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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1968
Page
1
The Census Bureau estimates a college graduate earns about 169000 more than a high school grad before retirement, about 4000 annually. With a 12000 investment in four years, the return seems high, though skewed by top earners. The piece notes raising funds as the immediate hurdle.
President Johnson kept a regular ranch working day after Thanksgiving with family and friends. No Texas White House announcements were issued and press secretary George Christian said a quiet day was expected as Johnson handled routine work in his ranch office. Ambassador Harriman was returning home for consultations, with no word on talks with Johnson.
In Glasgow, the Queen Elizabeth 2, Britain's latest ocean liner, halted speed trials due to minor machinery defects. The 5,000 ton liner returned to the Firth of Clyde drydock at Greenock for repairs, with tugboats standing by as a precaution.
HOLLYWOOD AP Actor Robert Taylor, 57, was released from St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after several days for an abscess linked to prior right lung removal due to a fungus infection He ate Thanksgiving dinner at home and his wife Ursula Thiess says he is feeling fine.
A cold wet storm spread rain from Pennsylvania and New Jersey through New England today with light snow and flurries along the Great Lakes. Gale warnings were posted from Maine to Massachusetts along the Atlantic Seaboard and extended toward Michigan to Lake Erie.
Mary Margaret Haynes of Lincoln School in Washington earns national tribute as Arkansas’s top teacher for the disadvantaged. In a prefabricated classroom she directs special reading for grades 2-5, guiding about 80 children daily with modern methods and a mission to uncover hidden talents.
Little Rock AP lawmakers at Legislative Council meetings discounted any real power for a third party in Arkansas. American Independent party leaders plan a Dec 7 meeting to organize. Despite Wallace carrying the state, officials expect no durable third party at state or national levels.
The Soviet government newspaper lavestia condemned attempts to liberalize regimes in the Communist bloc as disguised counterrevolution. It also attacked Western policies boosting cooperation with Eastern Europe and criticized U S and Western moves.
Robert J. Webb of Little Rock was elected chairman of the Arkansas Aeronautics Commission to serve the new term. He succeeds Doyle Moore as the group completes its annual leadership selection this month.
U S air cavalrymen mauled a North Vietnamese battalion near the Cambodian border while American infantry killed about 78 more Viet Cong near Loc Ninh. Seven Americans died and 16 wounded in border clashes as 525 enemy were claimed killed this week. 140 former Viet Cong were released in Saigon Pleiku and Da Nang ceremonies to show reconciliation.
Four gasoline tanks exploded at the Gulf Oil distributing plant in Arkadelphia Monday night. B. L. Reeves of El Dorado, a truck driver for the firm, was hospitalized with burns on his face, hands and arms after being moved from his truck to adjoining tanks when the blasts occurred. The explosion’s shock reportedly shook the area up to a mile away.
Princess Margrethe aged 28 and Prince Henrik of Denmark expect their second child next June. The couple’s first child, Prince Frederick, born last spring, is now second in line to the throne after his mother.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said he is seriously considering a very attractive offer from the University of Minnesota involving part time teaching after he leaves office in January. He said the job would be light on his schedule and help him work to strengthen the Democratic Party and broaden its base. The remarks came during a duck-hunting visit Wednesday at James P. Wilmot's game preserve in Rochester, a Rochester real-estate developer.
President-elect Richard Nixon will send former Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania to Israel and neighboring Arab nations next week to gather on the ground information for the new administration. The trip will include visits to the United Arab Republic Jordan Lebanon Saudi Arabia and Iran as part of prep for upcoming foreign policy decisions. Scranton’s second overseas mission since Nixon’s campaign fuels speculation he may be tapped for secretary of state or UN ambassador, though he avoided committing to a high post. Nixon also meets staff advisers amid appointment flow before his California trip and Thanksgiving with President Eisenhower, who offered advice on staffing the administration.
In Mannington West Virginia Consolidation Coal Co seals Mountaineer No 9 after 78 miners die in a Nov 20 blast. Two dozen escapees, families mourn at James Fork United Methodist Church as officials confirm no hope remains. Corcoran cites air and gas readings and widespread, irreversible damage guiding the sealing decision. Cooperative agencies joined in the ruling amid ongoing rescue concerns and fresh explosion events at the site.
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