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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1972
Page
6
The Daily Bread feature by Ed Washburn titled Our Daily Bread offers concise reflections on daily sustenance and personal discipline. The piece presents the author’s perspectives on ordinary moments, emphasizing gratitude and mindful living.
In a reflective note the editor details a long running battle with English sparrows at his feeder. He describes buying sparrow traps, catching dozens of birds, and releasing a blue jay he had trapped. He notes the sparrows’ persistence and jokes about the social friction with local Audubon Society members. A dog story pitch from Justine Hamm ends with a home plea for a beagle family and a phone contact.
Police report three men mugged and attacked Zenon G. Rossides Cyprus ambassador to the United Nations and his wife in Central Park. The 77-year-old diplomat was restrained with ropes and robbed during the incident on Wednesday night.
North Vietnamese forces pressed new assaults on South Vietnam's northern defense lines as 100 B52 bombers dropped 2,500 tons of bombs. South Vietnamese losses stood at five killed and 22 wounded while 99 North Vietnamese were reported killed in three clashes from dawn to noon.
AP reports that conventional mortgage rates rose slightly in May after six months of decline. Bank officials caution one month is not a trend, as loan demand grows with the housing boom. Meanwhile other items note leadership changes at a Hope-area bank and ongoing Vietnam War updates across Hue, Saigon, and Pleiku.
In Belfast and Londonderry night violence rose ahead of a Monday start to the IRA Provos cease-fire. British troops fought gunmen in southwest Belfast. three guerrillas were claimed hit. The Belfast Volunteers rejected the cease-fire as unacceptable, denouncing leaders as sellouts.
The pound was freed from government support causing turmoil in European markets. The move triggered dollar weakness, gold gains, and widespread trading pauses as the London market closed until Tuesday. Analysts note the dollar’s new level and speculate on the pound’s trajectory amid macro policy shifts.
Senator George McGovern of South Dakota plans a tour through Oklahoma City San Antonio Little Rock Atlanta Columbia and Richmond next week as part of a broader Southern swing His aides said times and appearances in Arkansas were not yet finalized The candidacy faces resistance from some Southern governors over his defense and welfare proposals.
Across the border Israeli and Lebanese forces exchanged heavy artillery and rockets overnight. Lebanon reported Israeli shells hitting two villages in southeast and south central Lebanon during a 22 hour barrage. One Lebanese Army aid worker was killed and another seriously injured in Deopine, with further strikes near Majdal Islan and other border areas. Israel said Syrian-based fire hit positions on the Golan Heights and that Skyhawks overflew Lebanon prior to the raid. Lebanese Foreign Minister Khalil Hamad summoned ambassadors from the United States Britain France the Soviet Union and China with a written protest over Wednesday’s Lebanese village raid.
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