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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1970
Page
2
Bob Jackson, 26, longtime assistant at Florida State University, accepted an assistant football coaching position at Kansas State University effective immediately. The appointment was announced Wednesday night by K State athletic director Eric Farrett.
The Pentagon weighs the undersea long range missile system USMS to expand U S retaliatory capabilities with multiple warheads. Navy leaders say USMS would allow all submarines to base in the United States and strike Soviet targets from adjacent waters, while defense chiefs debate budgets and strategic value.
A prosecution witness in the Memphis Naval Air Station riot case for four black Marines invoked the fifth amendment during a hearing out of view of the court. Pvt Lorenzo Judkins declined to answer questions, amid claims the men fought in barracks and a club, with defense arguing the incidents were ambush driven. Judkins was labeled a hostile witness. Separate item notes a Craighead County search for missing Tommy Langston, 51, after a truck accident near Cash Arkansas.
Witnesses guard testimony as the inquest probes Kennedy related events after the ferry incident. Two Kennedy friends, first cousin Joseph Gargan and attorney Paul Markham, testified they learned Kennedy had not gone to the police. District Attorney Edmund Dinis appeared at the press center, declining comment but saying he may pursue a grand jury if warranted.
Obituaries from Hope area list Nola Etta Burke 66 of Hempstead and Nevada counties dying in a local hospital with husband William Burke and children among survivors. Funeral 2 pm Friday at Herndon Chapel, burial Holly Grove under Herndon, pallbearers named. Also noted Willie E Honea 85 of Hope died at home with service details pending and Basil York former York Furniture owner dies in Harlingen with services in Hot Springs. Gertrude McKennie 38 died in Bullieeville hospital with arrangements to be announced by Oakcrest Funeral Home.
A report by the Associated Industries of Arkansas and the Arkansas State Chamber details a fiscal crisis tied to federal spending changes and the 1965 66 income tax windfall. It cites a 1967 hidden recession, reduced federal matching funds, and rising state taxes as triggers, prompting a 1968 special session to shuffle agency funds and a 1969 push for higher taxes.
Testimony shows deputy coroner pressing Groth on why tear gas was not used during a warrant raid. Groth says the weapons were standard issue and tear gas was unavailable in the building. Community groups dispute the police account of the gun battle and Hampton’s death as officers faced potential Panther activity.
In Eudora Arkansas the school superintendent says rapid desegregation is impossible to preserve federal funding. HEW begins action to withhold funds for non desegregation while advisory unitary plans await September implementation. Chicot County District faces similar risk.
PRIZREN Yugoslavia AP For three years the Taci family stayed indoors to escape Mazreku vengeance Then Bedtr Taci ventured out to the vineyard and lost his life The two families live in Matnusi near Prizren Three years ago some Taci clan members killed two Mazreku sons Under Balkan tradition the Mazrekus claim two Taci lives.
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