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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1971
Page
1
Page Two Experiment Station report notes 24 hours ending 7 am Monday with high 75 low 58 and weekend precipitation 0.50 inch. Forecast calls for partly to occasionally cloudy and mild conditions with widely scattered showers and thunder showers mainly west tonight spreading east Tuesday. Lows tonight in 50s and low 60s. Highs Tuesday mostly upper 70s.
Dr. Walter J. Richards, 52, psychology professor and department chair at the University of Arkansas, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack while fishing on Beaver Lake near Rogers. The incident occurred near the lake in northwest Arkansas, prompting condolences from colleagues and students.
Hope Arkansas teachers press the school board to adopt eight month contracts for 1971 72 citing fiscal erosion and low local funding The plan allows an unpaid extra month if local support rises at least 25 percent by April 10 1972 The district would avoid staff reductions but accreditation may be jeopardized by shortened terms per state and regional officials
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed Claus A. Thomas's second degree murder conviction for the Jan 16 1970 death of his wife Billie June Thomas, ruling the jury acted within the law and that the 10 year sentence was appropriate. The ruling also covers tax exemption for Four States Memorial Hospital, a Rose Oil Co case, and a decision denying workers compensation for Jesse K Willis, Dumas police chief.
Governors and GOP leaders met as an amendment to lower the voting age to 18 nears ratification. President and Vice President Agnew appeared amid sessions on drugs and education while 21 GOP state executives brace for control of state houses, as Dole and Muskie subject FBI criticism to political framing.
The Associated Press reports eight fatalities on Arkansas roads from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Victims include Samuel C. George 20 of Fort Smith killed on Interstate 540, and Christopher Anthony Thomas 18 of Little Rock killed in a two-vehicle crash in Little Rock. Additional injuries and deaths across multiple counties follow in related incidents involving several other drivers and pedestrians.
Curtis Robertson 33 Bradford deputy city marshal was listed in critical condition after an arson attempt Sunday morning. He reportedly burned with gasoline while trying to set fire to Elmer Franks’s house in Possum Grape Jackson County. Franks is detained on accessory charges with bond set at 2900. Robertson later told officials at Bradford Clinic he had been beaten, a claim Burke said was erroneous. He was taken to the University of Arkansas Medical Center.
Sadat announces Egypt, Jordan, and another Arab nation form a federation and reject any Arab land concessions to Israel. Egypt and Israel discuss a partial peace plan, including reopening the waterway as a step toward broader peace. Disputes center on Israeli troop withdrawals from the canal and possible Egyptian replacements along the east bank.
Newark public schools resume normal operations as most teachers return. About 100 teachers suspended for strike activity barred from nine schools, mainly in Central Ward. Police at two schools. an emergency board union meeting planned to resolve the dispute.
Mrs Selma Wilson 74 of Hope died Saturday in a Prescott hospital after residing in Hempstead and Nevada counties most of her life She was a First United Methodist Church member survived by four brothers a sister and a service was held at Herndon Funeral Chapel with burial at DeAnn Cemetery Mrs Viola M Westbrook 77 resident of Oakhaven died Sunday widow of S A Westbrook survived by two sons a daughter and a son in law services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Herndon Funeral Chapel with burial at Memory Gardens.
David Cawood, currently SMU sports information director, is named information director at the University of Arkansas. Athletic Director George Cole announced the hire, with Cawood replacing Jim Bell who resigned. Cawood will assume Bell’s duties May 1 after joining SMU in 1969 and Baylor prior to that.
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