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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1968
Page
2
City Mayor Donal Parker proclaims Saturday November 23 1968 as Poppy Day urging citizens to wear the memorial poppy. The proclamation honors local young men who served in national defense and recalls war dead with the American Legion auxiliary and post 427.
Missouri Pacific Railroad said Tuesday there are no immediate plans to ask the U S Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling allowing states to require fuller railroad crews. The high court upheld Arkansas full crew laws by a 7 to 1 vote, prompting disputes over engineers and firemen on trains and the cost implications for carriers and customers.
The national council of Italy's Christian Democratic party met to decide on forming a coalition with the socialists and whom to propose as premier. The party, Italy's largest, was expected to nominate either party secretary Mariano Rumor or Treasury Minister Emilio Colombo to steer the country through a political crisis.
Obituary summaries include Paul Gilbert Cearley 36 of Hope a Korean War veteran and Hope Wire Products employee, survived by wife Helen and three children plus mother and siblings. Also Tra L Tiffin 79 of Ozan a retired farmer and Sardis Methodist member. survived by children and several relatives. services in Nashville. Additional brief items note political shifts in Italy, Babylonian versus Egyptian origins, Hope Kiwanis luncheon housing talk, 24 hour weather and forecasts for Arkansas with mild warmth expected Thursday.
Weather summary lists cities with conditions and highs and lows. Albany snow 46 33, Albuquerque clear 59 30, Atlanta clear 45 29, Boston clear 50 37, Chicago cloudy 34 25, Los Angeles clear 75 69, New York clear 60 36, Seattle rain 59 46, Winnipeg cloudy 22 15.
In Londonderry Northern Ireland Catholic demonstrators and Protestants clashed outside a factory injuring at least 18 people Tuesday night about 200 youths marching to defend Catholic workers. Earlier violence saw 89 injured in October.
State Highway Director Ward Gossman said federal highway funds are not enough to change Arkansas’ stance on building the Mississippi River bridge between Memphis and West Memphis. Arkansas will receive $760,000 in December and $4.5 million monthly thereafter through June 30, though the state has yet to commit without full funding.
In an Los Angeles area remarks Joan Baez, after cutting her hair and opposing militant campus sit ins, told a 14,000 strong audience she favors becoming conservative and asked Vietnam era protestors to surrender their draft cards. She cited over seven million dollars as more than Arkansas would receive in federal funds in two months.
About 10,000 students at the Santo Tomas campus of the Polytechnic Institute vow to keep boycotting classes until the Education Minister's demand to resume studies is met. The national strike committee plans a monster meeting with federal teachers who threaten a national strike for higher pay. The National University and Polytechnic Institute students have been on strike since July 26 demanding replacement of top police officials, disbandment of riot police, and reaffirmation of reforms.
Karl Coaden of General Electric said the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor will start operating in early January with an initial one megawatt license for 18 months of a three year project. The $28 million, sponsored by AEC, West German government, GE, and Southwest Atomic Energy Association, involves 17 investor owned utilities across eight states.
A cluster of nine wreaths marked the grave of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy on his 43rd birthday anniversary at Arlington National Cemetery beside the grave of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy’s widow Ethel remained at home in McLean Va under orders to rest.
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