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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1972
Page
6
Paul H. Jones rose from newsboy to general manager at the Hope Star after starting at the Hope Daily Press. He married, filled a bookkeeping vacancy, rose to managing editor, then led all departments. A keen fisherman and wildlife student, he enriched colleagues with knowledge and guidance. He died at 56.
Nationwide showers and thunderstorms reduced rainfall in many areas while the drought hit Great Basin and Southwest. Pensacola Florida saw over two inches in six hours. Mobile Alabama McComb Mississippi and New York City each had an inch or more. Phoenix Arizona endured 19th week with no measurable rain. In Tennessee a Fen tress County constable Thomas Jefferson York 38 was killed with his prisoner in a reported face to face shooting near Jamestown.
Paul H. Jones 56 longtime Hope Star general manager and managing editor died of a heart attack at his home on Rosston Road He began as a circulation carrier boy during the 1929 consolidation and rose through roles including mailer bookkeeper and managing editor He was a Navy World War II veteran fisherman and Methodist He survived by his wife Mattie Elsie son Ronald three sisters and two brothers The funeral is set for Wednesday at Herndon Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens A public defender grant and other law enforcement funding were approved in Arkansas including $81 932 for Pulaski and Perry counties and the 14th Judicial District and 210 573 in federal LEAA funds for 26 projects including police training and criminal justice degree work.
Horatio Arkansas Democrat Rep George W Davis 54 a fifth term legislator from Sevier County announces for governor without consulting his wife. He criticizes Gov Dale Bumpers calls redistricting gerrymandered and pledges to oppose sales tax while supporting a progressive income tax. He regrets voting for the governmental reorganization plan.
President Nixon convened the National Security Council for the longest session in months amid renewed air strikes around Hanoi. NSC attendees included Agnew Rogers Laird Kissinger Moorer Helms Connally with Warren noting plans proceed for a Moscow summit days away. Options discussed ranged from a naval blockade of Haiphong to renewed bombing and possible Marines deployment.
US warplanes resumed raids around Hanoi to disrupt North Vietnamese invasion efforts. Navy carriers shot down several MIGs. U S forces claim extensive strikes across North Vietnam and in South Vietnam near Hue Kontum An Loc and along Highway 14 with ongoing ground engagements and shelling.
In Fort Smith, Democratic candidate Jim Guy Tucker said if elected attorney general he will enlarge the consumer protection division of the office. Tucker is running for the party nomination.
The National Weather Service expects clear to partly cloudy weather in Arkansas tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Lows will be in the mid 40s to mid 50s and highs Tuesday in the mid 70s to near 80. Overnight readings include 50 Fayetteville 51 Harrison 65 Pine Bluff 60 Texarkana 61 El Dorado 63 Memphis 62 Little Rock 54 Fort Smith. State rainfall totals through 7 am were Little Rock .50 inches Fort Smith .04 Fayetteville and Harrison .12 Jonesboro .17 Texarkana .03 and traces at Pine Bluff and El Dorado.
An explosion during defueling of a tank aboard Apollo 16 at North Island Naval Air Station injures 46, mostly for fume observation. A piece of equipment was blown through a concrete roof. Donald Coleman is the most seriously hurt with a knee cap injury. All remain in satisfactory condition.
Hermpstead County Blood Chairman Haskell Jones announces the Bloodmobile visits Red River School from 12 noon to 6:00 pm for two days to meet a 220 pint quota. The final drive of the fiscal year emphasizes lifesaving need. participation supports injured patients and surgeries.
The Associated Press counts twelve fatalities on Arkansas highways over the weekend ending Sunday at midnight. Victims included Robert J. Johnson, 21, near England in a head on crash with William E. Roper, 68, and Karen Johnson, 21, both of England, injuries reported for Roper and Johnson. Other deaths occurred in Hot Springs, Arkansas 30 near Little Rock, Arkadelphia, Pocahontas, Conway, Paris, and Russellville, with drivers and passengers ranging in age from 2 to 68. A minor earthquake near Blytheville was noted but caused no damage.
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