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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1968
Page
1
The piece notes a rate rise for RFD subscribers amid rising operating costs, a 22 year gap since farm price changes, and the broader pattern of price increases across newspapers. It contrasts public posting of good and bad news, citing a steel industry executive who signs outcomes himself.
AP reports Newsweek claimed the Johnson Pope meeting was unhappy with a 10 page memo on the Pope’s desk and a question about suspending bombing in North Vietnam. White House spokesperson George Christian said Johnson gave a complete account and the meeting was cordial and understanding.
President Johnson welcomed 1968 with prayers for peace at a Roman Catholic service near his Texas ranch and spent a quiet New Year’s Eve with his wife and friends. He held a morning White House meeting but offered no New Year’s Day statement. He signed a 15 percent duty cut on bagpipes as 1967 ended.
Arkansas teachers earn an average salary of 7,296 dollars, up 62 from last fall, but remains below units in North Dakota South Dakota and Mississippi. NEA data show 38.6 percent paid 4,500 to 5,499 dollars and 31.5 percent in the 5,500 to 6,499 range with small shares above 7,500.
Cummins Prison Farm in Arkansas reports two inmates escape Sunday from Miller County. Jesse James Stigner aged 29 of Texarkana Texas and Gore Day Keight Martin aged 24 of Texarkana Arkansas fled the grounds around 4 a.m. Both were serving burglary and grand larceny sentences. Stigner is described as very dangerous with a four sixyyear term while Martin has a five year term. Police urged vigilance and search to recapture them.
Lt Governor Maurice Britt, a 47 year old Republican and World War I Medal of Honor recipient, will enter Veterans Administration Hospital in Little Rock for exploratory chest surgery after routine exams. He is to return to the hospital Tuesday with the operation set for Wednesday.
Hope Star announces effective today a hike in mail subscription prices for the Local Zone in the first rise since 1946. Rising newsprint and labor costs drive the change, with postage increases also effective Jan 7. Old and new rates shown for different periods, counties listed, carrier and distant rates unchanged.
The New Year holiday weekend saw 219 traffic deaths by Monday midnight, far under the National Safety Council’s 460 to 540 forecast. Weather kept many off roads, with the Associated Press counting 484 nonholiday deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight and noting weather as a factor in numerous crashes. A California teen died on icy I-10 near McNary, Texas, as six others were hurt. The three-day toll peak was 564 in 1966, with 209 in 1949 the low since WWII.
Hazardous driving conditions spread through central and southern Arkansas as snow sleet and freezing rain moved in after a cold mass arrived. State Police and the Weather Bureau warned extreme danger on highways with up to one inch of accumulation south to the Louisiana border. Maj Bill Miller urged extreme caution as New Year travel surged. Arkansas logged one fatality in the holiday period and 627 total deaths for 1967, 47 fewer than 1966, with lows tonight and highs Tuesday in the 20s.
State police report one fatal highway crash during the Christmas holiday period ending at midnight. A 17 year old identified as Thome Vernon Marcrum of Pine Bluff died in a two car collision inside Pine Bluff city limits near Ping Bluff.
Hope Rotary Club heard Capt Jack Lloyds, a Special Forces trooper with 213 jumps, discuss the Vietnam conflict. He urged distinct yet cooperative roles for American and Vietnamese forces and noted a shifting tide in allies’ favor amid a highly trained foe. He praised Vietnamese fighters and South Vietnam, while addressing questions on rapid vegetation growth and battlefield conditions. The event was arranged by Blue Arch and guests included Lloyds’s father John Hoyd Hobart Shirley Sydney McMith and others.
In Calico Rock Arkansas AP prosecutor Robert H. Dudley of Pocahontas files suit in Circuit Court to remove R. Darrell Skidmore from the Calico Rock School Board.
Vernon Lee Knight, 27, of Fort Smith Arkansas, died when his car veered off an overpass on Interstate 40 and landed on its roof. Barbara Johnson, 30, also of Fort Smith, suffered injuries and was reported in fair condition at a local hospital.
Washington AP reports the Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders heard economists warn that 1968 riots are largely built in and unlikely to be curbed by summer jobs or gimmicks. Mongum, Bullock, and Ginzburg cited persistent discrimination and scarce opportunities as root causes, with labor data showing nonwhites face higher unemployment.
Arkansas gained 14 555 jobs through 277 new or expanded industries during 1967 the state Chamber of Commerce announced Saturday. The chamber said 75 industries located in the state while 202 resident industries announced expansion plans. It estimated the total industrial outlay for growth at more than 289 million dollars.
H Dane Harris, owner of the Vapors supper club, said he will reopen the venue for the 50 day Oaklawn Park meet starting Feb 8. Paul E Francis of the Hot Springs Chamber praised the decision, noting the need for first class entertainment in the resort. Harris promised big name entertainment as in the past after liquor seizure and related charges were resolved.
Bitter cold spread across the Midwest and Northeast as record low temperatures were recorded in Peoria Fort Wayne Milwaukee Chicago Columbus and Pittsburgh. Snow and ice affected travel from Tennessee to Texas while Northeast cold wave warnings spread. Dense Pacific fog enabled hazardous driving and temperatures ranged from 28 at International Falls to 69 at Key West.
Three minor crash incidents were reported by City Police. On Elm Street a car driven by L. F. Salisbury backed into Merlin Cox’s parked vehicle, with minor damage noted by Officer Roweall Brown. At Second and Walnut Robart C. Block struck Maxzle Jarrett’s parked car with slight damage, per Officer Abbott. Saturday at Division and Main Lawrence Porter backed out and hit Troy Lee Brages’s car, with minor damage reported by Officers Rowe and McFulley.
Dale Jones reports slow returns in the Hempstead County Christmas Seal drive, with 1798.50 raised so far, far below last year. Hope Public Schools reopen January 2, while football and publicity tales dominate weekend broadcasts. A Citizens Band Radio Club meeting is set for January 2 at WOW Hall with Lt. Col. Walls and Lt. Co. Hart outlining air reserve work. James Dillard Pool retires from Gas Transmission on December 1. Whitfield Masonic Lodge 239 holds a meeting January 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Saigon AP report says U S forces survived the first 24 hours of the New Year truce without a U S GI dead despite at least 66 cease fire incidents. Viet Cong losses around 60 killed including a company commander. South Vietnamese marines suffered 19 dead and 47 wounded near a Mekong Delta camp 58 miles south of Saigon. Air support was limited and incidents spread across Quang Ngai and Hau Nghia provinces with 98 Communists killed, 21 South Vietnamese soldiers dead and 62 wounded, and 16 Americans wounded in the period.
Arkin son Power & Light Co. announced a 1968 expansion totaling 526 million dollars across six Arkansas counties. The plan includes 21 million for production plants, 9.7 million for transmission projects, 8.5 million for distribution system improvements, and 3.2 million for buildings and equipment. Site work for a 300000 kilowatt nuclear-fueled plant near Russellville requires 3.9 million, while 17 million funds continue construction of a 530000 kilowatt unit at Lake Catherine near Malyer.
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