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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1966
Page
1
The editor reflects on post election tabulation challenges in Hempstead county and the Eighth Circuit coverage. He credits Texarkana Gazette help, notes errors in county tables, and explains how wire service election tables are assembled and corrected.
Results from Arkansas Senate races with complete counts showing District 66 Clark Dallas Grant Pike J Hugh Look doo 6,553 Otis H Turner 5 and District 10 Io t Spring Saline Virgil T Fletcher 7,512 Gerald W Scott 7,312 and District 13 Union Bill Moore Jr 6,502 Donald Brown 6,455 with incomplete details remaining.
Senior cheer leaders of Hope High sponsor a money raising dance Friday night at Hope Youth Center. Local band Zonks with Allen Phillips Buzz Andrews Jack Fountain Johnny Lowe and Gary Thrasher will perform. Proceeds will fund new uniforms and expenses for the cheerleaders camp at SMU Dallas starting August 7.
The Hempstead County Republican Committee will meet Friday July 29 at 7 30 pm at 116 East Third St headquarters for certifying the vote and planning county and state conventions. All committee members are urged to attend.
C. L. Bill Cross, assistant administrator since December 1, 1962, was named administrator of Hempstead County Memorial Hospital to succeed Charles W. Wilson who retires September 30. The election occurred July 22 at a hospital board meeting. Cross has 21 years in the medical field, with ROTC Army service and training in anesthesiology, lab work, X‑ray, and hospital administration. He previously served at Porter Rogers Hospital in Searcy and City Hospital in Booneville, and holds business administration studies from Arkansas colleges. He and his wife live at 1607 East Eighth Street with their daughter Gail and son Douglas.
Police escorted a truck to Broadwater Beach Hotel in Biloxi where 77 cases of whiskey were revealed. Louis Cobb opened a bottle and served hotel manager T M Dorsett as officials cut a ribbon. Mayors and locals cheered as the first legal drink marked Mississippi ending 58 years of prohibition. The scene underscored tourism and industry hopes as liquor by the drink rolled out in designated resort areas.
Seven from Hope complete their second and final week at the 9th annual music camp on the University of Arkansas campus. Participants are Phyllis Elaine Gilley Jim James John King Linda Sue Parsons Tony Smith Herbert Townsend Ruth Ann Wylie.
Secretary of State Kelly Bryant led a decisive Democratic primary victory over J Ernie Gaskin of Little Rock with 291 252 to 77 941 votes and faces no Republican opponent in November. State Supreme Court races produced concurrent winners: J Fred Jones North Little Rock Conley Byrd Little Rock with runoff likely between T J Gentry Little Rock and John Fogleman West Memphis.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson travels to Washington to seek solid American support for the wobbling pound sterling over the next six to nine months. The talks with President Johnson will cover Britain’s deflation plan, the Viet Nam war, and Wilson’s recent Moscow discussions with Alexei Kosygin.
Revival services under Evangelist Rev Otus Reddin run daily at 10 am and 7 30 pm at First Baptist Church Roseton with Avis Downs serving as pastor.
U S and Vietnamese pilots flew a record 826 combat sorties in South Viet Nam and 103 missions in wet weather in the North. Viet Cong attacks rose near Saigon as Marines press Hastings near the northern border. US casualties for the week topped 334 killed and 1,272 Communist dead.
AP report describes Viet Cong command post in northern Tay Ninh Province as a strategic hub south of Saigon. It notes cadre planning open battle under Maoist doctrine, with about 1.2 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong under arms, plus large supply needs and a 1000 mile North-South rice line.
Navy pilot Dieter Dengler, shot down in North Vietnam, trekked 23 days through jungle before U S helicopter crews located him. Air Force Lt Col Eugene Deatrick spotted a white flag and SOS on rocks, prompting the rescue. Dengler was flown to Da Nang a hospital after being hauled aboard the Jolly Green Giant helicopter.
Results show Arkansas House races across districts with candidate tallies. District 5 Baxter and Fulton County Mrs Vada Shield 2609 ahead of Rep Russell Benton 2143. District 6 Clark Dallas Grant Pike J Hugh Lookadoo 6583 over Otis H Turner 8274. District 7 Position 3 Davis 3211 ahead of Lindsey 2299 and Brown 1219. District 7 Position 1 Morris Henry 2991 over William Dalton 2120 and Jack Carlisle 1686. District 9 Izard Sharp Stone John E Miller 4578 over Arthur Garner 2303. District 10 Hot Spring Saline Gerald W Scott 11142 over Virgil Fletcher 9857. District 11 Greene and...
HAL BOYLE offers a satirical checkup on status in the rat race. He notes markers of success such as cashing wives’ checks, a two car garage, a personal parking place, and lax ethics at work, concluding if you have these signs you’re riding high.
New York AP survey shows 21 day walkout slashing tourism and service jobs. City losses reach 750000 daily, Miami fears catastrophic toll, and national suppliers report up to 7 million in daily revenue losses. Talks resume in DC as communities from Minneapolis to Boston gauge impact and recovery.
In Arkansas, Jim Johnson leads Frank Holt in the Democratic gubernatorial runoff race with 104,456 to 90,494 after 2,608 of 2,693 precincts reported. Gov. Orval Faubus remains detached as the party prepares for a August runoff to face Republican Winthrop Rockefeller in November.
Jon Brittenum will speak to the Century Bible Class Sunday morning. He will play his final season as quarterback of the Razorbacks this fall. He is a senior who plans a pro football career after graduating from the University of Arkansas. Next month he and Coach Frank Broyles will attend a Christian Athletes of America meeting in Colorado. The public is invited, especially the young people.
Bobby Roper former University of Arkansas football star spoke to Young Arkansans for Rockefeller at the Republican headquarters in Hope on Wednesday night. He told the 20 local YARs what they could do to boost the Rockefeller campaign.
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