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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
2
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Nebraska's presidential primary on Tuesday could clarify appeal for Nixon and Rockefeller in the farm belt. Write-in totals favored for Humphrey. Kennedy and McCarthy on Democratic ballot with Johnson noted as not running. Nixon seen poised for easy GOP win. Rockefeller and Reagan not on ballot. public polls and conventions shaping delegate prospects.
Police dispersed student protests at three Midwestern universities including Marquette Roosevelt and Southern Illinois while a Stanford sit-in ended peacefully after a faculty council urged caution. In Roosevelt University 24 demonstrators were arrested for trespassing as they protested hiring decisions and a Lyndh ban. At SIU Carbondale two students were arrested and two injured as windows and a door were broken during a protest linked to Stokely Carmichael. At Marquette about 400 students were involved in a sit-in at a campus dinner before police moved in and released two students.
Two Paragould men Cecil L. Ragsdell and Paul E. Hunt were sentenced in Little Rock after federal convictions for conspiring to possess and pass counterfeit ten and twenty dollar bills. Ragsdell received a three year term with parole eligibility after seven months. Hunt got a two year term with parole on five months served. Both plan appeals and remain free on $1,000 bail.
Edwin O Pitman 28 of Cotter faces first degree murder charges in the death of Baxter County Sheriff Emmett Edmonds. A preliminary hearing is set for 10 am May 16 before Circuit Judge Harrell Simpson in Pocahontas after a large manhunt in Baxter County.
In Houston St Luke's Episcopal Hospital reported progress on two heart transplant patients. James Cobb 48 of Alexandria Iowa died Wednesday after receiving the heart of a 15 year old boy Sunday night. Everett Claire Thomas 47 of Phoenix Ariz who received a new heart last Friday walked in a private room moved there Wednesday and has telephone and TV in the room. John Stuckwish 62 of Alpine Texas became the hospital's third heart transplant patient in less than five days and was described as a little lethargic but responsive to commands. Doctors said Cobb died from infection caused by drugs to prevent tissue rejection.
Supreme Court faces New York data sale of auto registration records to top bidders. Corliss Lamont, wealthy New Yorker, seeks to halt the practice and challenge the state law as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. He warns that modern computers enable vast personal data access for unsolicited pitches, while officials defend the sale as non vital.
Palm Beach report notes Craig Wood 67 former Masters and U S Open champion found dead in a hotel room. authorities say Tuesday natural causes. In Taos John Collier Sr 84 former U S commissioner of Indian affairs 1933 45 died Wednesday after leaving government post he taught sociology and anthropology at City College of New York until 1954.
A House Armed Services subcommittee will reopen hearings on the M16 program to probe unrealistically high prices in new contracts. The Army rejected a bid $20 million below another bidder, with General Motors’ Hydra-Matic division awarded a $56 million contract and Harrington & Richardson at $42 million for 240000 rifles. The Army notes costs will be negotiated downward once manufacturing costs are final.
Arkansas Attorney General Joe Purcell ruled that ABC Board regulations permitting mixed drinks in private clubs conflict with state law and are invalid. The ruling followed a request by Justice of the Peace Mrs. John R. Starr, who noted long standing interpretations restricting liquor sales to package purchases only. Purcell stated liquor may be sold and dispensed retail only in unbroken packages for off premises consumption.
The Pentagon refuses to confirm if the McNamara Wall barrier blocks infiltration into South Vietnam and withholds cost data. Congressional testimony notes no standard cost effectiveness studies were done, while officials acknowledge ongoing infiltration through the DMZ and around its western Laos border. Estimates suggest 80,000 to 100,000 North Vietnamese troops have infiltrated toward or into South Vietnam this year.
Denton Texas Woman’s University released names of students on the Special Honor Roll for the first semester. Cecilia Delaney and Beth Lawrence are noted among those cited for excellence in scholastic achievement.
The Senate amendment backed by Sen. Williams includes a tax increase and spending cuts with exemptions for Vietnam war, Social Security, veterans, and debt interest. House leaders seek $13.67 billion for HUD and 20 independent agencies, $2.89 billion below the President. The conference also targets federal staff rollbacks and $8 billion in unspent past appropriations. Meanwhile corn prices fall as farmers and middlemen adjust in a high moisture year.
A Crossett editor receives a sharp letter defending Jim and Virginia Johnson against an editorial. The writer defends loyalty to the Arkansas Democratic Party, notes past support for Wallace and Goldwater, and argues party rules allow voting against national nominees. The exchange frames local loyalties amid statewide political tensions.
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