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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
8
A Fort Smith Ark report highlights Spiro Agnew’s Baltimore press conference amid Negro protesters and white allies. Negro leaders and voters voice distrust, citing cuts to Medicaid and open housing hurdles while Agnew touts a civil rights record and staff backing. The piece surveys reactions from Joe Sims and local Republicans noting a tense national clash.
Gould Arkansas AP Raymond Sage said there were two problems at all as Gould School District began classes Monday under a unitary system for Negroes and whites. About 480 Negro students and 60 whites attended the first day with 275 at the all white school. The Supreme Court ordered a unitary system May 27 and Judge Young issued the order August 8. Sage said students had half day classes for two days and will resume regular routines Wednesday. The faculty of 30 is split about evenly between Black and white teachers. Many students who attended the all white school last year will enroll in neighboring towns or a private all white school expected to open around October 1.
AP Military Writer Fred S Hoffman reports U S officials see Red China delaying its first long range missiles and see no current ICBM test in sight. The piece notes prior forecasts by Robert S McNamara and shifts in perceived Chinese priorities amid cultural upheaval and advances in intercontinental capabilities.
In Warsaw observers see Wladyslaw Gomulka solidifying grip on Polish Communist Party amid power struggles with Mieczyslaw Moczar and a Prague crackdown boosting his position. Moscow backing and hardline Soviet alignment cited as key factors in maintaining control despite earlier questions about his fate. Burma records the world’s highest annual snakebite deaths at about 30,000.
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