Hope Star (Newspaper) - October 11, 1971, Hope, Arkansas The tragedy of Man He starts off with a winds up with a Government Overhaul of School Lunch Program Hope Knife Star Printed by Offset City Subscribers If you fail to receive your Star phone 7773431 between 6 and before or by 5 and a carrier will deliver your Pages OCTOBER 1971 Member Associated Press Audit Bureau of net paid circulation 3 mov ending March lOc By DON KENDALL Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP The Nixon administration is work ing on a plan to overhaul en tirely the complex and political ly sensitive pro partly as an effort to muzzle a growing chorus want ing free meals for all pupils re of The still in the think tank was disclosed in an interview with Secretary of Agriculture Richard who oversees the govern ments lunch and other food Lyng was unwilling to go into detail about the new he It is important that the legislation be worked out with the interested If we cant do I dont think wed Lyng said he has no time table in mind but other sources in the Agriculture Department said the plan may be in early next The new plan is expected to include tougher controls over states and school districts to head off what the adminis tration sees as slipshod han of wind up paying meal tabs for richer children at the expense I TO of the ROOMS WITH arc enjoyed by residents of a Kong apartment complex studded with jutting Hut the view is mostly of other rooms with two On 13 the Agriculture Department announced a plan to guarantee a minimum feder al reimbursement to the states of 35 cents for each free or re meal compared with a national average last school year of about 42 In the face of stiff opposition in the department last week backed down and an the minimum will be 45 As a how the money will be paid only for feeding children from families with incomes at or be low federal poverty For children from a family of four with an income of a year or less would Until free or re meals had been made available to children as long as they were qualified un der state poverty in many cases higher than the federal Some million of the na tions 24 million children served by the school lunch program last year received free or re The latter cannot cost a child more than 20 The average expense of serving a lunch is about 53 Had the new rule been in ef fect last an estimated children would have been excluded from the free lunch Including the 10cent the government will give states this school year about mil lion to help pay for all lunch About million of it will be for feeding the We arent finished yet with the Lyng We are going to work hard to get it further simplified from the states but 1 think it has to be on an output basis You you do and we will reimburse Expulsion of 10 Others 7 Persons Killed on Highways By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Seven persons were killed on Arkansas highways this past All the except were 25 years of age or young The Associated Press week end highway death count began at 6 Friday and ended at midnight State Police said Andrew Phil of near was killed Sunday night when he lost control of his pickup truck and hit a bridge abutment on Ar kansas 7 near Fred of near a passenger in the was The other victims were of near Fort Smith who died in a Fort Smith hospital Sunday of inju ries received Saturday in an See 7 PERSONS On Page Two By VERNON GUIDRY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP Sec of State William Ro gers says the United Nations without Nationalist China would be ripe for expulsion of 10 other countries and for challenges to the legality of past Security Council Regardless of the justifica Rogers f Taiwan would be a very dan gerous precedent and will be I detrimental to the future of the United Nations be cause I can think of 10 other nations that would be on the list in the interviewed Sunday on the CBS program Face the did not name the states he considers rne that if the Republic of China is I can imagine that nations like Albania and others might claim that all actions taken by the Security Council since its beginning were Rogers Nationalist China is a mem ber of the Security The position could be he that since its presence See ROGERS SAYS On Page Two The Biggest Birthday Bash of Modern Times Makes Guests Wonder Will File Suit Over Property Tax PINE lAFi John a Little Hock civil rights said Saturday night that a suit should be filed challenging the method by which Arkansas public schools are largely financed through the property speaking to the state NAACP conference at Fine also proposed a number of long and shortterm goals for the These included the election of at least four black senators and 12 black state representatives He also called for a quota ss tem that would assure mat com panies hirt negroes in a equal tu the numbers of blacks in a By HUGH MULLIGAN AP Special Correspondent TEHRAN lAP Some where between the chicken stuffed with gold leaves and the crepes whipped up by Maxims those invited to the big gest birthday bash in modern times may well wonder what the parading and the fireworks are all His Imperial the Shah of is tossing the shindig all this week at the an cient capital of recreated under canvas for the occasion to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire by Cyrus the for the benefit of all waiting for events to gel swing ing on is a capsule history of that Six hundred ears before the birth of Cyrus the Great got everything off to a rolling start by molding the Medes and along with 28 other and into a mighty empire that stretched from India to the from the Black Sea to the fit st The which Cyrus produced a distinguished line of Darius the Great built his ace a at trie of tiie ut 100 stone at the head of a vast complex that included million foot sol triremes and other set out to extend Persian rule clear across Outnumbered 6 to the Greeks on the plain of Mara thon stood their ground and sent a courier off to Sparta for He lapped the distance in two only to find trie Spar tans