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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1972
Page
1
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday shows a high of 91 and a low of 64. State forecast calls for partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions through Thursday with widely scattered thundershowers today and tonight, becoming more numerous Thursday. Highs today in the 90s, lows tonight upper 60s to low 70s, highs Thursday in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
At the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach Rep. Bella Abzug accuses actress Shirley MacLaine of stealing a quest for more women delegates from South Carolina. MacLaine cites McGovern supporters switching votes to avoid a parliamentary test. MacLaine tells Abzug to back McGovern, while Abzug dismisses Gary Hart as a "kid."
Miami Beach reports show 1500 counterculture demonstrators at Flamingo Park largely uninterested in McGovern's convention win. Protesters voiced mixed hopes and fears while many partook in pot, swimming, and casual revelry, with some worrying over abortion, amnesty, and drug laws.
Miami Beach AP reports a proposal to rebuild the Democratic Party around 1972 convention reforms faces strong defeats. Opposed by organized labor and party insiders amid apathy, it may not reach a floor vote as California credential fights and McGovern momentum dominate.
Cubans marched for freedom to fight and demand a free hand to buy guns while Vietnam veterans and farm workers protested against state and federal actions outside Convention Hall. Society groups and SDS staged demonstrations near the Democratic National Convention perimeter with police keeping order as crowds moved.
Recognition of participants in the Southwest Arkansas Development Council emergency food and medical program stood as the main item at the 3rd Annual Food Fair held Friday and Saturday at Fair Park Coliseum. Seven counties Hempstead Nevada LaFayette Miller Howard Sevier and Little River displayed farm products while the program purchased over $26 000 in seeds and fertilizer for more than 1 500 low income families. Judges included Odessa Smith Foreman state Rep. George Davis Mrs. Davis T. R. Kirby Prescott High School teacher Velma Grimitt Buddy Fallin and Doyle Smith Patricia Thomas and Paul Mahar of Lewisville.
All students who have not attended Hope Public Schools before and who will be in grades 7 through 12 next fall should report to the High School office on South Main for pre registration. Parents must accompany and pre register July 17 to 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Twenty nine Hempstead County residents are enrolled at Southern State College for the second summer session through August 5, including Deborah Barham Phillip Barton Don Bingham Deborah Briant Dale Cheatham Sherry Crank Norma Eley Saundra Hamilton Amelia Harris Linda Harris Polly King Robert Kite Charles Love Sandra McCorkle Patricia Moses Martha Mosley and Helen Phillips. Others are Michael Russell David Rider Deborah Robinson Carla Turner Ronnie Treet Mitchell Warren Don White Alice Wickliffe Phillis Wiggins Linda Williams Thomas Williams and Toni Polk.
Delegates at the Democratic National Convention voted to continue reforms to ensure the 1976 nominee is chosen by states reflecting broader social diversity. The reforms add more women, blacks, and young people, require proportional delegation, and end winner take all primaries such as California's.
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