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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1970
Page
2
Two weather page details a four hour experiment station report ending at 7 a.m. Tuesday with a high of 56 and a low of 41 and a trace of precipitation. Forecast calls for clear tonight and partly cloudy Wednesday with little temperature change through Wednesday. Lows tonight range from the upper 20s in the north to the upper 30s in the south and Wednesday highs will be mostly in the 50s.
Hebert urged the war move to South Vietnam as the only viable path and claimed the conflict could have ended in U S victory years earlier if his and Rivers advice had been followed. He called it a military no win policy and questioned Nixon's strategy while predicting the draft extension beyond June 30.
Basque nationalists vow retaliation after court martial sentenced six Basques to death and nine to long prison terms. ETA spokesmen threaten a targeted attack on the court adviser while protests sweep Europe with demonstrations and some violence.
A compact recap of 1970 events featuring Poland Nigeria Georges Pompidou James Walsh. The quiz invites readers to test memory of significant figures and places from that year with answers on Page 3. Sponsored educational material appears in Living Textbook Program materials by local sponsors.
Obituaries report Marjorie Jean Foster 31 of Texarkana died Monday survived by husband Harvey N. Foster son Anthony parents Oscar and Barbara Roper siblings Wayne Polly Parson and Barbara Johns. Services set 3 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Stamps with burial in Lakeside Cemetery. Vera Hudson 70 of Highway 67 east died Tuesday with arrangements by Oakcrest Funeral Home. John Parsons 79 of Blevins died Monday near Glenwood a retired farmer survived by wife Zula and children Boyce and siblings. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday at Marlbrook Church burial Marlbrook Cemetery. Also noted: William Archibald 53 playwright of The Innocents died Sunday of infectious hepatitis. George F. Salerno 61, CEO of Salerno Megowen Biscuit Co and Pabst Brewing executive, died Sunday.
Cyrus Eaton, 87 year old industrialist, says Salvador Allende seeks good relations with the United States and the world. Eaton spoke after a one hour interview with Allende in Santiago. He calls Allende forceful and straightforward and criticizes the U.S. government for an oppressive stance toward the regime.
Hope Arkansas report notes Lockesburg School District will not hold a March election. Board members serving since August were elected to regular terms starting in March by a federal court order after Sevier district merged with Lockesburg. Other opinions include clerks not paid double for municipal ballots, city fines to pension funds, mayor serving until successor is elected, and retention periods for warrants and marriage licenses.
North Little Rock arson suspected after a Sunday night blaze heavily damaged a six story building owned by Fones Brothers Hardware Co and leased to Adkins Phelps, with sublease to the Arkansas Rice Growers Association. No estimate of damage available.
W A Bruce president of the Pure Water Association says the Fort Smith group has over 1,000 signatures on a petition for a special election to overturn the flooridation ordinance. He expects 3,029 signatures to recall the measure soon as they plan actions, while City Administrator Cliff Keheley notes the ordinance won t take effect until late next month.
Federal investigators opened a probe into a Trans Caribbean Airlines Boeing 727 crash in St. Thomas. One man and his son were killed, with 19 hospitalized and 32 others treated and released for minor injuries. The airline listed a New Jersey family as missing among those aboard.
A plane with four passengers and seven crew members landed safely in Puerto Rico. A witness described a wheel-like object detaching, the craft skidding along the runway, veering off toward a hill, and exploding. Passengers evacuated via slides as smoke and flames filled the area. fire crews controlled the blaze after more than an hour and the airport closed for about three hours.
In Paragould Arkansas jury selection continued for Clyde Ray Glover 37 as the first degree murder trial resumes after a Christmas recess. Seven jurors were chosen last week and only one on Monday as the case tied to the March 1 1969 beating death of Judy Evans 20 near Rector proceeds in Circuit Court. Glover was convicted of first degree murder in 1969 but the conviction was reversed last June by the state Supreme Court due to errors in overruling defense challenges against four jurors.
Two antiwar service groups ask the Supreme Court to grant servicemen free speech and press rights. They challenge a military rule allowing commanders to bar distribution of antiwar papers at PXs and other bases citing threats to loyalty and morale. The Ft Bragg and Ft Jackson groups report intimidation, security threats, and potential reassignment or trials for dissent.
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