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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1968
Page
1
Eight Texas gubernatorial candidates spent about 3.4 million dollars in the primary, with costs likely higher. Six of eight spent over a dollar per vote, prompting calls to limit campaign spending or length. High financial entry barriers threaten public service.
Camille Chamoun former Lebanon president was shot four times in the arms and face by a youth gunman but escaped grave injury. The assailant, described as 20 years old, was captured by Chamoun's bodyguard as accomplices fled through alleys near the political headquarters.
WESTMORELAND Califf AP City Council voted unanimously to suspend their own salaries and those of part time firemen for three months to balance city books. Mayor E H Cain said the city owes 3000 to past due bills.
Archaeologists in the Mojave at the Sacre diggings near Calico Mountains ten miles east of Barstow race to prove the oldest Western Hemisphere human evidence. Miner Glen S. Gunn threatens to eject scientists over land claims worth $25 million as meetings with Gunn and his attorney seek a path to continue the research under Bureau of Land Management review.
Alexander of Osceola officially opened his bid for Congress from the 1st District in Osceola. The event featured remarks on patriotism and civil disorder. Democratic candidates for governor and lieutenant governor also spoke, with Crank criticizing current fiscal policy and Boswell urging a decisive primary result to oppose the Republicans. Whitbeck urged new leadership to move Arkansas forward.
Col. Phan Mau, the second highest Viet Cong officer to defect, said the group will press attacks on South Vietnamese cities to strengthen North Vietnam's hand in negotiations. He described a long offensive plan and noted the North's presence in the South is clear. Mau cited dwindling popular support after Tet and said his defection stemmed from unfulfilled ambitions and disagreements with superiors amid deceptive communist dogma.
In Charlotte, Dr. Louis Diamant of UNC Charlotte reports an experiment with 60 private kindergarten children showing that early exposure to an integrated setting may reduce racial prejudice. Children ages IQ 92 to 140 were divided by doll color, and no significant difference appeared in their perception of family roles.
Paris talks saw Le Duc Tho, a Hanoi Politburo member, join the U S Vietn am dialogue as U S officials noted no progress toward de escalating the war. The session included informal exchanges and a tea break at the International Conference Center in Paris.
Evangelist Billy Graham home in Montreat N C urged motorists to drive unto others as you would have them drive unto you at a Memorial Day meeting of the North Carolina Churchmen's Committee for Religious Concern for Traffic Safety noting traffic safety in Raleigh North Carolina during Memorial Day observations.
Fifty years after 29 graduates faced wartime upheaval the Hope High School Class of 1918 plans a reunion on June 8 with 20 members expected and others from out of town. Activities include open house, a tea, banquet, and special church services at the First Methodist Church.
Pittsburgh AP report notes a pivotal phase in basic steel labor talks with local settlements accelerating, allowing industry and union teams to focus on major economic issues in New York Monday. Officials describe unprecedented local progress and a move to avoid government intervention amid wartime and election-year tensions.
Reports from Saigon describe intense urban fighting as Vietcong fighters press into central areas near the presidential palace while South Vietnamese and American forces respond with air strikes and artillery. Civilians flee as government forces claim multiple enemy casualties and ongoing battles extend over a large district. In other theaters, U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh report continued daylight assaults and heavy mortar exchanges from North Vietnamese forces.
Marine Cpl. Stanley J. Luczko Jr., 22, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an elderly Vietnamese woman at Chu Lai on Sept. 22. He faced up to 10 years at hard labor and a dishonorable discharge, with neighbors’ character references and his service record possibly affecting the sentence. he had spent 15 months in Portsmouth Naval Prison after a prior conviction for premeditated murder that was overturned on review.
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