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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1968
Page
1
The Crossett community gains eight TV channels from Little Rock Shreveport and Conway educational outlets. The Star reveals efforts to retype logs into a uniform format, aiming for hour by hour program listings and sharper type as IBM type ball tech is adopted.
The decisive showdown between Senators Kennedy and McCarthy in California highlighted six primaries nationwide with New Jersey and South Dakota also shaping delegate contests. Kennedy and McCarthy leveled charges in California as the contest expected to push Humphrey into pivotal opposed positions. Nixon returned to New York to announce plans to win the GOP nomination, while a Republican subcommittee in Portland eyed a keynote and temporary chairman for the Miami Beach convention. Ronald Reagan led the California GOP as a favorite son with unopposed 86 votes, and New Jersey polls suggested McCarthy could win up to 20 of 82 Democratic delegates, though his forces claimed a different outcome.
Ey Hal Boyle discusses gender presentation and the growing difficulty of distinguishing sexes in social settings. He contrasts male confidence and buoyant talk with female restraint and artistry, offering lighthearted guidelines and noting conformity erodes traditional differences between men and women.
The Malvern flakeboard plant election at International Paper Co. hinges on whether four challenged ballots are opened and counted. Of 36 counted votes, Unite d Papermakers and Paper workers have 19, International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers 16, one vote for no union, with a runoff possible if no majority emerges.
Farm Bureau members and directors are reminded of the meeting Thursday night with a 7:00 p.m. pot luck at 806 W. 4th Street in Hope. Troy Burson, president of the county farm organization, urged all members to attend.
North Vietnam's top military leader Gen Vo Nguyen Giap says the United States is losing the war and hints at seeking peace, in an interview published in L Humanite. Hanoi signals a tough stance while La Duc Tho arrives as special counselor to Xuan Thuy for Paris negotiations.
AP News Digest reports the Johnson administration will keep troops in Vietnam steady at 550000 while planning reductions in Western Europe. Defense Secretary Clifford stated South Vietnamese forces will shoulder more combat, with no timetable for Europe reductions though discussions are well received by Congress members.
In the final presidential primary campaign Kennedy faces McCarthy for California voters while Humphrey gains Michigan delegates. Vietnam news includes a major U S assault in the Mekong Delta and Saigon’s heavy bombardment as Paris talks shift. European discord and domestic politics mix as trade, labor, and church issues intertwine with a looming general strike.
A campaign by U.S. clergymen to grant Vietnam war draft resisters sanctuary from federal law is off to a weak start. Justice Department officials say there is no legal basis for immunity or asylum. The Resistance movement and Unitarian Universalist bodies push symbolic sanctuary while two resisters test the idea in Providence and Boston, with FBI involvement in removal.
Five members of the B&PW Club LaVeta Mouser Margie Vickers Velora Bright Opal Hervey and Opal Daniel attended the state convention in Hot Springs May 31 to June 2. They won first place for the club scrapbook. Dr Ethel Preston Trice delivered the outstanding address on Twentieth Century Priorities for Successful Career Women. Jeanne C Squire installed the new state officers led by Mary Coe. Bill Tucker closed the session with New Heights Through Total Involvement.
In Bountiful Utah Brad Haines aged 2 swallowed his pet turtle last Tuesday and it died after living in his stomach for more than a day. Doctors say he passed the animal naturally avoiding surgery. The turtle cost $1 and medical fees total $213 according to his mother Mrs Russell Haines.
All Around Town Corp, Marvin Jeffery Dean, U S Marine Corps on leave until about June 25, returning for six months duty in Vietnam. Son of Amos Leamons. Patmos Cemetery needs funds. contributions invited to Mrs Gary Formby or R T Rider. Hendrix College grads Joe Purvis and Jo Ann Jones. parents listed. Lance Jones of Hope named to Dean's List at Arkansas College. Gayle Williams elected secretary of Medical Science Club at Southern State College. Rose Ann Williams earns BA in Mathematics at TWU Denton. Clyde D Zinn of Hope earns MS in Industrial Engineering at OU. See Around Town on Page 2.
A Viet Cong assault on Saigon prompts fresh deployments as government forces launch a major operation in Gia Dinh and Cholon. U.S. Marines and Rangers led a tank-supported drive, overrunning some Viet Cong positions while rockets strike the capital, injuring 10. General Nguyen Van Minh is appointed to direct Saigon’s defense.
The First Baptist Church youth and college group heard Judge John Wil from First Baptist as he addressed present day issues. The event was part of the nightly Good News Scene for youth with sessions Monday and Tuesday, plus a Christian Folk Musical Good News on Wednesday at 7 15 pm. Randy Hyde, Youth Director, announced the programs for Camden’s church youth.
A minor accident caused slight damage yesterday near Second End involving Clarence Hunt and a vehicle identified by initials rg winks ain. Authorities reported no injuries and no citations issued at the scene.
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