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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1972
Page
5
State 355 Across South Hempstead Co. under transformation as heavy equipment works to extend paving five miles east from State 29. The grade rises through Bodcaw Creek bottoms where a half flooded gravel path gave way to a dump. Traffic remains open during construction.
AP reports a 19 year old IRA member in a Belfast hospital is critically ill from nitrobenzene exposure used in bomb making. Two others, a youth and a teenage girl, were killed last week in a nitrobenzene car bomb explosion. Nitrobenzene, used in dyes and polishes, can cause cancer with entry through skin.
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird urged the Republican National Convention to reject weakness and fully endorse President Nixon's foreign strategy. He warned that wavering leadership could erode progress as Rogers praised U.S. prestige and peace prospects. Ashbrook challenged renomination while Rules Committee debates representation and delegate quotas.
David Cummings family of Patmos named Hempstead County Farm Family of the Year for 1972. On a 340 acre Patmos farm they run 200000 broilers in three houses and maintain Hereford Angus cattle. Cummings, wife Jo, and son Keith share farm chores and hold local civic roles.
Miami Beach, AP President Nixon's top economic advisers told GOP platform writers that federal spending must be curbed and Phase 2 economic controls kept to prevent inflation and higher taxes. They urged continued price and wage controls for now with plans to end them without major disruption. The statement accompanied testimony for the GOP Platform Committee ahead of the Republican National Convention.
Clark returning from a two week North Vietnam tour reported meeting ten captured U S pilots in a camp near Hanoi. The men described shared quarters, a basketball court and an auditorium, and said they were healthy and not brainwashed though wary of repercussions. Clark noted the camp’s guards and tape recorders during their meeting.
President Nixon sends Henry Kissinger to Saigon for a general review of the Vietnam problem including Paris negotiations. Kissinger meets Thieu Bunker Weyland and other officials, plans to report before the Republican National Convention. Travel details to be announced. no Paris or Hanoi stop confirmed.
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