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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1966
Page
1
A Huntington Herald-Advertiser column sketches tax changes amid Vietnam War funding needs and rising prices. It contrasts tax cuts with revenue needs, notes unemployment under 4 percent, and questions policy tradeoffs as economists warn against inflation. The piece also questions political motives behind social programs.
Hempstead County Farm Bureau organizes a Broiler Grower Service to aid industry growth and producer income. A county committee leads the program with Lt Lester Kent noting 624,500 broiler house capacity signed up in the first meeting. The service offers market reports contracts research costs and industry trend analysis with access to Farm Bureau offices in Rotterdam and Chicago. Broiler growers are urged to join to stabilize and boost earnings.
Exile radio broadcaster Pepita Riera, mid forties, urges Cuban soldiers to rebel and exposes informers within Fidel Castro’s inner circle. From a secret Miami den she airs 15 minute shows naming suspected spies in the interior ministry and G2, seeking to undermine Castros armed forces amid arrests of officers. She claims to obtain counterspy tips from trips to Cuba.
AP war report notes Pentagon censors allowed public testimony that the rest of the 2nd Marine Division is headed to South Vietnam as part of an 85 200 troop increase to provide a rotation base for deployment. Nixon and officials discuss self censorship and delayed announcements.
Senator John L. McClellan leads six anticrime measures aimed at outlawing membership in the Mafia and other crime syndicates. Attorney General Katzenbach questioned constitutional questions, while Kentucky Attorney General Robert Matthews and Rochester Police Chief William Lombard urged passage before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
Sheridan Ark AP Dorsey said he may run again for governor as a Democrat. He finished second to Faubus in 1964 and vowed he would be back. Faubus won the primary with 29 640 votes to Dorsey 6 88.
LITTLE ROCK AP A education official described a March 14 resolution requiring teacher education institutions to show graduates' personal qualities in recommendations as largely harmless. Curtis Swaim assistant state education commissioner said the measure focuses on suitability for teaching and would apply morals only if a student had an obvious delinquency making them unfit. The Arkansas Education Association proposed the Board adopt the resolution.
Two men disguised as security guards hijacked an armored car in central London today stealing about 20,000 pounds in cash. The incident disrupted traffic as authorities investigated the daring theft and sought suspects.
In Springfield Oregon a nine hour siege ended when ex convict Harry Acree 38 released hostages Charles Fawbush 46 and his wife then killed himself with a pistol tear gas had forced Acree to surrender and the couple to safety Fawbush recalled fearing they would be shot and noted his wife’s heart condition worsened by shock earlier in the day police had pursued Acree after patrolman Terrence Wilson was shot during a car check nearby a separate Eugene incident involved a gunman and hostages in a car pursuit ending with a fatal shot by the gunman and no injuries to the Keeler family. Barry Goldwater toured Cape Kennedy Space Center with a Force major general.
AP News Digest reports Indonesia's new government inherited a financial mess needing years to clear. Other items note Johnson refitting aircraft for more in-flight discussions, Pentagon testimony leakage, hostage confession, Castro spy networks, church state relations, undersea lab plans, and a Hartford girl’s remark about beating and shoe shining.
State Auditor Jimmie Jones withdraws from the 4th District congressional race due to a physical disability and files for a sixth term as auditor. He paid a $500 filing fee and will seek a refund of $750 previously paid to file for Congress. With his exit four Democrats remain: Dean Murphy, David Pryor, Richard Arnold, and Charles Honey. The 4th district seat is vacant after Rep. Oren Harris resigned to become a federal judge. a special election was delayed by a court ruling on district boundaries.
Two Hempstead County students played with the Southern State College concert band during its March 22 to 24 spring tour with concerts at Fairview Lewisville Magnolia Samcoatver and Stamps High Schools Patricia Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs David P Davis played clarinet and is a junior music education major a member of Da Capo n Tau Beta and the Intercollegiate Band Brenda Evans daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl R Evans Hope played flute and is a sophomore business education major a member of Chi Alpha The Town and Gown Choir and the Concert Choir at Southern State Carl Bramlett a Lion distributor in Hope was an honored guest at a Barton Junior High School dinner show where a traveling Lion Oil team addressed about 200 service station dealers and distributors Freedas Angus Farms of Hope sold an Aberdeen Angus herd to Fr M Graves of Horatio Arkansas Jack Amnett of Hope Auto Co to be recognized for sales at an awards banquet in Memphis Sam Cook Willie and Al W Bennett of Hope Auto Co qualified for the 300 500 club in sales Hempstead County US Savings Bonds February sales totaled 15722 year to date 47804 20 6 percent of quota in Arkansas Howard Lafayette and Nevada counties posted February figures and Scoutmasters Glen Overturf and Roger Case said Troop 91 will skip camp out due to inclement weather.
Five thousand U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops ended Operation Texas in Quang Ngai Province with 1,238 Communists killed or wounded. The assault smashed a Viet Cong regiment, altered battalions, and cleared five villages while light allied losses were reported. Air and naval strikes targeted North Vietnam as two American aircraft were reported lost and a Chinook helicopter was shot down. In Hue, Buddhist student protests mounted political pressure on Premier Ky, with Hue and Da Nang shut to U S troops amid mounting threats of violence. In Washington, the House panel signaled a soybean price rise of 10 to 15 cents per bushel, but a department spokesman warned the change could confuse farmers and the bill was considered dead for now.
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