Petition for City Manager Exit Sparks Local Debate
Homer C Kennedy, a Hope plumber, circulated a petition demanding an election to replace the city manager form with mayor council government. The Star publisher explains an error in delaying coverage, criticizes Kennedy’s exploitative approach, and argues the city manager system has both flaws and merits while urging action on water pipeline and federal funds rather than baseless recall.
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Terview
Homer C. Kennedy
Hope
Kennedy
Town & Country
Star
Paul J. Jones
Texarkana
Texarkana Gazelle
The
City Hall
Millwood Reservoir
Picayune
Planes Bomb Laos Supply Lines Across Ho Chi Minh Trail
U S and allied forces hit North Vietnamese supply routes and depots in eastern Laos. Sources say increased raids on more than 200 miles of Laos frontier disrupted Viet Minh and Viet Cong logistics as Cambodia operations pull back. Navy tactical bombers from three 7th Fleet carriers targeted routes and depots in the Laos panhandle.
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George Esper
Associated Press
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U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Mu Gla Pass
Laos Panhandle
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
Former mental patient kills self after VA slayings
Coleman G. Gish, 45, sought for the Wednesday triple shooting at a Veterans Administration hospital, apparently shot himself as officers closed in near Sheffield. An off duty trooper spotted a man fitting his description at a car on a gravel road and radioed for help. Gish died of a self-inflicted wound as police approached.
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Steppield
Veterans Administration Hospital
Coleman G. Gish
Sheffield
Danville
William Rosenow
Gish
Rosenow
Peter Minngert
Buda
Conditions Right For Cambodian Strike Says Laird
AP reports Defense Secretary Melvin Laird said U.S. and South Vietnamese grounds opened for strikes in Cambodia not from a new threat but due to political change in Cambodia. The overthrow of Prince Sihanouk and new Lon Nol regime shifted risk assessments and allowed attacks on sanctuaries with potentially lower casualties.
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Freds. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Cambodia
U.S
Norodom Sihanouk
Lon
South Vietnam
Laird
Ths
First Dean of Women at CBC Is Hope Woman
Alice Fulbrigh reports that Edwina Whitman Carruth will become Christian Brothers College’s first dean of women as CBC moves to coeducation this fall. A former CBC speech head, Carruth, born in Hope Arkansas, holds a BA from LSU and an Arkansas MA in speech and drama. She and husband Philip Carruth, a UT medical student, plan no children soon and expect to pursue a doctorate.
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Christian Brothers College
Hope
Alice Fulbrigh
Memphis Commercial Appeal
CBC
Philip Carruth
Carruth
Kendrick Hall
Hope, Ark
Forever Edwina Whitman
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
University of Arkansas
Southeastern Louisiana Col
Hammond
University of Tennessee Medical Units
Philip
Carruths
Landis
Faubus Delays Announcement Plans to May 20
Arkansas Governor Orval E Faubus said he changed the date of his expected announcement on Democratic gubernatorial nomination plans from Saturday to May 20. He cited a need for better coverage by weekly and semi daily newspapers.
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Harrison
Oryal E. Faubus
Faubus
Gubertorial
Smi
Moscow Resists Chinese Military Cooperation Against U.S.
London AP report says Soviet authorities privately rule out active Russian Chinese military cooperation against the United States in Indochina. Moscow would provide arms to North Vietnam and other leftist forces but avoid direct confrontation, while China seeks volunteers and reconciliation with Moscow. The Kremlin remains circumspect as Cambodia’s government-in-exile remains unrecognized by the USSR.
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London
Red China
Indochina
Nixon
Cambodia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
North Vietnam
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
China
$100,000 Fire Destroys Two Buildings in Ashdown
A Thursday blaze in Ashdown Arkansas caused about 100000 dollars in damage. Two buildings were destroyed including Phillips Drug Co and Ashdown Appliance Co, with four others damaged. Firefighters from Texarkana and Nashville assisted local crews.
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Ashdown, Ark
Phillips Drug Co
Ashdown Apeliance Co
Texarsana
Nashville
Ashdown
Move Casts Doubt on President Nixon's Judgment
In Washington Republicans press the Nixon administration on curbs to U S military spending in Indochina as the Church-Cooper amendment to bar troops in Cambodia faces Senate approval. Griffin and Dole warn it could cast doubt on Nixon's judgment and credibility while Kissinger and Laird lobby GOP senators ahead of next week’s vote.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
Robert PB. Griffin
Michigan
Cambodia
Robert J. Dole
Kan
Griffin
Dole
Melvin Laird
National Security
Henry Kissinger
Elliot Richardson
Southeast Asia
Congress
Associated Press Washington
Dochina
Robert P. Griffin
McIntire predicts busloads at Viet Nam rally in Arkansas
In Forrest City Arkansas Rev Carl McIntire said busloads from Philadelphia Oklahoma City Kansas City Detroit St Louis and Washington would come to Little Rock for the June 5 Viet Nam Victory rally at the state Capitol He attacked Fulbright calling him Hanoi's voice in the U S Senate and backed Nixon Cambodia moves It ends with a fund pledge request starting at two dollars up to two hundred dollars.
