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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1971
Page
5
A column denounces airline negligence after a hijacker boarded a TWA flight despite electronic alerts. It cites FAA and Atlanta Constitution critiques, arguing follow-through was lacking and endangered passengers. A second note mocks gadgetry trends predicting voice and device alarms for everyday items.
Southern railroads win a 20 year dispute as the ICC plans to drop a court challenge over freight rates. ICC says Eastern and Western lines failed to prove their case. Governor Carter of Georgia credits the decision with saving Southern shippers about 10 million dollars annually.
Reported by travelers in Moscow says an Aeroflot airliner crashed while landing at Irkutsk airport in Siberia last week, with about 100 people killed. The craft reportedly came down heavily and flipped over. officials gave no immediate information. The last Soviet air crash officially acknowledged was at Sheremetyevo in August 1969 killing 16 vacationers.
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare approved 2,175,990 in allocations to 23 Arkansas institutions under the National Defense Student Loan Program. Rep. Hammerschmidt announced funds for Arkansas AM&N, University of Arkansas at Monticello, Arkansas Tech, Arkansas State University, Harding College, Henderson State College, Philander Smith College, State College of Arkansas, and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Rain proved helpful yet excessive in southwest Arkansas, prompting flooding and mixed crop effects. Little River reports six screwworm cases while Miller County notes damage from heavy rain on soybeans and weed growth on cotton. Howard County livestock improve as pastures recover, peach harvest nears completion, and sorghum harvest waits for fields to dry. Field crops in Polk County show strong growth and late vegetables look promising.
An appeals court ruled Dr. Daniel Ellsberg must travel to California for arraignment on illegal possession of secret government documents, the Pentagon papers, after Judge Frank Coffin denied his appeal. Ellsberg, 40, worked on the papers while at Rand Corp in Santa Monica, a government research think tank.
LITTLE ROCK AP Gov Dale Bumpers to issue proclamation declaring Wilbur D. Mills Day in Arkansas this morning to honor the longtime congressman and public figure.
A federal Atlanta court ruling says busing to desegregate Atlanta schools is not feasible as housing patterns push the city toward being all black. The 13 year case notes 70 percent white students in 1958 flipped to 70 percent black, with enrollment dropping from 115,000 to 100,000 as whites relocate.
For 17 months of Berlin negotiations the Big Four ambassadors met for a second straight day with another session planned. It was the 28th meeting since talks began in March 1970 as Bonn reports signaled a surge of activity toward new arrangements for the divided city. Soviet demands may still be too high for the Western allies, and a pause for vacations was anticipated after Thursday’s session.
Surgeons at Mt. Sinai Hospital implanted a partially mechanical heart device in 63 year old Haskell Shanks of Warren Michigan. The air powered booster pump is designed for permanent use and was led by Dr Adrian Kantrowitz who previously developed the artificial pacemaker. Shanks is a plant guard for Uniroyal Corp and had suffered congestive heart failure.
In Malaga Spain a terrace under construction at Hotel Riviera in Benalmadena Costa collapsed into the bar and lobby. Police report six killed and several injured. The terrace housed a tennis court. The hotel dates from 1964 and is popular with foreigners. Cause unknown amid recent heavy rains.
Kathy Glover aged 12 of Pine Bluff drowned Tuesday in Hyde Lake north of the city after the fishing boat she was in capsized. The tragedy occurred as authorities investigated the accident scene.
British troops killed two gunmen in Belfast early today raising the death toll to 20 in Northern Ireland's guerrilla conflict. Over 100 wounded in gun battles bombings and arson since Monday roundup of IRA suspects. Troops reinforced with 550 more soldiers to back 12,000 already deployed. Armored patrols sealed Falls Road Ballymurphy Ardoyne and Old Park Road as clashes continued. Three men captured in dawn fight. 35 questioned after operations.
Miss America 1971 Phyllis George of Denton Texas led seven U S beauty queens on a 22 day Saigon tour of military bases and a visit to the 7th Fleet in the Gulf of Tonkin. The group included Vicky Jo Todd Miss Nevada Hela Jungst Miss New Jersey Karen Shields Miss Arizona Donna Connelly Miss Arkansas Cheryl Brown Miss Iowa and Belinda Myrick Miss Texas.
Harold Stephens of Stephens Wholesale Grocer Company met with City Officials at a regular meeting to address parking issues caused by loading and unloading operations at the warehouse on Laurel Street. He described planned unloading improvements and potential temporary congestion near the post office, noting long trucks may use the alley and front dock before new docks are completed, with plans to keep Laurel Street open to traffic.
Local businessmen plan a Thursday night visit to Shaver Springs, gathering downtown on Main Street at 7 and heading to the town for a dinner at 7 30. Football players may have pictures taken for the school annual on Thursday and Friday at Clyde Davis Photography. Seniors wear coats and ties.
Chile has been quietly phased out of U.S. foreign aid after years of high per capita loans, with officials citing economic needs not politics. AID’s 1972 Latin America projection omits Chile from $310 million in development loans. Brazil receives the largest sum.
Bloodmobile Chairman Haskell Jones explains three benefits of giving blood. It ensures Hempstead County has blood for local needs, provides a Red Cross blood supply for donors and families outside the county, and supports veterans hospitals which use about 20 percent of all Red Cross blood. The event is Monday August 16 at First Presbyterian Church in Hope from noon to 6 PM with Walnut Street parking.
Patmos Elementary School will begin Thursday, August 26, at 8 30 a.m. according to principal Gene Jester. Parents of first trade children are reminded to bring birth certificates and health records.
LITTLE ROCK APL W p Hamiton said Tuesday he resigning as executive director of the Pulaski County Economic Opportunity Agency to become program director of the Arkansas Family Planning Council.
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