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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1967
Page
10
Mostly cloudy conditions in Arkansas through Thursday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures steady with a low near 64 to 74 degrees tonight.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a recommended order to grant Great Southern Coaches a Newport to Little Rock passenger bus franchise. If approved, Paragould and Jonesboro would gain direct service to the capital with four daily round trips and same day travel. The sole current line is Continental Midwest Busline from St Louis to Houston.
Arkansas cotton growers expect relief from favorable weather after last year’s November freeze cut about 284000 bales. USDA statistics warn of continued late planting, reduced acreage by 75000, and a total September 1 yield forecast around 790000 bales, 250000 below last year. Poor early May weather and potential boll rot may further depress prices.
AP dispatch reports a New York judge ruled the Pan American strike illegal while a Honolulu judge ordered strikers back to work. About 250 Honolulu ground workers walked out before the deadline as 7,000 clerks and baggage crews in other areas struck, with some locals honoring a temporary restraining order. Flights proceeded with supervisory staff filling in.
Washington AP United States elderly await Oct 1 whether the $3 monthly bot ter bill insurance under medicare will rise for two years. Extension to Nov possible as Congress acts on Social Security bill. Open enrollment Oct 1 may reopen if extension needed. Presley punches former employee at Graceland over weekend argument. no arrests. Poplar tree planting forbidden on some city streets due to deep roots disturbing sewers and water systems.
Government study indicates deployment of the Nike-X antimissile system, costing about 5 billion dollars over five years, with an additional roughly 1 billion added to the 1968 budget. The administration plans to request production funds and potential budget adjustments amid calls to cut nondefense spending.
The U N General Assembly elected Cornelia Manescu, Romania’s communist foreign minister, as president of the 22nd session. He urged a study toward a lasting Middle East solution with 122 member states to consider the issue, amid Big Four diplomacy and talks among Brown, Rusk, Gromyko, and Couve de Murville. Venezuela’s population data appears in the same report.
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