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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1967
Page
2
Weather experiment station reports 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Monday with high 89 and low 62. Clear to partly cloudy conditions with little temperature change through Tuesday. Isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly in the south half. Low tonight in the south.
Summary references Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, noting his later Senate service. The text suggests a historical or contextual remark rather than a current weather item.
Traffic deaths over the four day Memorial Day weekend reach 352 with experts warning the total may climb to a Memorial Day high. National Safety Council president Joe Pyle notes deaths are down 5 percent from last year but the longer weekend could push totals higher. Final counts cover 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Tuesday and the 1965 720 Christmas holiday remains the all time high.
Arkansas Supreme Court ruled oil drilling equipment used in natural resource production is tax exempt. It ordered reimbursements to Jack M. Wolfe for 4766 in protested taxes after moving equipment from Oklahoma. The ruling also remanded a separate case on damages and upheld a contract liability involving Brown Broadcast KVEE Conway. Federal agents in Idabel investigated alleged moonshine with 10 arrests, including a sheriff and a state liquor agent, all bond set at 2000.
Four people died in Arkansas over the weekend including two children Obie Nett Anderson 12 of Arkadelphia who drowned when a boat capsized on the Caddo River near DeGray Dam Virginia Stain 12 of Plummerville who drowned in a stock pond Dale Marshall 24 and John Duncan 21 both Fayetteville drowned while attempting to aid a companion after a fishing boat incident on Indian Creek near Beaver Dam near Rogers.
A stationary front across southern Missouri and a weak high pressure system keep Arkansas under partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures in the 80s and 90s. Isolated afternoon or evening showers are expected mainly in the north with overnight lows from 59 to 68. Rainfall the past 24 hours remained under one tenth of an inch. Also in brief notes, H Rex Lee marks his sixth anniversary as chief executive of American Samoa, noting he has served longer than 43 predecessors including 26 Navy governors and six civilians.
Strong storms swept large parts of the country with funnel clouds sighted in Colorado Kansas Missouri Illinois and Nevada. A tornado damaged two Jefferson County Missouri homes while Tupelo Mississippi saw roof damage from a severe storm. Hail hit Huntington and Charleston West Virginia and Parkersburg West Virginia logged nearly 1.44 inches of rain. A record 99 degrees was set in Macon Georgia as early temperatures ranged from 33 in Old Town Maine to 80 in Needles California and Brownsville Texas.
Reports say Israel captured four Egyptian patrolmen inside the Negev amid rising tensions. Israel defends its rights through diplomacy while mobilizing forces. The UN Security Council debates U Thant’s warning of a broader Near East clash and possible restraint appeals as about 100 UN troops are evacuated and Canada prepares to withdraw its 720 personnel.
Alfred L. Flesher 24 of Hope killed in a Summer Hill New York auto accident. Survived by wife daughter parents eight brothers three sisters and many relatives. Funeral at Oak Grove Methodist Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Michael Gene Rushing infant obituary and Huckabee Cemetery graveside note. First Union victory at Philippi marked Civil War entry into present West Virginia.
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