22 Feb 1973
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1973
Page
1
A compact notice announces Our Daily iSread by editor Alex H. Washburn and Slicad Thin. The brief item identifies the contributor and the publication byline with minimal context.
McGehee voters approved a city auto tag measure 349 to 255 in a special election to fund street construction and hard surfacing. Officials expect about 10,000 a year from tags starting July 1, with Hope noted as having worse streets and no tag plan in place.
In Hanoi Kissinger says reconstruction aid to North Vietnam is not a ransom but a long term investment to ward peace in Indochina. He emphasizes normalizing relations and enabling constructive talks with other nations, while noting Congress holds fate of postwar recommendations. The Hanoi Washington Economic Commission focus is on economics, not a general aid clearinghouse.
The United States and China announce official liaison offices in Washington and Peking to speed normalization and expand trade. offices will have full diplomatic privileges but not imply formal diplomatic relations. Kissinger says they will handle economic and other matters except formal diplomacy. Also notes about prisoner releases, Taiwan, and talks on American claims against China.
Winthrop Rockefeller former Arkansas governor and brother of Nelson Rockefeller died at Desert Hospital Palm Springs California at age 60 He had been admitted a week earlier for a chest ailment and doctors cited an illness possibly linked to previous back cyst surgery His career included Arkansas reforms and two gubernatorial terms ending after a failed bid for a third term He married three times and served in World War II and the Army during World War II with later health battles outlined in the report
Dwight Arnold Camp of Fordyce and Er nest Speed, an escapee from Georgia, were charged with armed robbery in the Laneburg post office general store raid. Arrested near Canfield after a high speed chase, they allegedly netted about 850 dollars in cash 350 dollars in stamps and a money order machine. items recovered except for a billfold. Arraignment slated. bond not set.
Circuit Court Judge Warren E. Wood ruled that a reporter may inspect the corporation index file cards in the secretary of state's storage trays, subject to a deputy watching. The Arkansas Gazette's Tucker Steinmetz challenged access to whole trays, urging one at a time viewing was too slow.
Army Capt. Johnnie Ray and his wife Dorothy rededicated their marriage after his return from a Viet Cong prison camp. Ray, 25, from Pauls Valley Oklahoma, was listed missing in action when his unit was overrun April 8, 1972 in Tay Ninh province, South Vietnam. He was flown to Brooke Army Medical Center to be reunited with his family and their three children.
North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces seized Paksong and Muong Phalane in southern Laos after a noon cease-fire, with government troops retreating toward the Mekong River. Heavy shelling and ground attacks hit along the Plain of Jars while U.S. air raids remained suspended amid reported violations.
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