Ed McCorkle Remembered As Hope News Pioneer
Ed McCorkle, 86, longtime owner of The Star of Hope, dies after helping unify Hope’s oldest papers. He helped found Hope Rotary Club in 1948 and traced his family’s paper lineage back to 1673 with ties to the 1873 Star of Hope and later daily presses.
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Clyde E. Palmer
Star
McCorkle
Hope Rotary Club
Cairo & Fulton
Missouri
City of Hope
Anson W. Hobson
Star of Hope
Claude McCorkle
Gazette
Cassius Clay Willams
George P. Smith
Curtis Cannon
Hempstead County Review
Cannon
D.A. Gean
morn+ jog Hope Daily Press
Hope
Ed. McCorkle
Palmer & Washburn
McCorkle Star
D. A. Gean
Morning Hope Daily Press
Old Hope Gazette
Mr. Hope
New Plant Planned for Conway Arkansas by CB&I
Conway Arkansas AP CB&I announces a $250000 metal plate fabrication and construction plant on a 224acre site three miles south of Conway. The facility will employ about 49 people with construction starting soon and production expected by midsummer. CB&I's Oak Brook Illinois offices oversee a diverse worldwide operation known for nuclear containment vessels and environmental systems after shifting from bridges and iron.
Plane With 61 Aboard Down at Sea
A large air and sea search began at dawn after Aer Lingus Viscount crashed in the Irish Sea near Strumble Head. Sixty one aboard were feared dead. A briefcase found in the water was the only clue. Passengers included nine Swiss citizens. Weather was reported normal at the time.
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Ronald Thomson
Associated Press
Fishguard
Wales
Royal Navy
Royal Air Forces
Strumbier Head
Cork
London
Ireland
State Income Tax Totals in Arkansas for 1967
Arkansas Revenue Department report shows total reported income of 1967 state tax returns at 2,250,431,766 dollars. Only 5,474 returns exceed 25,000, 66,309 fall between 3,000 and 4,000, and about 29 percent report under 3,000. There were 24,350 returns at or below 1,000 dollars.
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Little Rock
State Revenue Department
Arkansans
Moderate Republicans Seek Nationwide Alternate Candidate
United by a coalition led by Senator Thurston Morton and Stewart R. Mott, Moderate Republicans push a Rockefeller favored son bid to counter Nixon. Senator Javits plans a New York rally to draft Rockefeller while Hatfield supports alternative paths and broader public debate on Vietnam and policy.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jacob K. Javits
Rockefeller
New York State
Sen
Thurston
Morton
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
New York
Stewart R. Mott
Mott
Charles Stewart Mott
Javits
Mark Oo
Hatfield
Rore
Nitoh
Albany
N.Y
Nixon
Sig Port
John V. Lindsay
Charles H. Percy
Dlinois
UN Security Council Condemns Israel Attack in Jordan
The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned Israel for last week's assault on Arab guerrilla bases in Jordan. Israel rejected the rebuke, citing self defense, while the council deplored all violent incidents violating the 1967 cease-fire and warned of possible sanctions.
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William Wiatis
Associated Press
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Jordan
Elf
Jordan River
U.S
U.N
Isreal
International
Panama
National Assembly
Marco A. Robles
Max Delvalle
Britain
Weat
Stockholm
Marriage rites on Malekula prize two teeth as dowry
Hal Boyle surveys odd customs and trends from the Pacific and beyond. From Malekula’s bride price with two front teeth lost in ceremony to World War energy, he notes diverse beliefs, skiing in Japan, phone etiquette, Russian caution, and other quotable curiosities shaping modern life.
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Hal Boyle
New York
South Pacific
Malekula
Christopher Columbus
Japan
America
Rodney
U.S
Showdown in Panama Civil Strife
National Guard troops cracked down on opponents of President Marco Robles in Panama, arresting a leader as the National Assembly moved to convict him for unconstitutional act and suspend him. The guards hid behind tear gas as protests, arrests, and a large political crisis unfold, with the Supreme Court to weigh in.
