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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1968
Page
2
Fragments report a 24 hour weather outlook ending Friday morning with high 65 and low 34. Little change expected through Saturday with clouds to periods of light showers in western areas. Northeast winds to upper 20s tonight and 40s elsewhere.
Bert Wheeler a longtime vaudeville comedian died Thursday night at 72 from emphysema in New Julinas. His career spanned over five decades after a childhood ankle fracture led him to improvise on stage including a later act performed lying on his stomach and using food to emote.
President Johnson plans a greatly intensified international push to tap ocean wealth and aid world hunger with expanded ocean research. AP sources note a strong move to expand funding for marine sciences, aiming for broader global collaboration and policy shift amid Vietnam era demands.
AP reports Roy Reed former Arkansas Gazette reporter now with the New York Times described President Johnson as a man with a compulsion to run everything. Reed spoke at a Sigma Delta Chi meeting in Little Rock noting White House access is limited and press secretary George Christian controls information. He said Johnson slept in a bed each night on Air Force One and that journalists often mistrust and resist him while he manipulates the news.
A Stanford surgery reports Mike Kasperak’s transplanted heart beating strongly after a three hour operation to stop intestinal bleeding. He, 54, remains in critical condition but alert. Surgeons Oberhelman and Shumway noted improved liver appearance and expect more biopsy results.
Reported remarks show Democrats and some Republicans split on increasing taxes to fund the war with strings attached. Backers seek guarantees that taxes would end after victory while opponents fear higher costs and reduced federal services. Voters worry about prices, including potatoes, amid the tension.
Gordon W. Rodgers USN second class was sworn in January 12 at CNABATRA by Commander Sutherland. He joined the Navy August 1, 1964 after Willisville High School graduation. Rodgers is the son of James R. and Mrs. Rodgers of Rosston Arkansas.
Fort Smith Arkansas AP Jack Shelley, city administrator, denies he barred KFLA TV news director Cliff Walker from a city directors luncheon meeting at a restaurant. Walker says he was told to wait outside but later gained admittance with two other reporters. Shelley claims the gathering was not a business meeting and no one objected to their attendance. The luncheon host was Roland St John, operator of Fort Smith City Lines.
Pennsylvania health official Dr Norman Yoder admitted fabricating a report that six college students were blinded after taking LSD. Governor Shafer suspended Yoder, who is legally blind, and he was hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation. Investigators disclosed inconsistencies in the records and confirmed the hoax.
Soviet Union leaders Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny returned from talks in Poland and East Germany and headed toward the international Communist conference in Budapest on February 26. An official notice Tuesday gave the first word on their two day East German visit. The report followed a surprise weekend trip involving Poland and hinted at plan for Asian consultative efforts.
President pushes for a 10 percent surcharge with a July 1970 effective date while Congress debates viability. Auto and telephone excise taxes face staged cuts and delays. Missouri senator Mansfield signals possible Senate passage if House clears. Critics label SBA policy as political, demanding investigations amid disaster loan concerns and allegations of misuse in Alaska.
John W Gutdet 3 New Hampshire lawyer defense counsel for Prime Minister Hideki Tojo in the postwar Tokyo war crimes trial died Thursday. Arthur H Vandenberg Jr son of the late U S Senator from Grand Rapids died Thursday after a long public service including his father's aide and Eisenhower campaign role. Glenn Menge 70 Brockway Glass Co board chairman since 1956 died Wednesday night after 46 years in the glass industry and nine years as Brockway president.
Samuel J. Archibald of the University of Missouri freedom of information center urged Army Secretary Stanley R. Resor to disclose a colonel’s request for 372 fifths of liquor and 20 bottles of wine for a Washington event. Col J A Ingerski ruled disclosure would serve no useful purpose, but Archibald says the case tests the new information law.
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