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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1968
Page
2
24 hour weather ending 7 am Wednesday shows a high of 85 and a low of 55. Arkansas forecast partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thundershowers tonight and early Thursday. Generally fair Thursday with cooler temperatures. lows in the 50s northwest and 60s southeast.
In Erie Nixon argues a halt to bombing requires Communist action and warns that hinting at moves by a new administration would spoil negotiations. He contrasts himself with a rival candidate and pledges not to reveal plans if negotiations fail. The report also notes Britannica records of solid gold or copper razors found in Egyptian tombs.
Antiwar protesters led by a half-naked Yippie disrupted a House subcommittee hearing on the Democratic convention. Fourteen demonstrators and lawyers were ejected after taunts and silent protests. Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman mocked the proceedings as police escorted participants from the room. The panel planned to resume hearings Thursday amid ongoing protests and testimony about clashes in Chicago.
Wallace claims growing backing from organized labor rank and file as he campaigns through the Midwest with Alabama and Georgia unions. He criticizes Nixon for avoiding debates while asserting labor gains must endure, and recounts crowded rallies and heckling in Michigan. A New York court allowed a Shea Stadium rally on Oct. 9, amid a dispute over partisan use of the venue.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told 11,000 at the University of Tennessee that extremism on both right and left threatens American liberties. He compared Wallace to a dangerous force, recalled German fascism, and warned that disrespected courts and laws could lead to disaster. The rally in Knoxville pressed his push through Tennessee while criticizing Wallace’s record in Alabama and stressing the need for order within the framework of U.S. law.
In Stuttgart Arkansas a car driven by 18 year old William E. Dyce carried four passengers, three of whom died. Barbara Dyce 15 Frances Munnerlyn 15, all of Stuttgart, were killed when the car swerved to avoid a truck pulling from a service station and smashed into a semitrailer driven by Junior Maloy of Stuttgart. Two other Stuttgart youths, Tommy Pat Trahan 18 and Ernest Schauvin 16, were injured.
Gallup New Mexico AP Mel Kinley county officials review the Republican purge request listing individuals to be removed from registration. Three claimed dead appeared at a hearing to contest their removal.
Winthrop Rockefeller accused Marion Crank of “pus syfooted around and doubletalked” on backing the Democratic presidential ticket. He argued Crank seeks Wallace backers and AFL CIO leaders to pull votes to aid the Democratic nominee, a move Rockefeller says would be self defeating for voters.
Saratoga School elected senior class officers across four grades with named presidents and officers. New librarians include Christine Applegate and others. alternating librarians listed. The governor commented on party endorsements, noting AFL-CIO backing of Democratic candidates and a GOP advantage over Wallace.
The September 24 1968 ASC community committee elections for Hempstead County were announced by RB Arnold chair. Ballots were counted publicly at the county office. Farmers elected across seven communities include Springhill Patmos Shower Springs Hope Fulton Cross Roads Washington Ozan Blevins Sweet Home McCaskill Bingen. Committee chairs and vice chairs listed with regular members. Delegates to county convention named. County convention set for October 3 1968 at 9:30 a.m. in the Federal Building Conference Room.
Miami Beach AP reports the convention of the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit opens Wednesday with a daily schedule featuring cultural enrichment from 6 to 9 p.m. each day.
Ray Smith a resident of Blea vins died Tuesday while visiting a son in Abbiene Texas. Surviving are wife Effie Smith three daughters Mrs Albert Holder Houston Mrs Buds dy Slack Austin Texas Mrs Bill Goodwin Tulsa two sons Raymond and Doyle Smith Abs lene a sister Mrs Coy Smith Texas three brothers Tobias Blevins Cecil and Dalton Smith Hope Services will be Thursday at 2 pm at Bruce Memorial Methodist Church of Blevins Burial in Friendship Cemetery
Two crewmen bailed from a crippled plane over North Vietnam and were rescued by the 7th Fleet off the Tonkin Gulf. The battleship New Jersey fired 16 inch shells on targets in the southern panhandle on its second day in action, while a second arms cache was found near Saigon by U.S. and government forces.
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