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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1968
Page
1
A Dallas Times Herald column notes a California judge's bid to seal a murder trial and a higher court ruling ordering full public disclosure. It argues for ongoing protection of the public's right to information in crime coverage. The piece warns that court secrecy may persist despite ABA efforts.
A cool air mass is forecast to lower temperatures across Arkansas on Saturday. After highs edged up a few degrees Thursday, warm conditions were expected to persist into tonight. Morning readings stayed warm due to humid air, ranging from the upper 60s to low 70s with Hot Springs at 74 degrees.
Arkansas lawmakers again rejected a model real estate transfer tax by a 24 to 66 vote after a Senate move to empower investment up to 5 million by the Board of Finance. Gov Winthrop Rockefeller's administration measure differed from Rep Nowotny's plan only in revenue distribution to prisons. Other controversial bills stalled in committees as sessions resumed.
Dana Flowers pins the first Poppy on her grandfather Deputy Sheriff Herbert Griffin to kick off the Poppy Day sale in downtown Hope. The event takes place Saturday May 25. Dana is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Flowers and will be out selling with a bright veteran-maf poppy.
LITTLE ROCK AP Senator Guy Mutt Jones of Conway introduced a bill to make consumption of mixed drinks illegal in Arkansas claiming it would clear confusion in the liquor business and avoid conflicting opinions from the ABC and the attorney general. Two House bills also emerged: one to legalize mixed drinks in private clubs in wet areas and another to return 97 percent of liquor taxes to counties, with the state keeping 3 percent. Jones’s measure would cap liquor at two gallons and beer at 20 gallons, empower sheriffs to enforce the law and cut 19 of 27 ABC jobs. Ban hampered hospital bid News Benton AP Sutton Construction of Hot Springs submitted apparent low bid of 419.79 for a 28-bed Saline County Memorial Hospital addition in Benton.
HAL BOYLE argues men should not use garlic until three years of cooking. He riffs on roses, dandelions, and social quirks, then pivots to a suburbanite’s woes and a joke about toothpicks, urging readers to see the wry logic behind the quirky stance.
A total of 1006.98 dollars in prizes will be awarded at the Southwest Arkansas District Poultry Festival in Nashville on Saturday June 1. Tickets for fried chicken dinner and a beauty pageant cost 1.25 and prize drawings will include items from a tackle box to a color television. General Chairman Connie Milum and committee will announce winners who must attend the Pageant at Scrapper football stadium. About 5 000 people will be served fried chicken starting at 5 30 p.m. The Poultry Princess Pageant will be hosted by Chet Lauck of Lum N Abner fame with a local stage band providing music.
The Methodist Kindergarten wrapped up social studies with two field trips a birthday party. They visited the Area Library to learn checkout procedures and chose picture books. Parents transported them to Spring Lake Park Texarkana for a zoo play period playground and a train ride.
Washington AP reports Arkansas senators J William Fulbright and John L McClellan joined the majority as the Senate approved a crime control package 72 to 4. Earlier they backed rejecting an amendment to strike a pro vision authorizing emergency wiretaps up to 48 hours without a court order by 44 to 37.
AP report from Saigon says B52 bombers dropped nearly 1000 tons on enemy areas near the Laos Cambodia border while U S Marines two miles northeast of Con Thien count 23 dead and 86 wounded. North Vietnamese forces are reported crossing the Laos border into central Vietnam as the war intensifies near the central highlands. U S intelligence fears a large push to seize the central plateau ahead of Paris talks.
Paris reports escalating turmoil as farmers join student protests amid a nationwide strike. Premier Pompidou summoned labor and business leaders to seek a settlement while President de Gaulle prepared to address the nation. The major unions accepted the invitation but warned that strikes would continue. Rioting and fears of violence grew as demonstrators gathered ahead of the president’s speech.
The Senate passed a crime control bill by a 72 to 4 vote that would overturn Supreme Court limits on confessions and lineups and authorize wiretaps. It includes $400 million in federal grants for police training and tech, but faces House approval and a possible presidential veto.
Three candidates filed for delegate positions. Nathan Schenfeld a former state representative from Garland County seeks Position 2 in District 22. Henry Woods a Little Rock lawyer runs for Position 12 in District 22 covering Pulaski and Perry counties. Perrin Jones editor of the Searcy Citizen seeks Position 3 in District 23 which includes White and Lonoke counties.
The Arkansas Highway Department outlines paving and resurfacing projects totaling miles and costs across Howard Hempstead Nevada and other counties. A Legion Auxiliary plans to hand out red poppies on Poppy Day May 25 to aid veterans and orphans. Girl Scout Day Camp runs May 9 7 31 with bus leaves at 8 30 am from First Baptist Church and chaperones named. Lake elevation noted at 282 24 feet with 43 219 visitors last week. Ophthalmologists Emmett Thompson and Don Freel attend South Arkansas Optometric Society meeting in Camden. Roads are damaged by floods, and officials pledge to restore conditions.
AP dispatch from Paris reports the United States and North Vietnam edging toward a showdown in peace talks over Ceasefire and U S bombing in North Vietnam. Washington and Hanoi forecast rising pressure with a risk of breakdown, while pursuing concessions and potential military gains in South Vietnam.
An AP report notes a white teacher was dismissed amid a predomina nt racial tension at a local school. Officials cited policy violations and classroom concerns as the basis for action, while community members debated the case's implications for bias and accountability.
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