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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1972
Page
7
Daily bread column by Alex H. Washburn offers brief reflections and concise insights. The piece presents a concise reading of life and daily matters in a straight forward tone.
A reader letter in The Star discusses whether Arkansas papers should be mailed in wrappers or rolled. The piece cites exchanges showing many rolled mailings and lists titles in both formats, noting flat mail is easier to read and better protected by distance in transit.
Curtis Pharr of Blevins sues Weldon Fulton and Larry Hugg for 71500 in damages claiming a August 15 assault at a school bus drivers meeting left him with multiple injuries and medical costs. Fulton files cross action for 71800 in damages and 1800 medical expenses claiming Pharr assaulted him with mace.
Senator J W Fulbright of Arkansas announced on Thursday his plan to seek reelection in 1974 He dismissed rumors about Gov Dale Bumpers challenging him and called the Democratic national ticket of McGovern and Shriver composed of appropriate people He backed McGovern Shriver as honest and suitable for leading the country back to normal conditions.
President Nixon predicted a landslide in November and said he wants four more White House years to push a breakthrough for peace in dealings with Beijing and Moscow. He spoke in California after accepting the Republican renomination in Miami Beach as the convention chanted Four More Years.
Arkansas Congressman Bill Alexander defends his stance on the Cache River Bayou DeView channelization, accusing Governor Bumpers of delaying action and misreading the project. Both back mitigation land, but differ on whether to begin dredging before securing 30,000 acres of habitat. Alexander warns delay costs taxpayers, aiming to protect funding for the first 6.7 mile segment.
Mrs Odell Parish of Shower Springs Patmos road was helping husband shelter cows during a Tuesday electrical storm when lightning struck a fence she touched. She suffered a burned left arm and was treated and released at Hempstead County Memorial Hospital. Her arm stayed numb for hours. Two Parish cows were killed in the strike.
Harold Hensz runs the state Migrant Farm Labor Center on State Highway 67 near Hope. Opened in 1959, it now houses 20 mobile trailers, a first aid station, showers, and offices. In 1971 more than 48,000 workers registered, with 26,000 passing through so far this year. The center, leased on a 2.5 acre plot, has hosted over 400,000 workers in 13 years and can see up to 1,296 in a 12 hour period. The center opens March 1 and runs until mid December, with Hensz speaking Spanish to better connect with migrants.
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