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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1971
Page
6
A spring wedding near the Jefferson Memorial in Washington appears as a peaceful demonstration of love and tradition. The tale reflects on a permit form labeled Notice of a Proposed Demonstration and questions park service practices for public land events.
Volunteer sales girls from Leslie Huddleston unit 12 of the American Legion Junior Auxiliary will canvass Hope on Saturday May 29 offering Poppies for sale to support hospitalized Veterans and their families. Mary Jane Reyenga chairs the group with members including Sandra McFarland Susan Reardon and others. Funds from the sale are the only income for many hospitalized veterans. Ford ranks environment fifth among national problems at a Midwest Research Institute dinner stating poverty education housing and crime are the top four.
In a unanimous ruling the California Supreme Court struck down a 1936 law barring women from bartending as violates equal protection and the state constitution. Justice Raymond E. Peters said gender-based restrictions party to a now outdated view of women in the work force. The decision came on appeals from Sailors Inn Inc. and Walter Robson after the state sought license revocation for employing women bartenders. In Fayetteville Arkansas a nine month old girl died in a freak accident when a pacifier string around her neck caused strangulation after she was left unattended for about 90 minutes.
Peggy Simpson reports from Washington that an AP analysis finds criminal control of a million-dollar bank is simpler than obtaining a license to open a beer saloon. The piece discusses regulatory hurdles, law enforcement, and the challenges faced by legitimate entrepreneurs in starting small downtown taverns.
In eastern Cambodia near the rubber town of Snoul, waves of U S and South Vietnamese aircraft bombed and strafed North Vietnamese troops. The Saigon command reported over 200 enemy dead after a three hour ground battle west of Snoul and 500 South Vietnamese infantrymen backed by tanks and U S planes fought an equal sized North Vietnamese force. Air support logged nearly 600 helicopter gunship missions, with B 52 bombers diverted to base camps and depots. In South Vietnam allied aircraft and infantry hit North Vietnamese forces in the A Shau Valley, claiming 56 enemy killed.
New York AP writer Hal Boyle cautions that survival and happiness hinge on the ability to say no in tempting situations. Examples include offers of lessons, risky dawdling, shady financial schemes, and questionable social invites, with Rep Henry B Gonzalez pushing limits on bank takeover loans. He notes some good arguments exist for limiting such loans.
The chief justice may require a professional safecracker to open the so called centennial safe in a Capitol storage room. Key details and inner door combination are tied to Smithsonian records with doubts about what remains inside. Hearings suggest the outer lock may be jammed by weathering, while a custodian once briefly opened the doors for visitors.
Joseph Moriarty, once key figure in a Jersey City numbers racket that yielded 2.6 million, was beaten and burned with a blowtorch by three unidentified abductors seeking hidden money. Moriarty, 60, escaped from captivity and sought care before disappearing. decades of legal battles over the fortune followed.
LITTLE ROCK AP For mer state Rep John S Purtle of Little Rock said Thursday he was confident of the success of a petition drive he heads to refer the antic ity killer law to voters in the 1972 general elec tion. Purtle said already about 10 per cent of the signatures re quired had been obtained. The statute, which was ap proved by the 1971 General As sembly, would nullify the 1969 act written by Purtle that gave persons living in areas that are proposed for annexation by cities a veto power over the annexation.
The Jicarilla Apache Tribe of American Indians backs a $2 million film “A Gunfight” with profits to the tribe. Charlie Vigil, tribal president, calls it a win for Indians in the industry. Stars Johnny Cash and Kirk Douglas. filming near Santa Fe at a tribal-owned movie town. U S Indian Commissioner Louis Bruce attended the premiere with producers Harold Bloom and Ronald Lubin. about 500 of 1,800 invited tribal members attended with families and youths present.
KEITH HEARN reports in YUBA CITY CALIFORNIA that eight more bodies were unearthed in fruit orchards along the Feather River, bringing the death toll to 20. Deputies said the scene remains a sprawling crime investigation with workers and drifters among the victims.
Mr and Mrs Frank McLarty and sons Mack and Bud returned from Paradise Island Nassau after attending the 1971 F A L S National Leasing Convention. Mack spoke Friday on truck leasing, introduced by John B Costello of Detroit, noting a first Father-Son pair as principal speakers since 1959. Memorial Day closure plans announced and local notices follow.
Slightly warmer temperatures are expected in Arkansas. A chance of thundershowers Saturday afternoon in the western portion. Clouds and thundershowers moved across the state from the west Thursday, keeping temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s in many areas. Skies cleared in the extreme south and west Thursday afternoon and temperatures climbed into the 80s in those areas. Highs today were forecast in the 70s to low 80s with highs Saturday forecast mostly in the 80s.
A head on crash between a two coach train and a freight near Wuppertal killed 45 people, including 40 students aged 15 and 16 from Radevormwalder junior school. At least 24 others were seriously injured as an investigation ensued into signals at a disputed single track line.
About 200 police landed to exile 18 Mafia bosses to isolated Sicilian islands. Filicudi residents protested by refusing help and threatening to leave, sparking clashes and a nonviolent appeal for authorities to relocate the suspects. Lipari and Stromboli residents joined in solidarity as pressure mounted on Rome. The operation followed the Palermo prosecutor’s killing and aimed to keep mob leaders under tight watch.
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