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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1973
Page
6
A compact editorial note by Alex H. Washburn offers a concise reflection on daily bread themes, weaving personal insight with social observations and a modest call to practical virtue. The piece reads as a brief, period-voiced vignette.
The AP dispatch from the United Nations warns that world grain reserves are depleted and some regions may face starvation if harvests fail. FAO plans for global control of grain production drew criticism, arguing that government meddling cripples output. The piece contrasts past surpluses in the United States and Canada with current droughts, urging restraint on government interference and noting historic U.S. surpluses helped poorer nations while preserving domestic food security.
James W. McCord Jr states under oath that he would not have joined the Watergate operation without assurances of approval from Attorney General John N. Mitchell. He implicates G. Gordon Liddy and says Mitchell urged the wiretapping group to begin in mid April 1972 and pressured a second entry on June 17 leading to arrests. The testimony connects Mitchell, Dean, and Magruder to the wiretap plan while other figures face new disclosures in the sprawling Watergate saga.
In Los Angeles AP reports that the Pentagon papers trial faces fresh legal fights after disclosures that Ellsberg was heard on a federal wiretap before releasing the papers. Judge Byrne to hear government explanations on vanished logs and possible dismissals while probing Watergate links.
A tornado struck northeast Joplin at 7 a.m. CDT injuring about 87 and killing at least four people. The storm damaged mobile homes and residences. communications and power were disrupted. injuries also reported in Carthage Webb City Fidelity and Duenweg Missouri and Parsons Galena Kan. National Guard mobilized as responders aided fire and police crews and Civil Defense.
The Southwest Arkansas Poultry Festival begins at 1 p.m. in Nashville with a golf tournament and 4H barbecue, featuring contestants Ella Mae Henagan Frances Phillips Cathy Wilson Dennis Arrington and Cynthia King from Greenhill Shower Springs and McCaskill. An art gallery opens at Nashville High School at 10 a.m. and a Southern State baseball game vs Quachita follows at 3 p.m. A Chick-N-Que occurs at Scrapper Stadium at 6 p.m. The 1973 Poultry Beauty Pageant starts at 7:30 p.m. with Jerry Clower as master of ceremonies. Finalists and egg broiler winners go to the state contest in Hot Springs on June 16. Sponsored by Nashville Junior and Arkansas Poultry Federation. Advance tickets $2, gate $2.50.
The program lists 7 30 a m registration and cook off at Arkla Gas for 20 poultry cookin contestants. 8 00 a m poultry princess registration at Nashville Motor Inn. 8 30 art show registration at the High school courtyard. 9 20 to 4 H chicken barbecue at Jr High practice field. 10 00 art show at Nashville High School courtyard. 12 30 p m luncheon in the High School cafeteria for princess and contestants. 2 00 coke party and judging for princesses at Mrs Raymond Wilson. 3 00 baseball game at Wilson Park. 5 30 dinner for princesses Nashville Motor Inn. 6 00 chicken Q 1 30 pageant welcome and opening remarks Swimsuit competition entertainment Jerry Clower MC. Poultry Cookin winners announced. Evening gown competition for princesses. 4 H barbecue winners announced. District poultry producer finalist district chairman award entertainment poultry princess award Miss Congeniality alternate and princess winner.
All Around Town Area Boy Scouts will sponsor a paper drive Saturday afternoon May 12. Residents are asked to wrap or box paper and place on the curb or porch for pickup. Charlotte Arnold of Prescott, a social work major at Henderson State College, works with the Clark County Social Security Agency at Arkadelphia. She and 13 other social work majors will complete three months field experience this month. Joyce Stewart of Mineral Springs is associated with Mental Health and Community Outreach Centers under Texarkana Model Cities sponsorship. Area students set to graduate this month from Henderson State College include Larry D. Miller of Blevins, Herbert Carter, Duncan WH. Daniel, Charlotte Arnold, Gary Chambless, Belle Tina Bolton, Everett Jones, Jim Westmoreland, and Vicki Cornelius, Prescott. Jo Ann Hopkins of Taylor. Joyce Stewart of Mineral Springs. Gary M. Cook, Jerry F. Jackson, and Cloria Louise Lee of Okolona. Commencement exercises are slated May 18.
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