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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1968
Page
2
Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday notes high 94 and low 713 with no precipitation. Bett Associated Press Arkansas reports partly cloudy to cloudy, warm and humid Friday with showers and thunderstorms, especially south, and thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Lows tonight most of the night to the 3s.
Marine Pfc. R J Broussard and Lance Cpl. Lawrence Haven provide gunman briefings as hijacker takes control over Texas after Houston stop. Stewardess Kathleen Dickinson translated for the nervous gunman who claimed Fidel urged return to Cuba. Captain Sidney L Oliver, the pilot, described threats of a grenade and a wrapped object.
The piece describes Black Panther Party activity in West Oakland with guns in cars to defend rights as arrests rose. It cites Newton declaring ongoing action, police brutality claims, and a rise in Panthers to about 200 members amid a 40,000 Negro population in West Oakland and 121,000 citywide.
Wallace scheduled to arrive at 9 30 a m in Hot Springs and head to Arkadelphia to attend the funeral of Mrs Wynnie Sanders at 11 a m in Murry Ruggles Funeral Home. Ouachita Baptist University president orders campus flags at half staff in her honor. Sanders was a house mother to Wallace and other cadets trained at OBU during World War II. Secret Service planned security with local officials after five hours of talks.
Nine children and two adults died as a frame and stucco home in St Albans Queens burned. A child leaped from a second floor window to safety. Five were treated at Mary Immaculate Hospital and released. Police named the dead as Mrs Bessie Berry and her children Charlene Denise Reginald Janie Bobbie Jeanie Gibson and Sheila Bertha Darlene Black.
Rome fashion notes detail Tita Rossi and Princess Galitzine unveiling ultra long skirts with high split fronts and deep decolletage. Reveals include see through black chiffon V necks, midnight noir gowns, and sheer point dresprit with matching Bermuda shorts in a dramatic collection.
Three American flyers released by North Vietnam were handed to an antiwar group in Hanoi and expected to fly to Vientiane Friday night. Named are Maj. James Frederick Low, Maj. Fred Neal Thompson, and Capt. Joe Victor Carpenter, all released after four to seven months as POWs. The handover occurred at 8 a.m. local time to family and peace activists, amid broader war feelings in the city.
North Vietnam will not negotiate with the Saigon government, Thuy says. He adds that peace requires Viet Cong participation and that Laos and Cambodia issues could be discussed if Laotian people participate, while North Vietnam would reassess Southeast Asia if bombing ends.
Nine AWOL marines protested Vietnam War by chaining to church pews then moving to another church after a bomb scare. They were detained by military police at the end of a 48 hour period and later transferred to Marin City church. One Marine, John Robinson of Westport Connecticut, spoke of enlightenment from their chains’ removal.
Fragmentary page report shows politicians debating state gun control, taxes, and prison. Bruce Bennett of El Dorado criticizes the system, Clyde Byrd of Little Rock touts experience to govern, and a church rally scene references Christian sharing amid tense remarks.
Arkansas Municipal League official Fleming warned cities face a financial crisis after the state Supreme Court ruled a city could be liable for employee negligence. He urged mandating workers comp and vehicle and property insurance, proposing tax adjustments to cover premiums and judgments. He warned cities may shutter departments or parks if relief isn’t found.
An old newspaper ad promotes T-4 as a powerful odor eliminator for feet. It urges readers to visit Gibson Drug Store for overnight effectiveness and claims the product acts quickly, with a bold sales tone and limited, scattered details.
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