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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1969
Page
1
A fashion of security runs through a range of money bags where a special key prevents tampering. If opened without the key, indelible dye saturates contents. The maker notes the case can endure boiling, freezing, kicking or baking, ensuring unmarked cash only with authorized access.
U S casualties in Vietnam fell 25 percent last week, with 137 Americans killed and 1,449 wounded. South Vietnamese losses rose sharply to 602 government troops killed and 1,210 wounded, the largest since June. Enemy deaths totaled 2,291, while totals for the war so far reached 38,450 Americans killed, 249,602 wounded, and 1,330 missing or captured.
American Negro leader Robert F. Williams won U S permission to return to Detroit on a special Trans World Airlines flight. The airline will carry only his lawyer and a security guard. Williams faces a North Carolina kidnapping charge from which he fled eight years ago after living in Cuba Red China Tanzania and other countries. Williams plans to leave London Friday for the United States under a government request.
A former Tucker Prison Farm guard indicted last July by a U.S. Grand Jury filed on Wednesday for a bill of particulars on the charges. Tommy DeShazo, the former trustee, seeks clarification of the indictment alleging he deprived inmates of civil rights while acting under color of law and questions the four alleged assaults.
Forrest City Arkansas AP five persons were fined 300 dollars each and sentenced to six months in jail on inciting to riot convictions arising from Sunday disturbance at St. Francis County Jail. Judge O H Hare graus set 1500 dollars bond each. defendants faced earlier disorderly conduct and property destruction charges that were altered.
Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. faces Senate scrutiny over outside financial holdings as questions of a potential conflict of interest arise ahead of his Supreme Court nomination. Senators Hart and Tydings request a full statement of corporate interests and income sources since 1963, while Haynsworth has already disclosed a vending machine investment and later sale.
American and enemy forces intensified operations after the three day Viet Cong cease-fire ended at 1 a.m. Attacks from Saigon north to the border with Cambodia wounded 31 Americans. 4 other Americans and 37 enemy troops were killed in the first 12 hours. Casualties: U.S. total 38,450 killed, 249,102 wounded, 1,330 missing or captured. Saigon reported 502 troops killed and 1,210 wounded. allies said 2,291 enemy dead.
Washington AP reports the House tax reform framework aims to curb tax gimmicks by the wealthy. It would adjust capital gains rules and sharply cut the top rate on earned income while closing many tax avoidance devices used by high earners.
TEL AVIV AP Egyptian planes raided Israeli forces in Sinai twice. Israeli spokesman says seven Egyptian planes were shot down, with an eighth probable kill. Raids followed Israeli amphibious attack on Gulf of Suez coast that killed 100-150 Egyptians and an air strike. Egyptian crossing the Suez Canal at 9 30 a m wounded three Israelis. two Egyptian planes fell to Hawk missiles and Israeli jets. noon raid centered near Ras el Misalla and canal area.
An Allegheny Airlines DC9 and a small Piper Cherokee collided on a radar near Weir Cook Field, igniting questions about radar coverage and transponder use. Indianapolis Airport chief Duane Jennings noted both planes were under visual flight rules with 15 mile visibility, pilots responsible for collision avoidance.
The Associated Press reports high pressure dominates Arkansas with a cooling trend as a front moved in last Monday. Lows near 9 and 10s were forecast, while daily highs ranged from the 70s to mid 80s. Oklahoma and Texas showers edge toward Western Arkansas today.
New York AP humor column by HAL BOYLE picks light, satirical thoughts on social quirks and daily annoyances. It jokes about husbands resisting minis, idle questions, spelling woes, and oddities in language and life, ending with a playful prompt about personal national flags.
Alaska earned a $900 million windfall from a single North Slope oil lease sale led by billionaire bidders J Paul Getty and H L Hunt. Bids covered 179 tracts near Prudhoe Bay, averaging about $1,965 per acre, with a top bid of $72.2 million for a 2,560 acre lease. State officials said the sale funds could accelerate financing for state needs while avoiding immediate disposition of remaining land.
The Budget Bureau said it would not object to enacting legislation to buy land for the Buffalo National River in Arkansas and for the Point Reyes National Seashore near San Francisco. It cautioned that land acquisitions depend on authorization bills and Land and Water Conservation Fund limits, as the Senate advances Buffalo River legislation with the House delay.
Police investigated a two car crash Wednesday at 3 45 on South Main Street. Mrs Beatrice Johnson backed into a car driven by Mrs Car s ne Paris causing minor damage. Mrs Johnson charged with failure to yield right of way. Officers Neal and McCulley investigated.
GM announced an average price increase of 2.1 percent, raising the typical car price from 3070 to 3189 dollars, with 38 dollars of the rise due to standardizing previously optional equipment. Prices vary by model from a 98 dollar rise on the low end Nova to 199 dollars on the Cadillac Fleetwood.
U S advisers Lt. Col. Eugene F. Smallwood and Maj. Anthony J. Broullon were shot and killed by a South Vietnamese soldier who then killed himself as they left a South Vietnamese army compound 35 miles southwest of Saigon. Both served as senior advisers with the 25th Infantry Division.
The Hope City Board of Directors at a Wednesday meeting approved a highway department study of routing to Interstate 40 via Highway 29 South, seeking broad community agreement before detailed surveys. They also discussed water system improvements with Congressman Hammerschmidt’s office, including three new wells and mains for fire protection, and approved street projects on Fulton Street, Edgewood, Bell, and Berry streets with related assessments.
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