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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1969
Page
2
Page Two Weather Station reports for hours ending at 7 a.m. Monday show a high of 55 and a low of 33. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers or drizzle in the west tonight spreading over the state, ending from the northwest by Tuesday, with little temperature change.
The hijacker, speaking Spanish, used Miss Gates as a hostage to enter the cockpit while captains and crew, including Captain R D Smith of Atlanta, faced a hand grenade as passengers were released for illness. The Havana landing followed the Miami exit with a six crew and six miles aboard.
Washington witnesses an unprecedented security buildup for President Nixon’s oath, with up to 20,000 soldiers and police, out-of-town experts, and protective measures along Pennsylvania Avenue. Butterproof glass, covert agents, helicopter patrols, and a vast roster of potential troublemaker watchlists underline the heightened precautions.
LITTLE ROCK AP Gov and Mrs Winthrop Rockefeller will receive the first annual Mrs. D D Terry award at the Arkansas Council on Human Relations meeting. The honor recognizes Mrs Terry's contributions in education and cultural affairs. A separate report notes a prop jet bound for Miami from Guayaquil Ecuador lost radio contact but landed safely in Barranquilla Colombia after refueling.
Authorities pursue Joe Broadway a 26 year old escapee and bank robber after he tried to rob the Benton State Bank branch in Bauxite Arkansas. Police report 24 bullet marks seen in the bank. Broadway fled with a woman in a car and remains at large despite roadblocks and searches. Broadway is six foot ten and 165 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes and numerous tattoos.
Arkansas House and Senate returned to the Capitol at 1:00 p.m. to start the session's second week. Lawmakers planned to study Rockefeller multimillion tax proposals and save the 1 percent sales tax hike for later while seeking new revenue sources. Representatives Brandon Ledbetter Cockrill discussed needed annual revenues and income tax shares, with Ledbetter noting higher earners pay more.
At a Town and Country luncheon Hope Chamber of Commerce President George Fragler urged citizens to work for their community. He introduced four vice presidents Dr Don Freel Al Zimmerebner Hubert Thrash and Jim Lockhart guiding active projects.
Light rain is expected to spread over Arkansas tonight and Tuesday as a weak low pressure cell in the Texas Panhandle triggers showers. Rain may begin in the southern portions this afternoon.
In a speech built on unity and restraint, Nixon rejects inflated rhetoric and urges Americans to work together. He signals continuation of portions of Johnson’s Great Society while pushing forward goals in housing, education, environment, and full employment. He emphasizes open communications and a world open to ideas and trade, seeking peace and shared national growth.
The Supreme Court declined a challenge by 113 Cleveland area reservists over mobilization for Vietnam duty without a formal war declaration. Justice Douglas dissented, urging courts to honor promises by government. the case questioned the 1966 law giving the president authority to call up reserves without war declaration, with taps of 45 days but active duty lasting up to two years.
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds a Faulkner County ruling against Commercial Standard Insurance Co in an auto accident case involving Sen. Guy H. Jones Sr. of Conway. The firm claimed noncompliance with a policy requirement for a written statement. The court also ordered the company to pay more than $400 in attorney fees.
Mrs Sadie Powell Rider, 76, died Friday in a local nursing home. Lifelong Hempstead County resident, she belonged to Patmos Church of Christ. Survived by husband AN Rider of Patmos, son Robert R. of Houston, sister Mrs Viola Owens of Texarkana, grandsons Larry and Dob of Houston. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Patmos Church of Christ, Rev. Milton Peebles officiating. Burial in Patmos Cemetery, under Herndon Funeral Home of Hope direction.
Attorneys for six Field Elementary teachers in Gould School District weigh an appeal to the U S Supreme Court after the St Louis appeals court held Arkansas officials have absolute power to dismiss teachers absent constitutional issues. The six, not rehired in 1967 by Lincoln County School Board for alleged incompetence and insubordination, claim race and punitive motives by Field School principal Horace Dalton influenced the action.
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