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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1969
Page
2
The forecast calls for fair to partly sunny skies with continuing heat through Tuesday. Isolated afternoon thundershowers are expected north, while the south could see widely scattered storms in the afternoon and evening. Highs will be mostly in the low 100s, with lows around the 60s to low 80s.
Three Tucker Prison Farm inmates escaped in a gunfire exchange early this morning. One wounded, one captured. Pat Whittington injured, taken to England hospital. The fugitives then fled on foot as guards fired on their vehicle before it stopped on prison grounds.
In Los Angeles a graduate education leader said student support for radical action is dwindling and militants may struggle to mobilize mass demonstrations. Gustave Arlt, president of the United States Council of Graduate Schools, noted administrators have addressed grievances and will not yield to revolutionary pressure. He spoke after a week of graduate school dean meetings.
President Nixon urged Congress to act against drug abuse citing a seven year 800 percent rise in juvenile drug involvement. He proposed new legislation, a model state narcotics act, and stronger international cooperation to curb contraband drugs.
A deadly shooting and scattered violence erupted in San Diego's predominantly Negro Southeast area after arrests Sunday night. A liquor store owner shot and killed an unidentified man during a robbery. Police say three others were wounded by gunfire and rocks shattered windows as officers clashed with a crowd. no injuries to police were reported. The disturbance began at dusk and eased by midnight.
Col John Norman Warnock a delegate to Arkansas Constitutional Convention announced a petition advocating freedom of choice school desegregation plans had been sent to President Nixon. The petition with 1800 signatures covers Fairview and Lafayette districts, backed by Freedom Inc. The DoJ and HEW have accepted desegregation plans for both districts. Warnock urged democracy at home if Americans die for democracy abroad.
George C. Wallace states he will seek the White House in 1972 unless President Nixon can solve major national issues. He lists war, tax cuts for the middle class, spending cuts, law and order, and government control of public schools as conditions. Wallace spoke on ABC's Issues and Answers.
Screaming Mirage jet planes 700 armored vehicles and 9 000 men paraded before President Pompidou along the Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde. The 180th anniversary of the Bastille fall was noted with street dancing and fireworks across Paris.
Lois M. Collier, 44, of Hope dies after a long illness in Hempstead County Memorial Hospital. Survived by husband James Aubrey Collier Jr, son Terry, daughter Mrs Roger McLelland, mother Mrs J B McDowell, sister Mrs Dennis Crafton, four brothers, and twin Lawrence McDowell. Funeral Wednesday at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church. Burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. Leslie Whitehead, 42, of Hope dies in Little Rock Hospital after a Hempstead County birth native. Survived by daughter Lynn Whitehead, parents Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Whitehead, sisters Katherine Burns Maxine Burns, LaVita Hutson. Funeral today at Central Church of Christ, burial Central Cemetery near Patmos.
The Soviet news agency reports Luna 15 was launched toward the moon from Moscow time Sunday and passed 40 300 miles from Earth six hours later. Western diplomats question if the craft aims to return moon soil, potentially challenging Apollo 11. NASA and Space figures caution against overestimating.
A trio of long haired pirates raided the Queen Elizabeth, berthed in Fort Lauderdale as a tourist attraction.
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