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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1967
Page
7
The Treasury moves to pull 90 percent silver dimes and quarters from circulation as silver price rises. The policy aims to stockpile coins for Christmas demand, redemptions of silver certificates, and a strategic reserve. Copper clad coins replace silver coins in everyday circulation.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller told a civic club in Malvern that a new Administration Department combined with constitutional revision will streamline state government by eliminating overlapping responsibilities among 187 boards and commissions and correcting haphazard personnel policies. He said the changes will lead to a more efficient administration.
Washington AP report says the House Appropriations Committee withheld funds for a federal hydroelectric interconnection line between Arkansas and Oklahoma. It urged private utilities to transmit the power and pressed negotiations for a contract. A $400,000 construction grant was rejected. Louisiana rural cooperatives oppose the plan without assured Prescott interconnection.
A 450 member Mormon cast performs a yearly outdoor pageant on Palmyra New York grassy hill from July 24 to 20. The production retells the rise and fall of an ancient American civilization and the resurrection of Christ using scenes such as human sacrifice before conversion to Christianity.
Since 1950 the Soviet Union challenged the uniting for peace procedure while the Security Council convened emergency sessions. Kosygin joined the assembly, and Fedorenko steered Kremlin decisions. Gromyko remained in New York for weeks seeking a face-saving formula as Moscow pressed Israel withdrawal.
The United States gave its bubble shaped Expo 67 pavilion to Montreal on Thursday and at least ten other countries plan to follow. Officials anticipate costly winterizing and discuss post fair use including a university and an international center. Expo’s site is leased to December 1969 with payment and deficit sharing among Montreal Canada and Quebec.
Hope Arkansas Governor discusses raising salary limits for state officials and anticipates Arkansas qualifying for NASA related industry. He defends Rep Marion Crank’s pacing, says Crank is running. He also seeks a referee to hear misconduct charges against some Game and Fish Commission members. The piece notes the Great Depression as the era of economic catastrophe with 25 percent unemployment in 1932.
AP reports Winthrop Rockefeller released 898000 in state funds to finance construction at Cummins and Tucker prison farms and to air condition the Benton Unit of the State Hospital. About 20 buildings will be built for 298000 at the prisons, with air conditioning for two hospital units housing 650 patients, work to finish in about four months at an estimated 609000. Funds came from the General Improvement Fund after Rockefeller postponed release due to revenue concerns.
French President Charles de Gaulle toured the Gulf of St. Lawrence with St Pierre and Miquelon among France’s remaining North American territories. He acknowledged economic problems on the islands and pledged France would help while inviting talks on development. Islanders seek a port of call for foreign fishing fleets and freezing facilities to aid long-haul catch transport. De Gaulle then proceeded toward Quebec City aboard the Colbert with escort destroyers for a five day visit circuit.
Bethlehem Steel Corp plant at Burns Harbor Indiana faced a work stoppage as workers left Thursday night and formed picket lines around the factory. A spokesman said the cause was unknown and that management had not been contacted by Local 6787 of the United Steelworkers. The Lake Michigan site, 15 miles east of Gary, employs about 1,600 people. Union reps were unavailable for comment.
Texas hunter Soren Connally will join ABC TV president Tom Moore in a Serengeti safari to hunt leopards in Tanzania for The American Sportsman. The trip, set to begin around July 24 and run to early September, also includes Bing Crosby Phil Harris and David Janssen among others. The one hour color program airs Sundays January to April and ranks as Nielsen’s top sports series.
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