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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1972
Page
3
The Rt. Rev. Christoph Keller Jr bishop of Arkansas will pay an official visit to St. Mark's Episcopal Church Sunday evening January 16 at 7 00. He will preach and celebrate Baptism Confirmation and the Eucharist. The community is invited to hear him and enjoy the service. A pot luck supper will follow in the Parish Hall.
Apollo flights solved many moon riddles yet scientists at the Lunar Science Conference in Houston still debate core questions. More than 700 scientists from 18 nations attend as Dr Thomas Gold of Cornell calls the moon a dead body while Dr Gary Latham of Columbia counters with cautious optimism about possible volcanic evidence.
Two Arkansans Jerry Wayne Pemberton and Patricia Ann Balding were jailed without bond after a Roswell shooting that killed Bobby Lee Bickford and left Larry Ewin critically wounded. Police say the victims and suspects are from Leachville, Benton and Cabot, with authorities reporting a possible firearm battle along Hermes Canal and subsequent hospital treatment.
LITTLE ROCK AP The author of a bill for popular election of 80 percent of Democratic National Convention delegates says runoffs were intended if no candidate won a majority. Rep Ode Maddox notes the 1971 act 347 implied a runoff for the two leading candidates, despite party rules. A court review tests whether the 1971 legislature meant runoffs and could force changes or a special session. The June 27 election date and July 11 runoff deadline frame the dispute.
Gov. Dale Bumpers heard protests from about 20 residents and officials from Greene, Clay and Randolph counties over a Four States Telephone rate increase. Critics cited a 100 percent bill rise while noting circuit court rulings and the PSC contingent award. Bumpers suggested the time to appeal Wood’s decision may have passed.
Members of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association and Bar Association officials urged Gov. Dale Bumpers to reject no fault automobile insurance. Henry Woods argued the plan may be unconstitutional and would raise rates while diminishing personal responsibility. The governor voiced openness but aimed to study the idea while preserving court access for just compensation.
New York AP essay by Hal Boyle reflects on winter blues and the need for daydreams to stay sane. It muses on whimsical fantasies from Bali beach life to taming a Transylvanian werewolf and other odd imaginings, concluding that dreams keep people from despair as matter shifts through solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
The Associated Press reports two of Florida’s 12 Democratic presidential hopefuls campaigned in the state. Hubert Humphrey planned events in St. Petersburg, Vance Hartke arrived in Miami, and others weighed ballot status as March primary plans unfold.
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