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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1972
Page
6
A brief note from The Editor Alex H. Washburn on Our Daily Bread bed Thin. The piece reflects on editorial stance and the publication's ongoing coverage philosophy.
In a reader letter from Sept 11, 1972 Room 108 Quapaw Tower Little Rock AR the editor corrects erroneous feed per gain figures for turkeys and notes Arkansas leading in broiler production and ranking in egg and turkey output. The Arkansas Poultry report, prepared by extension service and division of agriculture, contrasts Arkansas with Georgia in turkey production.
The House passed a 74.6 billion dollar defense bill 322 to 40 and sent it to the Senate. A proposed cut of funds for the Vietnam War failed 208 to 160 after a ten minute debate. The chamber upheld programs to phase out KP duties over objections and rejected attempts to cut Bomber and nuclear warhead funding.
Grand jury in Arkansas indicts state Senator Joe Lee Anderson on three counts of filing false income tax returns for 1965 1966 and 1967. Anderson, 61, has served in the state senate since 199. The panel returned 77 indictments with 51 made public. Also noted are Hope school system work study students Ruell Scott and Levester Sharp aiding in locker assembly at Hopewell, under instructor Linda Stewart in a cooperative program with Arkansas Rehabilitation Program.
Henry Kissinger, U S national security adviser, meets Le Duc Tho in Paris for the 17th secret Vietnam War talks. Embassy refused to disclose location or timing, or whether Kissinger arrived from London. City notices follow standard subscriber procedures.
Linda McMahen, 17, daughter of Mrs. W. H. McMahen of Hope, was named Miss Hempstead County after a City Hall contest and will represent the county in the Third District Livestock Show starting Sept. 25. Runner-up was Whonda Gibson, 16, of Patmos. Little Miss Hempstead County went to Kathy Prescott, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Prescott, with Tracy Turner, 2, as runner-up. Sisters Terry and Debbie Dugger won the tal t contest with a vocal solo. The Optimist Club sponsored the event and awarded trophies.
Senate Armed Services Committee heard Sgt. Lonnie Franks recount dual reports on pre planned air strikes against North Vietnam. One true account went to Air Force headquarters while false reports circulated widely. Franks linked the falsifications to orders from above during January and noted confusion over whether higher officers were aware.
U S District Court Judge J Smith Henley said Thursday additional hearings will determine if changes he ordered in the state prison system are being carried out. He cited a constant stream of inmate complaints but warned that partially valid complaints would show prison personnel were violating court orders and could lead to contempt citations.
British troops rammed a hijacked car in a Catholic district of Belfast and captured Jim Bryson, an IRA battalion commander who had escaped from a prison ship eight months earlier. The night of fighting left one man killed a hotel bomb victim and 49 injured as gunmen and troops traded fire near Victoria Hospital amid eight bomb blasts.
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