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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1970
Page
2
Two events Sunday May 24 at First Baptist Church include a ground breaking for a new educational complex after the 10:45 a.m. worship service and a Senior Breakfast at 8:15 a.m. with 1970 graduates honored, plus a 9:30 a.m. baccalaureate address by Bro. Trussell. Public invited.
Obituary notes Benjamin R. Smith 71 of Hope died in a Shreveport Veterans hospital. He worked 30 years at Gulf Oil and is survived by Lillie and three sisters. Funeral at Oakcrest Chapel with Rev. Thomas Simmons, burial at Memory Gardens, Oakcrest Mortuary directing. In Macon AP reports a 250 person march led by Rev Abernathy travels to Atlanta to join rallies against racism, with a mule drawn wagon and speeches at Ebenezer Baptist Church and Morehouse College. Judy Croom, daughter of Hope resident Ellen Croom, wins a $1500 American Legion Auxiliary National President's Scholarship for five-category merit.
President Nixon urged Congress to pass a Ports and Waterways Safety Act granting the Coast Guard authority to control vessel traffic inland and in territorial seas, regulate dangerous cargo handling, and establish safety zones. He also urged ratification of two IMCO conventions on high seas pollution and amendments to the 1954 Oil Pollution Convention, plus a $35 million clean up revolving fund.
The Associated Press lists temperatures by city with conditions ranging from clear to cloudy. Notable values include Albany 80, Albuquerque 90, Atlanta 85, Chicago 87, Denver 87, Indianapolis 85, Los Angeles 71, Minneapolis 90, New York 84, Philadelphia 85, Phoenix 97, Seattle 60, Washington 92, and Winnipeg 56 with various cloudiness or rain noted.
Lawmakers rejected Rep Otis G Pike amendment to cut 322 million for first three Safeguard sites Grand Forks North Dakota Malmstrom Montana Whiteman Missouri and related surveys The bill passed 334 to 47 sending the measure to the Senate The debate centered on the 12 billion program intended to protect 225 U S missiles amid Cold War tensions and fears of escalating the arms race.
The House Appropriations Committee approved an extra 290 million dollars for civil supersonic transport development and a 7 billion omnibus bill funding 2 265 new air traffic personnel. The measure finances FY1971 for Transportation agencies, totaling 44 billion to liquidate past contracts despite being 113 million below the administration’s request.
A cold front centered in the Central Rockies will move into Arkansas behind a high pressure system. The U S Weather Bureau predicts clear to partly cloudy skies with possible showers, especially in the south, as cooler relief arrives. Showers are forecast across the state this weekend with scattered thunderclouds.
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