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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1966
Page
1
A tirade attacks federal workers as a privileged class in democratic America. It condemns postwar inflation and high federal pay raises, comparing them to a bag of oats leading citizens into a burning barn, and warns ordinary people they will never join the federal elite.
AP summarizes the White House summons of airline strike negotiators after the Senate Labor Committee votes to defer to President Johnson. Other items note Vietnam losses in Operation Hastings, a missing U2 over Latin America, Wilson's crisis talks, Helms apologizing to Fulbright, and Navy plans about women in submarines.
Baltimore officials move to curb violence after white youths roamed Negro neighborhoods in a frenzied night. Authorities seek immediate injunction against the National States' Rights party and indicted rioting charges as the grand jury convenes.
AP report from Saigon notes American pilots carried out more than 375 sorties against targets from the 17th Parallel to a Haiphong missile site. One Navy jet was shot down. two Skyhawks were missing. High daily totals have averaged 260 to 300. officials list 975+ sorties as possible.
MYRTLE BEACH South Carolina Technical Sergeant William Bryant son of C L Bryant of Prescott has reenlisted in the U S Air Force at Myrtle Beach AFB He will complete 20 years for retirement as a flight mechanic with the Tactical Air Command which serves battlefield firepower and air mobility His wife Coma is daughter of Mrs Bessie Hopson of 529 Washington Road Prescott
Violent crime rocks Boston area as armored car heists and gangland shootings escalate. Bandits with submachine guns rob trucks across Bedford Brookline Concord and nearby areas, totaling over $327,000 in loot. FBI involvement follows a federal property robbery. Police note historic linked cases, with 29 killings in two years and only five solved.
The Hope Little League All Stars beat Crossett 9-7 in extra innings to advance to the finals. They face Archdelphia at 7:30 tonight for the title. After six innings the game was tied 7-7. in the bottom of the seventh Tim White walked and Eddie White hit a homer to seal the win with Tim White earning the victory.
The Fourth Youth Automotive Program meets Tuesday night August 2 at 7 30 in the county courthouse large courtroom. Municipal Judge John L Wilson will conduct a mock court with Al and Johnny Graves assisting. Youth participants will serve as jurors or be tried for a highway accident. A door prize of 10 gallons of premium gasoline. For ages 14 through 17 with no registration fee. Visitors welcome.
The search for Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and two companions will end at nightfall today unless findings justify an extension. Navy units suspended operations Thursday night after scouring 129000 square miles since Sunday. A DC3 pilot reported engine trouble 25 miles southwest of San Francisco en route to the Thailand air force.
Women will hold their August business meeting at 6 30 PM on August 2 Tuesday at Republican Headquarters East 3rd Street. At 7 PM a meeting for all precinct workers of the Republican party will follow. Charles Protz of Republican Headquarters in Little Rock will deliver the featured speech and present a new film of precinct work.
Dale Alford, Arkansas gubernatorial candidate, endorses Frank Holt in the August runoff, saying Holt will make the best standard bearer. Holt, No. 2 in the primary, faces Jim Johnson to determine the Democratic nominee against Republican Winthrop Rockefeller. Other defeated candidates have not announced support.
A Red Chinese diplomat attached to Peking's embassy in Damascus reportedly defected and asked the United States for political asylum. U S ambassador in Damascus declined to comment, and Beirut sources confirm the report while il Hayat published a brief note on the defection.
HAL BOYLE reflects on memory as a living gallery of the past, recalling postwar nostalgia and simpler pleasures. He lists scenes from childhood and midcentury life, from copper-penned vacations to neighborhood looms, saloons, and roadside eateries, lamenting modern changes.
Revenue office hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is the final day to purchase a truck license without a $3 penalty.
PANAMA AP Five American astronaut recovery planes were alerted for a dawn takeoff to search for a high flying U2 reconnaissance plane that apparently flew with its pilot unconscious on a straight line from Florida until it crashed somewhere south of Panama. Captain Robert D. Hickman of Alexandria Louisiana was at the controls. The plane took off from Barksdale Air Force Base on a routine mission. Fuel was exhausted by mid afternoon. Last radio contact occurred off the Florida coast. The Pentagon said the pilot may have lost consciousness from lack of oxygen and the aircraft was under automatic control. Radar contact ended over Panama. Rescue centers organized operations from Panama south toward the Peru Chile border. Five planes were dispatched from Bermuda and Florida to assist. A Lima embassy spokesman called it unlikely the plane reached Peru.
Washington AP Johnson assumes control of airline strike talks after White House meeting with 11 union and 11 management negotiators. Moyers says no deadline. bargaining paths favored over legislative action. Differences still hover under 25 million dollars while offers from companies top 60 million above base and unions seek around 80 million. Senate Labor Committee opens an early session to work on a settlement measure.
In Chicago AP report a teen gang and rival group agreed to try a truce after a week of violence that killed two 16 year olds and wounded 12. Leaders met with Police Superintendent Wilson and YMCA workers. an offshoot gang soon attacked Disciples, threatening the peace effort.
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