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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1967
Page
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The Red River navigation plan faces uncertainty as officials cite possible funding limits. Projections estimate 293 million dollars for navigation and 229 million for bank stabilization, with doubts about actual appropriation beyond a Shreveport head.
Civil rights leaders and the Catholic Church rally against amendments to a federal school aid bill extending funding through 1969. Debate centers on state versus federal administration and desegregation pace, with Edwards Green and Quie as key figures in shaping the measure.
Rebias men Motors of Little Rock Polk Chevrolet Company of Corning and Bale Chevrolet Company of Little Rock won contracts Monday to furnish 71 new State Police vehicles at a total cost of 105 672 68 Nursing Home Certified for Extended Care Branch General Nursing Home in Hempstead County was certified as an extended care facility effective January 1 1967 Dr J W Branch administrator explains extended care differs from custodial care and is covered by Medicare not for custodial services.
J C Hawkins of Morriston was dismissed from the Assessment Coordination Division of the state Public Service Commission after drawing a 6000 dollar salary while not working since November. PSC records show Hawkins worked fewer than 90 days in 1966. he is a brother of Conway County Sheriff Marin Hawkins. His dismissal follows prior removals of related relatives, including Conway County welfare director Carl Stobaugh.
A humorous AP piece surveys social quirks and sayings. It argues that modern butchers stop thumbed scales, while offering satirical observations on vanity, sobriety, work, aging, and media habits through witty vignettes. It notes readers and housewives engaging more with news and broadcasts.
The Johnson administration fears a shooting war may erupt in the Middle East. The State Department warns Americans to leave or postpone nonessential travel to Israel Egypt Syria and Jordan. About 10 000 Americans are in the danger zone. No evacuation orders for the 6th Fleet. Nasser bans Gulf of Aqaba ships carrying strategic goods to Israel, raising the crisis. State Dept officials say a waterway closure would be serious but hope remains for restraint. U Thant may temper Nasser as he arrives in Cairo.
In Little Rock, Highway Director Ward Goodman said interests backing a toll road in western Arkansas haven t asked the state to build a similar public highway. He added there isn t enough money to construct a long four lane road, even if asked. The toll plan followed efforts to add U. S. 71 to the interstate system, which stalled. Also, J P Lybrand Jr of Pine Bluff won the Arkansas Democratic executive secretary runoff against Rep Jack S Oakes of Augusta. In Brockton, Mass, robbers with machine guns stole about 700 000 from Brights Inc armored car outside a bank, per Frederic L Lincoln of First National Bank.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk faces sharp Senate questions on intensified Vietnam war and U.S. Middle East commitments. Fulbright warns of overextension if Middle East violence escalates and asks what action the Johnson administration may take to involve the United Nations in Vietnam negotiations. Appaloosa Horse Show Here Sat. The annual Arkansas Appaloosa Horse Club Show will be held Saturday, May 27 at the Third District Livestock Show Coliseum in Hope with halter and youth classes, a supper break, evening jumping events, queen contest, and horse events. free admission and a food concession by the Hope Roundup Club.
Arkansas State Police moves toward employing its first Negro state troopers by July 1. Eight applicants were identified, with one passing mental and physical exams, another failing the mental test, and several others in various stages of testing and application. Governor Rockefeller noted four hires among Negro Republicans earlier, while the process requires character checks and approval by the State Police Commission.
Beir ut Lebanon AP Egyptian President Gamal Ab del Nasser threatened to seal Israel's Red Sea access by blocking the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel warned of fighting if the waterway is closed. U S officials noted the seriousness while Britain prepared UN action and George Brown held talks in Moscow.
The Lincoln High School juniors and seniors from Washington Arkansas toured Houston on May 19 by Greyhound Bus. Chaperoned by Alvin Stewart and G B W Golston, they visited the Astrodome to watch the Giants defeat the Astros 6 to 2 and toured Houston City Park and the Planitarium. About 18,347 attended the Astrodome with a 66,000-seat capacity.
AP summarizes escalating Middle East dangers with Nasser's threat to bar sea tolls in the Gulf of Aqaba. US urges Americans to leave the region while Vietnam sees attacks killing seven and wounding ten as a Buddha birthday truce holds in much of the country. State Department questions for Rusk.
AP reports arson suspicion as a Brussels Innovation department store fire leaves about 200 missing. At least 13 dead and 100 injured as blaze rips through the building during a Monday shopping rush. Pierre Bolle cites fires at first and third floors, with flames sweeping the block in 10 to 15 minutes. Police note widespread flare ups and threatening calls tied to a campaign to sell American goods.
About 267 students at Henderson State will receive degrees on May 26 at 7 p.m. in Haywood Stadium. Hempstead-represented graduates include Tommy Wayne Mosier and Jeffrey Earl Jones among others. The Sprouts Junior Garden Club donated a bird book in memory of Mrs. Jess Davis. Four Hempstead students led a recent Field Day study at Southwest Branch Experiment Station in Hope. Army Specialist Presley F. Robinson of Hope earned a safe driving certificate in Germany after 22 months with no incidents.
A 24 hour cease fire for Buddha's birthday prevailed in much of Vietnam but 10 Americans were killed and 17 wounded in Communist attacks since the truce began at midnight. In the first 12 hours, 21 incidents were reported including a deadly attack on a platoon of the 101st Airborne in Quang Ngai where six Americans died and nine were wounded.
The Girl Scout Day Camp starts May 29 with two bus routes from the First Baptist Church. Bus 1 at 8:30 a.m. carries older girls and is led by Gail Singard and Perry Henley. bus 2 at 9:00 a.m. serves younger children under Homer Vines Dale Flowers Donal Parker and Garnett Thompson. Pickups split at 3:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the church. In rain the schedule adapts with camp moving to Coliseum at Fair Park.
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