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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1969
Page
2
The article recounts how St Patrick supposedly drove snakes from Ireland and attributes the legend to Druids worship. It notes he founded 360 churches and baptized 12,000 people, and that Patrick was born in Scotland around A.D. 387 and kidnapped at 16 to tend sheep in Ireland.
Pine Bluff Ark AP The board voted to return to a freedom of choice desegregation plan after the election of three Freedom Inc members. Critics warn of federal aid loss up to 700000, while supporters say unitary plans produce chaos without funds.
City Manager Garland Medders prepared the briefing as Dr. Lester Sitzes outlined last year’s municipal operations and current plans. Major street work includes 6 acres blacktopped at the mobile home site, near 3 acres gravel, curb and gutter at Public Housing, and paving slated for early summer. The 6th Street rebuild from Fair Park to Edgewood and opening Edgewood to Shover Road uses 250000 from Water and Electric. Meyers Bakery expands after city pledges fire protection. more fire stations may be needed north of the Missouri Pacific tracks. Over a million dollars in new construction planned this year as Bill Wray becomes Plumbing and Building Inspector and Gene White expands office duties. C.R. Moore led the Water and Light Dept meeting. guests included John T. McRae, Sgt. Roger Odom, Forrest Singleton, and Rev. D D Fairchild.
Associated Press reports an internal power struggle at the Sierra Club, pitting veteran mountaineers against each other for control of the 72,000 member organization led by executive director David Brower, 56, a founder-era figure. The dispute could shape American conservation movements and policy.
Weather data covers 24 hours to 7 a.m. Monday with highs in the 60s and a low around 30s north to 40s south. Arkansas forecast calls for fair north, mostly cloudy south, slight chances of light rain in extreme south, and a warmer Tuesday with sunny periods. The report also discusses U.S. aid policy, positive lists and their effects on foreign purchases and export trade, noting regulatory delays and cost considerations in aid loans.
Sheriff Joseph I Woods in Chicago forms a khaki clad volunteer riot control force, despite a circuit court ruling that a 1000 man unit was unconstitutional. The Wisconsin styled force uses paratroop boots and black berets as part of a trained volunteer crew amid political clash with Mayor Daley and local residents.
Brower's critics accuse naturalist John Muir of arrogance and a drive for control within the club. The faction is viewed as the most militant wing pushing for wilderness preservation and the expansion of national parks, including Redwoods National Park in California and Cascades National Park in Washington.
New York drama critic John Mason Brown 68 died of pneumonia. he was editor at large for Saturday Review since 1955 and a Book of the Month Club judge. In Rome reports said Ukrainian archbishop Bouil Welyczkowskyj died in a Soviet prison near Leopoli after religious activities sans government permit. In Washington, Henry O Talle Iowa congressman died at 77 after 20 years in Congress. he chaired key House committees on DC and Banking and Currency.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa state Sen. Minnette Dederer a Democrat and mother of two fights to relax the century old abortion ban amid hostile letters and opposition from male colleagues. She maintains the decision should rest with a woman and her doctor and says she does not know how she feels about abortion while resisting state control.
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