New Year Omens and Old Hot Water Beliefs
Our Daily Bread notes hot water for health backed by a doctor amid a year end reflection. Camden News quotes Dr Roderick W Childers on cold showers possibly triggering heart issues. Editor reflects on 1971 lessons and hopeful 1972 prospects with war weariness easing and Nixon plans with China.
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Nex. H. Washburn
The
Camden News
Roderick W. Childers
Camden
Waastebasket
Star
Arkansas
Industrial progress under Hempstead Foundation leadership noted
Reports by Thomas E. Hays Jr. highlight major factory moves in Hope with Kustom Kraft, Spears Carpet Mill, Tennessee Forging Steel, Kroger Feed Mill and Hope Foods Plant. Banks and SBA backed financing. 20 to 240 jobs created, with new families relocating. Foundations aim to attract blue chip industry to stem outmigration.
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Thomas E. Hays Jr
Hempstead County Industrial Foundation
Hays
Industrial Foundation
Kustom Kraft
Spears
George Peck
Commercial National Bank of Texarkana
Small Business Administration
Tennessee
Harriman
Charles Munn
Hope
Kroger Feed
Hope Foods
Bill Watson
Corn Belt Hatcheries
State of Arkansas
Proving Ground
Oakhaven
Particle
Tennessee Forging Steel Company
Permaneer Corporation
City Meeting Demands of New Development
Hope shows record growth in 1971 with residential and commercial permits totaling nearly 1.46 million and industrial activity over four million. Planned plant expansions and new electrical and water lines support ongoing growth, including Kroger and TG Y projects, North Industrial Site advances, and interstate access improvements.
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Hope
Howard's Discount Center
Kroger Company
Tg&y Willls
Oakhaven
Meyers Bakery
Kustom Kraft
Kroger
Highway 4
Shower Springs
Old City
Air Raids Saved Forces Against Communism
Nixon ordered five days of heavy U S bombing against North Vietnam to bolster anti Communist forces in Indochina and protect American troops. The campaign aimed to cut Ho Chi Minh trail supply lines and deter North Vietnamese boldness along Laos border while signaling U S resolve to Hanoi and allied leaders.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Nixon
U.S
North Vietnnnam
Vietnam
Indochina
United States
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Is Found Shot to Death in Hollywood Hills
Hollywood police report actor Peter Duel the Alias Smith and Jones costar was found dead at his Hollywood Hills home from a head wound. Detectives call the death a possible homicide. The Rochester native also appeared on Combat The Fugitive The Bold Ones and Name of the Game. He studied at St Lawrence University and the American Theater Wing before acting in Hollywood. His Alias Smith and Jones co star is Ben Murphy.
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Hollywood
Peter Duel
Smith and Jones
Hollywood Hills
Duel
Rochester
N.Y
St. Lawrence University
American Theater Wing
New York City
Hannibal Hayes
Israel Sees U.S. to Resume Phantom Jets Deliveries
Premier Golda Meir voiced strong belief that the United States would restart Phantom jet deliveries to Israel after reports from Washington. She cited a renewed U.S. offer following January talks, noting the Phantom as the Israeli air force workhorse amid Middle East tensions with Jordan and Egypt.
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Associated Press
Golda Meir
United States
Israel
Middle East
Jordan
Egypt
Washington
New York Times
Newsprint Price Increases Approved Across Sectors
Washington AP report notes the Price Commission approved 382 price rises affecting machinery, food and newsprint with 11 denials. Massey Ferguson and Crown Zellerbach led with gains around 4.8 and 5.16 percent while Beatrice Foods asked for 2 percent. Springdale, Ark. John Lee Goss, 46, died from injuries after a one vehicle crash near Hindsville on a county road.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Commission
Massey-Ferguson Inc
Arizona Inc
Pfeiffer’s Foods Inc
Crown Zellerbach Corp
Beatrice Foods Co
Springdale
Ark
John Lee Goss
Hindsville
Guss
Phase 2 ends. long term wage price controls debated
Retiring AEC chairman Paul W. McCracken says government control will be needed long after Phase 2 and likely through the 1972 election. He suggests Phase 3 may involve official supervision to keep costs and prices from rising as the economy cools, returning to academia thereafter. Price Commission orders rent increases delayed. Meany warns Pay Board will stall if its policy allows automatic challenges to raises over 7 percent. Donald Rumsfeld calls for limited approval of a 12 percent first year wage rise for 11,000 North American Rockwell aerospace workers.
