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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1970
Page
2
Page Two Weather Experiment Station reports a 24 hour period ending 7 am Wednesday with high 82 and low 47. Forecast calls for showers or thundershowers mainly east and south, partly cloudy to cloudy today and tonight. Cooler northwest tonight, Thursday mostly clear to partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper 70s to 80s and lows in the low 40s to upper 50s.
Summary of regional temps from Albany to Winnipeg. Cloudy cities include Albany Des Moines Honolulu Boston Chicago Dallas and Seattle with clear skies in Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Charlotte Indianapolis Jacksonville Los Angeles New York Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh St Louis Seattle and Washington. Some locations show rain or fog, while a note explains clocks change confusion and a final quip on losing sleep.
Washington AP reports federal judge George L. Hart Jr. found PATCO guilty of civil contempt over the two week controller work actions and delayed penalties. Delays persisted at major airports with 40 percent cut in flight volume on some routes as controllers returned irregularly. Hart urged all able controllers to resume work while government weighs penalties. At Hope Kiwanis Club, Robert C. Compton, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, spoke on government involvement in daily life and the need for citizen participation. guests from Hope and El Dorado attended.
Arkansas weather shifts with a late afternoon cold front bringing brief showers and clearing skies by Thursday. Highs hit 84 at Texarkana and 70 at Memphis with varied overnight lows. In federal news, a 6 percent general tax raise for postal workers moves toward Senate action as lawmakers debate funding via stamps and a proposed 8 percent raise for postal workers, amid talks of postal reorganization and estate tax collection speeds.
Pulaski County Grand Jury continues inquiry into a Jacksonville Water Department shortage after an audit found more than 15000 dollars missing. Several witnesses, including city employees, testified in a six hour closed hearing on Tuesday.
Charles Sloan 63 of Saratoga died Tuesday in a Nashville hospital. A Kansas native and retired supervisor for Ideal Cement Co. of Okay he was a Mason and Baptist. Survived by wife Faye Adkinson Sloan daughter Mrs Jimmy McMullan North Little Rock mother Mrs Ethel Sloan North Little Rock Services Thursday 10 a.m. Okay Baptist Church burial Saratoga Cemetery Latimer Funeral Home Nashville.
Plans for a proposed merger of three Arkansas companies with Bloomfield Building Industries Inc of Memphis were dropped. Joe K. McCarty, chair of Intermed International and Keymaster Corp and chair of Pacesetter Corp, cited lack of support. He quipped about shopping women and male prisoners in a supermarket setting, followed by a military metaphor about taking a foxhole.
Senators listed show who announced pairs for and against the nomination. Absent and not voting are Anderson, DeN.M. and Mundt, R-S.D. Names include N.Y., Mathias of Md., Packs wood of Ore., Percy of Ill, Prouty of Vt., Schweiker of Pa., Mrs. Smith of Maine, Bennett, R-Ulan, Pell, D-R.L. The note explains pairs are used to defeat opposing positions when one or both are absent.
Authorities continued the search for five inmates who escaped Cummins Prison Farm Tuesday. Winston Blair 22 DeQueen and four others including Homer Yates 33 Bradford Russell Gross 40 Winchester Ky Blass Stevenson 42 Little Rock and James Moore 37 North Little Rock fled after apparently taking a state truck and leaving it when stuck.
Authorities pursued two escapees in White County on charges of possession of burglary tools and possession of gambling devices. It was unclear if the fugitives were armed as officers continued search operations and questioned nearby witnesses.
Municipal Judge William R. Butler’s plan to give antabuse to habitual drunks to curb drinking appears halted. Butler cited opposition from Municipal Judge Quinn Glover and Police Chief Gale F. Weeks, who object to police dispensing drugs. The plan offered drunks a choice between jail for a year or daily doses administered in the presence of police, but co operation from other officials is now in doubt.
An antiwar group announced it has confirmed 835 American service members held by North Vietnam including one Arkansan, James Lasley Lamar of Little Rock. The group says Hanoi provided the names. the US government lists more than 1,460 believed held but refuses to disclose names.
State Labor Commissioner Arthur Hays said the Labor Department will seek to mediate negotiations between Little Rock Waterworks and its striking union. He hopes to offer mediation before week’s end. Jeane Lamble of AFSCME State Council 38 asked Hays to intervene.
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