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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1968
Page
4
Weather report from Associated Press Arkansas notes partly cloudy to blotchy warmth, humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms across the north portion through Friday. Thunderstorms brew mainly in the afternoon and evening, with the south portion seeing later activity. Lows tonight mostly in the upper 60s to low 70s.
Marine Pfc. R J Broussard and Lance Cpl Lawrence Haven described a hijacking over Texas after a Houston stop. Stewardess Kathleen Dickinson said the gunman was extremely nervous and claimed Fidel told him to return to Cuba. Capt Sidney L Oliver, the pilot, said the man threatened to explode a hand grenade and brandished a wrapped object.
The article describes Black Panther patrols in West Oakland with guns on cars to defend rights. It notes police brutality claims and Panther confrontations, including a 1967 shooting of a policeman. Authorities dispute Panthers prompting actions and estimate about 200 members among 40,000 Black residents in West Oakland.
Third party presidential candidate George Wallace was due in Hot Springs at 9 30 am today then travel to Arkadelphia for the funeral of Mrs Wynnie Sanders who died Monday The service is at 11 am in Murry Ruggles Funeral Home Ouachita Baptist University president Ralph Phelps ordered campus flags flown at half staff in her honor She was Wallace and other cadets house mother Secret Service agents planned security with Sheriff Wingfield and Arkadelphia Police Chief Miller
A frame and stucco private home in St Albans Queens occupied by three families burned today killing nine children and two adults. One child escaped by jumping from a second floor window to a neighbor. Five people were treated at Mary Immaculate Hospital and released. Dead include Mrs Bessie Berry 29 and her children Charlene 2 Denise 4 Reginald 6 Janie 8 Bobbie Jeanie Gibson 10 months Sheila 4 and Bertha 7 Darlene Black.
NADEANE WALKER reports from ROME on Tita Rossi and Princess Galitzine pushing long skirts to the front with midriff cuts and translucent gowns. Descriptions highlight sheer black chiffon, mint lattice underpinnings, and provocative floor-sweeping options as designers revive sex appeal in high fashion.
Three American airmen Maj James Low Maj Fred Thompson and Capt Joe Carpenter were released by North Vietnam and handed to antiwar figures in Hanoi. They are expected to fly Friday night to Vientiane on ICC plane along with others previously freed.
U S officials see evidence of a renewed North Vietnamese push toward Saigon amid stalled negotiations. Thuy states North Vietnam will not negotiate with a Thieu regime it calls a puppet, urges inclusion of the National Liberation Front, and says Laos and Cambodia could be discussed if the Laotian people participate.
In San Francisco nine AWOL servicemen held a Vietnam war protest by chaining to church leaders, then were transferred by military police after a 48 hour vigil. Eight began a community service of liberation at Howard Presbyterian, joined by a ninth. a bomb threat prompted a move to St Andrews Presbyterian. The sergeants faced church ritual amid the tense protest.
The piece reports a contentious scene with comments from Mrs. Virginia Johnson of Coneway Arkaneas decrying lack of vigilance and leadership, Bruce Barnett of El Dorado criticizing the prison system, and Clyde Byrd of Little Rock asserting governor-ready qualifications. It notes calls for a potential tax increase and a religious-tinged moment as MPs participate in a ritual, with a chained group observed during the ceremony.
LITTLE ROCK AP Wile ines Fleming assistant dlefector of the Arkansas Municipal League said the league is considering asking Gov Winthrop Rockefeller to call a special legislative session after the July 30 primaries. The league warns cities face a crisis after the state Supreme Court ruled cities could be held liable for negligence of its employees. Fleming urges cities to buy workmen's compensation and liability insurance for motor vehicles and city property. He estimates average coverage at about 1.50 per capita, costing over 1.5 million statewide, and says many cities lack funds for premiums or judgments. He notes law changes may be needed and some cities could shutter fire departments or parks without relief. The league backs a constitutional convention and suggests funding via local taxes or sales taxes, reinstating liability rules, and defining municipal liability to aid insurers.
A historical ad promotes curing foot odor by killing the germ with a preparation sold at Gibson Drug Store. The garbled copy suggests overnight effectiveness and mentions remedies and routine foot care products. The ad reads like a period ballpark remedy pitch likely from a small town newspaper.
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