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Robert L. Campbell
Associated Press
Washington
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
Nixon
University of Michigan
Herbert Stein
The
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Chicago
Rockwell Corp. Aerospace
Cease-fire starts in South Vietnam amid renewed air raids
U S and South Vietnamese forces join Viet Cong in a 24 hour cease fire in South Vietnam while American air forces continue raids on supply routes in Laos. U S B 52 bombers and fighters attack near Mu Gia Ban Raving and Ban Karai passes as pilots report multiple aircraft losses and pilots missing or captured. North Vietnam claims nineteen American aircraft shot down and CIA Air America plane goes missing in Laos.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Mu Gia
Ban Raving
Ban Karai
Ho Chi Minh Trail
James D’entremont
Vinh
Hanoi
Alge
U.S. Command
Air Force
Thanh Hoa
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Air America
Vientiane
Sayaboury
CIA
Subsidies Designed to End Surpluses
Washington plans to push 1972 farm subsidies to a record high to curb surpluses and farm income worries. Total costs could exceed 4 billion, with next year’s wheat plan adding 200 million+. Surpluses stem from record wheat and feed grain crops this year, requiring land retirement and higher costs. Cotton and corn outlays remain near 1971 levels.
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Don Kendall
Associated Press
Washington
National Association of Wheat Growers
Farm Belt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Office of Management and Budget
White House
All Around Town Dance and local notices in Hope
There will be a dance at Hope at City Park Youth Center on Friday December 31 from 7 30 p m to 11 p m admission 25c stag 35c per couple. Dr Robert Abernathy of UAMC will visit Hope January 4 to meet local doctors as part of the Continuing Education Program for Physicians funded by AR Medical. Mrs Effie McCulley broke her hip Wednesday, underwent surgery Thursday at Branch General Hospital. John Stark retired December 2 and plans a turkey season paper photo. Bob Ellen of Albany Ga, formerly Hope, recovering after surgery in Monroe La. Mack May of Midland Michigan, son of Mr and Mrs E N May, recently bought eggs in a Hope store and joked beat eggs ever. Supt James H Jones announced Hope Public Schools will resume regular schedule Monday January 3.
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Hope
City Park Youth Center
Robert Abernathy
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Abernathy
UAMC
Arkansas Regional Medical Program
Effie McCulley
Branch General Hospital
Mack May
E.N. May
National Tank Co
Midland
Michigan
Mack
Supt
James H. Jones
All Hope Public Schools
Plead Innocent In Girl's Death
Three Oklahoma men Ronnie Burt 27 David Lee Fout 22 and Kenneth Ray Hix 24 all from Muldrow were arraigned in Fort Smith Circuit Court on involuntary manslaughter charges tied to Lavaca High School cheerleader Mary Dotson 16. Police said the girl died at a Fort Smith motel party Christmas Eve and the men allegedly moved her body across the state line then hid it near Muldrow before confessing to authorities. Autopsy results were expected next week.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Oklahoma
Lavaca
Mary Dotson
Ronnie Burt
David Lee Fout
Kenneth Ray Hixon
Muldrow
Ohia
Fort Smith
Camden Housing Plan Approved by HUD Recertified Workable Program
Washington AP reports Representative David Pryor says HUD recertified Camden's workable community improvement program, clearing the way for federal urban renewal aid and federally insured programs. The certification marks a prerequisite step enabling federal support for Camden redevelopment efforts.
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Washington
David Pryor
D-Ark
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Camden
HUD
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Atlantic
Southeast Asia
Soviet Russia
Plain of Jars
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
World Organization
Burma
U Thant
Waldheim
Slim Lee
John Stark
Bob Ellen
Albany, Ga
Monroe
Camden Housing Plan
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