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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1967
Page
2
Page Two Experiment Station report for 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday notes high 72 low 45. Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a chance of showers or thundershowers mainly in the north. Mild tonight and cooler Wednesday. lows upper 40s northwest to around 50 southeast.
Newport AP reports the Viking Riders, formerly the Ghost Riders, launch a public relations drive to shed a rough image. The club enforces discipline with fines for swearing and racing, limits noise, imposes dues, and audits insignia use while supporting blood donations. Istanbul is noted as Turkey’s largest city with 1.5 million residents.
Athens authorities say George Bertsos 33 former adviser to ex premier Papandreou is arresting on charges of stealing NATO secrets and spying for Andreas Papandreou. Prosecutors link the case to the Aspida plot amid the military coup shocks.
Sen John L McClellan told the Arkansas Bankers Association that crime in the streets poses the United States greatest threat. He urged a constitutional amendment to counter recent Supreme Court rulings affecting law enforcement and cited pay and public apathy as obstacles for officers. Reeves of Pine Bluff praised banking actions against a possible money panic, while McClellan urged banks to stay vigilant.
New York area 7000 Roman Catholic priests are polled by the Metropolitan Coordinating Committee on optional celibacy for clergy. Spokesman Father Francoeur says cards were mailed to seek yes no or no opinion on three questions about changing celibacy rules and admitting married priests to active ministry.
De Gaulle voiced sympathy for Britain’s application to join the Common Market while criticizing Britain’s role in Europe. He stated there has never been a veto but warned that obstacles remain formidable. He outlined hurdles Britain must surmount before membership.
The Pentagon says a U S Air Force jet may have crashed in Red China after being hit by North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire. The report followed State Department denials of Red China bombing charges as officials noted possible accidental overflights and instructions to avoid Red Chinese soil near the North Vietnam border.
The piece analyzes Chou Enlai signaling possible Chinese intervention in Vietnam, arguing it could unsettle U S policy and critics, potentially prompting a tougher war stance or deterring pacific moves, while highlighting the risk of Beijing exploiting uncertainty to shape American public opinion and policy.
The Book of the Month Club paid $325,000 for the distribution rights to Svetlana Alliluyeva memoirs, the largest sum ever by a book club for a single title. Publication is set for October 16 by Harper & Row.
Walter S. Brown 78 of Brinkley was killed Monday night when his car lost control on Arkansas Highway 33 near Dixie. The vehicle struck a bridge, with Dixie located in southern Woodruff County.
A crudely written note demanding 75000 dollars provided a clue to a bomb threat that led to evacuations of about 2500 guests from seven hotels across three states. A homemade bomb with four tubes of black powder was found in a Sahara Hotel 12th floor room in Las Vegas. Demolition experts removed the device after securing the area.
At an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Little Rock S Stephens president of the Arkansas Oklahoma Coal Operators Association said river navigation will enable delivery of one million tons of coal annually to Japanese industrial firms starting 1969. He noted his Garland Coal and Mining Company plans a barge terminal as five firms back the project. The hearing, conducted by ICC Examiner Alvin H Schuta Jumpf, explores barge line needs for the 450 mile Arkansas River corridor set to reach Little Rock and Pine Bluff late in 1968 and Fort Smith Tulsa later, with more witnesses expected over a two week session.
Mrs Wanda Hamilton, a Fort Smith native and wife of an anti poverty program worker, joins the governor's office as one of three secretaries in the main secretarial room. She studied at Philander Smith College and Little Rock University.
An informed source says Carmichael will not pursue a leadership role amid debate over symbolic figures. Ralph Featherstone, 27, named as new program director, plans to push economic community control and expanded political organizing in SNCC projects in Alabama and beyond.
George L. Fuller, 62, formerly of Dewitt, died suddenly at his Hope home late Sunday. He was a retired farmer and cattleman, Mason, and Baptist Church member. Survivors include his wife, one son Don Fuller of Hope, two daughters Virginia Steveneson and Mrs. Donald Anders of Hope, five grandchildren, one brother C. E. Fuller of Hope, three sisters Mary Neal of Hunter Wendell Prescott of Prescott and Virgil Snow of Jonesboro. Funeral services were held at 10 00 a m Tuesday at Oakcrest Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Gerald Trussell officiating. Interment was in Memory Gardens.
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller will testify Wednesday afternoon before the Senate subcommittee on government research in Washington. Before departing Arkansas he will address the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission at the Capitol and speak tonight at a Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce meeting.
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