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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1966
Page
1
The editor Alex H Washburn discusses seed thinning in the Our Daily Bread column, emphasizing careful planting and proper spacing to ensure robust crop growth and yield.
In an editorial-like passage attributed to Paul Buchanan in the Batesville Guard, a Cicero era critique of costly foreign aid parallels today. The Romano orator laments taxes for allies and appeasement, questioning whether Rome should sacrifice citizens for distant powers.
In Saigon and allied commands, desertions from both sides surge. Viet Cong defections reach 2,336 in March with many officers among them, while South Vietnamese regulars desert at about 6,600 monthly. Open arms program offers rewards for defectors and reintegration efforts, including 20 000 piastres for weapons.
Mary Anita Laseter writes of Marlbrook School near Blevins hosting a May 15 reunion for alumni from 1912-13. The event ties to Marlbrook Church history, with many local families named and veterans buried at Marlbrook Cemetery. Organizers include Essie Wonds White and neighbors in Blevins and Tempe set to attend.
Arkansas education commissioner A W Ford urged school superintendents to remove all fees for the next school year. He noted a survey showing parents pay over 1.5 million dollars annually, and said fees disproportionately affect poorer children. Trumann schools have already decided to abolish fees starting fall term as an example.
Washington notes that President Johnson and Henry Cabot Lodge must guess about South Viet Nam’s loyalties amid a complex mix of pro and anti Communists. U Thant warns negotiations may fail while McNamara cites civil unrest shrinking U.S. military efforts. Buddhists, Catholics, and politics fuel South Vietnamese turmoil.
A New York AP column by HAL BOYLE surveys quirky stats from 1940s life showing Americans own more than 57 percent of the world’s passenger cars, notes rising obstetrical fees, racing legends, coffee habits, and curious science ideas while tossing in humor about Newton and Ford.
A spokesman for the Zimbabwe African National Union claims guerrillas are active about 60 miles northwest of Salisbury. He says they killed five policemen Tuesday and attacked a police post near Sinoia while guarding a power line from the Karibe Dam to Salisbury. The Rhodesian government reports seven Africans killed in the clashes.
The attorney general said a new mill property tax does not start automatically with city incorporation and officials elected. The tax must be imposed by the city council or by the electors, per the ruling.
The Revenue Building expansion added seven small parcels under the capitol grounds project. On Tuesday the state agreed to pay 119000 for tequiseunias.
U S auto makers General Motors Ford Chrysler and American Motors reported to a House committee that about 18.5 percent of cars built since 1960 had been involved in defect findings over the past six years. The disclosures covered fire hazards and other defects in roughly 8,700,225 vehicles, with most issues not safety related. Senator Abraham Ribicoff said the figures were startling but praised the industry for seeking improved quality control on assembly lines.
LONDON AP reports Britain’s doctors and dentists in the national health service won a pay rise of up to one third of income, averting a strike. General practitioners gain about 11 dollars weekly, hospital physicians and dentists receive roughly 13 percent, with younger doctors benefiting most as pay climbs from two thousand two hundred dollars a year.
Washington officials disclose nine American casualties in Laos over two years with about twenty missing or captured. Saigon confirms artillery crossed into Cambodian jungles as U.S. troops faced Viet Cong fire. officials say actions outside Vietnam were provocations by Communists and defensible responses by the United States.
Former South Viet Nam premier Tran Van Huu, living in Paris, urges the United States to lead a truce to force negotiations with all sides including the Viet Cong. He says Washington’s echo is lacking and warns peace is not imminent. Huu notes self-exiled Vietnamese face visa refusals and critiques Diem era politics.
LITTLE ROCK AP A 499800 federal grant for the Arkansas State Hospital has been approved by the Department of Health Education and Welfare. The money funds a comprehensive treatment program and facility improvements at the hospital.
AP dispatch reports a reinforced Communist battalion in central Viet Nam was nearly wiped out over two days of heavy fighting near Bong Son. US air and ground forces tallied 416 enemy dead, with 332 killed Thursday, 84 more by Vietnamese units, plus 40 captured and 515 suspects detained. Separate items note Ky's planned tenure, rail bridge strikes near Hanoi, and Saigon area bombings. Arkansas hospital receives 449,800 for a five-year mental health program.
Brig. Gen. William T. Bradley of the Seventh Army in Europe will succeed Brig. Gen. Richard H. Free on June 1 as division engineer for the Army Engineers Southwestern area. Free becomes deputy director of research and development with the Army Material Command in Washington.
Lone Star Gas Co. has acquired the Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. distribution systems serving Stephenville, Denison, Comanche and Dublin in Texas. The company announced the deal and expects to begin operating in the towns soon.
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