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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1969
Page
2
Weather station report for four hours ending at 7 am shows high around 80 and low near 48. Arkansas forecasts sunny today and Friday with windy cooling today then fair and colder tonight. Tonight cooler with diminishing winds and Friday cooler with highs upper 50s to low 70s and lows in the 40s north to south.
Leander H. Perez Sr. a multimillionaire head of Plaquemines Parish politics who opposed racial integration and was excommunicated in 1962 for blocking a new parochial school, died at 77 after a heart attack at his Idlewild plantation. He had just been released from a New Orleans hospital after a prior heart attack.
Free electronic hearing tests will be held in Hope on Friday March 21 from 1 to 3 pm at 217 South Main in Bill Ellis Insurance Office. Tom Purvis will conduct tests through Beltone Hearing Service inviting all with hearing or understanding trouble to learn about ear health and recent hearing corrections.
Two U S tuna boats, the Cape Anne and the San Juan, were seized by Peru off its north coast and released after captains paid 25 000 in fines. The incidents reflect a 200 mile Peruvian fishing limit, amid broader talks with U S representatives over oil property expropriation and other disputes. The San Juan captain paid 17 000 and the Cape Anne 8 000.
In a day marked by defeated votes later expunged, the measure to pay legislators up to 200 dollars monthly for legitimate expenses remained alive. Proponents argued media mischaracterized the bill while opponents urged leaving it to the upcoming constitutional convention. The House and Senate also weighed cigarette tax changes, sales tax adjustments, and ethics reporting requirements.
The Viet Cong accused President Nixon of threatening escalation during the Paris peace talks opening session. Tran Buu Kiem claimed Viet Cong victories in its offensive and blamed the United States for potential waste of lives, saying the U S must face hard facts and not resort to an escalating strategy. The report also notes legislative actions in another state, including liquor bill defeats, a school disruption misdemeanor, and various fiscal measures.
In Los Angeles AP report, Sirhan Bishara Sirhan’s courtroom demeanor shifts as psychiatrists say he grows sicker. Once attentive, he now glances rarely at witnesses while reading birthday cards. lawyers note he may accept mental illness to avoid a tougher first degree murder verdict.
A chartered DC4 carrying West Tennessee Sportsmen crashed and burned at New Orleans International Airport in heavy fog. Initial reports claim 19 killed, 11 survivors with three hospitalized. Avion Corp owned plane. cargo included 24 aboard, with varying death counts and witness estimates.
British paratroopers and marines occupied Anguilla after a bloodless invasion as 6,000 residents offered little resistance. Acting President Ronald Webster sought talks but refused formal negotiations until troops withdrew. London officials warned the occupation could last years while a small police detachment would remain to fly the Union Jack.
Archie Herbert Seymour 66 of Nashville died Wednesday in a Texarkana hospital. A former 29 years with Southwest Arkansas Electrical Corp. Survived by wife Florence Hoge Seymour Nashville son Ronnie Dean Texarkana brother Johnny Seymour Fulton sister Bessie Sherman Shreveport. Services Friday 2 p.m. Latimer Funeral Chapel Nashville. Burial Memorial Gardens Texarkana.
NEA report from Little Rock shows Arkansas collects 9.5 percent of personal income in taxes, below the 9.8 percent national average for 1966-67. Per capita tax collections were 198.79 with federal aid per person at 12th, while property tax and school salaries lag national averages.
The text notes guards at a partially paved airstrip and reports of U S underworld figures gaining control of the island possibly to set up a gambling haven. Webster dismissed the claim as absurd.
Detroit AP report notes over three million Chevrolet owners begin receiving recall notices by certified mail at 36 cents each, with letters shipping at 100,000 daily through mid May. The 4.9 million vehicle recall covers 1965–68 Chevrolets for exhaust fumes entry and 1968–69 models with quadrajet carburetors.
An old style drug advertisement warns of nocturnal urination backache leg pains and scanty flow as possible signs of kidney disorder. It touts a 4 day course of Gentle Bukets diuretic at 3 tablets daily, with a 48 cent back offer at Gibson Rexall Drug.
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