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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1972
Page
8
President Nixon announced the future FBI headquarters, cost 126 million dollars, will be named The J Edgar Hoover Building to honor the director who shaped the agency over 48 years. He spoke after Hoover’s burial, stressing the FBI will continue its work.
Jets and detractors claim Hoover’s Bureau was built on personality but Nixon defends the FBI’s legacy. He praises Hoover for principle and lasting impact as the nation reflects on the 77 year old director’s death from natural causes at home Monday night.
Antiwar demonstrations across campuses and cities drew up to 2,000 people with nearly 200 arrests. College Park's Maryland campus curfew required National Guard troops. Iowa and Ohio protests faced dispersal by police and tear gas. In California and Oklahoma, sit-ins and road blockages led to dozens more arrests. Prominent leaders and university presidents urged withdrawal from Indochina.
Sister Mary Kayatin, a Roman Catholic nun and Battle Creek educator, tutors inmates at Calhoun County jail three nights weekly in a GED program. Students include 21-year-old Danny Charles who plans college after release, while four inmates have earned diplomas and 10 to 13 more are expected to graduate in June.
An American expedition plans to ascend Mt Ararat in 1973 to search for remnants of Noahs Ark. Search Foundation Inc will seek Turkish government permission and raise up to 1 million dollars from private donors. Past efforts faced Turkish objections despite prior help from the Arctic Institute of North America.
A historic broadcast grid lists programs and time blocks across channels. Highlights include Daniel Boone Hee Haw Truth Or Consequences Emergency Bewitched All In The Family Annie Mission Impossible and multiple movies such as See the Man Run Marriage Year One A Summer Place Our Man Flint The Ballad of Josie Pocketful of Miracles and titles like The Hell with Heroes Masquerade Roller Derby and ABC News segments.
A dense grid of broadcast times lists programs across channels from 6:30 in the morning through 7:45 in the evening. It includes religious shows, news, sports, cartoons, movies, soap operas, and kids’ programming featuring titles like Lassie, Wagon Train, Hee Haw, Captain Kangaroo, Sesame Street, and World of Disney.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission bans cattle horses and other livestock from ranges on owned or controlled lands except with permit. Owners found trespassing face misdemeanor charges with fines 25 to 250 dollars and liable for crop damage. Director Andrew H. Hulsey orders enforcement on Bois d Arc Wildlife Management Area dated May 5 6 8 9 10 1972.
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