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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1969
Page
1
The News-Free Press rejects ads for films with X or R ratings and for unrated objectionable titles. It will publish a daily listing of current movies with ratings and explanations to inform families without promoting inappropriate content. Aimed at guiding parents and readers amid growing concerns over film obscenity.
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee, now aiming to keep pressure with December local actions and a nationwide Christmas Eve peace vigil, says the war remains the top issue. Coordinators Mixner Brown Hawk and Sklencar, with steering member John Kenneth Galbraith, say protest drops due to holiday pressures and speech limits but will pursue Congress focus.
Dumas Ark January 20 residents will vote on a proposed 5 million dollar bond for expansion and refinancing of United Dollar Stores. Bonds issued under Act 9 of 1960 would not require a tax and would be serviced by industry rentals.
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 12 crew and colleagues will attend a $100 plate fundraiser for the Jewish National Fund. Honorees include Charles Conrad Jr Alan Bean and Richard Gordon along with other U S astronauts. Supporters include Gov Preston Smith Sen John Connally and TV host Johnny Carson. About 1400 guests expected as NASA notes invitations were sent before awareness of fundraising plans.
AP reports Republican Senator Theodore Stevens plans to run for election in Alaska after being omitted from the official Senate directory. Appointed Dec 24, 1968 to fill E. L. Bartlett’s unexpired term, his term runs to Jan 1973, and Alaska law requires him to face voters at the next general election.
Ray N. Metager, 69, of Little Rock, owner and publisher of Construction News, died Thursday. His trade magazine covered five states.
Senators moved to salvage the Voting Rights Act of 1965 after House rejection. By blocking referral of the House-passed Nixon bill to the Judiciary Committee, backers pursue bringing the House measure to the Senate floor to substitute their rival five year extension. The fight centers on nationwide application versus the 1965 act limited to six southern states and 39 North Carolina counties, with potential GOP support uncertain amid administration opposition.
Apollo 12 crew members Conrad and Bean spoke about handling tasks on the moon. Conrad described manually adjusting and landing at a new site while Bean blamed a sunburned TV camera for the loss of television during moon walks.
A representative of the Arkansas Nurses Association urged the Public Health and Welfare Committee to upgrade nurses salaries by creating an exception in the state employees compensation plan. Dorothea Funk said private and federal hospitals offer better pay and benefits, making state recruitment harder.
Star feature on Leona Buettner who in Dariville Virginia chose Christman designs for church Christmas tree decorations. Christmans blend Christ monograms in white and gold. symbols from early churches used to teach faith, inspire worship, and witness to Christ’s love.
A historic vote margin put coalition Republicans and southern Democrats in a position to push anti poverty reform. The plan shifts major antipoverty program responsibility to states, drawing fire from President Nixon and Donald Rumsfeld. The voting rights bill, while passed in the House, faces Senate reconciliation and potential dilution of civil rights gains. Carl Perkins will lead House negotiations to salvage the Senate version in conference.
A Texas origin chaplain at Texas A and M outlines Western theology a frontier gospel likening the church to a rolling covered wagon with God as trail boss and Jesus as scout He says the idea aims to energize faith with pioneer imagery and contrasts settler courthouse theology with a mobile wagon theology that travels toward the future and includes widespread international interest.
Bombings in Rome and Milan killed 14 people and wounded over 100, prompting arrests of hundreds for questioning. Explosions hit banks and landmarks including the National Bank of Agriculture and a monument, with widespread panic and closures across Milan and Rome.
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