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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1966
Page
2
Washington AP reports Army private Sidney Bryant of Little Rock Ark has been killed in action in Vietnam. He was the son of Mrs Seophicus Woodley of Little Rock. The Defense Department announced the death on Monday.
Weather data for Arkansas and Louisiana ends with a note on a revival at First United Pentecostal Church at 4th and Ferguson Streets led by Evangelists the Rev and Mrs C R Clabhorn of California. Also reported is the death of Earl A Thornton 60 of Bismarck in a one car crash near Hot Springs Arkansas.
Nearly 250000 of America's cold war veterans have entered colleges this fall under the new GI Bill with education housing and other benefits. Officials warn Viet Nam war settlement could push totals higher and risk overcrowding in some schools. Unmarried students may receive 100 dollars monthly educational aid as the Veterans Administration processes applications and mails benefit checks.
A married student with no children gets 125 dollars monthly while a student with two or more dependents receives 150 dollars. A veteran earns one month's benefit for each month in uniform up to 36 months total. A veteran with three years of service could receive funds over four nine month school years. The text also notes a claim that Aryan invaders from central Asia conquered India about 3,500 years ago.
Two women form Housewives Enforcing Lower Prices and gathered about 500 signatures to pressure four chain supermarkets. Petitions will be delivered to the stores and copied to President Johnson Gov Faubus and the Department of Commerce.
Democratic governor candidate Jim Johnson reiterates support for state university funding in Arkansas and backs a $5 million health complex plan for Jonesboro. Republican Winthrop Rockefeller focuses campaign efforts in northeast Arkansas with events in Jonesboro while both contenders enter final week before election.
Obituaries list Claud Monroe West age 69 of Texarkana native of Hop died in a Texarkana nursing home and Crawford Andrews age 80 a Prescott area farmer died Sunday both with surviving spouses and families named. West survived by widow F West three daughters and Homer West of Hop. Andrews survived by wife Lizzie Garrett Andrews six daughters and four sons with numerous relatives listed.טר
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