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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1967
Page
2
The Experienent Star notes a Monday night forecast in Arkansas with party clouds and a high near 68 and a low around 40. A Tuesday outlook shows continued cloudy skies and gusty winds, with colder temperatures arriving in the north and highs generally in the 20s to near 40s.
The United Nations General Assembly nears a vote on admitting Communist China. Peking is expected to be kept out as debate ends this afternoon. A U.S. backed plan would affirm that a two thirds vote is needed to change China’s UN representation.
William K. Ruggles of Arkadelphia named to the 1967 edition of Outstanding Personalities of the South. Biographical sketch notes his birth in Bearden, education at Hope High School and Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, military service in Japan, marriage to Ramona Putman, son Murry, and leadership roles in Murry's Burial Association, First Baptist Church, Kiwanis, and Clark County coroner.
The page blends obituaries for Robert Walker 62 of Basadena Texas and LW Sneed 83 of Hope Arkansas with service details, plus regional notices for Cho Chung hwan former South Korea foreign minister and Joseph A. McConville remote executive. It also includes a lengthy Washington hearing update on tax bills led by Wilbur Mills and comment from Rep Bow and Sen Proxmire, amid broader budget and social security talks.
U S envoy Vance returned to Ankara with Greece’s reply to Turkish conditions. Turkish forces poised offshore, Greece wants international guarantees and troop withdrawal timing remains disputed. NATO and UN discussions aim to avert war while Greek towns stay calm and Turkey relocates forces.
Kansas City Southern Lines announced plans to discontinue daily passenger trains between Kansas City and New Orleans. The move, cited as unprofitable, comes as the Intersta te Commerce Commission may schedule a hearing. The route includes two through trains, No. 15 and No. 16, with segments to Shreveport Port Arthur and New Orleans.
Four men escaped from the Conway County Jail in Morrilton Arkansas this morning. One suspect Ernest Junior Maxwell, 29, was quickly captured at a state police roadblock at Ozark about 75 miles away. The fugitives Bill Gross 30 Lawrence Broussard 34 and Richard Tiner 27 remained at large. Gross and Broussard were armed and dangerous and headed west in a red 1961 Chevrolet stolen from a local resident. Tiner was believed traveling toward Little Rock.
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