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The editor Alex H Washburn offers a concise piece on Our Daily Bread outlining its themes and reflective observations about daily life and human behavior through a pastoral lens.
01 Jan 1973
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1973
Page
1
The editor Alex H Washburn offers a concise piece on Our Daily Bread outlining its themes and reflective observations about daily life and human behavior through a pastoral lens.
The year 1972 brought a notable US and global upturn in business and a setback with Vietnam peace delays. With Hanoi engaging in talks, a peace contract seems increasingly possible, while Europe critiques US policy. Britain exits key Pacific bases, urging the US to uphold Pacific defenses and avoid a power vacuum as talks with North Vietnam resume.
The Hope Star office will close at noon today January 1 and resume regular hours on Tuesday January 2.
The United States expands its bombing pause above the 20th parallel to include all of North Vietnam in a 24 hour ceasefire tied to Paris peace talks resuming Jan 8. Viet Cong cease fire ends as U S officials report South Vietnamese violations and ongoing clashes in Quang Tri and Tay Ninh. Prisoners from the U S air crews are named with home states varied.
A four-engine DC7 cargo plane carrying Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente and four others crashed near San Juan Puerto Rico while delivering relief to Nicaragua earthquake survivors. No survivors were found after Coast Guard searches. Clemente, 38, led Puerto Rico relief efforts and had a storied career with 3,000 hits.
An extra copilot on Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 may be the final eyewitness to the cockpit events before the L1011 crashed in the Everglades swamp near Miami, killing at least 97 aboard. First Officer Warren Terry, 38, survived with injuries and was hospitalized in unknown condition, while investigators seek clues from voice tapes and radar data.
Effective today January 1 1973 The Star ends the 52 week 35 cent weekly rate discount for yearly carrier delivered subscriptions. The annual rate payable at the office remains the same as the weekly total 52 times 40 cents equals $20.80 and applies to all subscribers.
In Belfast and across Northern Ireland and nearby areas gunfire and bombings mark the last day of 1972. A Catholic baker was found shot in his car in Belfast and attacks target Catholic districts Ardoyne and New Lodge as the IRA vows worse violence. A Newton Butler garage bomb and multiple gasoline bombs hit a Catholic home in Bangor with no serious casualties. Four wounded when gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Catholics.
Mrs Richard Nixon and John Wayne head the 80th annual Tournament of Roses Parade crowd expected to exceed one million in person and 300 million on television. Wayne is grand marshal while Mrs Nixon rides with USC President John Hubbard as the floats bloom amid a heat wave forcing extra chrysanthemums from Florida.
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