Post Office Report Not Good For Hope Area
Our Daily Sliced Thin reports poor mail service since moving Hope terminal to Texarkana Oaklawn. May 16 delays hit Columbus Ozan Washington Fulton Nashville Saratoga. Saratoga received only a four day lag for The Star. Local firms urge action, threaten federal court if delays continue.
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Hope
Texarkana
Oaklawn Station
Columbus
Ozan
Washington
Fulton
Hempstead
Nashville
Saratoga
Howard County
LaGrone Williams
LaGrone Williams Hardware
Lloyd D. Coston
Fone Brothers
Little Rock
Trade Area
Pod Rogers
Oaklawn
Hope- Nashville
Education Bill Carries Busing Delay
Congress reaches a compromise on a school busing provision delaying court desegregation orders for 18 months as part of a larger $20 billion higher education bill. The accord repels three antibusing amendments, sets a January 1, 1974 expiry, and seeks Supreme Court guidance on age and distance limits for busing.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
National Institute of Education
Supreme Court
Denver
Nixon
Congress
Michigan and Maryland Democratic Primary Results Reported
AP tally shows Wallace leading Michigan with 809,601 votes and 51 percent, McGovern 425,896, Humphrey 249,346, with other candidates and uncommitted making up the rest as 5,707 of 5,710 precincts report. Maryland totals list Wallace 219,130, Humphrey 150,155, McGovern 122,661, with minor candidates also cited and 53 delegates allocated. A Nashville Ark traffic collision kills Allen Talbert and injures Joe Stone. Mammoth Spring voters approve up to 4 million bond issue for Marine Protein Corp plant construction.
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Michigan
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McGovern
Humphrey
Chisholm
Muskie
Jackson
Hartke
Baltimore
Maryland
Yorty
Mills
McCarthy
Lindsay
Haltimore
Mammoth Spring
Ark
Marine Protein Corp
Delaware
Wallace improves after gunshot wound amid primary wins
George C. Wallace, elated by Michigan and Maryland primary victories, shows steady improvement from gunshot injuries. A medical bulletin notes he is alert and reading, with paralysis unchanged but the spinal outcome undetermined until surgery. Reports of permanent paralysis are disputed.
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Don McLeod
Associated Press
Silver Spring, Md
George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Alabama
Joseph F. Schanno
Wallace
Campaign for Wallace Is to Continue Campaign for Wallace Is to Continue
Alabama Gov. George Wallace supporters press on with plans to win a sizable share of Texas national convention delegates. Texas precincts yielded about 28 percent for Wallace, with aims to reach 30 to 35 percent at the June 13 state convention. Leaders credit late start and tight organization for strength against the Florida primary’s momentum. Narcotics Arrest Made.
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Austin
Tex
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Lee Sullivan
Texas
Sullivan
Timanus
Florida
George McGovern
Belgian Connection drug smuggling ring busted after NATO tip
Federal narcotics officials say a Brussels based offer to a U S Army sergeant led to a three month transatlantic chase ending with seven arrests in Paris and New York. The case involved smuggling 264 pounds of heroin into the United States and $96,000 in payoff. Authorities say it was one of the largest drug plots uncovered.
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New York
U.S. Army
Brussels
United States
Paris
John E. Ingersoll
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Wallace Shooting Pushes Action on Anti-Gun Measures
Gov. George Wallace scored large wins in Michigan and Maryland primaries as his campaign solicits new contests while he recovers from being shot. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey resumes campaigning today. Sen. George McGovern plans to restart Thursday. Wallace gained 51 percent in Michigan and 40 percent in Maryland, with McGovern at 27 percent and Humphrey at 16 percent in Michigan. In Maryland, the results followed.
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Washington Post
Wallace
Billy Joe Camp
Post
Laurel
George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
McGovern
Humphrey
South Dakota
Nixon
Similar Men Bremer Oswald Sirhan Compared By Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist notes Bremer Oswald and Sirhan share traits of impulsive action and world changing motives. He explains killers seek to alter a chaotic world, driven by frustration and alienation from family, with Bremer linked to the Wallace shooting in Maryland.
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Abrahamson
Bremer
Oswald
Sirhan
Milwaukee
Marine Corps
Connally Seen as Possible No. 2 on Ticket
President Nixon praises John Connally as capable of any public office and hints at no immediate plan to ask Spiro Agnew to run again. Renewed speculation centers on Connally becoming Nixon’s running mate for the 1972 Republican ticket, though Agnew’s public stance remains unclear.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury
John B. Connally
Spiro T. Agnew
Connally
Texas
Agnew
Panel Calls Parley on Tough Bills
Washington ap panel convenes after an assassination attempt on Alabama governor George C Wallace. Senate subcommittee chair Birch Bayh calls a closed session to consider tough gun control bills while the Nixon administration, inching toward action, faced renewed pressure in the wake of the Wallace shooting and related gun violence.
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Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Nixon
White House
Wallace
Senate
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Administration
Seven Americans Die as N Vietnam Shelling Strikes Kontum
North Vietnamese shells hit a U.S. Air Force C130 transport at Kontum airfield in central highlands, killing seven Americans aboard and wounding two. The attack also destroyed Pleiku ammunition dump, damaged the Da Nang Hue highway, and triggered massive explosions from gas tanks and artillery ammo as fires raged at the airstrip.
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Saigon
Kontum
Pleiku
U.S. Command
Highway 1
da Nang
Hue
Rakkasan
Helen
Local warnings and updates from Hope and surrounding areas
The Hempstead Industrial Foundation and Chamber of Commerce warn Hope business people to verify charges with Tennessee Forging Steel Tex-Ark Joist Company or nearby firms before billing accounts. Updates cover Girl State delegates Debbie Harden Karen Dorman and alternates, Missionary Geraldine Chappell’s India furlough services at Hope Church of the Nazarene, University of Arkansas degree ceremonies, Don Laseter’s recovery, and Carolyn Shapley’s Spanish contest success. Military reports note ammunition handling at Pleiku, airfield engagements near Kontum, and ground battles along Route 1 between Da Nang and Hue with base reoccupations and shelling near Fire Bases Rakkasan and Helen.
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Hempstead County Industrial Foundation
Hope Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce
Hope
Tennessee
Steel Corporation
Steel
Tex-Ark
Joist Company
Geraldine Chappell
India
Churches of the Nazarene
Hope Church of the Nazarene
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