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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1969
Page
2
The Arkansas Banking Board voted 32 Monday to grant a rehearing on September 16 for a group seeking permission to organize a second bank in Ashdown The board had previously refused the application citing concerns over need and market conditions The applicants argue Ashdown's economic growth requires a new bank to serve the area.
Cindy Reese reports the city may ban certain water uses under a new ordinance if shortages worsen. City Manager Garland Medders says only mandatory watering limits are certain now, with future prohibitions possible on cleaning outdoor areas and pools lacking proper filtration. Officials plan to meet congressional members in Washington on July 1 and seek three more wells near Oakhaven to boost supply.
In Little Rock AP report Bruton Jim Bruton former Tucker Prison Farm superintendent posted 2500 bond after federal grand jury indicted him on 19 counts of brutality to inmates. William C Morgan also posted 2500 bond with 13 other defendants named in the indictment. Arraignments delayed until bonds posted. Indictment covers 46 alleged brutality incidents including beatings and torture.
Hope Arkansas Lions hosted a two part scouting program at Town and Country on Monday. Two men from the Caddo area Boy Scouts Council visited from Texarkana to share updates and scouting activities. Scurlock, a local participant, was noted in attendance.
The station report notes a 102 degree high and 72 degree low for 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday, establishing a new 1969 high. Arkansas forecasts call for fair weather into Wednesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers and little change in temperatures, highs 95 to 105, lows in the 70s. Scouting executive Mannie Stevens outlined long range plans and distributed brochures showing projected boy population, troops by 1986, and needed facilities. Deputy District Governor James Morrow of Hope recalled local Lions Club history and installed officers with Lion Paul McClellan as president. guests included Sears manager John Hozate, newly arrived in Hope, and Lion Jimmie Newsom of Searcy.
Senator Winston L. Prouty backs the Safeguard program but foes press for a compromise. Vermont’s Aiken says 60 votes possible with radar site terms, while Williams and McIntyre remain uncommitted. Vice President Agnew could break a tie if needed as debate centers on radar site refinements and missile arming timelines. Prouty warns the vote may be narrow and aims to give Nixon a second option against a nuclear surprise.
The Associated Press reports weather readings from cities nationwide with highs and lows ranging from 47 to 108 degrees. Notable conditions include Albuquerque clear and hot at 98/69 and Portland Maine clear at 78/60 while Seattle remains clear at 71/51 and Albany shows 82/54 under cloudy skies.
LITTLE ROCK AP Gov Winthrop Rockefeller resumes ouster hearings in the state Capitol against two Game and Fish Commission members Newt L Hailey of Rogers and Raymond R Farris of Missouri Biscce. Misconduct in office charges loom as proceedings continue today.
Joseph Eddie Broadway, 27, of Bauxite, appeared before U S Commissioner C J Hughes and was ordered held until Arkansas authorities arrive. Marshals will return Broadway to face charges of robbing the Benton State Bank branch in Bauxite on January 18. He has prior robberies and burglaries of the bank and escaped from Tucker Prison Farm in December, after turning himself in at a St. Louis bus station seeking protection from associates.
Paris AP reports North Vietnam formally rejected the July 11 election proposal by South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Hanoi repeats demand for total and unconditional American withdrawal from South Vietnam. Thieu proposed international supervision and broad participation including the Viet Cong in elections.
Zoe Byrd 80 resident of Hope died yesterday afternoon in a local hospital. She was a Methodist and is survived by two sons Claude Byrd of Hope and Argie Byrd of Kennedy Texas and two daughters Mrs Roscoe Bowden and Mrs George Walden of Hope. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Herndon Chapel with Rev Everett Vineson officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens under Herndon Funeral Home direction.
Gen Earle G Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff left for South Vietnam on a trip described as an inspection. He will assess the current military situation study Vietnamization and consult with other military leaders on strategy ahead of Nixon's forthcoming decision on troop levels.
North Vietnamese gunners shelled allied outposts near Gio Linh and Con Thien four times Monday. U.S. Command reported 35 rockets and mortars fired, four U.S. helicopters lost with four Americans killed and three wounded in a collision. Sixty plus enemy casualties were noted, while B52s pounded Black Virgin Mountain with more than 500 tons of explosives to blunt Tet offensive pressure.
A New York Airways STOL craft bound for Newark crashed on takeoff at Kennedy Airport. The pilot and co pilot were killed. The stewardess and 11 passengers were injured. The plane shuttles among Kennedy Newark and LaGuardia airports.
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