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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1969
Page
1
A 1969 letter recalls Windber era fire engines, horse power, and hay methods. The writer compares baled versus loose hay, cites weather, and recounts family farm economics and labor-saving equipment views from 1900s northeastern Pennsylvania.
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller appointed Whitey Tyler, unsuccessful Republican auditor candidate last year, to a six year term on the state Commerce Commission. The move expands state regulatory leadership as party balance remains a focal point.
About 600 people attended the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet last night. Bob Murphey of Nacogdoches Texas spoke, Rev. Gerald Trussel gave the invocation, and incoming president George Frazier outlined plans for the year. The First Baptist Church quartet provided special music.
In Chicago Indiana Bruce Jones 51 of Hammorst fell 40 feet while repairing a crane at Inland Steel Co. He was a foreman for an onworks company. The accident occurred Thursday and authorities are investigating the causes of the fatal fall.
AP News reports Arkansas Power and Light starts foundation excavation for its nuclear plant near Russellville on the Dardanelle Reservoir. The work includes a cylindrical containment building an auxiliary equipment and fuel handling building and a turbine room. Excavation of the site and about one mile of access road should wrap by late February per project manager Harlan Holmes.
UTTLE ROCK AP The executive director Glenn G Zimmermann warned that three General Assembly measures show lawmakers do not grasp city problems. He cited a bill to require local voter approval for annexations, a bill to compel all municipalities to provide workers compensation coverage, and a Senate proposal to shorten firefighters work weeks. The annexation bill could curb urban growth and hinder competition for new industries. The workers compensation bill was defeated in the House last week but passed on reconsideration to the Senate.
Police investigated two incidents yesterday at the shopping center. Calvin Cooper and Etta Lee Martin collided with minor damage while a parked Gar yland Smith car was struck by an L 2A train at Second St crossing causing about 300 dollars in damage. No charges were filed. Officers Milam Long Ward Johnson reported the details.
Rep. Paul Meers of Little Rock says he will oppose a resolution denouncing the Arkansas Peace Information Center in Little Rock as a Communist front. The measure, by Rep. Boyce Alford, asks the House Un-American Activities Committee to probe the center which offers draft counseling for youths. Meers defends young dissent and votes against the resolution.
The Arkansas Education Association and the Arkansas Teachers Association voted to raise dues to 9 third of one percent of the average classroom teacher salary for the second preceding year as certified by the State Education Department. The dues were previously a flat $10 annually. The election was held last week and results announced Thursday.
Philander Smith College students staged a library sit-in in Little Rock to press for greater student influence in college affairs. With president Ernest T. Dixon unavailable, students complained of harsh treatment and sought several concessions peers hoped to have signed.
Arkansas House Public Welfare Committee recommended against passage of a bill requiring trading stamp firms to value stamps and redeem them for cash. A supermarket executive warned the move would wreck the trading stamp business by raising checkout costs. Rep. Harry Carter warned of overwhelming mail from housewives if the bill reached the floor.
The Soviet leadership sent a key message to President Nasser regarding the Middle East crisis via Leonid Brezhnev. Alexander Shelepik delivered the message in Cairo and discussed its contents with Nasser. Al Ahram noted the content was not disclosed and linked Washington policy shifts to Arab-Israeli tensions.
President Nixon asked Defense Secretary Laird to form a commission to craft a plan to end the draft. The move ties to his crime policy push for Washington and a broader vow to shift toward an all volunteer armed force after Vietnam costs.
The Piggott Banner will discontinue in its 76th year after owners Clifford Cole Harold Jinks and former Gov Orval E Fawns announced the weekly edition would cease due to financial problems and other business interests.
By RICHARD E. MEYER CORONADO CALIF The court of Inquiry examines Cmdr Lloyd Bucher authority over Pueblo intelligence operations as Lt Stephen Harris testifies Harris led Pueblo intelligence work and Bucher sought to destroy material seized by North Koreans The five admirals preside during a recess to rest Bucher testified last week about his control and the Pacific Fleet commander designated control of research spaces to Harris and Bucher says he retained overall command
Hempstead County Rescue Unit will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday February 4 at the W O W hall. All members and interested persons urged to attend to hear guest speaker Mrs Cecile Chiddix from Atlanta Georgia disaster representative of the American Red Cross.
Millwood Reservoir reports good catfish on trotlines with two 12 to 13 pounders noted amid generally small catches. Elevation stands at 257.20 feet as water rises and discharge runs 4500 cfs. About 10,000 visitors recorded at the lake this week. Six Hope students adorn Henderson State College fall honor roll with GPA 3.5+: Phillip Ballard, Alan Clark, Shelia Hatsell, Leland Lavnder, Charles Stone, Marie McCarthy. Mrs Earnestine Davis thanks helpers after her home fire. L.L. Honeycutt pictured linked to Hope news, injured but recovering after slate incident. Texarkana events include Joseph Fenimore concert February 11 at First Baptist Church gratis. Texarkana connections include Mrs Bob Shaddox’s life membership pin from Fairview PTA. Get-together for unaccompanied servicemen spouses set February 7 at 7:30 p.m. at 504 N Elm St. babysitting provided. attendees urged to bring children and call 777-6875 for transport.
American air cavalrymen uncovered a vast North Vietnamese base 53 miles northwest of Saigon in War Zone C. The site, possibly the largest uncovered, could house 750 to 1,000 bunkers and 5,000 troops, with a hospital dining halls and a command post. Intelligence deemed it a logistical supply center supporting winter spring offensives.
Winter heaped weather woes across the nation with a Pacific Northwest storm bringing wind whipped snow and freezing temperatures. Flooding rains eased in Indiana and Arkansas as other regions saw fog slow travel from New York to the Middle Atlantic.
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