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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1972
Page
7
A new River Museum at 111 East Third in downtown Little Rock opened with Governor Dale Bumpers giving the signal to start the paddlewheel as Captain John F. Jack Trotter led the ceremony on Tuesday, March 21, 1972.
Hope Star reports on the Border Star river museum model and featured murals by Evelyn S Duffey. It describes Arkansas River history displays, a towboat and barge exhibit, the McClellan Kerr Navigation System model, and a Coast Guard feature, with admission at 1.50 for adults and 0.75 for youths. Open daily 10 to 5 weekdays and 1 to 5 Sundays. group and evening tours available via Border Star office, Little Rock.
Hope Star reports Arkansas state Supreme Court ruling on the Uniform Controlled Substances Act may reclassify illegal drug possession as a misdemeanor rather than a felony. Prosecutor James Tucker notes 107 cases involving 130 people in 1971 and more than 10 cases against about 75 people so far this year. An February amendment clarifies the felony status, but concerns about sentencing and potential cruel punishment at penal farms arise. Tucker urges youth education on consequences.
Pleasantly mild spring weather prevailing across most of the nation contrasted by dramatic storms. Houston coped with 7 inches of rain forcing residents to travel by motorboat. Oklahoma City recovered from hail and 60 mph winds. Tornado watches in Texas and Louisiana, heavy Gulf Coast rains, and scattered regional showers. Readings ranged from 4 to 75 degrees with varied conditions in cities nationwide. The report also notes Philippine relocation efforts postwar and Amtrak dismissing proposed ICC rail regulations as impractical and costly, threatening intercity service.
Edward T. Joyce, acting chief of the Justice Department organized crime section, told a House subcommittee that concealed recorders and wiretaps are critically important in fighting the loan shark racket and that enforcers must rely on informants to build cases.
Officials of the Lee County Cooperative Clinic in Marianna Arkansas plan to share proceeds from a Memphis benefit concert by Joan Baez with a Lexington Mississippi clinic contingent on quick final approval of a 1.2 million Office of Economic Opportunity grant. The OFO has approved the grant but Governor Dale Bumpers has not yet acted. Receipts from the concert will be known after the event, and the Mississippi clinic is run by Dr. Phillip Palmer of Baltimore.
Washington AP reports questions and answers on Nixon busing proposals for a moratorium on new federal court orders and a nationwide desegregation policy. It covers constitutional authority, effects on districts under orders, potential remedies, regional impact, and funding plans near 2.5 billion for low income programs.
A Little Rock child psychologist urged shifting to a flexible, individualized learning pace as Dr. Sam Clements of the University of Arkansas Medical Center spoke in New York. He argued schools must protect children during gradual CNS maturation and avoid pressuring youths to master unattainable skills, especially at no progress plateaus.
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