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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1971
Page
5
Americans hold many loyalties yet must place the United States first. The piece condemns American Jewish protests against Russian actions toward Jewish suspects and argues such actions threaten unity and loyalty to the homeland. It frames tensions between Jewish solidarity and patriotic duty, warning against foreign loyalties overpowering national interests.
The Associated Press reports light rain and drizzle across Arkansas tonight and Wednesday with extensive cloud cover. Fog was widespread this morning and hazardous driving warnings were issued as temperatures rose into the 50s to 70s before cooling later in the week. Continuous updates show varied highs from the northwest to southeast with overnight lows from 20 to around 40 and rainfall traces recorded in several cities.
Harrisburg Ark AP Billy Harmon 30 of Trumann held in Poinsett County jail Monday after arrest in a Trumann tavern Saturday He escaped from Trumann city jail last September while held on burglary and grand larceny charges
The Supreme Court ruled 6 3 that New York may suspend welfare payments to mothers who refuse home visits by case workers. Justice Blackmun said such visits are administrative tools, not searches, upholding AFDC administration. Dissenters Douglas Brennan and Marshall argued for home privacy protections. The case centered on Mrs Barbara James who blocked a home visit and had aid suspended.
Sen Richard Russell entered Walter Reed for a respiratory ailment on December 8. An aide said he showed a setback as infection returned to parts of the lower respiratory tract after doctors had believed antibiotics cleared it. The 73 year old Georgia Democrat is dean and president pro tempore of the Senate and has long suffered from emphysema.
Lt William L Calley Jr is described by Paul David Meadle as a man doing his duty during the My Lai massacre testimony Meadle admits he followed orders to kill unresisting villagers during the March 16 1968 sweep in Vietnam Meadle says he was emotionally upset but felt bound to obey the platoon leader
New York AP humorist HAL BOYLE notes hypochondriacs fear winter brings dull illness and lists creative maladies tied to cold and storms. He jokes that snow, darkness, winds, and solitude trigger fears like chronophobia, dipsophobia, hematophobia, nyctophobia, and monophobia among others.
AP reports Nixon offers new depreciation allowance regulations expected to yield a 2.7 billion tax cut for businesses with no need for congressional action. Also noted are concerns over misuse of federal funds for impoverished Indian education, a Supreme Court abortion law case, rising teen smoking, Bethlehem Steel price hikes, and a Moscow protest over Soviet anti American actions.
In Amman a joint cease-fire order was issued by King Hussein’s government and the Palestine guerrilla command after five days of fighting. Premier Wasfi Tell and PLO central committee member Ibrahim Bakr signed the statement urging Jordanians and Palestinians to resume normal work. A Damascus broadcast claimed Jordanian tanks and helicopters attacked guerrilla bases in northern Jordan, while sources said fighting continued daily.
Arkansas lawmakers introduced identical bills in the House and Senate to forbid parole for convicts whose death sentences were commuted by the governor. The move comes after Gov Rockefeller's commutations of 15 inmates, with two later reduced to 48 years and potentially eligible for parole as early as 1976.
Hope City Police investigated two wrecks yesterday and filed charges against four drivers. At Walnut and Ave B the Wolfe and McKee drivers faced license transfer and yield of right-of-way charges. On Highway 67 near Meyers Bakery Cox and Brown, both of Hope, were cited for no license, expired license, and failing to yield.
In Little Rock AP reports a federal trial date of February 24 was set in a lawsuit claiming Pulaski County Jail conditions amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Five Black inmates awaiting trial filed the suit on September 30 alleging overcrowded, unsanitary, and dangerous cells. An isolation cell was banned for teens and federal prisoners after a prior October 22 hearing by Judge G Thomas Risele.
Arkansas lawmakers gave a guarded reception to Governor Bumpers proposal for a broad government reorganization. Senators said they like the idea but have not yet studied the bill, with Sen Olen Hendrix predicting eventual passage possibly in amended form.
WR Sees Era of Excellence as Gov Winthrop Rockefeller bids farewell to the Arkansas Legislature in a joint session. He says the cornerstone for an Era of Excellence has been laid and Arkansas is constructively a different state. Rockefeller, two-term Republican governor, relinquished office to Democrat Dale Bump ers who won the general election. The report notes his historic tenure and outlines local notices about school closures, a church singing convention, and DeGray Reservoir stocking fish.
Bethlehem Steel announced price increases of 80 to 85 cents per hundredweight on piling structural shapes and carbon plates used in ship construction. The rise, about 11 to 13 percent, takes effect February 16 and March 1, ending a year long price-change guarantee offered to steel buyers. Other major producers would not comment beyond noting the increases are under study. A White House economist said the council is reviewing the action.
U S command reports a second protective reaction air strike inside North Vietnam last Friday. An American Shrike missile missed a SAM site at the coast and landed at sea after radar tracked an unarmed Navy recon jet. the strike, 110 miles north of the DMZ, is deemed an act of self defence. Other reports note two Shrike firings at a Mu Gia pass SAM site with no confirmed hits, plus ground fighting in South Vietnam and Cambodia as Marines repulse Viet Cong attacks and Vietnamese Marines move toward Highway 4 near Phnom Penh. Adm. Moorer then visited Phnom Penh for briefings.
The President recalls his proudest administration achievement and topics covered in an hour long talk with four newsmen. A five part People and Places Quiz appears on Page 4 with answers on Page 3, part of Living Textbook Program sponsored by Ladies Specialty Shop and Hope Star.
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