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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1967
Page
2
Weather report for Arkansas and Louisiana notes cloudy to partly cloudy skies tonight then clearing Saturday. Arkansas cool with low around 50 and highs in the 70s. Louisiana partly cloudy through Saturday with lows near 60 and highs near 76 to 86. Elsewhere, conditions unclear from the fragment.
Matthew C Reaves 55 of Houston Texas formerly Hope died Wednesday survived by wife Mrs Johnnie Franks Reaves a daughter Mrs Pat Fitzharris two sisters Josephine Reaves Little Rock and Mrs Tom Davis Louisiana Services held Friday in Houston. Grace Mouser 64 of Blevins died Thursday funeral held Friday Marlbrook Church with burial Marlbrook Cemetery by Herndon Funeral Home.
Minnesota becomes the 44th state to adopt a sales tax after lawmakers overridden the governor’s veto. The 3 percent levy will start August 1 and apply to most retail purchases excluding groceries clothing drugs gasoline and many services. Liquor and beer will be taxed.
A Retail Clerks Union walkout caused picket lines at two Safeway grocers in Texarkana. Dallas district manager Fred Marlow said stores would operate as usual and that negotiations with the union, aided by a federal mediator, were ongoing for a new contract. Marlow noted a previous Dallas Fort Worth area settlement with clerks two weeks earlier.
Little Rock AP Col Herman Lindsey 56 state police director who led a crackdown on Hot Springs gambling resigns effective July 1 for a less strenuous job. Four top officials also retire or leave: Maj Mack Thompson 44, Maj J Earl Scroggin 64, Lt Floyd Short, and Lindsey may extend past June 30. Governor Rockefeller says replacements are being considered as the department moves toward hiring its first Negro troopers.
LITTLE ROCK AP Army Engineers toured the dam and rode a tugboat through the lock as Lock and Dam No 1 was turned over by contractor C H Leavell Co to Col Frank Bane district engineer. The $15.8 million structure near Arkansas County ends White River refuge, part of 17 dams to make the Arkansas River navigable to Pine Bluff Little Rock Fort Smith Catoosa by 1968 1970 and Tulsa port by 1970. Dr Charles Douglas Stubbs 78 former state veterinarian died in North Little Rock. he served as state veterinarian from 1933 to 1941.
Levy may disagree with U S foreign policy without disobeying lawful orders, a military judge ruled while rejecting a motion to dismiss disloyalty charges. The case centers on a 1965 letter praising communists and urging refusal to serve in Vietnam, with the panel to decide guilt and potential penalties.
The Johnson administration presses close ties with Congress to avoid Vietnam style complaints over informing and consulting on Middle East actions. Dean Rusk and Robert McNamara briefed leaders as Humphrey arranged the meetings, with officials saying no current plan to challenge Egypt’s blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba.
A citizens' committee headed by TV star James Drury endorses Texas Senator John G Tower for the Republican presidential nomination. Drury says the group is not officially aligned but believes Tower, a "progressive conservative," could defeat President Johnson again after last year's victory over Wagoner Carr and the Johnson-backed Connally faction.
Civillian attorneys clash with a young Army prosecutor over medical ethics as a defense claim in the court martial of Capt. Howard B. Levy, 30, who refused to train Green Beret medics. A verdict could come Saturday if the tribunal continues into the weekend.
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