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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1968
Page
2
Weather report notes 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. Friday with high 94 and low 68, no precipitation. Forecast from Associated Press Arkansas: party clouds, warm through Saturday, widely scattered thundershowers mostly in the afternoon and evening. Lows tonight 66 to 74.
A collection of dated quotations highlight Titus 3 1 2 urging obedience and courtesy, Ralph W Lockman praising gentleness as strength, and Dwight D Eisenhower valuing spiritual fiber over wealth and physical force.
Washington AP reports Defense Secretary Clifford approved a new high speed nuclear attack submarine model with a price around 186 million dollars. Rickover pressed for the quiet design while a rival supercruiser option may be dropped. Congress questions U S lead in submarine strength and Vietnam plans loom.
Summary of campaign developments shows George C. Wallace, American Independent Party candidate, faced boos from youth participants in an Upward Bound antipoverty program in North Dartmouth Massachusetts. Elsewhere Wallace secured Minnesota qualification to appear on the ballot.
The Arkansas delegation eyes the bloc vote rule with 21 delegates leaning Humphrey or preferring him, 11 of 40 uncommitted. McCarthy’s stance on Vietnam draws critique from one delegate while others see Nixon and Rockefeller as factors. Rockefeller campaigns in New York before Baltimore and Miami visits.
The 1966 contempt conviction of former Representative Adam Clayton Powell, resulting in a 30 day jail sentence and a $500 fine, was upheld by a 3 to 2 vote of the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court. Powell's attorney said no decision on further appeal to the Court of Appeals has been made. Powell, a Harlem Democrat long in Congress, was accused of failing to satisfy a defamation judgment related to his 1960 television program.
Dist Atty Jim Garrison says his office exchanged information with a foreign intelligence service that penetrated the Kennedy assassination operation. He cites substantial data supporting that Kennedy was killed by elements of the CIA, naming Europe as the region but not identifying the country.
Washington scene reports Senator Griffin blasting Abe Fortas and Hosmer Thornberry nominees to the Supreme Court as violating separation of powers. He presses for inquiry into Fortas White House involvement and Thornberry’s 1963 congressional extension. Hearings delay Fortas questions until next Tuesday amid ongoing criticism.
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