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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1971
Page
5
The piece argues pollution control hinges on profitable recycling plants. It envisions turning garbage into revenue to address waste and emissions from industry, streams, and autos, urging urgent development of recycling facilities. It also notes a trend in white shirts returning to a classic look with new fashion twists.
The Associated Press reports a new weather outlook for Arkansas with a chance of showers and thundershowers moving in from the west by Thursday ahead of a cold front. Showers end Friday as temperatures dip into the 60s in the northwest, with 70s and low 80s elsewhere. Highs range from 64 to 75 across noted cities. overnight lows include Fayetteville 53 and Fort Smith 40.
Hempstead County Farm Bureau members will hold its monthly meeting Thursday night April 1 at 7:00 at the Farm Bureau office building. Members are asked to bring a salad or dessert. Troy Buck will be guest speaker per president R. E. Lively.
Protests and clemency pleas surged after Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murder for the My Lai killings. Supporters argued he was unfairly singled out, while officials and veterans condemned the verdict as a miscarriage.
A New York AP column urges a national Middle-ager Day to celebrate the overlooked American middle years. The piece extols middle age as a period of work, worry, and taxation, proposing lunches, listening sessions, and lighter pressure as possible tributes.
Washington AP report notes Interior Dept findings of unsafe levels of arsenic cadmium and other toxic metals in public water sources across multiple states including Arkansas. Geological Survey sampled 714 sites finding 8 percent above health limits and 22 percent at undesirable levels with metals such as lead mercury and zinc detected downstream from municipal industrial complexes.
Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt announced a $155,000 grant to the Southwest Arkansas Development Council in Texarkana for a two month summer Headstart program. The council serves Little River Hempstead Nevada Miller Howard Lafayette and Sevier counties.
The U S Parole Board weighs release or continued imprisonment for Teamsters President James R Hoffa as a late morning session with two Hoffa lawyers determines the fate. If paroled he could resume control of the union but may face court challenges and a possible forbidden return to leadership. Hoffa has been in Lewisburg Penitentiary since 1967 serving an eight year sentence for jury tampering. He became parole eligible last October after a denied first bid, with Supreme Court upholding a five year sentence for mail fraud last January. The board considers prison conduct and public interest, while the Nixon era political pressure backdrop colors the decision.
On the eve of sentencing, Lt. William L. Calley told the jury to preserve future soldiers' honor. In Saigon, U S helicopters conducted a hit and run raid into southern Laos against a North Vietnamese base on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Hart disputes claims oil interests drive U S involvement in Indochina while arguing they harm antiwar sentiment. A hijacked Philippine airliner was released in Hong Kong with crew and passengers allowed to depart. A 95 000 ton aircraft carrier is projected to cost at least 765 million dollars. Construction unions vow to challenge Nixon wage controls but will follow the law. Charles Manson and three followers may pursue a five year delay in appeals to the Supreme Court.
In Charleston Arkansas teachers complain their average salaries are 767 dollars below the state average of 6459 dollars. Franklin County Education Association members urge Gov Dale Bumpers and lawmakers to fund schools fully in the next biennium to prevent Arkansas schools from falling further behind. They criticize Bumpers and his low priority of 31.8 percent of new revenue for education.
Vincent Foster Jr joined Rose Barron Nash Williamson Carroll and Clay in Little Rock after leading 42 graduates in the Arkansas Bar exam. Danny Shapley won the Magnolia Optimist Club Boys Oratorical Contest and earns a trip to Little Rock for the May state contest. Two Southern State College coeds from Hope, Betty J. McNiel and Linda Kay Reece, teach at area schools and hold campus roles. About 54 Southwest District FFA chapters will take part in the April 2 spring judging at Southern State.
U S helicopters landed a small force of elite South Vietnamese commandos in southern Laos for a raid on a North Vietnamese base near Base Area 611. North Vietnam seized and burned much of Duc Duc district capital before withdrawing. About 200 civilians were killed or wounded and 18 regional militiamen killed with 36 wounded. One American slightly wounded. Commandos involved were Hac Bao or Black Panther Strike Force and the 1st Reconnaissance Company.
Seven Texarkana area leaders received special recognition and framed photographs at a Boy Scouts of America executive meeting in Texarkana. Honorees included F. C. Crow, Ralph C. Lehman Jr, T. C. Chadick, Dr. W. D. Thornton, Dr. Charles Bruce Jr, Dr. Carlton Kemp, and Eugene Deter for long volunteer service and substantial United Fund contributions. Crow noted his forty one years in Scouting amid a contrast to a recent Arkadelphia narcotics court scene.Thomas H. Berry, Boy Scout Field representative of the Cossatot Woods District, and the Houple Home Appliance dealer Lehman are mentioned as contributors. Berry and Crow are named locals with Hope ties, and the group home listed as 603 N. Herry Street in Hope.
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