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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1969
Page
8
General Motors style compact news reports two new Plymouth models the two door Duster and the Duster 340 high performance variant. The 1970 Valiant four door receives styling updates including a new grille turn signal lamps and taillamps with additional design changes.
The 1970 Plymouth Barracuda line introduces three series the standard Barracuda Gran Coupe and the 'Cuda with enhanced performance. The base engine is a 383 cubic inch V8 with four barrel carburetor. An optional Hemicuda offers a 426 cubic inch hemi with eight barrel carburetor and shaker hood.
Plymouth GTX premium performer for 1970 shows new front rear and body side styling. Interiors feature high back bucket seats with integral head restraints and wood grain dash. Exclusive body side performance stripe, optional 440 six barrel V eight, and 426 hemi engine. Other intermediate Plymouths include Belvedere Satellite Sport Satellite and Road Runner.
Forrest City Arkansas police chief Marvin Gunn says he is protecting newsmen covering city issues but hampered by a small force. He urges news crews to inform him before assignments so patrol cars can accompany them. Sigma Delta Chi urged a Justice Department probe into attacks on news staff. Governor Rockefeller offered state trooper protection if locals fail to act.
Con way County Sheriff Martin Hawkins and the pilot Bill Jones were in satisfactory condition after a single engine plane struck a power line and crashed onto a median of Interstate 40 near the Menifee exchange. Jones was moved to a Little Rock hospital from Morrilton. Both had been part of Hawkins safety program to cut auto accidents on 140 and a US 64 bypass.
AFL-CIO construction unions open their convention amid charges of racial discrimination and inflationary wage hikes. Government officials and civil rights groups urge faster inclusion of Negro workers, while unions fault Nixon’s construction cuts and push higher wages to offset inflation. Meany notes past bans but says doors now open.
A Forrest City Municipal Court motion seeks to overturn the conviction of five men for unlawful assembly after a jail disturbance. Eddie Tate, tied to the Invaders, is named among the defendants. The defense argues the trial was a mistrial due to inciting to riot charges instead of unlawful assembly. The motion claims conviction on a different charge from the charged offense is unconstitutional.
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