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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
Page
1
Personal reflections amid rising living costs tie inflation to animal care jobs and the circus trade. The author cites farm stock reductions, Ringling Brothers shifts, and broader economic strain affecting workers, noting political consequences and wage erosion.
Malaysia urges United Nations members to back a peace conference of immediate parties to the Viet Nam war. Deputy PM Abdul Razak calls for Asian-led settlement, praises Indonesia’s peace, welcomes Indonesia’s UN return, and argues reforms should be by consensus among involved parties.
George D. Woods, World Bank president, warned at the IMF World Bank meeting that non Communist nations face a crucial financial gap in helping underdeveloped countries. He cited tightened funds at the bank, a slowdown in foreign aid from industrial nations, and reduced aid as a share of income for the fifth consecutive year. He urged action to prevent deterioration in world affairs.
Hope District 1-A voters will cast ballots 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Old Post Office, Guersney school, and Fulton school. There is no tax increase and no opposition for any board posts. George Fran zie seeks Pilkinton’s vacated seat while Drs Sam Strong and Herbert Rogers seek re election. In Blevins McCaskill district Lavelle Bonds and James Staggers, both newcomers, contest a board post. Staggers is described as a Negro.
Josie Mae McKee, 61, of Mineral Springs, died Saturday in a two car collision on Arkansas 27 about four miles south of Nashville. She was a passenger in a car driven by Margaret Holland of Saratoga, which struck another driven by Jack Thomas Jr., 28, of Nashville.
Washington AP report profiles Steve Martini, Johnson's barber since Eisenhower, detailing his meticulous style, weekly White House visits, and views on cutting the president. Martini recalls Johnson calling him an influential counselor and notes the small west wing shop setup and a typical fee of at least five dollars.
Front page note of the new A and P Store in Hope Village Shopping Center opening last Friday with a weeklong Grand Opening. The 13,000 square foot building follows earlier Hope locations on South Main Street and 419 South Main, with Royce Smith as manager since January 1936 and a rock facade designed by H. E. Enlow & Associates from Jesu steville, Arkansas.
Cmdr Charles Conrad Jr and Lt Cmdr Richard F Gordon Jr, who piloted Gemini 11, hold a news conference at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, recounting a record smashing three day mission. They planned a White House dinner with Ludwig Erhard after the briefing.
The Friday Music Club held its annual President's Luncheon on Saturday September 24 at Heritage House. Arkadelphia soprano Mrs. David Scott performed a varied program with accompanist Miss Evelyn Bowden. The event featured luncheon for 31, chrysanthemums and art reproductions, and installation of officers led by Mrs. Arch Wylie.
Kenilworth Illinois AP a 19 year old youth was sought for questioning in the Valerie Percy murder as police beef up forces for a long investigation. Police said a 19 year old who spoke to Valerie and her twin sister Sharon about 30 hours before the slaying sat near them on an elevated train car returning from their father Charles H. Percy’s Chicago campaign HQ. Sharon said her sister introduced the youth by his first name.
U S bomber pilots said they silenced 10 antiaircraft gun positions along a northeast rail line to China during 127 raids. Navy bombers hit three SAM sites near Thanh Loon and one near Hanoi. a Navy torpedo boat was destroyed near Haiphong. Ground fighting in the South eased after heavy losses on both sides, with 60 enemy troops killed near the DMZ and U S forces reporting modest casualties. A Thunderchief fighter was shot down, the 386th loss in the North Viet Nam war. Flooding in the Mekong Delta displaced about 20 000 people as evacua tions continued. The first armed forces television station in a combat zone opened at Qui Nhon.
AP News Digest reports U S officials weigh a four nation blocking force to curb North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam. Rail experts seek to fix battered Vietnamese railways as tensions over weapons purchases rise in Washington.
Washington AP Two top economic advisers to President Johnson say there is little chance of a recession next year. Secretary Henry H Fowler notes a probable tax increase remains possible while Gardner Ackley warns demand could be too high unless defense spending changes. Fowler says current revenues should cover expenses.
All Around Town notes vandalism at Mace Donia Cemetery with beer cans and litter risking funeral events. Hope Booster Club meets at 7 pm in the Junior High School for a game film with Smackover. Lt. Jack Lloyd of the Green Berets discusses Vietnam in an interview aired on KXAR. William C. Lee joins Southern State College as agriculture assistant professor, teaching dairy and animal courses. The Third District Livestock Show and a large parade are planned, and the Red River Vocational Technical School opens courses ahead of tomorrow’s school election.
The Third District Livestock Show opens with a parade at 4 p.m. moving along East Street to South Main, with bands floats and animals. The midway and exhibit halls open for public viewing, and a talent contest featuring 4-H and FFA youth runs tonight, free to the public.
Republicans unveil an antipoverty proposal led by Gerald Ford claiming under half the cost of the administration plan. The GOP bill would total about 1.75 billion dollars with 750 million financed by states and private industry, while the Johnson-Humphrey program would be fully federal. Ford argues spending cuts are needed amid inflation and says chances of enactment are uncertain as House debates the measures amid mid-October urgency.
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed a $20,000 award for 32.9 acres taken for Interstate 40 in Crawford County. The Highway Department had appealed, contending improper testimony about land value, part of a 10-acre tract, but the department did not challenge the judgment's adequacy. The court also affirmed a Clay Chancery Court decision granting custody of Craig Tyler, 6, to his father Leroy Tyler.
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