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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1968
Page
2
Weather station report for 24 hours ending 7 am Thursday records high 83 and low 52. Forecast for Arkansas calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and a warmer trend into Friday with tonight’s low about 56.
Federal officials report evidence of racial discrimination in Northern school systems but say proving it will require court action. Officials note housing patterns fuel segregation, and no ruling has declared school segregation illegal nationwide. Obituaries and other notices appear in the same broadcast.
North Little Rock police report a burglary at Hall Man's Wear early Wednesday. About 600 Arkansas Oklahoma State football game tickets were stolen along with $1,700 in cash and clothing. The loss could affect a Saturday sellout and the Hokets were valued at over $2,500.
A fragment from page one discusses a proposed 7.6 billion dollar funding request and ongoing budget concerns. It notes higher loan and grant costs, totaling about 52.8 billion in interest charges, and references political stakes in the 1968 election amid party feuding.
Hubert H. Humphrey used Kennedy era contrasts to rally Democrats in Boston ahead of a three week tour with McGovern. He urged Congress to ratify the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and warned against political games that could doom the accord.
The 18,000 ton freighter Johannes Frans reported its holds flooding and power failed about 660 miles east of here. A Coast Guard cutter and a merchant tug stood by as a Coast Guard amphibious plane and four pumps were deployed to assist, but towing was impossible and crew status undisclosed.
The Bemostatic County party convened at 10 am with Wilbur Dy Midsll as permanent chair. Delegates heard talks by Hardy Croxton, Bill Alen ander and Dr. Lawrence F. Davis. A Democrat dinner will feature Senator Robert Byrd and later speeches by David Pryor and Senator Fulbright. A Dutch tanker ship from Nederlansé Erts-Tankers Maats N.V. arrived at the Hague.
The Associated Press reports mild weather for Arkansas through Saturday with clear to fair skies. A warming trend is expected over the weekend as cool air from a southwest flow yields to higher temperatures. morning lows were 65 to 66 degrees and Wednesday highs ranged from 79 to 87 across Dorado Harrison Walnut Ridge and Fort Smith.
Donald Dole was left holding the cookies after Julie Nixon’s Nixon campaign program. A caterer said he was asked to bake 10 000 cookies for the crowd. About 400 people attended the event in Sacramento.
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