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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1969
Page
2
Page Two Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday notes high 96 and low 73 with generally fair and continued hot conditions through Wednesday. Widely scattered thundershowers expected mainly in afternoons and early nights, with highs 94 to 104 and lows 72 to 62.
Army Warrant Officer James K. Ameigh, son of Mr and Mrs John E Ameigh of Mountain View Arkansas, was killed in action in Vietnam, the Defense Department said Monday.
The United Methodist Church announces a Vacation Bible School for children from July 7 to July 11, with daily sessions 9 am to 1 pm. A skating program for parents and friends is set for Sunday July 13 at 7 pm replacing the usual evening worship service.
A bomb exploded as the royal party arrived for a procession to Caernarvon Castle. One youth was threatened with lynching after throwing an egg at the Queen's coach. About 50 police surrounded the area. two youths were arrested near the track. The blast tore up a section of track. passengers included U S Ambassador Walter Annenberg and Patricia Nixon.
Municipal Judge O H Hargraves postponed eight Negroes hearings after arrests during downtown picketing of merchants. The rescheduled session set for July 7 because defense attorney John Walker of Little Rock could not attend. One defendant, Edilie Tate, faced contempt of court for allegedly making a face at the judge and was held on a $250 bond.
Neal H. Potts of General Earth Minerals says admission to the Crater of Diamonds rose due to inflation. He notes 1951’s $3 opening, later cut to $1.50, and cites rising costs in advertising and labor as factors. General Earth Minerals recently bought the site for mining but kept it open as a tourist attraction at Murfreesboro officials’ request.
Attorney General John N. Mitchell told a House subcommittee the Nixon administration's voting rights proposal strengthens the 1965 act. It would extend observer authority beyond the South, allow bar of discriminatory laws, and empower courts to issue blanket orders. He argued a simple five year extension would leave many citizens, especially in ghetto Negro communities, neglected in voting rights.
BELLEVILLE AP Belleville's mystery spanker has been apprehended and punished. Michael Crawford, 24, was arrested at his home Sunday after admitting seven spankings in a statement. He pleaded guilty in Magistrate's Court and received a $500 fine with $450 stayed. Officers said boys were spanked for minor misdeeds like littering or bicycle riding on sidewalks, with some receiving two spankings in one day at a fishing hole.
The Invaders faction leader Tate declared the movement will be intensified due to local injustices and vowed to fill jails with their people rather than pay bond. Prosecutor Lloyd Henry noted 70 men had been deputized to handle rioting risks in St. Francis County.
A half dozen lawmakers and their spouses spend six days on an 18 cent per person per day food budget to study welfare hunger. Rep Abner Mikva and Sen Walter Mondale head the effort with participants including Rep Paul McCloskey Jr and Sens Eagleton, Church, and McCarthy.
Temperatures in Arkansas reached 100 degrees for the seventh straight day with little change forecast through Wednesday. El Dorado led at 102, Texarkana 101, Jonesboro 100, and Little Rock 99, the hottest there since July 15, 1966. Skies stay fair to partly cloudy with 90s to low 100s and scattered showers mainly in the north. Overnight lows ranged from 69 Fayetteville to 79 Little Rock.
Arkansas Attorney General Joe Purcell says consumers will be bound by a $100 million price-fixing settlement with five drug companies in a nationwide suit unless they file to exclude themselves by August 1. Exclusion requests must be written to the U.S. District Court clerk in New York. The case covers antibiotic overcharges from 1954 to 1966 and hinges on court-approved distribution formulas.
Notice to consumers who bought certain broad spectrum antibiotics within the period. Exclusion from the class must be requested by August 1969. failure to opt out may result in a binding settlement and payment of claims. Mail a claim with product details to the Attorney General’s office by the deadline.
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