and Drug Administration, received clearance to testify before a Senate panel on LSD control. He had been kept from a Monday hearing, with officials saying no intent to silence him, as Johnson presses for harsher penalties for possession while supporting stiffer penalties for sale. the panel postponed the session.
In Washington, Defense Secretary McNamara and Sen. Fulbright faulted each other over the Aug 4 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. McNamara issued a 21 page statement asserting the Maddox and Turner Joy were not provoked, while Fulbright said the public version does not tell the whole story and declined further discussion.
AID head William Gaud faces two weeks of accusations about scandal and waste in the Agency for International Development. He defends operations and vows to boost morale with a pep talk to 890 top personnel while lamenting lack of public support for foreign aid.
In Little Rock the Info 68 program sponsored by Democratic State Chairman Leon Catlett was canceled and not rescheduled. The show sparked controversy within the party and some Democrats urged its discontinuation. Catlett could not be reached for comment.
In Little Rock the Arkansas Senate approved a watered down measure to study a proposed merger of the University of Arkansas and Little Rock University. The House added broader duties, requiring budgets for all state colleges and a merger plan, sparking debate over prioritizing other institutions.
U S Marine jets returned to Hue as the four week campaign continued. Bombs rockets and napalm struck Communist troops near Hue Citadel while Marines on the Perfume River bank fired on fleeing combatants. Civilians were warned to abandon the area and enemy forces in the former Imperial Palace were urged to surrender or die.
The American Bar Association plans ethics code changes to restrict what prosecutors and defense lawyers may say about pending criminal cases. The effort could invite court challenges as binding rules target police, judges, and officials and may lead to reprimand or disbarment for breaches. The measure follows statements by ABA President Earl F. Morris and other officials about hoped adoption by state bars and possible state court rules.
Hope High School Music Department presents a concert Thursday at 7 30 in the High School Auditorium. The band and choir perform three American music arrangements titled The Navy Hymn Oh Brother Alan and My Fair Lady with additional band and choir selections. Admission is by season ticket or at the door.
Firefighters were called to 1010 North Graham Street where a blaze damaged bedding in the Merrie Hampton residence. The incident occurs amid a broad AP News Digest roundup including Vietnam, Gulf of Tonkin and White House policy notes.
In Desha County near Monticello Arkansas three members of a Rohwer family were killed in a late Tuesday car-truck collision on Arkansas 4 seven miles north of Monticello. Charles Perkins 18 his wife and their 6-year-old son died. Injured were Harold Scroggins Jr. 24 driver of the pickup and passenger Johnny Donalson 24 of Monticello. Officers said the Scroggins car curved into the Perkins vehicle in a near head on crash.
Hope residents face a full day without mail delivery with rural routes paused but box service continuing. Edward Brett Robbs of Southwestern at Memphis earns a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship honor. Joseph Kauffman Keesey Jr. and another Southwestern student receive honorable mentions. Local events include a high school fundraiser supper priced 1.50 adults 0.75 children at Hope High School and MYF breakfast tickets 1 for adults 0.59 for children 12 and under. Country Club announces 15 sets of golf clubs available and Gulf balls plus catalogs for order. National Electric Week winners receive appliances from 33 to 315 in value.
A pre dawn blast on a first story window ledge at the Soviet Embassy in Washington injured no one but ripped the ledge and damaged interior furniture. FBI lab and Army personnel assisted police, with investigation ongoing and no arrests reported. The embassy at 1125 16th Street NW has historic ties to Russia and the Soviet government.
AP dispatch says Governor Winthrop Rockefeller will depart this afternoon for Washington to attend the National Republican Community gathering. In Washington, Senator J Willan Fulbright and Senator John L. McClellan, both Democrats from Arkansas, voted against invoking cloture on the civil rights bill. The cloture motion failed 55 to 37.
Republican and Democratic leaders in the Kentucky House sponsor a bill to repeal obsolete sections of the states criminal code. It would wipe out bans on selling tobacco near camp meetings and remove laws against public highway bathing attire grazing cattle on Capitol grounds and defrauding a livery stable operator.
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