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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1970
Page
8
In St Louis Arkansas A M will play Southern University of Louisiana on October 10 at Busch Stadium. Proceeds from the game will aid the Urban League. Other fall games at the stadium include Parsons College Tennessee State on November 21 and Missouri versus Baylor on Sept 11 and Air Force on Sept 26.
Police say Richard Leroy Hardester twenty of North Little Rock faces charges in the shooting death of his wife Patty Sue Hardester twenty near a Cantrell Road drive-in in Little Rock. Mrs. Hardester died from the gunshot wound though another vehicle accident occurred en route to the hospital.
The Rev. R. J. Hampton, candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, announced he would appeal to both black and white voters. He urged an open debate with Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and spoke to about 50 people, mostly African Americans, after resigning as president of Shorter College.
Arkansas voters heard from gubernatorial candidates at multiple Fourth of July picnics including Harrison Portia Picnic in Newport area towns. Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and former Gov. Orval Faubus drew large crowds while other Democrats and Republicans pitched plans to address state finances crime and parks.
Electric power was restored to most of the state Capitol and Justice Building, with outages lingering in basement circuits and a small first floor section. One man was killed and four injured in last Wednesday's explosion. Elevators were out in parts of both buildings and air conditioning was affected. full service restoration time was not announced.
National vice chairman of the Young Americans for Freedom Michael Thompson praised President Nixon for the Cambodia troop move at a Victory in Vietnam rally in Jacksonville Arkansas. He said the decision could be a turning point in U S involvement in Southeast Asia and questioned supporting Israel but not Cambodia.
Eastern Orthodox churches in the United States move toward a unified self governing church. Archbishop Iakovos of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas pushes for independent status amid inter church tensions and rivalries with Moscow. Athenagoras I voices concern about unilateral moves and a Pan Orthodox Congress may authorize a provisional governing synod for all American Orthodoxy.
New York City Housing Authority asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for guidance on tenant relations and vandalism. She urged prompt repairs, pride in buildings, informal tenant meetings, and orientation programs as key deterrents.
Arkansas Power & Light officials said they have taken precautions to avoid a power failure with the heavy summer load. President Reeves Ritchie stated the utility can supply all needed power barring unusual emergencies such as equipment failures or fuel interruptions. Demand reached 2,282,000 kilowatts Thursday, up 106,000 from 1969’s peak of 2,176,000.
Don Phillips of Arkadelphia new 617 district governor of Rotary International will visit the Hope Rotary Club July 10. He is Rexall Drug owner, former Arkadelphia club president, civic leader, and pharmacy board veteran with four daughters.
London Ontario AP reports R H Sikes of Springdale Arkansas won 789 dollars after a 294 total on Sunday in the Canadian Open Golf Tournament, part of a 125000 dollar purse.
Sen. J. W. Fulbright says Vice President Spiro Agnew’s rhetoric echoes McCarthyism and wields power to intimidate. He calls Agnew’s criticisms of Harriman and Vance disgraceful from a leader without comparable stature. The exchange followed Agnew clashing with Bernard Segal over campus unrest remarks. Abraham Lincoln dreamed of his assassination weeks before his death.
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