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Robert Berrellez
Panama
National ‘Guard
Marco’ A. Robles
National Assembly
Robles
Arnulfo Ariag
National Guard
Assembly
Supreme Court
The
National Union
Hildegrando Nicosia
Nicosia Tod
Minor
New Line of Attack Against Cancer Told by Research Scientist
Dr. Malvin Greenblatt of the Chicago Medical School reports hamsters show tumors secrete a chemical that prompts growth of surrounding blood vessels. Identifying the substance could enable antibodies to interrupt the signal and starve tumors by cutting their blood supply.
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Ralph Dighton
San Diego
Callf
Malvin Greenblatt
Chicago Medical School
American Cancer Society
Science Writers
Greenblatt
Four Grenades Removed From Soldier in Vietnam Operation
In CHU LAI Vietnam four live grenades embedded in the leg of 19 year old Pfc Warren D Hillman of Buckholts Texas were removed in an operation by four U S Army doctors led by Maj Kenneth Cass. Hillman was reported in satisfactory condition. The surgery occurred at an Army hospital in Vietnam.
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Chu Lai
Vietnam
Warren D. Hillman
Buckholts
Tex
Kenneth 4. Cass
Waterbury
Coap
Ed McCorkle Dies at 86 Pioneer Editor in Hope
James Edward McCorkle 86 prominent Hope resident died Friday. Born in Hope, his father founded The Star of Hope in 1889. He led Arkansas Printing and Stationery Co until death and served as Arkansas Press Association president 1927-28. Survived by widow, daughter and four grandchildren. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery after services at Herndon Chapel.
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James Edward McCorkle
Hope
Star of Hope
Hope High School
Peacock's Military Academy
San Antonio
The
Arkansas Printing and Stationery Co
Arkansas Press Association
Hope Rotary Club
Tom Helmore
New York City
Nassau
Bashama
Islands
Kristin Helmore
Claude McCorkle
Little Rock
Briant McCorkle
Dallas
Ridley Smith
Laguna Hills
Casif
Seymour Fleming
Cold Springs
New York
Lowell Tacket
Herndon Chapel
Everett Vinson
Rose Hill Cemetery
Censtary Bible Class
First Methodist Church
Robert LaGrone
Comer Boyett
Vincent Foster
Dorsey McRae
George Hulmes
James Griffin
Frank UN McLarty
Albert Graves
All of Hope
George Peck
Texarkana
Can't Force Us Out Khe Sanh Siege Stays in Stalemate
Marine commandant Gen Leonard F Chapman Jr says North Vietnamese attacks on Khe Sanh require bad weather for any assault, and U S air and artillery power will deny success. He asserts ample helicopter and airdrop capability. warns abandoning the enclave would be defeat. He notes the siege has reshaped aims and may favor the United States in the long run.
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Vietnam
Weiler
Washington
Ews
Khe Sanh
Ingis
U.S
Sanh
Chapman
Dien Bien Phu
Tasio U.S
United States
Mvor
Biafran
Vietnam says North Vietnam cannot force us from Khe Sanh
VIETNAM Get, Chapman, Marine Corps commandant, says the North Vietnamese can't force us out of besieged Khe Sanh by bombing to prevent resupply. One American helicopter shot down and another hit by enemy ground fire near Khe Sanh. Rogello Sateida dies in his home as a flare falls with its parachute opened.
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Vietnam
Chapman
Marine Corps
Khe Sanh
Rogello Sateida
Denth
Enormous Viet Cong supply boats smashed in Mekong Delta
American air power shattered 245 Viet Cong sampans in three days. At base near the Cambodian border 114 ships were sunk and 50 damaged. Viet Cong losses included 260 killed and 40 huts destroyed. In the north near Khe Sanh, two U S Marines and four crew were hurt after a helicopter crash. U S B 52s bombed suspected enemy positions around Khe Sanh as shelling dropped.
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George Ester
Associated Press
Saigon
Mekong Botta
U.S
Guinshipa
Atrony
Ted
Eartier
Se Dec
Cambodia
Jala
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Ona
Marine Fortress
Camp Carroll
Sumlay
Texarkana Marine Rescues Elderly Woman From Fire
Texarkana Marine private Monty Blundell home on leave from Camp Pendleton is credited with saving an 80 year old woman from a burning Texarkana house. He ran into the kitchen, carried her outside, and kicked a back door down to reach her.
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Texahkana
Ark
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Monty Blundail
Texarkana
Blupdell
Blundell
Bladel
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