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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1973
Page
6
The column notes a sun eclipse on December 24 and warns against naked eye viewing, outlining safe viewer construction. It highlights a Pine Bluff Commercial editorial on the impeachment standard and praises Christmas spirit and communal hope amid troubles.
Rep. William Alexander of Arkansas was arrested at National Airport on charges of assaulting an FAA officer directing traffic and impeding an officer. Alexander, 39, claimed he only nudged the officer and described the scene as the officer becoming belligerent.
The Arkansas Optometric Association warns that looking at the December 24 solar eclipse could cause blindness. The event starts 7:04 a.m. in Little Rock, peaks at 7:30 a.m., ends 8:14 a.m., with about five percent sun coverage at midpoint. Protection is limited. sunglasses and smoked glass are unsafe, binoculars and telescopes are dangerous. Safe indirect viewing methods and the Sunscape aid are recommended, after prior outreach to junior high science departments. A prior 1970 eclipse caused over 1,000 eye injuries and two blind individuals.
In a southeast Memphis housing project, Horace Fifer, 22, was killed and Johnny Lee Fifer, 21, wounded, as police responded to a hit and run call. Deputy Chief Crumby said officers were attacked after confronting residents about the ticket. Additional details on suspects and motive were not immediately available.
Pyramid Plastics of Hope announces Allen Leonard as operations manager and Charles Straczynski as production superintendent. Leonard, 13 years in plastics, 5 years with Pyramid, is Hope resident and vice president of Community Lutheran Church. Straczynski, 20 years in plastics, joins from Dallas with prior ITT Cable Hydro Space and other posts. Pyramid, a plastics extrusion maker serving manufacturers, refineries, and utilities, positions Hope for growth as new refinery capacity rises.
Horace Fiser held Vinson's pistol and fired toward officers in the kitchen. Sgt. OWe fired three shots at Fiser during the melee as others wrestled with the officers. Vinson and Young received hospital treatment and were released. Howe remained overnight in hospital.
Forrest City resident Jon Brooks and partners produce A Little Boy's Christmas Prayer a tearful Christmas carol based on a Nashville Ark incident. The 4 year old asks Santa to bring back his parents while the record promotes highway safety. Brooks and Buddy Young arranged Loyd’s poem in Twin City Records Forrest City priced at 1.00. The flip What Christmas Means to Me stresses Christmas as God’s birthday. Brooks hopes big stations pick up the tune as he pursues history and law studies.
The first Arab Israeli peace conference in two years opened in the Palace of Nations in Geneva with Israel and Egypt on opposite sides of a seven table circle. UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim chaired the ceremony urging a just and durable Middle East peace. Syria boycotted, leaving its table empty, though Tass cited hints Egypt Jordan and Israel might be joined later.
President Nixon certified with his 1969 income tax return that the donated papers to the National Archives were free of restrictions though the deed imposes limited access controls. The return states none, while the deed preserves Nixon's right to permit access and future transfer to a library, keeping the documents sealed and subject to his written permission.
The snippet mixes a biblical quote from Job about miserable comforters with a Willkie remark on persistent struggle. It notes no events, places, or dates, but juxtaposes scripture and a statesman’s line about danger, hard work, and iron resolve.
The town lists charity cookbook orders with two Mrs Wylies and a home delivery option. Carolling by UMY groups from First United Methodist Church is set for Sunday December 23 with home visits by calling the church. First Baptist Church cantata A City Of The King directed by Jim Hart at 7 p.m. Sunday.
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