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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1969
Page
2
Weather report for Arkansas forecasts fair skies and continued cold through Tuesday. Highs range from the 30s in the north to the 40s in the south, with tonight’s lows in the upper teens north to mid 20s south.
No double, the Arkansas bred 4 year old owned by Verna Lee Farm Gene Goff DeQueen Ark. won the $145000 Santa Anita Handicap at Santa Anita Park Arcadia Calif under Eddie Belmonte after a late rally beating Gamley the only mare in the field by one length. No double paid $10.60 $6.60 and $4.08.
The Supreme Court ruled that college administrators may suspend demonstrators without a trial and that peaceful student protest on campus is not protected by the First Amendment. Justice Fortas contrasted West Virginia students with peaceful Iowa schoolchildren who wore armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
Van Buren Arkansas police report Ovne Wayne Poe aged 49 of Mulberry was burned to death when a Sunday house fire damaged his home in Crawford County.
Sentinel sites backed by 24 senators while 29 oppose minced deployment. Nixon expected to push resumption of the system, cut back to about six sites, relocate Spartan missiles up to 30 miles from cities, and seek a version aiding arms talks with the Soviet Union amid concerns over cost and safety.
Voters across 39 Arkansas counties go to the polls Tuesday to decide 57 school bond measures totaling over 20 million dollars. The largest request is 2.5 million in Little Rock, with several districts seeking amounts from around 500 thousand up to over 1 million.
Reports from Cairo and Washington recount renewed Egyptian Israeli artillery fire across the Suez Canal with claims of aircraft losses and fatalities on both sides. Separately NASA updates note lunar module rendezvous challenges and propellant redline concerns as Apollo 11 mission plans progress. Obituaries include Gen Abdel Moneim Riad and several notable figures from the US, India, and Korea.
Banks report $89.7 million in February outflows as French holdings diversify abroad. A gold price spike in Paris to $48.91 an ounce sparks devaluation talk, despite central bank limits and a special fund untouched since last fall. South Africa’s decision to hold back large stock sales fuels the market move in a shifting global gold picture.
Pine Bluff School Board received no promises from Health Secretary Finch on mass desegregation relief. Sen. John L. McClellan said HEW likely won’t alter Civil Rights policy, noting the district may keep its one year continuation of the freedom-of-choice plan for elementary schools while upper grades remain segregated by race.
The Arkansas Legislature opens a busy week with 170 appropriation bills to decide including general appropriations for constitutional officers courts and General Assembly. A joint conference will work toward a compromise on a cigarette tax and other tax bills are under reconsideration amid ongoing debate.
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