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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1967
Page
2
The forecast covers Central Northwest and Northeast Arkansas from a weather station report. It notes partly cloudy conditions, widely scattered thundershowers tonight and Thursday, and warm to hot temperatures with highs upper 80s to low 90s and lows ranging from the 20s to upper 70s across regions.
The Legislative Council adopted a proposal by State Rep Tab Bot Feild Jr to study adequacy of facilities at Arkansas vocational technical schools with a hearing set to include heads of schools. Red River Vocational Technical School, operating a year, is already beyond capacity with long waiting lists and cannot expand. Construction plans for several streets total $765,000, with contracts to be let if approved, aiming to start in spring 1968 and detailing street projects from South Elm to Mockingbird Lane and other routes.
Senate faced a potential showdown over Connecticut Democrat Thomas J. Dodd as he pleaded for a vote on the censure resolution. He denied wrongdoing in double billing for travel expenses and conversion of political funds, urging colleagues to decide quickly to spare his family further pain.
Lawmakers debated a measure to criminalize flag desecration, with supporters touting a 386 to 16 vote in favor and opponents warning it would fuel more burnings. Violators could face up to $1000 fines and a year in prison, while amendments and procedural fights continued amid a Central Park flag burning protest backdrop.
Weather boosts Arkansas cotton growth after heavy spring rains forced replanting. USDA reports fields largely weed free with good growth. Peach crop quality and size are strong, though volume may dip slightly. prices higher than last year. APA convention tickets on sale. speakers include former governors and newspaper leaders.
El Dorado School Board approves a revised desegregation plan to be filed with the U S District Court. The plan allows students annual school choice within crowding limits and permits transfers to nearby schools. Transportation and staffing will not consider race or color. Also reports drownings near Harris Brake Lake: Thomas Lane, 23, of North Little Rock, drowned while swimming near an island with a companion about 300 yards from the bank.
Ashdown resident James V. Travis, 24, was named Conway County welfare director by the Welfare Commission. Travis, a former placement counselor in a regional work experience program, assumed duties today. He is a graduate of Ashdown public schools with studies at Texarkana Junior College and a B.S. in history education from Memphis State University.
U S Rep David Pryor D Ark and other Democrats propose a commission to review 400 federal grant programs across 21 departments and 125 bureaus and divisions The aim is to identify waste and streamline or consolidate programs Rep Mills Ark originally introduced the bill The report notes the bat's vocalizations and keen hearing as unrelated trivia
Obituary notices for Charles Nevil White of Coolidge and Wiley F. Jones of Hope list surviving family and service details. Separate items describe rail line actions near Hanoi and Kontum, U.S. air operations, and a Britannica crime-rate statistic citing 200,000 inmates.
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