18 Mar 1970
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1970
Page
1
A newspaper columnist recounts a white fronted goose residing in a game preserve on S Walnut St and a mistaken report of its migration. The piece discusses anonymous letters and phone calls to The Star, stressing the need to demand names and identities before publication and urging readers to file complaints for threats.
An Army investigative panel charged 14 officers including Maj. Gen. Samuel W. Koster and Brig. Gen. George H. Young Jr. with dereliction of duty and related offenses over the My Lai killings. The panel urged tougher troop indoctrination and revised reporting procedures to prevent future cover ups as formal investigations proceed toward possible court martial.
A Beirut dispatch reports Lebanese guerrillas blew four wells and two water pumps near an Israeli settlement, escalating clashes in the region. One guerrilla was killed as Lebanese forces pursued the men, with reports of broader border firefights and cross-border exchanges.
The trial of B. Frank Camp, ex assistant administrator of Osceola Memorial Hospital, resumes in Mississippi County Circuit Court. Charged with embezzling more than $27,000 in hospital funds, Camp was dismissed last August after audits found financial irregularities and personal use of hospital money.
Congress rushes to draft laws restricting access to explosive materials after recent bombings in New York offices and Maryland deaths. Senate leader Hugh Scott revealed a sample of threatened bombings, underscoring urgent security gaps and the need for action.
Administration leaders in the Senate show uncertainty over how to respond to charges that Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell did not disclose the sudden withdrawal of support by Judge Roman L Hruska. New disclosures by Sen Joseph Tydings sparked heated debate as Carswell backers called the disclosure touchy about nothing.
A column notes the human mind as a vast theater of memory and fantasy with vivid imagery. It contrasts inner stage events with real life, mentions childhood, parental influences, and a chaotic street scene, referencing Hitler and Kaiser Wilhelm in a provocative, era style essay.
AP reports 15 months into the Nixon era crime in the United States rose 11 percent last year. Officials blame Congress for delays in crime bills, but most proposals target organized crime and federal law procedures, not the street crimes most feared. LEAA remains the sole major federal program with potential impact.
AP reports Hope’s Panes Hope and Arkansas Fish Farms pioneer a new commercial catfish project on White Oak Lake near Camden. 300 cages housing 1,200 fingerlings each will start in April, with 5 percent of annual production to the G&FC and 95 percent to the grower.
Mrs Winthrop Rockefeller has been named honorary chairman of the 197? Arkansas Special Olympics at Hendrix College in Conway. The event is set for May 30 and marks an athletic competition for mentally challenged children.
Washington AP report notes Undersecretary James Beggs acknowledged the federal mandatory auto safety inspection cannot by itself prevent accidents. He advocated expanding the program into a nationwide system for diagnosing all vehicles, at an added cost of 60 to 800 million, to provide complete condition analysis alongside mandatory inspections.
U S Marines used riot gas to seal vast cave networks near Da Nang in the Que Son mountains to deny shelter to enemy forces. Caves are described as 15 feet high and over 200 feet long, large enough to hide 460 to 500 soldiers, with casualties or exits not confirmed.
A Boston bound Eastern Airlines jet with 73 aboard landed safely after a cockpit struggle left the copilot dead and a passenger wounded. Gunman James E. Hartley, 31, and pilot Capt. Robert Wilbur Jr, 35, were aboard. the pilot landed near Logan after the assault from Newark.
The Associated Press reports turmoil as the administration weighs the fate of Supreme Court nominee Carswell amid a federal judge’s withdrawal of support. Steelworkers urge rejection while a brigade probe accuses generals of cover up. Strikes and airliner violence unfold in New York and a Phnom Penh upheaval reshapes Cambodia’s leadership. Rhodesia’s isolation plan faces U N veto, and Boyle prepares to testify on the Mine Workers election. Phnom Penh closes airport as Lon Nol and Cheng Heng assume powers amid Sihanouk’s ouster.
All Around Town notes Bunna Connelly will compete with 14 other girls for the Miss State College title on Friday March 20 at 8 p m in the Ida Waldron Auditorium. She is sponsored by Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and also cast in the spring Minsteal production Helly Dolly. Connelly, a 1969 Hope High School graduate, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James Connelly of Hope. The item also mentions several local residents in military service and education news, including Beth Lawrence, a Texas Woman’s University student inducted into Delphi ceremonies and involved in campus organizations.
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