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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1973
Page
6
The author recounts a quiet scene where nine Canada Geese defer to three Emden geese and a White-Fronted Goose at the feed trough. A warlike display is avoided as the old gander uses a peaceable bluff, ensuring the Canadas take the corn without a fight. The column also notes CBS sold the Yankees for 10 million, with mixed outcomes.
Communist forces pressed a new winter spring campaign into a third day with nearly 100 attacks across South Vietnam. The Saigon command logged 97 hostile actions in 24 hours, mostly rockets and mortars, with Mekong Delta villages and district towns bearing the brunt. Government losses were four killed and 23 wounded, while U.S. forces reported one helicopter crewman slightly wounded south of Da Nang as aerial reconnaissance continues above the 20th parallel and heavy B52 strikes hit North Vietnam's southern panhandle.
Senate Democrats signaled to President Nixon that an all-out drive to cut off Vietnam war funds will begin unless Paris peace talks yield a settlement by January 20. The 36 to 12 vote followed a Kennedy proposal to cut off funds immediately. Senator Fulbright vowed quick action if no agreement by inauguration day.
Senator John L. McClellan introduced ten bills covering criminal code reform environmental cooperation rural revitalization and infrastructure including Arkansas water protections a highway bridge over Lake Norfolk and a feasibility study for a north south interstate through Arkansas. He noted earlier bills stalled due to end‑of‑session pressure and that some were folded into prior omnibus measures with vetoed components.
The attorney general's office said Alpena may dispose of land acquired by eminent domain if not needed for public use, per a state Supreme Court ruling. The town had used the land for streets a water plant a ball park and a parking lot and now plans to sell three 150 foot square tracts for private enterprise.
The Nixon administration plans a bill for mandatory death for cold blooded premeditated crimes while Senator McClellan proposes juries decide guilt and punishment separately. A Senate subcommittee includes Kennedy and Hart with Birch Bayh wary of justice errors. Eastland and Hutchinson favor strong penalties though mixed views remain. Attorney General Kleindienst also notes sources should be protected most of the time.
A Pentagon summary lists 299 Americans killed in Vietnam in 1972, the lowest annual toll in eight years. It details total US combat deaths by year, notes peak losses in 1968 during the Tet Offensive, and provides enemy casualty estimates and allied losses through 1972.
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