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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1968
Page
1
A collage of brief items notes a campus survey at Princeton about the rustle of skirts, a quip on a year’s swift passage, and a rabbit eye study using miniature radios. It also mentions labor unions pushing novel contracts such as time off for bank robberies, reflecting varied 1960s curiosity and labor sentiment.
Arkansas AG says 1967 move of the annual school election from September to March left terms unchanged. No directors to elect at March 12, 1968 election. Incumbents serve until March 1969. a September special election could elect a director to serve until then.
An AP report from San Antonio states one of the 49 wild whooping cranes died after being rushed from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge to a veterinary hospital. The adult bird suffered shotgun wounds and was beyond help on arrival. The refuge hosts 99 adults and nine juveniles this year.
Welfare Director Len Blaylock announced he will not reinstate Ruth Norton as Newton County welfare director. Carl Cook becomes director trainee as Norton’s dismissal, issued July 11, stands final amid Merits findings and Blaylock’s claim of political and mercantile influence within the office.
Pulaski Coroner Dr. Gordon Holt ordered an investigation into the death of Ronald Edward Hill 25 of North Little Rock. Hill was found Wednesday in a wooded area north of the city and authorities say he was shot once in the stomach with a 12 gauge shotgun lying nearby.
Bryant states bids are being sought on 63 two year general state printing and stationary supply contracts and six legislative contracts. Bids accepted until January 30 with legislative bids opened and tabulated the same day. He will report to a special Printing Committee after review by the Printing Specifications Review Committee. The act creating the committee was ruled unconstitutional last year, but Bryant says new contracts include individual penalties.
U S Ambassador Chester Bowles will arrive in Phnom Penh for talks with Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodian radio said Bowles would be a guest of the government and did not specify the visit's purpose. Secretary Rusk said the United States offered full cooperation to assure Cambodia's peace and independence.
A Democratic Women for Rockefeller newsletter from Little Rock says reform of Arkansas prisons can be achieved with legislative cooperation. It notes a comprehensive plan for the entire system has been prepared and urges continued support to implement it. The letter praises Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller for upgrading law enforcement dignity and for appointing a committee to recommend judges to fill vacancies.
LITTLE ROCK AP The University of Arkansas designated Herbert L Rowe as internal auditor for the Medical Center following a Government Efficiency Study Commission recommendation. Rowe, previously fiscal affairs aide to Lorm Whaley, served on the commission for three months. The panel cited unrest and poor cooperation among staff and noted inefficiencies due to weak teamwork and lax patient billing and accounting systems.
AP reports US command logs show four more American jets downed over North Vietnam raising total losses to 1,003 in the war. Raids neared Red China border with some strikes within 10 miles of its frontiers as Hanoi claims five jets shot down Friday, amid monsoon weather and questions over omitted targets and a Soviet freighter incident near Haiphong.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said the 1967 deer kill was expected to reach 25 000, despite poor conditions in the third period. Final totals show 23 581 through three hunts, with 14 404 in the first hunt and 5 448 in the second. December’s kill was 2 324 due to cold and rain.
WITTLE ROCK UP The state Highway Department reported that gross highway revenues for the first six months of fiscal 1907 88 rose by 3 426 522 from the prior year reaching 48 089 607. Motor vehicle taxes totaled 34 753 855 with registration fees over 13 million. Overload permits and penalties added 29 878. The Highway Department fund topped 28.8 million with cities and counties each over 6.1 million. More than 5.3 million went to retire highway debt and 189 432 to motor tax refunds.
Rev and Mrs RC Walker and their four children left December 10 for missionary work in the Philippines under the Methodist Church. Walker, born in Vicksburg, attended Texas A&M and Southwestern, earned a divinity degree from Perkins and did postgrad work at UT Austin. Mrs Walker, born in San Antonio, earned a BA from Southwestern and has been director of Christian education.
Mayor W F Casey Laman nominated prominent Negro contractor John Wasley Smith, 53, for a term on the North Little Rock Planning Commission. Council has to act Monday. Smith would fill the vacancy from Glenn L Jermstad’s term end. This is his second nomination to a city commission after a rejected Civil Service bid. He previously ran for the School Board in 1965 and has served in campus ministry abroad and in Dallas and Austin. His family will move with the Walkers' international assignments, linking Southwest USA and Southwest Pacific communities.
Five opponents of U.S. policy in Vietnam including Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr and Spock were indicted in Boston on conspiracy to aid draft evasion. Co defendants Raskin Goodman Milne and Ferber were also named. none arrested yet. FBI to arraign in Boston federal court. possible penalties include up to five years and ten thousand dollars. Coffin urged crowd outside Justice Department to resist the draft. all five deny guilt and say they acted to end the war.
The AFL‑CIO intervened in a Phillips County case alleging jury lists exclude Negro and white workers and violate equal protection. The suit seeks to invalidate the jury selection system, with J Bill Becker noting long investigations and reservations about a jury wheel bill from the 1957 session.
Cal Willard A Hawking director of the Arkansas Selective Service urged draft registrants to seek guidance from one of 76 government appeal agents in the state. He warned that incorrect information could lead to mistakes about military obligations under the Military Service Act of 1967 and said each local Selective Service board has an appointed government appeal agent.
Firemen from Ira Company No 14 rushed to a false alarm Tuesday night and returned to find a television set stolen from their station while they were gone for 16 minutes.
Pine Bluff Arkansas mayor announces citywide pay increases for all city employees following last year’s strike by 75 workers in the Street Sewer and Sanitation Department. The exact amounts await City Council approval and are set to take effect January 1 with Jan 18 as the date to disclose figures. The largest boosts will go to police and fire departments.
SPARKMAN Ark AP Rep David Peyer said 70 percent of Americans live on 1 percent of land. He warned that United States could become a landscape of megapolitan complexes linked by vast highway networks. He urged business to locate facilities in sparsely populated areas and suggested tax incentives to draw industries to small communities.
Federal judge approves 30000 dollars to Dennis Marcus Jones a 12 year old from North Little Rock Ark who lost an eye when drain cleaner exploded after mixing Drang with water in a glass bottle The 12000 legal fee for his lawyers and 6000 to the boy's mother also approved in Jackson Tenn case.
The state Board of Education told Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller that a large vocational-technical school should be built in Pulaski County within five years. The facility, about the size of the largest state trade schools, would be one of eight regional technical centers. The $1 million school could be funded with matching state and federal funds.
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