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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1972
Page
3
AP reports in Dacca that Bangladesh forces clash with pockets of Pakistani troops sheltered by about 250,000 Biharis in Mirpur. Casualties exceed 100 after five days, with at least 46 Biharis killed and foreign reporters counting 22 buried during visits.
Top aides to Howard Hughes may face subpoenas as investigators seek the whereabouts of Hughes during years when Clifford Irving says they worked on an autobiography. John Meier, a former Hughes adviser, reportedly received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury. Irving claims he met Hughes over 100 times across the Western Hemisphere and handed over royalty checks totaling 325000 dollars. He also said he gave a third 325000 dollar check to a Hughes associate named George Gordon Holmes. Authorities built a photo dossier of Hughes aides and may question Irving to identify Holmes. Hughes calls the biography a fraud.
Dr. Roger Bost outlined a proposal to use the Booneville Tuberculosis Sanatorium as an intermediate step for mentally retarded adults before returning to community living. Gov. Bumpers administration would present the plan to a special session, with parents to train at Booneville, and a broader community-based program to follow. The Arkansas Legislative Council endorsed the idea in principle and asked for a detailed proposal for budget review.
The Democratic State Committee approved splitting Arkansas 75 counties into 22 districts for national convention delegates. If chosen by popular vote, each district would yield one delegate. if via state convention, districts could be ignored. Bill Penix headed the plan, which passed with one dissent from Independence County.
Two Arkansas players were drafted in the third round. Bill McClard, NCAA career scoring leader for kicking, went to the San Diego Chargers. Bill Phillips, linebacker from Arkansas State, was drafted by Denver. McClard earlier joined former Razorback Chuck Discus, a Chargers pick last year. The piece mentions a 60 yard field goal record and unrelated notes about a sanatorium program with costs and timelines.
A Sindlinger poll of 1,989 adults shows 50.6 percent would vote for Nixon now, with 16.7 percent opposed and 24.9 percent undecided. Against a full field, Nixon leads Muskie 13.9 percent, Humphrey 7.1, Kennedy 7, Wallace 2.4, Lindsay 2.4, and others under 1.0. Kennedy plans to withdraw from Wisconsin primary ballot.
A summit of baby doctors and two federal agencies was called to discuss staph infections in at least 20 hospital nurseries after a government warning against hexachlorophene bathing. Data from the NCDC will be presented, outlining outbreaks since Jan. 19.
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