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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1967
Page
2
Page Two weather experiment station report for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday records high 92 and low 69. Forecast mostly cloudy with aid for warmth through Saturday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Low tonight in the 50s north to south.
Communist led rioters in Hong Kong attacked police and set two vans ablaze as clashes erupted on Kowloon outskirts. They looted shops and stormed a resettlement housing project while demanding British governor concessions akin to Macao’s January terms.
National Guardsmen, state troopers, and city police restrained a battered Lynch Street area after a Black truck driver named Brown was fatally injured amid a riot near Jackson State College. Bystanders called for help as Brown, treated by a National Guard doctor, died at University Hospital at 4 42 a.m.
McCaskill 4-H Club held a May 10 meeting at the Staggers home with 23 members. Diane Aatts presided in the absence of the president as reports covered a chicken barbecue results, a March for Beauty cleanup drive, and a district acti vity in June. New members Velma Canada and Belinda Steward joined. plans for a June 1 dress revue and a June 14 meeting at the community center were announced.
Little Rock and Pine Bluff school districts were chosen to compete for 30 federal Follow Through grants among 99 districts nationwide. The program, tied to Head Start and education for disadvantaged children, will be funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the U S Department of Education.
Two U S soldiers shot and killed a South Korean patrol member near Seoul after mistaking him for a North Korean intruder. Pte Chung Soon of the U S 2nd Infantry Division was guarding the western sector north of Seoul when he moved ahead of the patrol and was shot by fellow soldiers.
The House is expected to back the Senate draft extension measure giving President Johnson room to push Seelective Service reforms. It would extend draft authority four years and includes deferments for college students and apprentices, a possible lottery system, and regional boards replacing local boards. The bill rejects an all volunteer force and would allow enlistment in the Reserves or National Guard until induction day.
Arkansas’ Donna Axum Miss America 1964 will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for the Miss Hope Pageant on Saturday night May 13 at 8:00 p.m. in the Hope High School Auditorium. The article recalls her prior titles and honors as a noted state figure.
President Balaguer said a subversive movement outside Santo Domingo was crushed and hundreds of motorists were stopped for questioning as police battled nightly terrorist bombings. One person was killed and two arrested in Nagua. Bombs have exploded in Santo Domingo since last Thursday.
U S and Soviet warships clash in the Sea of Japan with each side blaming the other for harassing and provoking. The Walker warned away two Soviet destroyers, while Moscow cites American provocation and warns of possible consequences. State Department protests and public statements follow as analysts see no Vietnam link. In Elstree England shooting halts on a Bette Davis film after director Alvin Rakoff resigns ten days into production.
Williams 18, new member, Mrs. Howard installed officers including regent Mrs. Kilpsth and treasurer Mrs. O Neal. Parliamentarian missing. Mrs. Howard reported on the 76th Continental Congress NSCAR held April 17-21 in Washington. Hostesses and several guests listed from Fayetteville and area.
ANNAPOLIS Md AP The nation s senior living admiral Richard Jackson marked his 101st birthday Wednesday He is the U S Naval Academy s oldest living alumnus and a 1887 graduate His career spanned the transition from sail to steam and from frigates to battleships
Mrs. Richard Crow formerly Martha Ann Evans of Hope, 27, was killed Thursday in a home accident in Waco Texas. Survived by husband two sons Gregroy and Jeffery Evans of the home mother Erma Evans of Hope father W F Evans of Sedalia Missouri four sisters Buck Rogers of Hope E C Cannon Duyck Ehlich of Detroit. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Pulaski County deputies destroyed confiscated gambling devices in Hot Springs after a Pulaski County Circuit Court order. The raid by state police yielded 44 slot machines a blackjack table and a dice table. Sheriff Frank Mackey noted the money from the slots remained uncounted prior to disposition under court rules.
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