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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1970
Page
2
Washington AP reports a $6.5 billion spending boost via a 5 percent personal income surcharge ending next week. Tax relief raises exemptions from 600 to 650 and later 750, with withholding updated. Administration says higher disposable income may offset slowing personal income and low inflation.
Hope Rotary Club wrapped up the year with slides by Rotarian Guy Basye featuring Beersheba the Dead Sea and Jerusalem seen on Easter. Aramburu’s kidnapping and linked political turmoil in Argentina were discussed, along with travel notes, rock-built towns, and mosaic-trimmed churches. District Governor visit planned for July 10, no lunch July 3. visiting Rotarians John McRae and Wade Freeman attended, plus four guests Todd Holt Sammy Strong Dewayne Chastain and A A Albritton.
The Hope Star published in Hope Arkansas provides staff and office details including the Star Publishing Co. president Alex H. Washburn editor Donal Parker vice president and advertising manager Paul H. Jones and other executives with addresses and mailing information. The item lists circulation and production roles.
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser arrived in the Soviet Union and planned discussions with Soviet leaders on American peace proposals and Egypt's defense needs. Arab-Israeli fighting continued with Israeli air raids on Jordan and southeast Lebanon in response to guerrilla attacks, causing civilian casualties near Kiryat Shmona and sporadic clashes along the Suez Canal.
Weather Experiment Station reports 24 hours ending 7 am Monday with a high of 92 and a low of 67. Forecasts call for generally fair and a little warmer through Tuesday across Arkansas with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s and nights in the mid 60s to low 70s. Tuesday’s highs are expected mainly in the lower to mid 90s. Elsewhere
Obituaries list Vickey Lynn Tullis 21 of Fort Stewart Ga with funeral at Herndon Chapel and a military service. Survivors include her father Roy Tullis and mother Chloe Tullis Tillman plus siblings in several states. Additional notices cover Agnes Mangum 73 J F Mangum family, and Maggie Schooley 89 with service details, plus Wade Herbert Gilbert 57 with church ties.
Seven people died in Arkansas over the weekend in a series of crashes. Charles E. Bryson, 18, near Austin in Lonoke County, was killed by an apparent hit and run on Arkansas 31 near Jonoke. Patrick E. Kennemar, 16, near Westley in Washington County, died in a head on collision at the junction of Arkansas 16 and 74 near Fayetteville. Earlier, a three car pile up on U.S. 64 near Clarksville claimed Verlyn Teague, 32, of Dermott. Betty Hartness, 23, of McGehee. and Richard Dickerson, 70, of Clarksville. Langston Porter, 3, of Clarksville, was hospitalized.
Violence eased in Northern Ireland as five people were killed and over 200 injured in rioting Saturday night and Sunday. British troops remained on alert with orders to shoot armed individuals. Emergency measures reduced violence, and Premier James Chichester-Clark warned of an attempted revolution while promising new laws and a curfew.
Senate action on the Cooper Church amendment to cut off Cambodian war funding after June 30 dominates debate as Nixon nears his Cambodia withdrawal deadline. GOP maneuvers aim to soften language while opposition deadlines loom and Secretary Rogers signals a renewed peace initiative after troops depart.
In Charleston Dale Bumpers claims Arkansas faces a "crisis of confidence" as he seeks the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He says Gov Rockefeller won’t seek a third term and is running for reelection, while former Gov Faubus is accused of empty assertions.
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