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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1966
Page
1
Our Daily Bread urges Hempstead voters to approve the Act 49 bond issue for Standard Generator's new building, noting prior support for industrial measures and urging timely polls at 6:30 PM. The editorial riffs on automation and paperwork, citing a Wall Street Journal piece and Kodak anecdote to argue efficiency through prudent investment.
President Johnson sends a health education message to Congress signaling potential controversy over milk subsidies for school children and outlining priorities for hospital care expansion and Medicare. The education portion proposes breakfast programs and a pay-if-you-can lunch system, with milk subsidies to be reduced from 100 million to 21 million dollars in the next fiscal year.
In South Viet Nam near Hue and Quang Tri City, Marine and government forces engage Viet Cong units. Reports show 115 enemy dead and 6 captured with weapon seizures, while a 350-man battalion reports 100 more Viet Cong killed. Since the eight day drive began, 390 Viet Cong have reportedly fallen.
AP report on the U S House voting today on President Johnsons 4.8 billion Viet Nam money bill with Speaker McCormack predicting approval and Mansfield expecting a wide margin in the Senate, as leaders forecast rapid action on appropriations after passage.
The sole surviving Purple Heart member from the 1950 shooting recalls the 12 year old incident as colleagues note the anniversary. Puerto Rican Nationalist attackers were jailed for 25 to 75 years. security reforms followed but little lasting change. Chiang Kai-shek meets US astronauts Schirra and Borman in Formosa with gifts and letters from the President.
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau Board will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday night March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Farm Bureau office on West 4th Street. President Lester Kent urges all members to attend this important meeting.
A regional assembly of Jehovahs Witnesses will meet March 4 to 6, 1966, at Fairgrounds Coliseum Hope Arkansas. About 600 ministers are expected from southwest Arkansas. Sponsored by Watch Tower Society the event aims to train ministers for effective activity and addressing moral issues. Sessions are free. A feature talk does God Have Influence in the 20th Century will be on Sunday March 8 at 3 pm by B E Griffin. A baptism and talk for new ministers will be March 5 at 1 30 pm. A Bible speak ing class is set for March 4 at 7 15 pm.
Arkansas Revenue Department reports $1,321,823 in state income tax payments for January and February. Withholdings on 1066 earnings total $45,767, and $1,268,055 in lump sums on 1965 earnings. February collections total $19,916,019 with general revenues $9,503,998 and sales tax $5,461,553. Auto license payments reach $5,370,987 and gasoline collections $3,751,494.
Gayle Williams and Tony Smith of Hope Band earned places at the Arkansas All-State Band event in Little Rock after statewide auditions. About 450 students participated across bands, symphony orchestra, and choir, with Williams in Second Band and Smith in First Band under directors Gene Witherspoon of Arkansas Tech and Don Minx of Arkansas State College.
Winnie Spencer, 77, a Maryland Heights widow near St Louis, begins six weeks of VISTA training in Bradenton Florida after passing exams. She says there must be something she can do for her country.
Thirty Republican representatives urged an immediate probe into the draft system calling it haphazard and tangled in red tape. They urged congressional scrutiny of administration efforts to persuade mobilization for Vietnam, citing inefficiencies and biased testing, with hearings planned on the Selective Service Act. They warned of expanding U.S. forces and highlighted bureaucratic delays and misallocation of personnel. President Johnson appealed to Hanoi for peace and outlined a large reconstruction effort including North Vietnam. In Conway Arkansas, a theft at United Motor Co saw 1966 spark plugs stolen with a two-gallon fuel cache remaining.
All Around Town notes a special party Wednesday night March 2 with a menu of barbecued chicken baked ham beans salad dessert and drinks. Special music is planned. LaRose Burgess will teach tap ballet and modern jazz dancing with classes starting in March. Mesages mention Donald Roberts sending a Viet Nam postcard and other local happenings including music association meeting and students' academic accolades. Plans for a large apartment building at Ela and 15th Streets are under way.
Hope Arkansas lowers residential and commercial electric rates effective March 1, aiming to save the city over 55000 annually. Residential bills drop after 300 KWh, while commercial rates start at 4 cents per KWh, with potential lows around 7 mills. The commission cites strong finances and ongoing city services funded by the system.
A two car crash at the U S 65 and Arkansas 35 intersection in Dermott killed Pearline Block, 6, and critically injured two others. WilIe Block, 64, and Sammy Mitchell Jr., 27, were involved. Block was her husband.
Talmadge Hayer, 24, testifies he was one of three killers hired to murder Malcolm X and says his codefendants Butler and Johnson had no involvement. He refuses to name the others, the ringleader, or any payment, amid cross examination. He states no one connected to the Black Muslims aided the crime.
Gabriele D Urso marked his 100th at Notre Dame Home for the Aged as guests over 90 gathered. Congratulatory letters from President Johnson Pope Paul and Governor Rockefeller were read to the celebrants.
Samuel Beat rice Alexander of Mount Vernon Arkansas died Saturday at age 100. The 10 year old? Outlived three wives and 16 of his 26 children.
Voter turnout remained light in the county but in City of Hope the industrial bond election for 222000 dollars to fund a new Standard Generator Co building drew interest. Polls close at 6 30 p.m and every voter is urged to cast this ballot.
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