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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1972
Page
5
The editor Alex H Washburn offers a concise daily reflection titled Our Daily Bread, presenting a brief meditation on nourishment, gratitude, and simple values in accessible prose.
The Red River navigation project moves toward early construction with a 31.2 million first stage approved by a House Senate panel, linking from the confluence of Black and Red rivers toward Alexandria Pineville. Texarkana opposes a Texan Daingerfield Denison channel, urging Fulton route preservation and warning of regional political pushes.
City readers missing the Star should call 777 3431 between 6 and 6 30 p.m. Saturday or by p.m. and a carrier will deliver the paper.
About 3 500 peaceful protesters gathered in rain near Convention Hall in Miami Beach to hear Jane Fonda and Bobby Seale. Nixon supporters in red white blue uniforms passed nearby as clashes and vandalism with police occurred. Abbie Hoffman and A J Weberman clashed at Flamingo Park as National Guard and police patrolled the scene.
In Miami Beach an avid group of about 3000 Nixon volunteers cheer, wave banners, and attend a holding area at Nautilus Junior High. Organizers manned by seven leaders with walkie talkies provide pools, courts, bands and games to pass time before assignments.
President Nixon flies to Florida for the GOP convention with a televised airport welcome planned at 4 p.m. EDT. He will be met by Mrs Nixon and their daughters Julie Eisenhower and Tricia Cox, then fly to Key Biscayne before attending Convention Hall in Miami Beach to accept the nomination. Nixon will join Vice President Agnew for speeches Wednesday night.
Republicans faced a divisive convention fight over delegate allocation. Big-state leaders showed reluctance to pursue a floor battle, while Southern backed small-state plans pressed ahead. The Rules Committee backed a plan favoring smaller states with bonus delegates linked to presidential voting and officeholder elections.
Two young women slipped into a Fontainebleau Hotel brunch in Miami Beach as about 150 protesters and 100 young Nixon supporters clashed outside. Fran Cohn and Marsha Monestersky, 19 and 20, shouted insults including Miss Pig at Pat Nixon then were briefly detained and released, while Tricia Nixon Cox arrived to a cheer from Young Voters.
All Around Town reports Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Halbert in Houston with treatments at M. D. Anderson Clinic and provides address 7117 Cecil Street Apt 12 Char-Mar Apts Houston 77001. The Joy Heflin School of Dance holds Hope Youth Center registration August 29 from 12 noon to 5 30 p m offering tap ballet and acrobatics for all ages.
Nearly 1,000 veterans from Vietnam Veterans Against the War marched past Miami Beach Convention Hall during the Republican National Convention opening. Led by limping ex-Marine John Musgrave and Lynn Witt, they aimed to talk to Florida National Guardsmen housed at Miami Beach High School. The group faced heat, injuries, theft, and a tense encounter with Nazi party members, but felt the day underscored veteran resolve amid protests.
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