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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1968
Page
2
Mostly cloudy weather expected with showers and scattered thunderstorms. Temperatures rise to highs around the 70s north to 80s south with lows near 60 to the south tonight. Showers should diminish somewhat by Wednesday with a continued unsettled pattern through midweek.
AP reporting that AFL-CIO leader George Meany threatened to suspend the United Auto Workers over back dues, a move seen as deepening rifts with Walter Reuther. UAW leaders denied plans to halt payments, and the split could affect Hubert Humphrey’s White House bid amid looming political alignments.
Heavy rains triggered floods across western Arkansas and nearby Oklahoma, displacing about 200 families in De Queen and Fort Smith. Tens evacuated from a Nagio housing complex and an elderly care home as four inches fell in two hours. Landslides halted rail traffic near Granite Mountain and US 64 near Hartman Clarksville. Flood levels rose on the Caddo River at Glenwood, while tornado watches covered half the state. Elsewhere in Vietnam, U.S. forces evacuated 1,700 allies from a Da Nang area camp amid heavy bombardment and multiple clashes with enemy forces. 19 Americans killed, about 300 enemy dead. The piranha is noted as a dangerous fish elsewhere.
Hope Arkansas hearing a talk on the population explosion by local real estate figure Arthur Strech. In West Virginia, voters head to a state primary with Kennedy leading among Democratic delegates, Nixon ahead of Rockefeller among Republicans, and delegates chosen for the national conventions amid a long ballot and unit rule decisions.
State Farm Mutual said changes in its auto insurance coverage will raise total annual premiums by 6.6 percent. Adjustments in Little Rock vary from a 4.60 reduction to an 4.60 increase, in Fort Smith from a 50 cent decrease to 8 dollars, and elsewhere in the state from a 4.80 reduction to a 3.70 increase.
A five member Legislative Council committee was named to identify major stockholders in Southland Racing Corp owner of the West Memphis dog racing track. Gov Rockefeller was asked to seek bills on greyhound franchises for a May special session. Revenue and Racing Commission officials conduct the probe after reports a New York syndicate High Park Corp planned to acquire control.
Voters in Nebraska faced a late decision on ballot access with Johnson’s name unstricken and a Humphrey write-in push. Kennedy anticipated no clear majority, while Nixon aimed for a strong showing aided by Reagan and Rockefeller write-ins. Ellsworth predicted a split GOP vote, with Tiemann forecasting 70 percent. minor candidates Stassen and Libera tor also appeared, plus Wallace in a separate American party ballot for 647 eligible voters.
A council speaker on Wednesday urged Rockefeller to place bills before a special session to determine where the governor stands. He argued the choice pits the New York syndicate against the people of Arkansas.
Mrs Glen D Wren 74 of Prescott died Sunday in an Atlanta hospital from injuries in an automobile accident. She was a retired teacher and Harmony Methodist member. Survived by two daughters Mildred Wren and Mrs M D Armstrong, a sister and other relatives. services at Harmony Methodist Church. Oscar D Smith 93 a Prescott retired farmer, Baptist, died Tuesday at home. Survived by five sons, four daughters and other relatives. services at Cornish Funeral Chapel with burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
LITTLE ROCK AP State Welfare Commissioner Len Blaylock said two medical care programs serving more than 4 000 persons last year have been stopped for lack of funds. The programs were financed entirely with state money and the order was issued to conserve state funds.
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