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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1968
Page
2
The Arkansas forecast shows a high of 57 and a low of 3 with light fog and mist. Expect similar conditions into Friday with cool air and brief sun moments, as the front moves through the region.
Liberal leaders expect to oppose any move to unseat Speaker McCormack and aim to place allies in key posts. They back Carl Albert for minority leader and seek to install liberal supporters as committee chairmen on Un American Activities and Judiciary. An oyster can spawn 300 million eggs in one year.
Apollo 9 crew members Amiets, Borman, and Lovell contest Sir Bernard Lovell’s warning that manned lunar orbit is wasteful and dangerous. They argue a crewed platform with current gear can yield scientific gains during a six day mission to orbit 69 miles above the moon on Christmas Eve and Day.
A $160000 civil rights suit alleges Monticello police beat and humiliated Mrs. Effie Crowell, a 36 year old Black resident near Star City, on December 1, 1967. She claims officers dragged her husband away, tore her clothes, and threatened him with a pistol as she struggled to drive home with their children.
Revival services begin at Chorea of the Nazarene located at 513 S Elm on November 24 and run nightly through December 1 at 7 37 pm Evangelist is Rev Wb French of Hope The Messengers Quartet of Nashville will sing Tuesday November 26 Everyone is invited by Pastor Reverend George Prentios
Dana Hall, 16 year old adopted daughter of Dame Margaret Rutherford, says she will marry John Simmons, a Black South Carolina mechanic. The couple faces society opposition as Hall plans a life in Charleston and Barbados after a lengthy Hopkins Hospital treatment including surgery.
Reports from Farmington and Mannington WV describe a mine disaster with 98 miners trapped after explosions. Officials including Gov. Hulett Smith vow federal aid if needed as rescuers face dangerous conditions and delayed prospects for removing the trapped workers.
Obituary notices report Luther O’Hearn of Memphis dying of a heart attack on Wednesday November 13 and funeral services held Friday November 15, with burial in Memphis. Also noted are final rites for Paul G Cearby and Daniel Longwell of Life magazine, plus Francis Taylor father of Elizabeth Taylor found dead after a stroke.
Arkansas Board of Correction chair Haley said a joint audit of Tucker and Cummins prison farms is complete. A copy was sent to Pine Bluff Prosecutor Joe Holmes. audit suggests possible free inmate labor and materials provided by people close to prison employees. The board proposed a 1.2 million dollar bond for farm mechanization, a maximum security unit, and a rehabilitative factory, and hired Bill Steed as farm manager.
Leaders including Henry H. Fowler Roy Jenkins and Francois Xavier Ortoli left a conference table after intense talks on Germany’s trade surplus and a possible mark revaluation while calls for franc devaluation rose amidst a fragile inter European economic situation and closed foreign markets. Speculators sought gold as markets paused. Paralyze Victims Wasps provision their nest ing places with insects and caterpillars.
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