werent having any war that week for religious King and men died trying to hold the pass at but the Greek navy with only 387 ships did better at whipping the leotards off Xerxes For the next a great wash of history passed over Alexander the Great came by in 331 to sack the palaces at Khan came battling did and as sorted Islam and Mong ol Marco Polo passed along the route of the great silk arid Persia between conquests and bloody insurrections settled down to the cultured life of turning out priceless turquoise tubulous upium and loveh Dock Workers Defy Order of Court SAN FRANCISCO AP A dispute involving 11 workers may keep Los Angeles area docks closed down until despite a federal court order temporarily ending a strike of West Coast longshore All 24 ports struck by the In and Union July 1 were operating today ex cept for the Los Angeles and long Beach har the largest port in the Arbitrator George ruled against the Saturday in a Los Angeles dispute over whether the Pacific Maritime representing 120 could request 11 ex men by name to shape up docks for The union appealed and took the matter under consider A PMA spokesman in Los An John said he doesnt expect a decision before Friday at the earliest and that the docks could be tied up until The 11 men have the job of moving and starting equipment such as forklifts and cranes be fore work gangs are ordered for loading and unloading The shippers group says it takes 24 hours to get dling going after these special ty known as steady return to The said the men de to accept the jobs be cause they felt available work should be shared equitably among qualified The union contested the em ployer request for specific The PMA says management has the right to order steady men by Bernard general manager of the Port of Los An said I thought the injunction sending the men back to work was issued on the basis that workers would be return ing to work under the condi tions that prevailed prior to the and PMA was using steady men at that Angeles dock activity was restricted to operations on military unaffected by the and two vessels whose owners are not PMA District Court Judge Spencer Williams of San Fran cisco signed the temporary or der Wednesday night directing longshoremen to return to work immediately under a contract which expired June His order will remain in ef fect pending a court hearing Friday on President Nixons re quest for a in junction providing an 80day cooling off period while long shore work Woman Hold In Fatal Shooting vier County officials were hold ing Sunday a woman in connec tion with the fatal shooting of John of near Authorities said Hopkins was shot at his home following an Burglars Get From Butane Gas Burglars broke into four local businesses sometime Friday night and one establishment lost an estimated City Officers said Chester Mays Butane Gas on South Walnut Street was entered and the burglars worked the com bination to the safe liked they owned in cash was They also broke into Davis Discount Lumber Yard where they took in Franks Fruit Store was entered and in cash was missing and Truck Repair in the same area was entered but nothing was Local officers said entrance was gained to all the businesses through a window or Also on the weekend two newspaper vending machines were broken into at the East side 711 Store and one was broken into at the West side 711 The investigation Proceedings in Arkansas Nigh Court HANDS OFF would seem to be the idea Or on the other hiind could It be the biggest handout in the world In any the base of this bit of Helsinki park art proved a handy place for two Finnish workmen to have McGovern Feels Byrd of West Virginia Would Be Confirmed Against Ban of Arms Sales to Greece White Parents Defy School Court Order WEST AP About 30 white parents of West Memphis school pupils voted Saturday to keep their youngsters out of school today in defiance of a federal court desegregation The parents also said they will meet at the school district office tonight to protest the or der by District Court Judge Thomas The judge had instructed West Memphis to insure a 30 per cent racial minority at all eight ele mentary schools in the city be ginning The revised school zoning plan provides for 400 white pu pils to be transferred to Wonder Elementary School and about 145 pupils to be transferred from Weaver School to other schools Officials that buses have not been pro vided for the One of the protesting Carolyn said the protest would be in an at tempt to get the West Memphis School Board to resign 6y THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Carleton chief justice Henslee State of from Ashley Reversed and George Rose justice Matthew Lewis State of Ar from First Lyle Da vid et al Pub lic Service et from Pulaski Third Fred and Crutchfield State of Ar from Garland Conley Robert Lee Swanson State of Arkan from Crittenden Frank justice Harold Davis Evans State of Arkan from Crawford Af Arthur Leona Jones Henry Strickland State of Ar from Jefferson Reversed and Per Curiam Orders State of Arkansas Russell Motion of petitioner to require Judge Rob erts to enter judgment in the record on Eugene Hale et al William et Motion of appellant for writ of certio rari on suggestion of of the Appellant is granted 10 days to complete the Eugene Hale et al William et Motion of appellants to waive Rule 9 d is Gertrude et ux Russell et Motion of appellees to dismiss Motion denied without to right of appellees to supple ment the record and reargue the Emma Eckert Heirs Hewitt Motion of appellee for time to respond to Motion for Rule on Clerk is Youth Drowns at Hot Springs HOT Scott Coleman son of and James Turner of Hot drowned Satur day afternoon in Hamil Authorities the boy ap fell into the lake while on a dock at the Fair Hill Shores resort about five miles south of Hot Springs By MIKE DOAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP Lib eral George McGovern of South Dakota says the Senate probably would confirm a con servative West Virgi nian Robert should President Nixon