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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1968
Page
1
Opinion piece argues Local Option fails without funding enforcement, estimating Hempstead County may need half a million dollars annually. It critiques voters who back dry law without tax support, ties prohibition to lawlessness, and urges voting for legal liquor sale with taxes to fund enforcement.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller and opponent Marion Crank clash over a Wednesday Arkansas Legislative Council request to reveal campaign expenses by noon. Crank vows compliance if legal, while Rockefeller calls the request ridiculous. Both discuss election outcomes, fundraising, and policy records in Jonesboro and West Memphis appearances.
Tokyo's population reached 11,349,708 as of October 1, with an annual increase of 177,872, according to the metropolitan government statistics bureau.
Texarkana Arkansas AP Sen J W Fulbright campaigning for re election irked several newsmen during a reception in his honor Thursday night He told reporters he came to meet constituents and had discussed the issue in speeches Campaign manager Bill Penix said Fulbright would answer questions for about 10 minutes The second impromptu news conference began with a question not asked at the first one and ended similarly with tensions lingering Later Fulbright held a news conference in Little Rock to discuss President Johnsons bombing halt in Vietnam.
TOKYO AP dispatch says the Chinese Communist Central Committee dismissed President Liu Shia Chi from all posts after conviction of crimes likely to lead to imprisonment or death. The decision followed months of criticism and internal struggles, announced at the fifth enlarged plenary session in Peking Oxt, sd.
Little Rock sanitation workers from AFSCME walked out over contract terms with the City Manager Board. Acting City Manager E Jack Murphy said emergency measures could run garbage pickups, while union president Jeanne Lamble blamed stalled wage and rule provisions. About 90 workers are affected. the Supreme Court had restricted municipal strikes, but union leaders urged action.
The Star reveals its general election ballot order, showing Nixon Agnew for president, Fulbright for U S Senate, Hammerschmidt for Congress, Rockefeller for governor, Bryant for secretary of state, Jones for auditor and attorney general Purcell, with various amendments and propositions listed as FOR or AGAINST. Key local and state offices shown in order with unopposed races and multiple constitutional questions noted.
In Sebastian County Arkansas officials will use two different ballot counting methods next week. Democratic election officials instruct clerks and judges to use the stack method. Republican members favor counting each ballot individually before moving to the next.
In Little Rock AP report State Welfare Director Len Blaylock says nursing homes are casting absentee votes in blocks for patients. He notes law bans ballots delivered except by the voter's immediate family.
AP Special Correspondent John M Hightower reports Secretary Rusk pledging a major U S effort to win Hanoi agreement on withdrawing all foreign forces from South Vietnam. Thieu balks at Paris session conditions but aides expect Saigon to send reps. Rusk says most enemy troops in South Vietnam are from the North and must leave the region. Talks to focus on troop issue, one step at a time, not a Southeast Asia package.
George Papandreou, a dominant figure in Greek politics for over 50 years and a leading opponent of the military regime, died early today at age 80 in Athens. Athens will hold a state funeral Saturday for him.
An urging column highlights historic close elections where single votes swung outcomes. It reminds readers that women won suffrage in 1920 and emphasizes the power of every ballot, urging voting on November 6 and to check polling places. The piece stresses civic duty and that one vote can decide elections.
Little Rock state Rep. B. D. Brandon accuses the Rockefeller campaign of an obvious mistruth. He says a reported tax roll expansion credit is for a progressive measure passed by a Democratic legislature and signed by a Democratic governor, not Rockefeller. Brandon cites Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller as the target of the claim.
Hollywood AP reports Ramon Novarro, silent screen star famed for Ben Hur, was found bludgeoned at his Spanish style home. The 69 year old bachelor lived alone. bloody clothing was found outside. Police have few clues as investigators note a savage struggle in three rooms. Novarro quit stardom a decade after Ben Hur and later appeared in TV roles such as Elfego Baca stories and Rawhide. He was born Ramon Samaniego in Durango Mexico on February 6 1899 and saved money through real estate investments.
President Thieu declared he will not send a South Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks and will only negotiate if there are direct talks with Hanoi. He warned that recognizing the NLF as a separate entity would risk a coalition government in the South. The U.S. aims for four way talks with Saigon Washington Hanoi and the NLF as bombing halt begins.
LITTLE ROCK AP Police: departments have the most important job in government’s drive for safe communities but get poor pay for doing it. Mayor W. F. Case Lamang of North Little Rock spoke to about 40 officers at a police community relations school. He noted North Little Rock policemen have seen seven raises in 10 years, yet the low salary scale remains and he says he is embarrassed.
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