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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1966
Page
1
The B AF Stratton Construction Co of Sheridan submitted the apparent low bid for construction of four staff duplexes at the Boys Training School in Pine Bluff Arkansas.
In Texarkana Arkansas federal Judge Oren Harris ordered three Howard County districts Mineral Springs Saratoga and Howard County Training School to present by June 2 a desegregation plan or face trial. The hearing explored overlapping districts and a potential consolidation while the government seeks equalized education.
A gospel meeting runs June 13 to June 18 at the Fulton Church of Christ Mason Harris of Teel Missouri will preach. Bill Pierce of Hillsboro Ohio will direct singing. Services start nightly at 8 o clock.
The Malaysian Cabinet approved a peace agreement to end three years of undeclared war with Indonesia. A formal peace treaty remains to be signed.
Sixty two youths joined the first Youth Automotive meeting at the County Courthouse. Lt. Jim Rowell showcased highway safety slides and signs, calling signs “The signs of life.” A door prize was won by Marilynn Sutart. A second session is scheduled June 21 with speaker J L Edison to test driving readiness.
The Hempstead Quorum Court met briefly and levied a 41 percent mill tax to back a $222,000 bond issue approved by voters for Standard Generator Co. A suspension of tax collection was noted unless the company defaults. Standard Generator pays off the bond in rent. Twenty of the twenty six court members were present.
At Edwards Air Force Base a giant XB70A research bomber crashed in the desert five miles northwest of Barstow California. The fate of the two men aboard was not immediately learned.
Cardinal Richard Cardinal Lee was hospitalized at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston for treatment of an infection. The hospital said the infection is responding to treatment and provided no details or a hospitalization duration.
Five Negro leaders press Meredith march after shotgun attack on Meredith in Hernando. Aubrey Norvell, 40, jailed on 25,000 bond for assault with intent to murder. Floyd McKissick says buses will bring sympathizers. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. calls for a larger turnout as national support grows.
A Louisiana man, Joseph Marion Ferguson, 28, of Shreveport, was ordered returned to Arkansas after extradition was approved by Texas Governor John Connally following a May hearing. Ferguson, awaiting burglary sentencing in Lafayette County, was alleged to have escaped from a county jail. The offense carries up to five years under Arkansas law.
Ft. Smith Ark voters defeated a $500000 bond issue for a new library 2275 to 2508. A new site in the eastern part of the city has already been purchased. The current library must be vacated by April 9, 1988.
Washington AP reports the federal Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved adding 3,409 acres to the Holla Bend Refuge along the Arkansas River in Arkansas. The action expands the protected area and supports bird habitat conservation efforts nationwide.
CAPE KENNEDY FLA AP A detailed review assigns the failed ATDA shroud separation to human error. Four electrical bundles and lanyards were improperly secured, leaving a 17 inch glass shroud in place and preventing docking during the Gemini 9 mission.
Hurricane Alma battered Havana with 117 mph winds and moved toward Key West. Gusts reached 100 mph in Key West as flags flew and Cuban evacuation orders spread. The storm’s path raised fears of damage to crops and coastlines, with early fatalities reported and the eye expected within hours.
A supplemental grant of 42000 was approved for Monticello Arkansas for water system improvements. The grant from the Economic Development Administration supplements a recent 43500 federal grant aiding an industrial area project, announced by Congressman John L. McClellan on Tuesday.
AP report summarizes Joliet guarding Meredith match amid civil rights leadership, Ervin doubts effects on hearings, Mississippi Dems shift with Negro vote, Reagan sweeps California governor nomination, Brown fights for third term, Gemini 9 ground error hinders docking, Buddhist leader seeks nonviolent reform, Medicare lauded as Johnson era gain but risks if start falters, Hoffa targets Hoffa bid as Teamsters union power shifts.
Ronald Reagan won the Republican nomination in California by a wide margin, pledging to press Brown for November. George Christopher and Samuel W. Yorty delivered strong showings, signaling a tough fight ahead for Brown who would be the first Democrat in over a century to win a third term. In Seoul, a bus crash left fifteen dead and forty four injured when the bus fell 330 feet near Chonji, south of the capital.
The first of five Camp Pioneer sessions hosts about 205 Boy Scouts at the Two Mile Creek Mountain Fork junction, 34 miles west of Hatfield Arkansas. Scouts hail from Wake Village Blooming Texarkana Liberty Eylau Pleasant Grove and Mena. Camp director O Lynn Murphy of Hope oversees a 26 member staff. Contributions are sought for Macdonia Cemetery upkeep. TYphoid cases reported in Hempstead County prompt shots at the Health Office. Army updates include Staff Sgt Charles W Purtle of Hope completing drill sergeant training at Fort Jackson and Pvt Halbert S Cox of Hope finishing advanced infantry and guerrilla training at Fort Polk.
AP reports U S paratroopers destroyed most of a North Vietnamese regular battalion after two days of fierce fighting in the central highlands. The enemy left about 202 dead on a five mile battlefield. A helicopter squadron of the 101st Airborne Brigade reinforced the fighting as a political crisis momentarily quieted. Buddhist leaders urged nonviolent action while promising continued unrest as elections approach.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. said the ambush shooting of James Meredith will not halt hearings on the administration civil rights bill. He noted the bill has many potential injury risks and cannot predict timing. Katzenbach testifies as House Republicans push to split open housing provisions, while Sen. Celler supports keeping the omnibus measure intact.
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