nominate him to the Supreme McGovern did not say which way he would but Fred Harris of Oklahoma said he would oppose Byrd as not having the depth of judgment and legal experience that you would associate with a justice of the nations highest Harris said the assis tant Senate Democratic does not have the exemplary record in civil rights and civil liberties that I would like to Harris was interviewed on Meet the Press on Harris and both announced Democratic presi By WALTER MEARS Associated Press Writer MADRID AP Vice Presi dent Spiro Agnew said today that Congress will be impair ing and impeding a policy geared to security if it bans military assistance to the last and longest stop on the foreign trip he began Agnew told newsmen aboard his plane during the flight from Washington that Greece is a very important member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi and Congress should not make it more difficult for us to provide the proper amount spoke of military the day after administration He said if Congressmen take sources confirmed Byrds name such they are in fact was being McGovern said on ABCs sues and Answers that impairing and impeding our to implement a foreign policy that is geared to the pro wants a review of Byrds quali of our own before committing Agnew added that the opin himself but that he would not ion in the United States that submit Byrds name if he were looks with disfavor on the Greek government generally J think the probability is if looks with great disfavor on the President sends his name up the Senate will confirm military aid to Greece See MCGOVERN FEELS AGAINST BAN On Page Two Qn Page TWQ All Around Town By The Star Stiff Frances Cox and Richard both of are participating in the Upward Bound Project at Southern State according to Ann director of the TOKI a resident of the Conway Unit of the Arkansas Childrens appeared on the 7 show This Morning 22yearold Hope native has been a resident of the Colony for 10 the last few years his vocal ability has enabled nun to perform all across the state and in Texas the high point of his career will come on October 16 when he will sing for the Ken Foundation Awards Banquet in Tom was invited to 3ing in Washington by Mrs Eunice Kennedy after hearing him sing at the state meeting of the Arkans Special Olympics in Mav in North Little Rock Torn recorded his first record the proceeds from thi Mill go toward paving tor aji album soon to be of the songs of his record is The Quest written especially fur Tom b music director of the Conway unit of the Arkansas Childrens to Toms success will have great impetus for retarded individuals Whitfield 239 will confer an Entered Apprentice degree Tuesday night at at the Masons are urged to The City Police report shows two arrests for traffic violations during the past charged with license on liquor for driving while for for gaming and one for possessing were four wrecks during the week bringing the ears total to 292 inside the nty 74 persons were injured in the and three persona were Adult Education classes start tonight at Red River Vocational Technical School of Monday night are letter writing and basinets at electricity and all interested enroll Cong Officer Released by Allies By GEORGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON AP The United Slates and South Vietnam set a North Vietnamese lieutenant free in Cambodia today in a surprise move reciprocating for the release last week of an American We have no assurance what ever at present that this rocal gesture will lead to the release of additional American a spokesman for the Embassy is the goal toward which we are The POW who had been held by the South was flown by helicopter into the Fish Hook area of Cambodia 100 miles northwest of The Embassy said he was freed in response to in dications that the enemy would welcome such a release at a given time and This in that there had been ad vance communication with the North The Americans said the POW was released in an area under enemy the same gen eral area where the Viet Cong released Staff John Sex ton of last They said the American heli copter crewmen sighted no ene my when they landed the lieu tenant and then took Sexton had been a Viet Cong prisoner for 26 months and was allowed to go free somewhere along the Cambodian He walked for eight hours to reach the South Vietnamese base camp at Loc 70 miles north of Sexton told American inter that the Viet Cong did not tell him why he was being freed and did not give him any messages to bring He said that during his cap while constantly mov he often saw other Ameri can prisoners but did not know where he or the others were officers believe it was in some dis tance from the The Command an that Sexton would be flown to the United States Tues day after being released from an Army Fighting continued today in the Cambodian border region around Krek and Fire Base Al pha although enemy shelling ta off during the It was one of the quietest nights since the North Vietnamese launched an offensive there field reports Crisp Weather for Arkansas By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Clear and crisp early autumn weather covered Arkansas this Columbus Day as the state re mained under the influence of a large high centered in A cool front was expected to move across Arkansas tonight or early Tuesday reinforcing the cool air mass that has cov ered the state for several The National Weather Service said the front was dry and therefore would bring no pre cipitation to the The forecast called for clear through Tuesday with lows in the 40s and 50s and highs in the 70s to mid The extended outlook called for a warming trend through Friday with no precipitation ex By the Weather Service temperatures should range from the 50s at night to the 80s during the day Highs Sunday ranged from 66 at Harrison to 72 at Little Rock and Overnight lows included 41 at 50 at 44 at 42 at Pine 46 at 40 at El Do 46 at 45 at Lit tle at Fort No precipitation was reported during the 24hour period that ended at 7 a m
