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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1973
Page
5
A reader letter from Hope Arkansas dated Nov 27 1973 seeks child support help amid financial hardship after divorce and pregnancy. The Star notes Arkansas lack of public funds to compel alimony, recounting cases highlighting insufficient child support enforcement and urging aid without naming the writer.
In Brussels NATO ministers reaffirmed policy as Henry Kissinger planned a London speech. They discussed a new Atlantic Declaration of principles to guide the alliance on peace, East West relations, and security. Kissinger said the Nixon Brezhnev accord strengthens Europe protection and noted misinterpretation of Jobert’s remarks.
Arkansas board approves expansion of vocational technical schools with new facilities at Ozark Delta Marked Tree Forrest City Searcy and Crossett Mena Newport Springdale and DeWitt sites. The policy requires 10 percent of enrollment from outside districts to retain funding and final architectural plans for several schools are approved or deferred pending soil tests.
Albany AP report Gov Nelson Rockefeller announced he will resign as governor effective next Tuesday at age 65. He said he has not decided on a 1976 presidential bid and will not seek a fifth term. Rockefeller will devote energy to two groups the Commission for Critical Choices for Americans and the National Commission on Water Quality.
A military memorial service is set for Sunday December 16 for M Sgt James W Holt 32 of Hope Arkansas declared dead by the U S Army He had been missing in action since February 7 1968 at Lang Vei near the Laotian border His status changed after Vietnam truce findings could not prove he was a POW or alive The service will be at 2 PM at the Baptist Church in Washington Arkansas with Chaplain Capt Jerry Mize officiating He leaves wife Linda and children Becky and Jennifer plus four sisters two brothers and extended family members referenced from Hope and Nashville Arkansas records.
The Cost of Living Council exempted the auto industry from wage and price restrictions, signaling higher prices for buyers. Ford says prices will rise on orders placed after today, while GM Chrysler and AMC plan increases later in the week.
Wisconsin Republican Rep. Harold Froehlich warned of a looming toilet paper crunch due to pulp shortages and rising exports. He cited GSA bids failing to meet four month needs and quoted hotel and industry sources as saying the situation could worsen, though some hotels reported little concern.
Lynn Norton, Arkansas Razorback star, leaves Houston hospital after 14 weeks recovering from a car crash that broke his neck and spine. He walks with a cane, attends Hope High School classes, weighs 206 pounds, and plans to return to college next fall. His mother, Mrs. Cora Norton, notes remarkable progress and thanks well-wishers.
Snow squalls threaten the eastern Great Lakes and Northeast as temperatures plunge toward freezing. Light snow falls from North Carolina to the Appalachians and New York. Buffalo area under heavy snow warning with six to ten inches expected. Travel advisories issued for western Pennsylvania with two to four inches in northern mountains. Bradford and Blairsville, PA report five inches. Munising, Musekgon, Mich., and South Bend, Ind., see one inch. Cold air pushes into the South from the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf Coast. frost in Central Florida. Georgia sees variable wind. Plains forecast chill with rain in the western edge.
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