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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
1
Our Daily Bread argues the Supreme Court decision enforcing federal wage and hour rules will raise state expenses and tax burdens in Arkansas. The piece notes prior private sector practices, contrasts with public funding, and decries a growing fiscal strain on taxpayers while urging reform against federal mandates.
A large but weak high pressure system over the central U S will bring clear skies and warm days with cool nights across Arkansas through Friday. Showers may reach the northwest Friday night as a low pressure trough moves southeastward. Winds turn southerly as the trough nears, bringing moisture and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Dry air will temper high temperatures.
Sardis Baptist Church south of Hope offers nightly revival services at 7 30 p m beginning Sunday June 16 with Rev Carlton Roberts as evangelist Pastor Horace Cook confirms the revival as part of church events with daily services.
Paris AP Special Correspondent reports North Vietnam hints at confidential talks with the United States on peace issues. Ambassador Thuy weighs Harriman proposal to end public statements after each meeting and describe discussions only generally. Eight talks have followed with formal statements, but Thuy shows potential openness to study the idea.
President Johnson visited the United Nations and praised the nuclear nonproliferation treaty approved 95 to 4 with 21 abstentions. He pledged vigorous U S efforts to de escalate the arms race and noted the pact as the most important disarmament milestone since the nuclear age began. Albania and Cuba boycotted his speech but received a standing ovation from others in the General Assembly. The measure urges signatories to sign and ratify promptly as the 22nd session of the General Assembly closes.
Funeral services for W B Ruggles 71 longtime Shover Springs resident who died Wednesday will be held at 4 p.m. Friday at Herndon Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Shover Springs Cemetery. He is survived by his wife three sons three daughters and two sisters.
Barry Schwniv reports from Washington that Edward Boykin Jr. faces electrocution on June 28 at Kilby Prison Alabama for armed robberies across Mobile stores. His appeals argue the death sentence is unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment while Supreme Court rulings this week challenge jury practices in capital cases. The piece notes capital punishment remains active in 42 states.
Hal Boyle surveys daily curiosities and paradoxes that stir wonder about ordinary life. He juggles humorous questions about aging hair color, umbrella mishaps, bystander innocence, racing horses, dinner cravings, scratching cats, dieting doctors, mother in law jokes, crabgrass, teen behavior, back zipper woes, fat babies, parenting, merit raises, postal glue, hash in menus, airport luggage, and the paradoxes of science and happiness.
Bradley Ark APD reported former state legislator McDonald 77 died Wednesday. He served three terms in the state legislature and resided in Bradley. The obituary notes his public service and residence in Bradley.
Magholua of Walenta, former president of Southern State College, died Wednesday. The brief notice records his tenure and passing, noting his leadership and connection with the college.
Law offices of the British Home Office scrutinize the U S extradition petition against James Earl Ray for the slaying of Dr Martin Luther King Jr The 1931 treaty governs the process and British courts could hear appeals over six weeks or more if Ray contests the request. Scotland Yard keeps probing Ray movements and a potential contact in London is eyed.
LITTLE ROCK AR A suit by Attorney General Joe Purcell against the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to stop issuing more mixed drink permits to private clubs is set for 9 a.m. Monday before Chancellor John T. Jernigan who gave the case priority. The suit follows the board issuing about 30 permits and Purcell’s ruling that dispensing mixed drinks is illegal. The permits would be up for renewal in July for a year.
Police said Edmond Kalm, 10, of Little Rock accidentally hanged himself with a plastic water hose at home. Deputy Sheriff Roy Hall reported a doctor found the boy swung from an upper limb to the base and turned, the base allegedly breaking free and causing the hanging.
AP report from Khe Sanh describes heavy fighting across South Vietnam as peace talks drag in Paris. Near the demilitarized zone a bridge explosion killed two Marines and wounded others. Cpl. Robert Barnes, 19, from Little Rock, Arkansas, drove the Jeep damaged in the blast.
Four armed inmates at the U S Penitentiary demanded concessions for the safety of 21 hostages. Director CyrAlexander and Warden Olin Blackwell agreed to transfers and reviews, with promises to publish grievances, allow press tours, and inspect dining facilities.
Dr. John M. Peterson of the state Employment Security Division announced on Wednesday that Batesville De Queen and Mountain Home have been taken off the persistent unemployment list due to improved economic conditions last year The Fort Smith metropolitan statistical area was also removed from the Public Works Grants eligibility list making it ineligible for those grants
The Arkansas Wildlife Federation schedules a quarterly meeting at the Howard County Courthouse in Nashville this Sunday at 1 p.m., led by President Bob Apple of Dardanelle, marking the federation’s first Southwest Arkansas gathering. Harmony Church in Sutton Nevada County hosts its annual homecoming on Sunday June 16 with Rev. Jerry Westmoreland in charge at 10:45 a.m. and lunch at noon followed by singing led by Tom White. Scout events update includes Troop 9 collecting fees by June 15 for Camp Pionsey, with Olen Overturt as scoutmaster. Lions Club sponsors. A Social Security representative will be in Hope each Monday. Whitfield Masonic Lodge No. 239 to confer Entered Apprentice degree June 14 at 7:30 p.m. Hope Swimming Pool begins lessons June 17 with beginners at 9 a.m. and advanced sessions at 11 a.m.. parents urged to register children for Saturday or Sunday auctions June 31 to July 5 from 4 to 5 p.m. Leslie Huddleston Post 12 American Legion meets at Hempstead Courthouse Monday at 7:30 p.m. with three new officers to be elected. Current loan balance noted as $2,440 per acre and costs cited as $55,525 last week.
Viet Cong warned of a renewed 100 day barrage on Saigon with nightly rockets while inflicting scattered attacks in the countryside. Senior U.S. officials doubted feasibility of sustained 100 rocket bombardment as Saigon reported a quiet night and ongoing air and ground operations. South Vietnamese and allied losses were tallied as the week ended with lower enemy fatalities and continued saturation efforts near Laos and Dak To.
The Arkansas State AFL-CIO president said a screening committee favored a Black candidate in the 1st District regional race though he did not receive endorsement. COPE endorsed Jack Fires of Hunter for the Democratic nomination, while Henry D. Gathings was involved in the screening process.
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