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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1969
Page
1
In a September 25 postcard from Hong Kong Lloyd Spencer and Mrs. Spencer describe the visit as photographer’s paradise while warning that Hong Kong sits on borrowed time as a British crown colony likely to be handed to Red China.
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will experience warm days and cool nights through Wednesday as a dry air mass persists under a high pressure ridge extending from England to Texas. An approaching Pacific trough could raise moisture and bring rain by Friday. Temperatures yesterday ranged from the upper 70s to mid 80s in the northeast and near 90 in the southwest and west central regions.
Representatives of the Arkansas Home Builders Association planned to meet with Arkansas congressional delegation to press for larger government credit to revive the home-building industry.
Congressmen expect only a hearing on President Nixon's draft lottery plan with Defense Secretary Laird and Selective Service head Hersey testifying. Leaders signal cautious scrutiny rather than anticipated approval, stressing a fair, impartial process and Paramount importance given current opposition from Rep. Hebert.
President Nixon asks congressional Republicans for a 60 day unity period while the U S tests whether Hanoi's new regime will move toward a negotiated peace. Senate leaders Scott and Griffin provide no source, and dissent grows as a student protest looms. Critics push for immediate withdrawal, while defense moves prepare a major troop redeployment from Vietnam to Okinawa and the U S.
The United States will withdraw 6,000 of its 49,000 troops from Thailand by next July, beginning within weeks, in an expeditious reduction linked to Vietnam operations. Most forces are air and support troops. the move raises questions on overall regional deployments.
HAL BOYLE writes that Americans fear maturing past their early twenties and view 30 as a hurdle, while the real youthfulness lies in the spirit. A wrinkled heart can age you more than a wrinkled face, and attitude outlives birth date. Those who remain curious and musical stay young at heart. See WORSHIP (On Page 3)
The Hempstead County Farm Bureau announces its regular monthly meeting in the new office at 900 South Main Street. A potluck dinner begins at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday October 2. Warren Butler leads the program. AU members urged to visit the new building next to Dr Harris Clinic. President Burson says Open House is planned soon.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld Marvin Grissom's five year assault with intent to kill conviction for beating his 20 month old son. His claims of arrest without a warrant and lack of an attorney while jailed were rejected. The sentence included a three year suspension.
Frank Christian, 39, a Hope resident, was arrested last night after officers caught him attempting to break into the money box inside a telephone booth at Cassidy Williams Grocery on North Hazel. Police describe him as a Negro resident of Hope.
City firemen reported damage from two separate fires this morning. Marie Martin’s kitchen at 713 North Laurel suffered blaze damage likely from a stove, confined to the kitchen. Earlier, at 1218 West 4th, a cardboard box at Dora Jones’s home caught fire, destroying the box a chair and damaging ceiling in the kitchen.
Hope Athletic Booster Club plans a 7 30 PM meeting in the High School Science Building. A film will be shown and all interested persons urged to attend.
The 3rd Brigade of the US 82nd Airborne will depart to intercept infiltraitors as it hands western and northern Saigon defenses to the Vietnamese army. A small Army Reserve unit and the 842nd Quartermaster Company also left Vietnam, with the latter to be deactivated and reconstituted in Kansas City. The largest recent ground action was a six hour fight in the Central Highlands, with 2 Americans and 25 NVA killed and eight Americans wounded.
In Hot Springs Arkansas AP dispatch outlines President Nees plan to place the postal service under direct government ownership. Dan Sennagee Roosman and others comment on a government run mail system and its implications.
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