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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1968
Page
2
Weather note reports highs around 80 and lows near 53 for Wednesday with a cool front. Forecast calls for a temperature drop through Tuesday with a few degrees change, mainly in the 50s tonight and 60s in the south portion.
LITTLE ROCK AP Fulbright defended his farm program voting record at a Farm Bureau Federation address in Arkansas. Opponent Charles Bernard accused him of yielding too much to farmers for reelection, while Fulbright praised the cotton program and said farmers deserve more prosperity. Bernard cited Fulbright quotes on communism to challenge his sincerity.
Nine states held GOP and Democratic primaries shaping November races. Wallace’s running mate choice remained unsettled amid crossfire with Nixon and Goldwater supporters. Notable contests include La Follette challenging Knowles in Wisconsin and Aiken’s strong re nomination in Vermont. Nixon praised suburban support in White Plains with Rockefeller naming a successor to Kennedy’s seat.
Judge J Smith Henley ruled that racial discrimination taints grand jury selection in Pulaski County and urged broader representation beyond the old mix of white business and professional leaders. He kept the current panel intact but warned future juries must draw from a wider county pool to withstand legal challenges. He declined random selection and emphasized integrity while urging changes to accommodate all racial and social groups. The ruling sets the stage for reformed procedures ahead of the jury term expiring Sept. 23.
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller named Dr Clyde Hart a Baptist minister to head the state Office of Economic Opportunity Hart formerly directed race relations for the Arkansas Baptist State Conventions He succeeds Glenn Lijermstad who resigned to work for Richard Nixon presidential campaign in 1968
AP reports from Tay Ninh describe a tense period with Communist defectors claiming three regiments totaling about 7,000 in the area. Fighting erupted near the city at 1:30 a.m. as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces pressed against sheltering civilians and the Cao Dai cathedral, while South Vietnamese airborne units moved in along Route 22. American air strikes responded as government militia prepared around the church complex.
Hollywood actor Hane fey Safford aged 69 known for Daddy to Fanny Brice's Baby Snook and Mr Dithers on Blondie radio died of a heart attack on his day of death. Thomas Casey 62 Midwest ABC radio news bureau chief since 1964 also died Tuesday after an early career start at NBC in 1920s. Dr Maurice B D Woolf 63 Kansas State University dean of students 1945 1951 and English professor since 1962 died of a heart attack. Vietnamese artillery fire restricted to two villages near Saigon amid light street fighting and few reported casualties near the city.
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