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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1969
Page
2
Variable cloudiness through Wednesday with a chance of a few light showers mainly in the south early today. Highs near 80s, lows upper 20s to 30s tonight, with a cool spread across the state and winds easing.
New York AP reports the stock market fell after President Nixon's Vietnam speech, with the Dow down 3.70 at 850.84 at 12:30 p.m after a earlier drop to 7.85. The NYSE breadth showed about 550 issues more declining than rising as Xerox, Sperry Rand, Control Data, and Mead posted declines.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller in Hot Springs says voters oppose tax hikes but will pay more if state services are assured. He signals a possible late year or early next year special session and hints tax increases may be considered. He criticizes University of Arkansas facilities and notes rising insurance and college costs. He urges keeping and attracting talent in a competitive national landscape while addressing the Quarka Appalachia Conference on Adult Basic Education.
Little Rock AP Steele Hayes a Little Rock lawyer was hired Monday by the Pulaski County Board of Education to advise on a petition seeking Leroy Gattin's removal from the Pulaski County School Board. Gattin was fired as superintendent June 30 and later was appointed to the board on a 2 1 vote.
A $5 040 000 lawsuit was filed in U S District Court at Little Rock against six defendants by James E Shock of Enola Faulkner County. The suit claims the defendants coerced Shock into signing a 14 950 settlement for a December 24 1967 Faulkner County auto collision and seeks 40 000 actual damages and 5 million punitive damages. Named, Western Fire Insurance Co of Fort Scott Kansas Ught Adjustment Co Little Rock and Mannie Stevens Inc Texarkana plus W L Carmichael Conway Erle R Lamb Texarkana and Joseph W Swaty Sheridan. The suit says Carmichael is a Little Rock employee Lamb Texarkana employee and Swaty attorney in the settlement talks. The Kansas firm allegedly carried insurance on a pickup involved in the crash.
A profile lauds Bob for his quip driven career, noting wealth, 10 honorary degrees, and relentless work ethic. He credits work with mental upkeep and adrenaline, slowed only by past high blood pressure. He cites television as today’s chief life defeat, and shares likes and dislikes, ending with his epitaph: One moment, please.
The Associated Press reports high pressure remains dominant over Arkansas with a weak trough across northern Texas into southern Arkansas feeding showers. A slow clearing trend is expected, yielding a gradual warmup by Thursday. Lows tonight forecast near freezing in northern counties with readings from Fayetteville 26 to Texarkana 40, and several other towns in the 32 to 42 range.
President Nixon presents a multifront pursuit of peace in Vietnam, proposing complete outside withdrawal within a year, a cease fire under international supervision, and elections with Communist participation. He warns against precipitate pullout, notes Hanoi’s resistance, and underscores the Silent Majority's support as crucial to the plan's success.
Rain amounts are listed for Fayetteville and nearby towns including Jonesboro Pine Bluff Memphis Little Rock Texarkana El Dorado Blytheville and Harrison with traces. A strange line mentions vampire bats feeding on Wort blood and creatures eludingain.
Analysts note a shift to a low level of action with periodic peaks as Vietnam battles heat up. U S officials call the recent heavy attacks a high point in the 3rd Corps area near Saigon while warning of a possible winter campaign. Saigon reports 47 civilians killed, 107 wounded, 47 kidnapped in a weekend, with overall Viet Cong terror incidents at 9,399 this year and a record 39,578 defectors.
Conway judge Jim Johnson decries mandatory bar association membership as an unlawful delegation of Supreme Court powers. He cites right to work and religious freedom objections, while West Memphis lawyers oppose the plan and a Little Rock backer supports compulsory membership as sound policy.
A Arkansas Bar representative voices support for a democratic structure in the bar organization. He asserts the system protects licensed lawyers and preserves their rights while the Supreme Court retains veto and approval power. The statement underscores public interest and professional benefits.
US cancer experts temper enthusiasm for a Glasgow team’s report that a virus causing leukemia in cats was grown in human cells. They call the finding a stimulus toward progress but caution against calling it a cure.
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