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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1967
Page
2
Page Two Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Monday. High 52, Low 34. Widely scattered thundershowers afternoon, mostly cloudy and cooler tonight and Tuesday morning with scattered showers and a few thundershowers mainly in the southeast. Partly cloudy and cool Tuesday afternoon. Lows tonight in the 30s north to 40s south.
The Associated Press reports a warming trend spreading from the west into the Southeast after a record cold spell. Temperatures rose up to 20 degrees in the region, with the Carolinas and Florida still cold. seven deaths were linked to the cold, Florida crop damage noted but citrus losses deemed not too extensive. Ice and freezing rain hit the Midwest, and hazardous driving warnings extended from the Ozarks to the Lower Great Lakes as snow and rain affected multiple states.
Scotland Yard selected a 21 year old West Indian for London’s Metropolitan Police under the ordinary selection system. The man, whose identity was not released, is expected to begin detective training soon after Home Secretary Roy Jenkins urged chiefs to recruit Negro officers. Midlands departments also report use of Black bobbles on patrol.
Admissions list shows Thelma Abbott Harold Collins Lester Brown Charles Trotter Ed Trotter Joe Hertxson and Mrs Dallas Hugg Melanie Ann Smith Mrs Steve Adkins Pearl Aaron M Erwin Elvin Betts Raymon Johnston D W state and others. Discharges include Joe Herfidon Laura Levins M E Tate Hollis Samuels Jesse Burke Jeff Langston Marcessis Cooper Mildred Welliver Henry Terry Otto Williamson Edna Gibson John Robo Helen Bachman Cora Hutchins Larry Walden Laney Ann Smith W M Cross and H A Ward of Hope.
In Peoria the Richard Speck murder trial moves into its second week as prosecutors and defense continue to select jurors. Three venues remains unpaneled after a week, with 124 people screened and only three tentative jurors. The judge contends with a Tribune suit over news coverage while Speck, 25, stays in his cellblock, receiving meals from the jail.
In COLORADO SPRINGS, 24 cadets at the Air Force Academy are questioned as 36 resignations rise in the honor code cheating case. Three cadets resigned after admitting cheating on tests shared with peers. Five non‑involved cadets found guilty of toleration for knowing and not reporting the exchange. Rev. Gilchrist urged strict honor code as crucial to national security. Officials seek root cause. past incident led to 109 cadets dismissed. Chris Petre of Hope, Ark., opens Humble station on Third Street in March.
Narcotics squads raided clubs and house parties across London Exeter Winchester Manchester and Folkestone over the weekend arresting more than 30 teens on drug possession charges. Dogs aided the operation as large quantities of reefers and pep pills were seized. Home Secretary Roy Jenkins ordered the crackdown amid rising teenage addiction from under 500 to over 1,200 known addicts in six years.
Washington reports rising congressional doubt about negotiating an ant missile ban with the Soviets and calls for rapid U S deployment of a missile defense. Barry Goldwater argues break of the test ban may be needed, while Gen Wheeler says testing under the current treaty is possible. Ford predicts additional standby funding if no Soviet accord emerges. University of Rochester coach Pete Lyman has held city tennis title for 12 years.
A State Police traffic accident report shows 674 deaths on Arkansas highways in the period cited, including 116 youths aged 15 to 19 killed. Male deaths reached 509 versus 172 for females, with figures reflecting a grim statewide toll and ongoing road safety concerns.
James A. Farley, ex-DNC chairman, told Connecticut Democrats in Hartford he authored a hard hitting speech without any Johnson administration prompting. He criticized Senators Robert F. Kennedy and J. W. Fulbright for their critique of the Johnson policy during the Jackson Jefferson fundraiser.
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