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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1967
Page
2
A fragmented forecast notes a change hired for tonight with Tuesday participation. Low temperatures in the 60s and 80s are reported for nearby areas as weather updates remain unsettled.
Philadelphia mayor James H. J. Tate questions offering Manhattan back to Indians for $24, reacting to New York Mayor John Lindsay’s refusal to return a statue that once graced the original Madison Square Garden.
The Labor Day weekend death toll was lower than expected with 391 auto fatalities by Sunday, as homeward travel risk loomed. Authorities warned last-minute traffic could push totals higher, noting 327 to 372 deaths across the day and 15 drownings plus eight boating fatalities since the holiday began.
The Rev Dr Ralph A Phelps Jr 46 president of Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia Ark since 1953 was named to succeed Frank K Sloan as southeast regional director for the Office of Economic Opportunity Phelps a Dallas native and former Education Commission chair holds degrees from Baylor and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary He previously pastored in Texas and served as administrator at Baylor and professor at Southwestern before leading Ouachita
Curry W Allen 73 died Sunday. WWI veteran and Presbyterian Church member with surviving brothers George Jock and John Allen of Hope and sisters in Nashville and Louisiana. Funeral 3:00 pm Monday at Herndon Funeral Chapel, burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Irene Ferrell Corbell 76 died Saturday in Nashville. longtime resident and First Baptist Church member. surviving sons Gereald in Hope and Harold in Nashville, sister Mrs J H Gentry Texarkana. services 2:00 pm Monday at Latimer Funeral Chapel, burial Nashville Cemetery.
South Vietnam’s military ticket led by Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky won the presidency as expected with about 40 percent of the vote. Thieu and Ky faced significant civilian challenge, while violence and intimidation were reported as 4.8 million of 5.8 million registered voters cast ballots and at least 38 people were killed.
Four close friends from Missouri died when two private planes collided near McAlester Oklahoma after attending a prison rodeo. Mr and Mrs Bill Sellers of Cassville and Mr and Mrs Paul Jand of Purdy perished with the other couple. Two others survived a crash landing after the second plane went through a fence at Circle K dude ranch near Quinton.
The Associated Press reports eight deaths from four Arkansas highway crashes over Labor Day weekend. Victims include Bobby L. Johnson 28 Little Rock Mrs Otherine Harmon 48 Chicago Marie Macklin 19 Chicago Lloyd C Johnson 51 Little Rock and Michael Medkita 12 Chicago. Other listed riders and drivers from Illinois and Chicago suffered severe injuries. A second crash near Mortillon killed Edward Zimmer Jr. 2 Sikeston and Jan Courtney 26 Ware ten after collisions with vehicles on U S 64 and Arkansas 8. A final note recalls Benedict Arnold leading a British expedition that burned Richmond Virginia.
Four Arkansans join 21 other travelers from 11 southern states on a two week Europe tour to boost vacation travel in the South. Participants include Jimmy Driftwood of Timbo Lou Obersste of Little Rock Jim Gaston of Lakeview and George Metzler of Little Rock.
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