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Forrest City
Ark
Carl McIntire
Collingwood
N.J
Little Rock
McIntire
Philadelphia
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Detroit
St. Louis
Washington
State Capitol
Arkansas
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Vietnam
Fulbright
Hanoi
United States Senate
Nixon
Cambodia
America
Economic Picture Shows Gloomy Slowdown Not Crisis
AP News Digest reports new government data showing a slowing economy with falling profits and higher prices. The administration maintains optimism, predicting a rebound between June and December, despite persistent negative indicators. The tone stresses a delicate balance between recession risks and policy impact.
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AP News Digest
John M. Pearce
Associated Press
Washington
Wixon
U.S
Ohio University closes as National Guard takes charge
Ohio University in Athens shuts down early after 1000 National Guard troops are ordered into the city following day long campus disorders. President Claude R. Sowle says the campus will remain closed until the summer quarter begins June 22. Gov. Rhodes sent troops after students tore through downtown and clashed with police Thursday night.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
Claude R. Sowle
National Guard
Sowle
James A. Rhodes
Deferments for Graduates Are Banned
LITTLE ROCK AP The state Selective Service director reminded that spring graduates will not receive new occupational deferments unless requested before April 23. Col Willard A Hawkins said the order, issued by President Nixon, stops new deferments for engineers and other professionals. He noted the rules may affect many students and could delay teaching careers until military obligations are fulfilled.
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Little Rock
State Selective Service
Willard A. Hawkin
Nixon
Hawkins
Selective Service
Two Die as Police Fire on Mississippi Campus Crowd
At Jackson State College in Mississippi, police fired into a dormitory crowd early today killing two black students and wounding nine others as protests over Nixon's Cambodia action spread. The incident raised the toll to six fatally shot in a week of campus unrest nationwide.
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Associated Press
Jackson State College
Mississippi
Nixon
U.S
Cambodia
Ohio National Guardsmen
Kent State University
Jackson
Vietnam
Gradiaion
National Guard
Sen Hhdchinie
Hinds County
R. Billock
James Earl Green
Phillip L. Gibbs
Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
Highway Patrol
James A. Rhodes
Kent State
Burglary at Byers Grocery on Main Street
Burglars hit Byers Grocery on Main Street last night. City officers found the break in about 4 a.m. while patrolling. Entrance was gained through a back window. Only four 14 inch color TVs are missing. It was a portable type.
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Byers
South Main
Pat
All Around Town News and Local Events Digest
Peggy Lloyd reports on her four month German study and desire to teach English in West Germany after earning degrees from Southern State College Magnolia and Southern Illinois University Carbondale with Peace Corps service in Southeast Asia. Hempstead County Cattlemen’s Association to hold annual meeting and barbecue at Southwest Branch Experiment Station at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, beef courtesy of Citizens National Bank of Hope, attendees asked to bring salad or dessert. Alpha Chi inductees Linda Reece and Michael Turner of Hope named. Reece, English major, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hasward H. Reece. Turner, senior accounting major, son of Mr and Mrs C R Turner. Brenda H. McMahen exhibits at Southern State College student art show through May 22. her husband Harry Ray McMahen resides at 908 Walnut Street, Hope. exhibit runs 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Millwood pool elevation 259.25, normal with 5,000 CFS discharge. water clear except Little River. Visitation in April totaled 923,600. Fishing good for crappie, bream, bass and catfish. best artificial baits listed as Red Fin, Hot Spot, Devil’s Horse, Beetle Spin, Busbyhacks, along Chugger.
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Peggy Lloyd
Dusseldorf
West Germany
Southern State College
Magnolia
Southern Ilineis University
Carbondale
Peace Corps
Southeast Asia
Germany
O. Lloyd
West Ave
Hempstead County
Brenda H. McMahen
Harry Ray McMahen
Walnut St
Hope
McMahen
Hope High School
Southern State
Millwood Pool
Little River
Israel shoots down Soviet planes over Suez Canal
Israel claims three Soviet made Egyptian MIG jets shot down in dogfights over the Suez Canal. Two MIG17s fell in morning battles over the waterway and a MIG21 was downed near Egyptian territory after noon. Israeli planes were on bombing missions against central canal targets and all aircraft returned safely.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
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