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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1969
Page
1
This column mixes light notes from readers and public life, including a Virginia preacher’s claim about heaven and the moon, a Magnolia yardman’s moonshot quip, and Frank Drake’s Chicago Tire & Rubber Division role. It also touches Nixon’s budget surplus claim and political stakes for the Republicans and Democrats.
Two tractor trailer drivers, Darrell Byaden 27 of Virdon, and Wilford Williams 33 of Dequincy La, died in a head on collision on Interstate 40 near West Memphis. Cecil Heisley 24 of Sulphur La was critically injured as a passenger in one truck. The crash is blamed on a driver drifting asleep and crossing the median. Army Spc 4 Larry G Pool from Texarkana Ark was killed in Vietnam, Defense Department said Monday.
In Pine Bluff an experienced crane operator, James McDonald, 20, a Dumas resident, was fatally shocked when the crane he was driving touched a live power line at his workplace on Monday. Fire Chief Joe Edy wards reported the accident.
A White House source says President Nixon will not deploy combat manpower in Asia to counter internal Communist threats. The policy favors material aid, advice, and technical assistance on request, with intervention only under specific conditions or treaty obligations, and Thai officials voiced general agreement.
A 25 detective task force from five police agencies joined an intensified search into seven young women slain over two years in and around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. The effort followed a failed trap using department store dummies at the latest victim’s site and a mounted search of surrounding woodlands, plus a computerized pull of clues linked to Karen Sue Beineman, 18, EMU freshman, whose nude battered body was found.
Pasadena California AP reports Mariner 6 photographed Mars for transmission to Earth tonight in a test of the camera and instruments. The first image was captured at 10 26 p.m. PDT Monday as officials hoped for data on surface temperature and atmospheric composition while Agnew prepares to observe the stream from Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Signals indicated proper camera aim and a recording on tape.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP reports 14 tremors detected on the moon by an experimental seismometer left by Apollo 11 astronauts. The tremors, starting July 25 near the Apollo 11 site, resemble landslides in craters and align with peak lunar temperatures as sunlight increases.
Secretary of State William P Rogers told Japan the United States sees a path to calmer U S Soviet relations a somewhat less dangerous state The United States will test Soviet objectives carefully without sacrificing allies Roger s remarks came during the first session of the seventh U S Japanese economic conference and were echoed by State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey who stressed pragmatism and alliance protection
President Nixon faced a sweeping anti-violence plan from the commission noting 24 million pistols in private hands. It urges near total removal of concealable handguns, licensing by federal law, penalties for illegal possession, and buybacks totaling about 500 million dollars to persuade owners to surrender firearms.
Allison Blaylock infant daughter of Captain and Mrs Norman Blaylock was released from St Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock Monday. She is reported doing well with no brain damage from a fall last Tuesday at the Hill Crest Apartments.
Nixon will visit South Vietnam on Wednesday to confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu. White House officials offered no confirmation but did not deny the report. Top U.S. officials in Saigon flew to Bangkok to review the war situation with Thai leaders and then meet with Ambassador Elsworth in the afternoon.
Firefighters battled a blaze that damaged Rexall Pharmacy Maina Chiropractic and five other businesses along Third to Second streets. Equipment was used to combat the fire while police controlled traffic for four hours. Fire Chief Jim Cobb commended officers and the Prescott department for their help.
US commanders in Vietnam have shifted from a maximum pressure tactic to a protective reaction approach. The change aims to reduce casualties and centers on the 3rd Corps around Saigon and nearby provinces. Large units deploy mainly in response to actionable intelligence while patrols continue, reflecting Defense Secretary Laird’s note that tactics adapt to enemy moves.
Cam band selects its boys captain for the coming year after a vote among students, entitling the winner to a full scholarship to a music program. The decision reflects school pride and dedication, with emphasis on leadership and musicianship.
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