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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1975
Page
1
The column features editor Alex H. Washburn presenting brief reflections on daily bread and common sense wisdom, with concise observations on everyday life and the value of steady, practical thinking.
The Mack-Blackwell Amendment underpins Arkansas highway policy with a state independent Highway Commission. Critics warn undoing it via a constitutional convention could topple the road system built from crude wooden runways to pavement. State Rep Preston Bynum argues the people would reject such a change in November.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld Julius Gerard of Little Rock on a one year prison term for keeping a gambling house, rejecting his bid for directed verdict due to insufficient evidence. The unanimous ruling found jury proof adequate on bets placed on football games. The court also reversed a State Farm case over a Yakima truck and affirmed a $93,250 eminent domain award to the Palmers against the city of Mulberry.
A 24 year old Protestant reserve policewoman died in a Bangor bombing claimed by Protestant extremists. She had joined the police reserve less than a month ago and was patrolling when the blast hit a Roman Catholic tavern.
About 900 Hempstead County residents attended the Cen tennial Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Banquet at the Third District Coliseum. Archie Campbell of Hee Haw teased and praised his show while Royce Pendergrass was named Citizen of the Year and Mildred McPherson Teacher of the Year. Special awards went to Frank Ramsey and Alvin Willis. Notables from out of town included Arkansas Secretary of State Kelly Bryant and Judge John Goodson. The Hempstead County Reads performed Cottonfields with Campbell entertaining.
Congress aims to approve a broad tax cut this week to fight recession amid White House spending worries. Senate and House schedules include environmental strip mining controls, oil depletion repeal battles, and rebates of 1974 taxes. House votes on a farm bill and farm price supports follow.
Aristotle Onassis leaves about 120 million to widow Jacqueline and 15 million trust funds to each of her Kennedy children. Christina inherits the bulk of the fortune estimated around 600 million. Alexander predeceased his father in 1973. The widow and children prepare for Paris burial plans on Scorpios.
The Supreme Court unanimously held the federal government owns offshore oil rights in the Atlantic. It rejected coastal states Maine and others claims based on colonial charters and prior seabed ownership, upholding a 1953 law granting states only the first three miles. Justice White cited past rulings and national dominion over the sea.
Federal agents plan a nationwide probe into major utilities amid allegations of oil price overcharges during the Arab oil embargo. Grand juries in Florida New York and California plus others may hear cases as investigators trace mislabeling and inflated imports.
About 3,000 doctors walked out of 11 voluntary and five city hospitals in New York after failed round-the-clock talks over working hours. The strike, which began at 7 a.m., is the first major doctors strike in the city. Hospitals prepared emergency plans, focusing on attending physicians and faculty, with elective surgeries postponed. The CIR demands cap hours at 89 weekly with 15 hours overtime, while hospitals cite long hours as essential training and sleep disruption. The Health and Hospitals Corporation said it would not seek an injunction yet to see the strike’s impact.
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