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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1967
Page
1
The piece discusses how inflation erodes savers, citing a $27 billion loss in 1966 and contrasting it with earlier years. It then shifts to Boston’s newspaper consolidation, noting the Herald-Traveler merger with the Boston Globe and the ongoing shift toward suburban papers, ending with a brief crime notice from Piggott, Arkansas highlighting a first degree murder charge against David Spear.
Detroit regained a fragile calm after one of the nation's worst racial upheavals. A curfew remained and sales bans on Mqnor were enforced while heavily armed police and National Guardsmen patrolled the streets. Governor Romney said security was assured. In the 12th Street District the tension persisted but violence eased. One guard reported two shots nearby as a Jeep sped through the area. A trooper halted a violator during curfew. The death toll reached 40, with Palmer Gray Jr., 21, shot by an officer responding to a domestic disturbance after reportedly brandishing a rifle. Four hundred plus hospitalizations and many more treated were noted, with no further injuries recorded.
Chancellor James Rowan was asked to dissolve a restraining order blocking Union County from purchasing 66 voting machines. Pros Atty Jack Graves challenged a taxpayers suit alleging FOIA violations in awarding the contract and argued Rowan lacks jurisdiction over FOIA matters. he said issues would proceed in circuit court.
Mary Anita Laseter notes that creativity extends beyond art to everyday life. Citing Billie Augustine Butler, she argues creativity appears in law, medicine, architecture, business, and even homemaking, transforming how problems are solved and products designed across fields.
New York AP reports 5000 business and professional women at the National Federation convention plan a state by state drive to repeal restrictive protective laws. They argue hours limits, rest provisions, and banned job fields hinder career advancement and supervisory roles, urging modernization of labor standards.
Tokyo AP reports a Hanoi broadcast says Tran Nam Trung, once named Viet Cong commander, has been replaced. Trung, 53, is a longtime revolutionary with scant public Viet Cong information. The dispatch notes Trung as vice president of the front’s presidium and head of Foreign Relations, with no details on his successor or Tran Buu Kiem’s fate.
The $7 million six lane interstate bridge across the Arkansas River will start in mid 1968 and finish in three to four years. It will sit 1.2 miles upstream from Lock and Dam No. 7 near Little Rock. Objections to the design must be filed with Col. Frank P. Bane by August 25.
AP reporter Austin Scott examines Detroit’s 1967 riot and urban renewal impact. He notes Hastings Street’s destruction, mass relocation, and the rise of high density housing while detailing casualties, property losses, and the city’s race relations, highlighting figures like Mayor Cavanagh and Rep. Conyers. Also profiles Rev. Jerry Katbbe and Rey Knibbe linking art, preaching, and ministry amid upheaval.
The Arkansas State Police will add 13 officers on August 1, including Marion J. Taylor 27 of Little Rock the first Black officer in the force Taylor will earn 425 a month plus uniform allowance The slate brings troopers to 221 and total commissioned officers to 385 Col Herman E Lindsey director says Lyon A Davis a former FBI agent will take actual control of the State Police starting Tuesday Gov Winthrop Rockefeller appointed Davis to succeed Lindsey Lindsey will stay as director until Aug 15 Also Reverend Wilhite extends an invitation to attend the Mid-Summer Camp Meeting featuring Rev Jerry Knibbe.
Arkansas legislators consider two plans to reorganize the four state training schools under a single board and end racial segregation. Both proposals preserve all four campuses but assign them different functions, with two facilities to handle higher security needs for boys and girls respectively, and funding tied to integration efforts.
In 1963 Army Lt. Samuel R. Bird led Kennedy’s casket detail to Arlington. Now a captain, he is wheelchair or convoy dependent at Kennedy Veterans Administration Hospital in Memphis due to brain injuries from a January sniper attack in Vietnam. His father says Sam’s drive will help recovery as he seeks rehabilitation here.
Gen Maxwell D Taylor and Clark Clifford visited Bangkok for 24 hours to discuss Vietnam war developments with Premier Thanom Kittikachorn as they wrap up a two day Asia mission. They head to Australia to Canberra by late tonight aboard a special Air Force jet.
Navy reports the Forrestal suffered massive fires and explosions aboard its 4,300 crew while launching strikes near Yankee Station. 29 US planes were wiped out or damaged as flames engulfed the flight and hangar decks. The ship, still afloat, steamed toward port under own power as destroyers fought the blaze.
Governor Romney announced that paratroopers were pulled from the rubble strewn streets of Detroit today. The troops were not withdrawn from the city, but reassurances followed five days and nights of racial unrest.
Washington AP report says Congress supports Johnson's federal riot investigation commission but its first legislative move could arrive next week. An anticrime bill to be considered in the House faces changes as lawmakers weigh a separate probe into riots and citywide disorders.
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