01 Feb 1973
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1973
Page
1
A brief column by editor Alex H. Washburn surveys daily bread topics and offers concise reflections. Washburn weighs practical religious lessons for readers, blending moral guidance with accessible commentary on contemporary life.
Letter from MRS LYLE JONES 510 Peach St Hope Ark 1973 complains streets in Hope Ark are rough due to lack of street funds. Explains municipal finances tied to water and electric utilities W and L, state grants, and local taxes. editor discusses constitutional reforms and potential state aid changes likely to affect street funding.
President Nixon publicly acknowledged that American Downey, captured in China decades ago, was a CIA agent. Officials say the admission was not a trade for Downey’s release, though Nixon noted a potential positive effect on relations if he is freed. He urged quiet diplomacy rather than public pressure.
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr challenges President Nixon's right to impound appropriations, saying no constitutional basis exists to block Congress from funding. Nixon maintains the power is clear when spending would raise prices or taxes, as hearings probe a bill to require congressional concurrence after 60 days.
The Pentagon said North Vietnam would deliver today the missing list of U.S. prisoners of war held in Laos. Spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim said the list would go to U.S. diplomats in Paris and then to Washington for transmission.
The Holt family in Hope learns MSgt James W Holt is not on the latest POW list released by North Vietnam. His sister Mrs. Thomas Guilliams remains hopeful, saying the list is not final. Holt, a Green Beret medic, was listed missing in action after Lang Vei near the Laotian border was overrun in February 1968.
President Nixon announced a spring meeting with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu at the Western White House to discuss Indochina reconstruction and postwar relations. Kissinger will visit Hanoi February 10 to 13 as part of efforts to secure peace and outline U S reconstruction plans worth about 7.5 billion dollars.
The Arkansas Senate approved Gov. Dale Bumpers education package, including community college enabling legislation with voter-approved millage up to 10, and a statewide kindergarten program plus free textbooks for upper grades. House action also passed a repeal of segregation laws and related measures, while the general appropriation bill moved forward with an 82 to 0 vote for $4.4 million and $4.5 million across the two years.
A U.S. Army officer claimed three American prisoners were freed, flown to Saigon, and treated at a Saigon hospital, but U.S. Command and other officials denied substantiation after checking all sources within the prisoner recovery system under the Paris peace agreement.
U S helicopters evacuated Lt Gen Tran Van Tra and 28 Viet Cong from Loc Ninh to Tan Son Nhut to join a four way cease fire commission. Tra, 55, deputy COSVN commander, may hold key to POW releases as peace talks proceed. cease fire violations continued to fall though fighting persists in northern provinces.
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