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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1969
Page
2
Craig Ogilvie, 23, a reporter and editorial cartoonist from Batesville, has been named managing editor of the Melbourne Times and the Calico Rock Progress. The appointment follows months of internal changes as the papers seek stronger leadership and editorial direction.
In Little Rock on Thursday the civil service board appointed Mahlon A. Martin, 24, to recruit more Black residents for the city. Martin’s major duty will be to expand Negro recruitment for city jobs and programs.
An early 20s man wearing an Army style jacket boarded a jet and threatened a stewardess near the cockpit. Harper's Bizarre members say the lights went out as the suspect moved toward the pilots cabin shouting for the door to open. The hijacker was later stopped at Stapleton International Airport after the aircraft landed. no injuries reported.
Cloudy today with light rain mainly east. Partly cloudy west and mostly cloudy east tonight. Saturday partly cloudy. High near 60 north to 60 south portions. Low in the 40s to 50s. Precipitation 1.72 inches in 24 hours, 2.23 inches two day total. Temperatures steady through Saturday.
After a 30 year bombing campaign, bridges and roads are repaired or upgraded along key routes. Rail links to Red China are dual gauge and open, while major roads into Laos resume truck traffic. Vinh becomes a new transshipment hub as ships unload cargo locally for the first time since 1965, signaling a shifted supply landscape.
Joseph R. Duerson 71 of El Dorado died in a local hospital from apparent heart failure. He was public relations manager for KELD radio, originated the Uncle Mose show in Little Rock, and continued it after moving to El Dorado. He was a 1930s professional musician and later worked at a Little Rock bank.
In a Thursday statement Senator Williams criticized the project linked to the Health, Education and Welfare Department during Johnson’s presidency. A December 17, 1968 deed filed in Travis County shows HEW transferred most of the old National Fish Hatchery site to Austin Geriatric Center with fair market value set at 642,000 while allowing a full land grant in exchange for a public benefit grant. The arrangement, described as above reproach by Ervin, was defended as having the highest motives and proper conduct.
The column catalogs fears from taphophobia to cremophobia as a humorous survey of common anxieties. A Wichita Baptist University grainy photo features four beauties from Arkadelphia, including Linda st and Patsy Hill, highlighted in The Ota Hope event at Mitchell Hall.
John D. Walker of Little Rock says he will ask two federal judges to compel the Strong and North Little Rock school districts to draft workable desegregation plans to take effect at a reasonable time after Thanksgiving or Christmas, following a U S Supreme Court ruling. He will file with Judges Oren Harris and J. Smith Henley, arguing the Court’s decision removes local courts’ discretion to delay.
Friday, October 31, 1989: Nixon administration promises to ease adoption of the Supreme Court ruling ordering an immediate end to government sponsored school desegregation. Southern leaders condemn the decision as harmful, while Mississippi and Georgia officials vow resistance and legal challenges. The White House pledges to enforce the mandate and assist with practical problems.
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