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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1969
Page
2
Fragmentary weather notice for Kansas shows mention of chances of showers and highs in the upper 70s. The readable parts suggest a period with showers on Friday and unsettled conditions extending into tonight with warmer daytime temperatures and cooler night trends.
An underground nuclear explosion equal to 40 000 tons of TNT rocked western Colorado. The blast aimed to free natural gas from buried rock formations while the AEC reported no atmospheric radioactivity. About 60 objectors watched as dust and a towering cloud rose, with seismographs registering strong ground motion and the event marking the Plowshare endeavor to find peaceful atomic uses.
Alaska faces vast growth and mounting challenges as oil and gas leases bring a $900 million windfall. Roads are sparse, travel costly, and education and housing strained. Governor Miller warns gains won’t erase fiscal troubles, while state officials plan bond-funded highways, hospitals, schools, and long-term uses of lease revenue. The Brookings Institute and a research firm will aid lawmakers as they map ambitious plans for a booming but wary Alaska.
Air Force One carries the body of Senator Everett Dirksen to Pekin Illinois for burial near his hometown after a simple service in Washington. Attending the final rites were President Nixon Vice President Agnew cabinet members and congressional leaders. A funeral procession at Greater Peoria Airport escorted the coffin to Glendale Memorial Park cemetery with Governor Ogilvie and House leaders present.
J R Bennett president and GM of Homestead Industries announces Tony Mays as vice president of Marketing for the Hope Arkansas division. Mays will oversee sales and distribution of all Homestead products and brings extensive retail and wholesale mobile home experience. He will reside in Hope with wife Cheryl and son David.
Army investigators probe alleged kickbacks by entertainers to noncommissioned officers club managers in Vietnam. Singers claim payments of 50 dollars or 10 percent of fees, up to 500 dollars weekly, funded bookings. Pentagon and Senate inquiries widen, with officials naming several implicated sergeants and leadership changes under review.
City board at Edgewood intersection approves a route study by the State Highway Department after a split vote. Directors Forrest Singleton Clyde Fouse and Dr Lester Sitzes voted for. Leonard Ellis and Dr Sam Strong against. An underpass at Shover street remains a proposed alternative amid local opposition.
The state Welfare Department has custody for a 90 day period of an infant found in a trash dump near Mountainburg last Friday, in Fort Smith Arkansas.
A fragment discusses Boyle Figures and an atomic cloud metaphor, then offers light humor on dieting, public speaking by stammerers turning handicap into charm, and credit card excess. It notes five men and how they respond to questions, one ignoring, four offering explanations about accuracy.
The Alaska oil lease sale drew bids totaling about 900 million dollars with 12 percent royalty to the state. Governor Miller urged prudent use of windfall funds to support renewable resources while officials noted bonds backed by the bids will finance highways airports and fisheries projects. Eskimo protesters picketed the opening arguing lease proceeds should go to native inhabitants.
The 8th U S Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Wednesday on three desegregation suits against Marvell and Warren school districts in Arkansas. The suits, brought by a students group, the NAACP, and the Department of Justice, seek to end freedom of choice and move to a unitary system with a timetable for integration.
Reported Israeli air raids across the Jordan into Jordan and into the northern Jordan Valley. An Israeli strike near the Damilya Bridge killed four Arab saboteurs. Jordan says water pumps were destroyed threatening kibbutz supply. Pravda called the raid a challenge to the UN Security Council.
Robert J Cavagnaro 63 longtime AP executive died today in Salvador Mundo Hospital Rome He previously led AP bureaus Newark Denver and served as general sports editor in the 1940s Born December 3 1905 in Ridgewood New Jersey He joined AP in 1930 and helped set up computerized stock market tables later based in San Francisco For decades he and his wife Mrs Elizabeth Boye Carson Cavagnaro traveled with their children Gerald Manton Sandra Cavagnaro and Peter Cavagnaro
Sen. J W Fulbright D Ark said Nixon rejected his suggestion to send a representative to Ho Chi Minh funeral as not appropriate. The remark was made Wednesday in Washington AP reported.
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