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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1973
Page
5
The editor Alex H. Washburn comments on daily bread ideals and simple living, reflecting on frugality, temperance, and community values in a concise, reflective column. He emphasizes practical virtue and steady habits as guiding principles for readers.
The Pioneer Washington Foundation transformed local history sites into a state park on the Old Military Road near Washington, Texas. The 1930s Centennial effort spurred preservation of The Old Tavern and James Black’s frontier smith shop, attracting tourism as Interstate 30 brought traffic closer. Historic figures like Sam Houston and Bowie are tied to the area, whose legacy benefits from ongoing civic effort.
Mrs Sim Phillips thought to scare her husband by showing snakes, killing three after displaying two to her daughter Mrs Bobbie Mead and later to the husband. She said she did not want any more snakes around when he returned home.
City subscribers who miss the Star should phone 777-3431 between 6 and 6 30 p m on Saturday or by 5 p m to arrange delivery by a carrier.
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker world war I flying ace and Eastern Airlines founder died of heart failure in a Zurich hospital. He was 82 and his death ends a career filled with daring exploits from Dayton speed driving to Pershing’s staff, 21 German planes down, and an infamous near encounter with the Red Baron. Funeral services planned in Columbus Ohio.
A Pan American jetliner with 69 passengers and 10 crew crashed into the sea near Papeete shortly after takeoff from Auckland bound for Los Angeles. One survivor, a Canadian, was in hospital. 12 bodies recovered as search continued two miles north of Papeete harbor. A witness described the plane veering left before plunging.
Gerald J. Greven of Miami testified before Senator Harold Hughes saying he directed a bombing of what he believed to be a hospital in South Vietnam in 1969 but the word hospital was omitted in intelligence reports. He said he was reprimanded for identifying the target as a hospital and expressed regret, offering to testify further.
Mark Bernard Matson, 16, missing from Washington Court House Ohio, was found murdered in a Florida torture chamber inside a soundproofed one story home. Police suspect Albert Brust, 44, who was found dead by suicide, tied to earlier linked cases. The case also involves a 15-year-old Kentucky girl reported tortured with alleged sexual assault.
The administration's two part proposal shifts to curbside plastic bags in residential areas, metal bins for businesses, monthly pickup, fall leaf collection, and a yearly large-item cleanup with no rise in residential fees, but commercial rates rise. A second phase would switch from landfill burial to incineration with steam sales to industry, needing higher rates, bond funding, and higher operating costs, yet promising long term savings and closer, weatherproof disposal.
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