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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1969
Page
2
24 hour station report ending 7 am Wednesday shows high 96 and low 71 with .32 inch precipitation. Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Thursday. Widely scattered thundershowers tonight becoming isolated Thursday. Today's high expected in the 90s, tonight low mostly clear.
A reflective prayer urges alert driving and safety on the July fourth holiday. It asks for grace to avoid violence, sees the car as a gift, and requests the ability to show Christ’s love to other drivers. The anonymous message emphasizes courtesy on the road and mindful behavior in all conditions.
Lou Brock, star left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, obtained a 90 percent SBA guarantee for a 135000 loan to finance a auto dealership in East St. Louis. Brock believed he sought conventional financing, but the loan was routed through the minority enterprise program.
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and several Arkansas officials will travel to Washington today to testify before a Department of Housing and Urban Development panel.
Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch, after a loss to Senate GOP Leader Dirksen, fights Sen. Strom Thurmond and allies to keep federal desegregation deadlines intact. Justice officials delay a desegregation policy statement as intragovernmental disputes persist and Finch seeks approval for Dr. John H. Knowles.
A humorously reflective column on middle age describing shifts in lifestyle and perspective. It notes grown children, new social dynamics, reduced fear of job loss, altered party behavior, and the paradoxes of aging with a sly tone. The piece toys with the idea that middle age can be surprisingly pleasurable despite flaws and misunderstandings.
Washington AP reports Army leaders count on the Burger Court to lighten the effect of landmark Supreme Court rulings on military trials. Spokespersons cite anticipated judicial decisions as pivotal to courtroom procedures and wartime discipline.
Arkansas State Police plan Red White and Blue patrols for the 78 hour Fourth of July weekend. Over 350 officers in 12 hour shifts will use radar and aircraft to curb holiday crashes and fatalities, following last year’s seven deaths.
Hot Springs AP report states J. H. Jennings, 37, of Hot Springs was critically injured in a fire at the Hot Springs Brass Foundry Co. plant when a hydraulic line broke and hot oil sprayed into a hot metal vat. The blaze damaged about one third of the foundry. three other workers Herman Stultz I B Miller and Billy Willinghaim sustained burns but were not hospitalized.
Officials consider bringing citizens to El Dorado to view a proposed mill costing over 300000 dollars. Planning and Zoning defer action pending fuller inquiry. They want City Building Official Bill Wray to study a similar operation and present findings at the next Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on July 15.
The Air Force announced Kenneth W. Powell's promotion to colonel effective July. Powell, a veteran of the Pacific and Korean conflicts, now serves as Deputy Director of Air Operations at Andrews AFB. In Philadelphia, NEA ratified a merger of Arkansas's white and Negro teacher associations at the 107th annual convention, with 7,000 delegates approving and plans for merged representation and staffing.
The Nixon administration proposed changing the 1965 voting rights act to give the attorney general power to block state procedures after changes, replacing preclearance. Critics from liberals and Republicans warned the plan would dilute protections for Black voters, especially in the South, and questioned Mitchell’s zeal to root out discriminatory measures. Republican leaders, led by Rep. McCulloch, pressed for extending the act, signaling a tough Judiciary Committee vote set for July 10.
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