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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1970
Page
2
Partly cloudy today and tonight with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the northwest. Wednesday will be mostly cloudy with more thunderstorms concentrated west and north. Temperatures high in the 80s, lows upper 60s to low 70s.
President Nixon weighs a campaign style television broadcast to bridge the White House with American youth voices. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew joins in outlining the effort aimed at direct communication and public response.
The House Post Office Committee backed a retroactive eight percent pay raise for postal workers, effective from April 16, to deter new walkouts amid negotiations on a national postal reform bill. The measure includes high cost living area adjustments, but faces opposition from the Nixon administration and AFL-CIO unions.
Rod Laver, the world’s leading tennis pro, has signed to play in the May 27 to June 1 Rawlings Tennis Classic offering $30,000. Laver, pro since 1963, has completed the calendar grand slam twice by winning the U S British Australian and French championships in the same year.
The Associated Press reports ongoing student strikes against the Indochina war affect reopenings at 129 colleges in 43 states and DC while many campuses stay boycotting. Disorder erupts at the University of South Carolina with troopers, National Guardsmen, tear gas, and arrests amid protests over war actions and arrests. In Denver, National Guardsmen prepare to move on Woodstock Nation on the University of Denver campus as police clash with about 1,000 youths and 30 arrests occur. the commune’s shantytown is rebuilt after police withdrawal.
Elizabeth Ellis extension equipment specialist presents on selection use and care of home freezing equipment at meetings on May 13 and May 14 from 1 00 to 300 p m at the Coliseum. Dolores McBride Alphonso Denham and Rebecca Crouch assist with trainings no charge.
W C Cheek 48 of West Memphis announces bid for Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He criticizes party division, backs a unifying candidate acceptable to both factions, accuses Gov Rockefeller of leading Arkansas to a deplorable state, and signals law and order as a priority while noting possible tax increases to fund welfare, pensions, and educator pay. Cheek cites moneyed influence and long shot segregationist labels, lists prior campaigns, and reports $200,000 to $300,000 in funds with Little Rock support.
Almost certain approval or bid in veer with scarcely a whisper of opposition. Judge Harry A Blackmun's Supreme Court nomination headed for Senate approval today on President Nixon's third try to fill a year old vacancy. Absent in the confirmation vote was the charged atmosphere that greeted previous nominees, Haynsworth and Carswell, whose ethics and judicial records had sparked debate.
Washington AP secretary Finchs disclosure shows the industry veto power over candidates for two major government science advisory committees in the past five years. He cites the surgeon general smoking and health panel and the behavioral effects of television violence panel as cases where industry objections shaped selections.
Tuesday May 12 report notes Finch’s April 22 public acknowledgment of vetoes on advisor committee nominations in the television industry. HEW aims to shield government from bias charges while protecting First Amendment rights, with panel members including Tek Coffin of NBC and Joseph Klapper of CBS.
Southerly winds push warm, moist air into Arkansas as an upper air low near the Paxelsie coast drifts inland over the next two days. Scattered showers and thundershowers are forecast tonight with increased activity by Wednesday afternoon. Warm temperatures continue with gusty southerly winds, highs Monday between 83 and 88 degrees.
A dense list of May happenings across Arkansas including pageants in Conway Dermott and Southeast Arkansas, rodeos in Clarksville and Fort Smith, art fairs in Hot Springs Eureka Springs and Magnolia, horse shows in Melbourne Stuttgart and Burns Park North Little Rock, a Belvedere Four Ball in Hot Springs, a Dodge of community meetings in Little Rock, and a new roadside park in Big Flat.
Overnight lows ranged from 65 to 72 degrees across Fayetteville Texarkana Harrison Pine Bluff Little Rock Jonesboro El Dorado Memphis and Fort Smith. No precipitation was reported in the 24-hour span ending at 7 a.m. today.
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