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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1972
Page
3
FABCO agrees to acquire 40 percent interest in L. E. Lay & Co., a Little Rock mortgage loan financing firm that services over 85 million dollars in residential land development and construction loans. Approval from the Federal Reserve Board is required.
Prosecution says Rev Philip Berrigan abandoned nonviolent stance to plot kidnapping Kissinger and bombing tunnels. Defense calls plan fantasy while March verdict nears as Holy Week blockade plans unfold. Authorities allege conspired with Elizabeth McAlister and six others in a multi state conspiracy.
The Angela Davis trial in Santa Clara County resumes after a one day pause caused by a jailbreak attempt at the nearby jail. Four inmates died in the incident, two hostages were rescued, and negotiations led to the end of the escape bid as the court returns to a security heightened proceeding.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird toured Pine Bluff Arsenal and announced the destruction of germ warfare agents there is complete. He said the facility will transfer to the FDA next month for toxicological research and later to the EPA. Laird framed phase out as progress toward a peacetime deterrent and noted no Soviet move to disarm.
In Memphis hearings on desegregation, anti bus ing leaders threaten a boycott if pupils are ordered bused. Dr O Z Stephens testifies as 202 mothers march 52 miles outside the federal building while 46 black spectators and 10 whites watch. School board argues busing does not raise achievement and opposes desegregation plans that rely on bus ing.
Senator John L. McClellan in Harrisburg Arkansas urged voters with a sports analogy during a Chamber of Commerce banquet. He said Arkansas holds possession of the economic football and that progress is near the goal line. He advocated decentralizing industry to keep youth in state and aid rural communities with water, schools, and housing as industry expands. The five term Democrat predicted the bill would pass and planned to return to Washington to push it.
Alabama Governor George Wallace placed fourth in the Wisconsin presidential primary poll commissioned by labor unions. Humphrey, Muskie, and McGovern ranked ahead, with Jackson fifth and Lindsay sixth. Wallace campaigned in Madison and La Crosse urging job growth and tax relief.
AP dispatch from Belfast reports two people killed when bombs exploded in Limavady County Derry and a truck bomb outside a police station damaged the building. Protestant mobs attacked stores and Catholic homes, driving out families as British troops clashed with rioters after London moved to direct rule ending 32 months of violence.
Arkla, part of Louisiana Gas Co, said proved natural gas reserves in traditional supply areas fell by 1.8 trillion cubic feet last year. The figure comes with the American Gas Association’s annual report showing a 4.7 percent national drop in 1971, the fourth consecutive decline. Arkla’s data cover Arkansas, North Louisiana, Oklahoma and Districts 5 and 6 in Texas.
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