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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1973
Page
6
A brief column by editor Alex H. Washburn discusses daily bread topics with concise commentary on recent events and A notes reflecting on simple life and community values. The piece offers plain observations and mild reflections typical of the page’s informal tone.
Star's Publishing Co reports 1972 census figures including payroll 113,426 dollars and 21 employees, showing newsprint costs more than doubling since 1958 and employment rising from 16 to 22 over 15 years.
Dr Timothy Leary the former Harvard professor and counterculture figure has been assigned to work in the flower garden at Folsom State Prison He will cultivate plants such as petunias sweet peas and marigolds pull weeds and trim grass Officials said the assignment followed a review of Learys past crimes and escape potential by prison staff Walter Keane of the warden's office noted the Tuesday decision shows the plants and gardening tasks as part of his duties lingering from his prison routine
City subscribers urged to call 777-3431 between 6 and 6 30 p m Saturday before or by 9 p m if they fail to receive the Star and a carrier will deliver the paper
Senate Watergate hearings focus on John J. Caulfield who ferried offers of executive clemency to McCord as he testifies about messages from the White House and from John W. Dean III. Caulfield says he conveyed a message from the top, while President Nixon denies any authorization of clemency offers. Ulasewicz, previously linked to hush money, also appears in the probe, with Caulfield detailing three years of investigative work for Ehrlichman and Dean. In Redwood City, Loretta Stirm sues for divorce from Lt. Col. Robert Stirm after their March reunion photo at Travis Air Force Base.
President Nixon rejects any knowledge of or participation in illegal acts while acknowledging broad efforts to cover up Watergate. He defends actions as aimed at protecting national security and says he will not resign, outlining his denials in a lengthy statement and meeting with GOP leaders.
The National Weather Service expects scattered showers and a few thunderstorms today, then becoming more widely scattered tonight and Thursday. Percent chances range from 50 today to 30-40 tonight and 20 Thursday, with reports of marble size hail, strong winds, and funnel clouds in several locations but no significant damage. Lows in the 60s and highs in the 80s are forecast, with city temperatures listed for Pine Bluff, El Dorado, Texarkana, Fayetteville, Harrison, Jonesboro, Memphis, Little Rock, and Fort Smith.
Former burglar James W. McCord Jr. showed how to plant a hidden telephone bug before the Senate Watergate committee and TV audience. He described a pillbox transmitter wired into the phone and a $6,500 receiver to pick up the wireless signal, noting the device leaves no audible trace. He joked about not being prosecuted for the installation.
Phi Delta Theta at Stanford University was censured and placed on one year probation after a rush party last April featured five topless dancers from a nearby nightclub. Associate Dean Larry W. Horton said the event went beyond acceptable behavior.
The Detroit Free Press suspended investigative reporter Howard Kohn after he admitted parts of his kidnapping story were false. He said he only met an informant and argued about blackmail, with no gunman involved. police found bullet fragments in his car. The paper assigned a team to investigate the incident.
Henry Kissinger's top aide William H. Sullivan flies to Saigon to brief President Nguyen Van Thieu on the Paris cease-fire talks with Le Duc Tho and Nguyen Co Thach. Sullivan calls the Saigon visit very quick as Kissinger and Tho meet for a sixth time amid reports of new cease-fire arrangements.
Donations to Water Creek Cemetery may be mailed to Mrs Irma Thomas Rt 1 Box 200 Fulton designate fence or upkeep fund. Bro Johnny Wilson of Baptist Missionary Association speaks at Unity Baptist Church tonight at 7. Mr and Mrs Fred Bornhoeft visit sister in law Arthur Strech. Jack Fountain earns Henderson State College BS in Business Administration. Ouachita Baptist University May 12 commencement includes Brenda Hubbard Foster James Ryan Jr Ronnie Wells Connie Wilson Michael Harris Nancy Harris Gene Mason Eaelynne Carlton. Marlbrook Homecoming Day draws visitors from Florida Arizona Louisiana Texas. Rev R O Stark delivers sermon with praise to Nesbitt Paw Chants for cemetery upkeep.
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