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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1970
Page
2
Rep David Pryor a Democrat from Arkansas lauded the tax reform measure calling it one of the most comprehensive tax revisions in 56 years since the federal income tax was established. He framed the bill as a major step in simplifying and modernizing the tax system.
An advertisement touts a grapefruit diet claimed to drop weight in ten days with no hunger. It promises meals including steak and bacon while claiming high weight loss and features a $2 study copy offer and a money back guarantee.
Arkansas high court reports a 809 no and 825 favorable vote on unification, noting scant chance of success and broad lawyer opposition. It grants extra oral argument time in Sheriff Hawkins tax case, cites poor bookkeeping, and imposes stricter rules for extensions, requiring written motions with eight copies and warnings for late filings.
Washington AP The Supreme Court refused to hear Hyman AB Weiner a Cleveland contractor challenging the Nixon administration Philadelphia Plan for opening construction jobs to Black workers He claimed reverse discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 He lost a heating ventilating job at Cuyahoga Community College for not submitting a Manning table aiming 20 percent minority hires The plan sets goals for minority employment on federal contracts in Philadelphia and beyond
Reverend Gerald Trussell and Dr A Whitlow officiated at services for Gary Miller of Bodcaw with pallbearers Ned Ray Purtle Sr and Jr Mack Stuart Cecil Bittle Millman Keen and Frank Horton. Survivors include Hilton of Morgan City La and Leon Hilton of Watsonville California two daughters Ima Jean Lindsey Spring Hill La and Gertrude Lehman Camden one brother D A Hilton Kerrsville Texas arrangements by Herndon. Funeral services for Gary Miller were held Sunday in Hope, by Smith Funeral Home of Stamps, as a son of Mary Cochran of Hope.
The Arkansas Supreme Court and related circuits issue affirmed reversed and dismissed rulings in multiple cases from Benton Phillips Pope Washington Crawford Ashley Craighead and Hot Spring circuits. Rehearing extensions writs of certiorari and stay motions are noted with per curiam opinions and orders.
Texas billionaire H Ross Perot offered to buy the freedom of U S prisoners held by North Vietnam in a $100 million deal similar to a Bay of Pigs exchange. He would provide to run POW camps and supply aid to North Vietnamese civilians until release. He noted no response yet and said he could raise the funds.
A federal indictment charges Nathan Vos, Julie Sweig, and others linked to House Speaker McCormack's office with conspiracy and influence peddling. The defendants, including Sweig and Vos, face charges arising from alleged efforts to wield influence in government matters. The case marks a notable legal challenge surrounding senior staff at the Speaker's office.
H Rap Brown, charged with arson and riot from 1967 Dorchester County disorders, loses appeal to move trial from Dorchester to Harford County. Dorchester officials argued safety concerns. Kunstler cites bias. Harford has 8.4 percent black residents, Dorchester 30.4 percent. Brown’s trial set for March 2 in Harford County.
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on whether states may forbid Communist Party candidates from running for office and on the constitutionality of the 1954 Communist Centre Act, with arguments over rights to trial in counties with high black populations.
A 1970 report notes Congress viewing the party as a menace and urging outlaw status. Minnesota courts previously required ballot access for Communist candidates in 1968, while the Supreme Court appeal on First Amendment grounds awaits a spring hearing and June decision. The octopus segment describes the creature as shy and evasive rather than deadly to swimmers.
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