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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1971
Page
5
A troubled discussion on jet plane environmental impact points to Brittain's London airport site at Foulness. Editorials argue the name signals issues and question the project amid broader pollution and planning concerns.
In Dallas, a millionaire computer magnate Ross Perot told an audience in Miami last week he drove a 1965 model since no one had asked him to buy a new one. A salesman tried three times to reach him by phone and at his home but failed. The salesman, with his boss, prepared a $9,000 model and polished it, yet could not locate Perot’s Dallas address. armed guards later escorted the car from Perot’s home.
Johnny Porterfield, a 10 year old from Hope, was riding Saturday at 2 15 p m when hit by a pickup driven by Emory Jones of Hope on Patmos Road five miles out. He was taken to Branch Hospital and then to a Little Rock hospital. No charges were filed. Thomas Jackson, 42, of Wilmont died in a Lake Village hospital from injuries from a June 12 one car crash on Arkansas 52 east of Wilmont. Leon Polk, about 40, of Wilmont, was driving the car and was killed in the same crash.
North Vietnamese regulars attacked five South Vietnamese frontier guard posts on the northern sector as U S troops faced shelling near Da Nang and ambushes near the demilitarized zone. The week of B52 raids continued with American positions hit and casualties reported including five South Vietnamese soldiers killed and two Americans killed.
Foreign Minister Abba Eban said Israel expects the Soviet Union to initiate contact to resume relations broken during the 1967 war. He stated Moscow accepts Israel's importance and needs understanding in the region. Meanwhile Lebanon PM Salam visits Jordan, aiming to mediate with Palestinian guerrillas amid Cairo talks with Sadat and Faisal.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson doubts the secret Pentagon study reflects his true role in Vietnam. Time and Newsweek report he calls the documents biased and says the leakage to the New York Times borders on treason. Elisberg says he urged Kissinger to read the study.
In New York a government bid to bar the New York Times from publishing further Pentagon study material on the Vietnam War was postponed to give a seven-judge 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel a chance to hear the case next Tuesday. The government had sought a halt in lower courts and was set to appear before a three-judge panel this morning. In Washington, officials argued in U.S. District Court that papers from the Pentagon study used by the Washington Post contain information about current operations.
Arkansas Supreme Court rules C R George from Danville cannot preside as special judge over empaneling a grand jury to probe the fee system under judge Russell C Roberts of Conway. Unanimous decision keeps prior order suspending George and discusses circuit exchanges as an alternative in Pope County.
The City Fire Department rushed to the Joe Porterfield home on old Highway 67 west of Guernsey at 11:25 Friday night. By arrival, the house was fully engulfed. The Porterfields were in Dallas at the time.
Soviet space scientist Anatol Fedosseiev, 52, has been allowed to stay in Britain amid security secrecy. Officials say he may be deputy minister of space research and a key figure behind Soyuz and Luna programs, with potential access to Soviet plans and timing for lunar and Martian missions. Western space talks proceed, with questions over his knowledge and the Cosmos and Salute programs.
Little change in temperature today marks the start of summer with cooler drier air moving into northern Arkansas tonight and Tuesday. Daytime highs reach mid 80s in the north and low 90s in the south as thunderstorms develop in Oklahoma and spread into extreme west and northwest Arkansas then weaken in central or south Arkansas by Tuesday. Rain reports show traces at El Dorado and Fort Smith in the past 24 hours.
Supreme Court nears end of term with rulings on Muhammad Ali and church funded colleges. Ali Cassius Clay faces possible five year prison risk if his pacifist exemption is denied. Court also considers public aid to church-run colleges and wiretapping.
The Supreme Court will rule next term on whether federal judges must authorize domestic wiretapping.Attorney General Mitchell argues executive power allows taps without prior judicial approval, challenging a Cincinnati appeals ruling that invokes the Fourth Amendment. The case centers on surveillance of the White Panther party and national security concerns.
AP reports NYT and Washington Post return to court over publishing more material from a secret Pentagon study on Vietnam war history. Time and Newsweek note leaks near treason. Muskie proposes independent board to lift secrecy labels on government documents. My Lai pretrial hearings begin as Medina murder charges seek dismissal. Welfare reform debate opens in House with Social Security hikes and tax changes. Fedosseiev defects, outlining likely effects and reasons.
James R. Hoffa formally resigns as president of the Teamsters Union, with President Nixon scheduling a visit to meet union executive board members following the announcement.
Enrollment at the University of Arkansas reaches 4163 for the first summer session, a rise from 3885 last year, with two Hope students in orientation June 16 18 Thomas Downs Holt and Timothy Wayne Rowland. Community notices report DV chapter meeting in Howard County courthouse June 24 at 730 pm and student work program participants from around the state at Arkansas Children's Colony Conway with Mary Stewart age 18. Hope police report two trespass arrests, 28 traffic tickets, two drunkenness arrests four DWIs one concealed weapon arrest two failure to answer summons and four accidents marking 156 wrecks this year with 40 injured and two deaths. Phi Beta Lambda Red River Vocational Tech School wins National Community Services Award in Miami for zero day care center project assisted by Betty Stuart Spring Hill with a $500 prize.
AP reports that cereals rebound after criticism by Robert Choate as a hunger crusader. Big Three makers Kellogg Post and General Mills see shoppers return to regular brands within two months with fortified cereals gaining 12 to 20 percent at some chains like Jewel and Giant. Government studies on industry competition and fortification are pending.
Washington AP reports the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that youths accused of crime can be tried without juries. Justice Blackmun led the decision, noting states may maintain jury trials if desired. The ruling allows leeway for juvenile proceedings while ensuring fundamental fairness.
Four persons died on Arkansas highways this past weekend. Jerald Fitts, 15, near Brinkley, died when a car driven by Richard Hicks, 16, went out of control, overturned twice, struck a tree, and threw Fitts from the vehicle on a county road near Brinkley Sunday night. Also killed were Daniel Burton, 14, of Austin Lonoke County, who fell from the back of a pickup near Cabot. Kenneth Norris, 24, in a one car crash on US 62 near Strong. and Donald Smith, 23, of Arkadelphia in a one car crash on Arkansas 9 near Arkadelphia Friday night.
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