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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1972
Page
7
Our Daily rea notes in a June editorial that McClellan benefits from long tenure and party support. Pryor faced Big Labor endorsement and a televised debate, while McClellan carried Hempstead Nevada Howard Miller and LaFayette counties, with overall favorable returns in the runoff.
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny travels from Calcutta to Hanoi for talks with North Vietnamese leaders. He urged the United States to stop bombing and pressed for a quick resolution to the Vietnam issue. Weather delays extended his Calcutta stop.
American fighter bombers conducted 340 strikes against North Vietnam, hitting at least nine railroad bridges including four on the northwest line to China and three between Hanoi and Hai Phong. One B52 raid targeted dumps near Dong Hoi. Bombers also attacked troop concentrations along the western border with Laos and Cambodia, including the A Shau Valley near Hue and attacks near Tuyen Binh and Moc Hoa.
McClellan defeated Pryor in runoff by wide margins, winning 241,712 to 222,959 as he secured a sixth term. Pryor conceded after a hard campaign highlighting Pryor's record and campaign finance questions. McClellan led across most counties, with strong county turnout and support from younger voters, while Pryor pledged to stay engaged in politics. Ed Reese won the Howard County county judge nomination by 2,002 to 1,992 in a closely watched local race, with Ward 3 favoring McClellan by a 177 to 86 margin over Pryor in the opening box count. County results showed McClellan carrying 13 counties and building margins where he led ticket.
All Around Town notes the Bobcats of Hope are officially entered in the National AAU Junior Olympic Boys Basketball Championship in Popular Bluff Missouri June 14 to 17. They compete in the midget division age 9-11, with 11 teams from across the United States. the junior division 12-13 includes 15 teams.
Nevada County Sheriff Arthur Wicker said William Stewart 16 of Prescott drowned yesterday while attempting to swim across a gravel pit about eight miles north of Prescott. Stewart was fishing with Randy Garrett and Roy Steed. Garrett tried to save him but failed. Stewart went under about 60 feet from the bank. The body was recovered about an hour later. Funeral services are pending.
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