21 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1969
Page
1
A column recalls a chaotic move of KXAR’s new Collins console and compares radio engineering to the broader shift toward automated panels in newspapers. It praises skilled technicians who keep modern communication running and notes the growing demand for such expertise as automation expands.
Red River Vocational Technical School will offer night classes starting Monday October 27 at 6 30 pm. Courses include office occupation basics such as shorthand and typing, basic accounting and calculator use, plus machine shop practice automotive electrical systems and blueprint reading. Contact the business office for details.
North Vietnamese troops killed seven U S Marines and wounded 18 others in two clashes near the Cambodian border north of Saigon. The U S Command announced withdrawal of 2 300 Marines this week including the 4th Regiment of the 3rd Division to Okinawa. The 4th Regiment ends 44 years of combat in Vietnam, leaving the 1st Division as the sole Marine division operating in the central lowlands south of Da Nang.
AP Special Correspondent John M. Hightower reports the Nixon administration faces a clash between returning hijackers to their origin and offering refuge to escapees from Communist countries. East German hijackers forced a Polish Airlines flight with 9 crew and 63 passengers to West Berlin, complicating U.S. policy on hijackings tied to Cuba. West Berlin’s status as an international responsibility prompts U.S., British and French consultation amid ICAO calls for a binding international return rule.
In Wilkes-Barre a Philadelphia medical examiner questioned whether the Kopechne autopsy could confirm or negate the Massachusetts ruling on the drowning. Dr. Joseph W. Spelman noted external exams may miss internal injuries and testified during a hearing on exhumation petitions by District Attorney Edmund Dinis. Dinis plans to present more evidence and may subpoena a tape of Senator Edward Kennedy’s televised statements. Kopechne’s father prepared to testify as the inquest moves forward.
A Birmingham AP story recalls a father taking his 5 year old along to an adult dental appointment. The child’s curiosity meets a new dentist and a stressful waiting room as the parent navigates the fear and the procedure.
United States and Japan reached understanding for Okinawa return to Tokyo authority by 1972 while keeping a U.S. base on the island. Nuclear weapons to be removed. joint statement planned after Nixon and Sato meet November in Washington. Final agreement may take a year or more amid complex negotiations for Ryukyu Islands.
Washington AP reports the Internal Revenue Service weighs selling data from tax returns to private firms, a move critics say could invade privacy and flood households with junk mail. Rep. James O'Hara notes firms like Sears Roebuck Spiegel AMC American Mail Associates and R L Polk seek the information. Since 1960 the IRS has published income statistics by metropolitan areas and, this year, by the first three digits of ZIP codes for 827 regions.
Sen George Aiken said most U S ground forces will be out of Vietnam within a year and hearings on withdrawal were postponed until after Nixon speaks. Senate Leader Hugh Scott urged tolerance amid debates over the war and attacks on Agnew while Rogers praised peaceful steps at a New York awards dinner.
The article reports that since World War II the U.S. merchant fleet has deteriorated with 96 percent of imported raw materials arriving on foreign ships. Helen Bentley warns of national risk, while the Nixon Administration seeks 30 percent of overseas trade on American ships by the mid 1970s. It notes historic drops from 57.6 percent postwar to 6.4 percent in 1968, and details fleet age, the mothball reserve, and 400 vessels sailing under foreign flags.
The Bundestag elected Willy Brandt chancellor of West Germany ending two decades of CDU rule. The vote was 261 in favor to 235 against with five abstentions four invalid ballots and one deputy absent.
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 720 with 36 aboard was hijacked to Havana while flying from Mexico City to Miami. Captain Hudson Gillis reported the diversion over Merida, Mexico, with Pan Am Flight 551 originally due to stop at Merida and Tampa before reaching Miami.
AP News Digest reports Senator Hugh Scott rebuking Vice President Agnew without naming him, urging tolerance and an end to name calling in the Vietnam debate. Also notes Okinawa return to Tokyo control by military base, and an Philadelphia medical examiner remarks an autopsy on Mary Jo Kopechne could modify or negate the drowning verdict.
Congressman Hammerschmidt's office said the Economic Development Administration approved a 453000 grant to Hope to build access roads and develop sewer and water improvements at four industrial sites. The grant will be matched by 302000 from the city, totaling 755000.
Notes from Hope including Marvin Stanley Jr., 14, killing a small buttonback on the Stanley farm near Ozan. E E Wassell of Hope attends the South Arkansas Logging Equipment show in Monticello. Lynda Bearden of Hope joins Ouachita Baptist University Honors program with education focus and GPA 3.00+. Kent watermelon weighs 153 pounds, rivaling 1950s Middlebrooks figures. 16| pound melon in 1956 earned $1,000 for the family. Grass and woods fire along Spring Hill road and 16th street burned area. Texarkana College Rodeo Club hosts first annual open horse show Oct 25 at Third District Livestock Show Coliseum at 10 a.m. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission team led by Director Andrew Hulsey attends Southeastern Association convention in Mobile. Dick Broach to present on fishing management. Hope Athletic Boosters Club meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. to view Hope-Malvern game film.
Gale force winds from a hundred miles per hour lashed Louisiana offshore waters near the mouth of the Mississippi River as Hurricane Laurie weakened slightly but drifted northeast. The Weather Bureau warned of possible coastward shifts while thousands fled inland, with Lafourche Parish leading evacuations to refugee centers in Lockport Raceland and Thibodaux.
Hope Kiwanis Club hosts its annual Pancake Supper at Hope High School Cafeteria starting 5 p.m. Friday October 24 preceding the Hope Bobcat Magnolia Panther football game. The event funds Kiwanis youth programs including K Park, a well used youth ball park, with pledges toward a new Youth or Community Center.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Parker of 400 East 13th Street Hope Arkansas has been named to the Consumer Education Council by Attorney General Joe Purcell. She is one of 35 statewide appointees serving to educate the public on consumer issues and related legislation. Mrs Parker is married to Donal Parker, VP of Star Publishing Co. The Parkers have two daughters, Marilyn and Paula, and she also serves as PTA secretary at Beryl Henry Elementary, church secretary, and in other community roles.
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