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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1966
Page
1
A mashup of editorials and consumer notes discusses John Moss pushing FOI to curb secrecy, plus a future vision of motorized shopping carts with radar to ease checkout lines. The piece cites Edward Long and notes public access gains, while a separate Orangeburg item mocks endless lines at stores and previews cartmobiles and sonic controls.
Chicago reports Richard Speck was formally charged with murder after an eight victim killings spree. He met with his lawyer and Rev. David Peterson at City Hall Hospital and discussed his relationship with God as authorities set a July 8 continuance. Revival services are announced for Spring Hill Methodist Church from July 24 to 29 with Rev. Connig Robbins delivering evening sermons.
In Cleveland, five people are wounded when police and National Guardsmen fire on an auto near the riot-torn Hough district. A 4-year-old boy, Christopher Green, is in serious condition after surgery. others are listed as in satisfactory condition. A guard captain is also injured. fire that destroyed a dance hall and skating rink is blamed on arson.
AP correspondent Neil Gilbride reports tense airline bargaining as a complete breakdown looms over talks with AFL CIO Machinists and five carriers. President Johnson may summon top negotiators to the White House for intensive sessions amid threats of a monthlong strike involving Trans World Eastern National Northwest and United.
Last offered talks spanned five days for a union vote to be taken in about 40 cities next weekend. Ramsey warned of a negative union result while Johnson and Wirtz defended bargaining patience. Curtin said airline negotiators would attend renewed talks today but airlines would not join the union plan. The strike has idled 66,000 workers and crippled air traffic, with wage demands centered on 53 cents over three years versus a 44 to 18 cent panel recommendation.
Macy Smith a 78 year old lifelong resident of the county perished yesterday when a fire destroyed her home in the Red Lake area near Fulton. Deputy Herbert Griffin said a lineman found the house burning and called for help. A Hope fire truck reached the scene about 15 miles from Hope and recovered the remains. Origin of the fire could not be determined. The woman lived alone.
In Washington, Sen. J. W. Fulbright and Leverett Saltonstall urged the United States to avoid retaliatory measures if North Vietnam puts captured U.S. pilots on trial as war criminals. Fulbright warned retaliatory action could trigger endless conflict, while Saltonstall stressed avoiding attacks on civilians and civilian targets. President Johnson avoided committing to any specific retaliation in response to prisoner trials.
President Johnson refused to threaten retaliation over North Vietnamese trials of American prisoners. He called such trials revolting, urged humane treatment under Geneva rules, and said there was no sign Hanoi would concede to peace talks. He also addressed labor strikes and civil rights, urging law and order while pursuing a 1966 election campaign.
AP News Digest outlines President Johnson weighing restraint over threats in North Vietnam as pilots face potential war crimes trials. Gemini 10 readies a sea dive returning records while U.S. losses grow. Cleveland faces riots quelled by guards. Speeding news includes Richard Speck charged with murder and oral bird study by Victor Gonzalez. Washington airline talks near breakdown as Johnson may intervene. Senate debates foreign aid costs as protesters orbit the president in his yard.
Arkla Village in Emmet Arkansas hosts a Friday day of fun for children with sack lunches and rides. Groups depart Fair Park at 10 a.m. and return by 3 p.m. Hope Parks and Recreation provides supervision and a insured bus driver for transport.
Ed Cottingham park director at White Oak State Park near Bluff City says the Commission has begun improvements expanding the park area at Norwood Starnes Landing. Water test wells are being drilled and a bath house and other public facilities will be contracted. Also notes on Mood of 1927 and Gulf of Mexico history. Mrs Barbarie Guthrie Wilson joins Henderson State Teachers College as English instructor. Masine Pyle Porterfield appointed assistant registrar. she is married to Lewis T Porterfield of Nashville College farm manager with one daughter Sheila Jane. Houston Angus Farms buys two Aberdeen Angus Bulls from Arthur Wimmell. Garland of Emmet undergoes surgery at St Michael's Hospital Texarkana. PFC James L Hughes completes individual training at Camp Pendleton. Next four weeks of basic specialist training in his military occupational field.
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP One of man's most exciting space adventures peaks as Gemini 10 astronauts John W Young and Michael Collins plan retro rocket firing for a fiery descent. They near the Atlantic splashdown after three days aloft with a history making rendezvous and dock with Agena 8.
Hempstead County Circuit Court opened the July adjourned term with Judge Royce Weisenberger and Judge Lyle Brown. A non jury civil docket was heard and the court adjourned to August 1 when the criminal docket will be heard and a Petit Jury may be called. Criminal cases slated for trial include State of Arkansas v Buck Baker and other defendants.
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