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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1968
Page
2
Fragmentary forecast notes a tab for 94 hours ending at 7 a.m. Tuesday with high near 92 and low around 16. Mentions 55 inch precipitation at ice and sleet, rain ending from the west as temperatures rise into Wednesday. Low tonight mainly in the Ogee region.
A sharp cold snap blankets the Northeast while a rain swath washes the Pacific Coast. Massachusetts cities halt classes as Boston sinks to 3 below, Plattsburgh NY cancels, Gore Mountain reports 30 below wind chill, Salamanca NY endures a blackout, Elmira College women’s dorms evacuate after a boiler failure. Dozens die in the cold across the region and midcontinent.
STOCKHOLM AP Sweden granted sanctuary to four American deserters who fled from Japan to protest the Vietnam War. The Aliens Commission issued a unanimous verdict that they were not political refugees and allowed them to remain for humanitarian reasons. The four are identified by names and origins, including Catonsville and Pocono areas.
Fort Smith native Army Maj. Morgan L. Phillips, 34, a Vietnam veteran, died when a UH-1 helicopter overturned during slope landings near Elba, Alabama. Two student pilots Robert Fussell Jr. and Sam Young, both injured, were treated and released. Phillips had served since 1955 and returned from Vietnam in October. He attended Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia.
Osceola attorney 34 year old Bill Alexander filed Monday to run in Arkansas 1st Congressional District. He said he can defeat any Republican challenger and became the second Democrat to qualify joining Dr Ralph Ratton. Alexander pledged for the race and paid the ballot fee. he cited low prices for farm goods, investment capital and education as key issues.
Automatic proposals discuss pay scales for top executive branch members and federal judiciary along with a salary panel created after a House Senate dispute. Senators opposed outsourcing pay hikes but compromised to approve the commission in exchange for higher third class mail rates.
Mrs J E Bearden 78 dies after illness in Hempstead County. Widow of former sheriff, long resident, members of First Baptist Hope. Survived by sons Leonard El Dorado Henry Gray Camden. daughters Ward Hope Stroud Washington Messer Tucson Malcom Boston GA. sisters Beaty den Hot Springs Rhea Clarksville Briscole Bellflower CA. seven grandchildren. five greats. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm Herron Chapel. Burial Memory Gardens Hope under Hernion Funeral Home. Rosa Bright 92 dies in Prescott hospital. Nevada County lifelong resident. Survived by daughters Moore Emmet Fore Prescott Mann Laneburg. granddaughters Still Patterson. greats. Funeral Laneburg Baptist Church 2 pm conducted by Cornish Funeral Home Prescott.
Claude A. Fuller former U S representative for Arkansas 3rd District from 1928 to 1939 died at 91 after brief illness. He began political life as Eureka Springs city clerk in 1898 and served in Arkansas Legislature 1903 1905. He was Eureka Springs mayor 1906 1910 and 1920 1928 and later prosecutor in the 3rd Judicial Circuit 1910 1914. As a Democrat he attended most national conventions since 1908 and pushed flood control and power development in the White River Basin during his time in Congress. He was a Springhill Illinois native who moved to Eureka Springs area at nine.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey’s Air Force Two refueled in Kinshasa for 75 minutes en route to Tunisia, the final stop of his African tour after a 1500 mile detour from Nairobi. Congo officials Justin Bombacko and Etienne Tshisekedi met with him during the layover.
Beir ut Lebanon AP Pope Paul VI reportedly outlined a plan to divide the Middle East giving Jordan the Gaza Strip and placing the Arab sector of Jerusalem under neutral foreign control. Vatican sources said they were not aware of the plan but did not deny it might exist. The paper says the pope discussed it with President Johnson before Christmas and Johnson spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkel during his visit this week.
Canberra AP reports John Gorton was elected leader of the Liberal party and will be sworn in as Australia’s 19th prime minister. He seeks a close US alliance like Holt, pledges to visit Asia soon to continue ties with Johnson and leaders in the region after Harold Holt’s disappearance in December.
Two senior inspectors from the Health Ministry and Attorney General's office in Moscow demanded a new law to halt factory pollution in many Soviet cities. They criticized slow or nonexistent spending on purification plants and noted failures to implement anti pollution instructions and vehicle emission devices.
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