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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1967
Page
2
Arkansas forecast from the Twe weather station for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday notes partly cloudy to cloudy tonight then partly cloudy Saturday. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly south tonight. Cooler tonight, milder Saturday with lows mostly in the 50s and highs near 85.
About 90 000 General Electric color television sets sold between June 1966 and February 1967 will be modified to reduce emission of soft radiation. GE says emissions were not harmful and directed toward the floor. Service reps will contact owners.
President Johnson acknowledged public opinion polls showing support while Congress criticized Vietnam policy. He noted a House vote of 18 to stop bombing North Vietnam and discussed possible UN action. He lamented the defeat of a rent supplement in his Great Society and cited three surviving programs. He refused to discuss reelect plans, urged a 6 percent tax surcharge, and hinted at helping Democrats raise funds with appearances this June.
Washington officials push new U S military control of pacification in Vietnam to accelerate progress. President Johnson and Defense Secretary McNamara say South Vietnamese must take lead, with Ky assigning about half of regular forces to pacification. Fears rise US could assume main combat role and expand forces. Golf equipment sales share noted.
Maj. Gen. John G. Shinkle, Apollo program manager at Cape Kennedy, resigns for personal reasons not related to the Apollo 1 fire. No successor named. observ ers note reshaping may shift duties to operations chief Rocco A. Petrone as plans mature. Shinkle, 65, joined NASA in 1965 after a 30 year Army career including White Sands command.
W. L. McDougald, aged 87, stands in his garden with grandson Kurt Andrews at their Prescott Route 5 residence. The longtime gardener has built a notable yearly plot and enjoys family involvement in the hobby.
Senate leaders delay ruling on Sen. Thomas J. Dodd's appeal for more time to prepare a defense against a censure for financial misconduct. Debate expected in today’s session. Sen. Long defends Dodd while noting House action on Powell’s seat sparked comparisons. Dodd asks for more time as May 9 notice of a Monday censure vote stands. The article ends with a note about the Washington Monument stairway.
The Arkansas Industrial Development Commission voiced general support for Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller's proposed task group approach to state industrialization. AIDC officials expect a tentative meeting with Rockefeller within two weeks to discuss the plan, while acknowledging staffing limits could hinder full implementation.
Catherine Leroy, 22, a French free lance photographer known for images of U S Marines, was wounded by mortar shrapnel in Da Nang area. She sustained superficial injuries to back and stomach and was treated aboard the U S Navy hospital ship Sanctuary near the DMZ.
CAPT MASON piloted a crippled aircraft after engine shutdown fire and loss of radios hydraulics oxygen and gear indication. He landed safely, displaying outstanding airmanship and heroism. He received the 1966 Karen Kelligian Jr. Trophy and is with United Air Lines in Chicago as a member of the Air National Guard squadron in Battle Creek Michigan.
Moscow based Soviet Tass correspondent Evgeny Kobelev reports at least seven American aircraft shot down over Hanoi during two raids. One plane crashed in a Hanoi street. its wounded pilot parachuted to a hospital nearby. Other crews landed in outskirts and were captured alive. names not provided.
Calvin Monroe Hervey Sr 77 of Texarkana died Wednesday at home. Funeral services Friday in Texarkana with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery. Survived by wife Bernadine Reed Hervey two sons Calvin M and Charles Hervey and Myrtle Ann Clark 71 of Washington died Friday in a local nursing home. Services Saturday at Herndon Chapel with burial at Washington Cemetery. Surviving siblings named.
Assistant State Prison Superintendent Thomas Murton told the penitentiary board that two rice field irrigation pumps and a Tucker Prison Farm truck were sabotaged at Cummins Prison Farm. He said loose nuts and metal pieces were placed in the pumps and the truck engine burned after the oil plug was removed. Paul Handley, the Crimins rice farmer, denied involvement.
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