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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
5
Academy Award nominee George C Scott asks to be withdrawn from consideration calling the process a meat parade The public display of talented adults waiting for rewards and contrived suspense he says is nonsense Scott may win no Oscar but deserves praise for speaking out Richmond News Leader
Washington AP report on the 13000 member AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen strike starting nationwide at 6 am with picket lines in New York Staten Island Grand Central and Baltimore. Missouri Pacific runs on a skeleton crew as government mediation continues. Wage dispute centers on 54 percent rise over 36 months versus 42 percent over 42 months.
Washington AP report says the small AFL CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen led a nationwide strike that halted most rail activity. The White House calls it a disaster and seeks Congress action, while rail traffic across major cities stalls and freight and military cargo face disruptions.
A one car crash two miles south of Dogpatch Arkansas killed Billie J. Lewis 19 of Dogpatch and injured Glen Lewis 24 and Randall Lewis both of Dogpatch. The car left a 40 foot embankment. all three were local residents hospitalized at Harrison.
Berkeley based UC seismograph station recorded a strong quake southeast of Berkeley near the Colombian coast. Seismologists fixed the epicenter about 3,600 miles away and 100 to 200 miles underground, estimating a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale.
A low unemployment rate of about 4 percent in the Hope area has created a male labor shortage, with several local plants operating under capacity. Causes cited include resumed outdoor work and agriculture. one old plant curtailed output due to a 10-man shortfall. Wages at a plant start at 1.90 per hour with overtime, and training for inexperienced workers is offered. A surplus of female workers complicates placement. Men are urged to report to the Employment Security Division, 700 South Elm, Hope, to register for steady year round employment.
Hope Police investigated two accidents at city intersections over the weekend. Emmett Cannon and Jackie Marsh collided at W Third and S Hervey. no charges. Watson Cottingham and Lenorah Avans collided at West 6th and S Elm. Cottingham charged with running a stop sign. Weekend violations listed and yearly totals noted.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and U S Ambassador Jacob Beam met at the Soviet Foreign Ministry to discuss the potential for mutual force reductions in Europe. The meeting followed Brezhnev's appeal for talks and included questions about which forces and arms would be reduced and whether talks could succeed.
Mount Etna erupts in a river of molten lava rolling down its flank toward two Sicilian villages Sant'Alfio and Fornazzo. Residents fear destruction as lava threatens homes while Paolo Nicolosi laments losing his vacation house and years of savings to the wildfire in the mountain's assault.
Saigon reports U S military command confirms a weekly drop of 4,600 troops to 262,500 in Vietnam. Marines reduced by 2,600, advisers to be withdrawn gradually, leaving 8,600 in South Vietnam as the broader drawdown continues.
ANGELS CAMP Calif AP The Arkansas frog Razorback was eliminated in a preliminary jump off at the Calaveras County Frog Jumping Contest. Razorback jumped 6 feet 3 inches to tie for 11th with Delaware's entry.
The U S Postal Service opened hearings before the independent Postal Rate Commission to justify and make permanent recent postage increases. The commission will hear testimony from accountants lawyers and 57 organizations representing large mailers including the Magazine Publishers Association and the American Newspapers Publishers Association.
Texas Woman's University awarded bachelor’s master’s and doctoral degrees on May 15. Hope residents Elizabeth Lawrence earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy and Cecilia Beth Delaney earned a Bachelor of Science in Special Education for the Physically Handicapped. Other items note Hope residents’ recognitions and local moves, including music scholarships at the University of Arkansas and faculty updates.
The bodies of Hoyt Thornton and Alta Linder were found in Union Baptist Church near Lockesburg Arkansas. State Police say the deaths were an apparent murder suicide with Thornton firing twice at Linder before shooting himself. The time of death is listed as 10 p.m. Saturday and the bodies were found by Linder's daughter Neta Pickett.
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the text of a last will and testament controls over the maker’s presumed intent when they conflict. Reversing a Hempstead County probate decision, the court sent the case back to probate court and emphasized that court findings must follow the will’s language.
Showers and thundershowers were expected to begin in western Arkansas today and move across the state, reaching the east Tuesday. Severe thunderstorms possible in the northwest tonight. Warm temperatures expected to continue through Tuesday.
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