Readers urge senators to oppose Saturday mail cuts
Hope Star letters warn USPS plan to end Saturday delivery would hurt rural papers. Editor cites 4502 ABC audited weekly circulation and a 700 dollar monthly Hope Post Office charge, outlining two costly alternatives: cut Friday edition or shift to motor delivery, risking higher subscriber rates.
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National Press
Washington, D.C
U S
ABC
RFD
Hope Post Office
U.S. Postal Service
Congress
Your
Truly Star Publishing CO
Hope Star
Alex. H. Washburn
Representative Ray Thornton to visit Hope and Prescott
Rep. Ray Thornton plans Easter recess stops in 16 Arkansas cities. He will visit Hope in the morning and Prescott in the afternoon on Friday April 8, traveling by car to meet Arkansans and discuss resident concerns. The recess runs April 7 to April 18.
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Ray Thornton
Hope
Prescott
Thornton
Arkansas
Kinshasa breaks off with Cuba
The Mobutu government in Kinshasa severed relations with Cuba over alleged backing of rebels in Shaba. Cuban diplomats were ordered to leave, and Zaire accused Cuba Soviet Union and Angola of aiding the insurgents who seized about a third of Shaba since March 8. General Bumba Moasso reportedly reassigned as army chief without public comment.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seko
Cuba
Soviet Union
Angola
Shaba
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Mobutu
Bumba Moasso
Bumba
Clubs seek stay to operate during appeal of permit ruling
The attorneys for 90 private clubs in dry counties ask the Arkansas Supreme Court to allow continued operation while they appeal a lower court order canceling their permits. Opponents call the request inappropriate and say clubs waited too long to seek a stay.
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Little Rock
Supreme Court
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Dry
Per
Mit
Herbert Rule
Rule
Sadat and Carter to confer on Middle East issue
President Carter and Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat begin talks at the White House to seek a common approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Both politicians portray 1977 as pivotal for negotiations and press for an urgent peace conference.
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Sadat
Carter
Middle East
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Anwar Sadat
White House
U.S
Paris
Pensylvania Avenue
Jordan
Hussein
Geneva
Aman
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Weather in Arkansas Tonight Decreasing Clouds and Frost Risk
Decreasing cloudiness and cold tonight with a chance of frost in the northwest region. Scattered thundershowers persist in extreme northeast tonight but end by Tuesday. City subscribers advised to call 777-8841 during listed hours for paper delivery issues.
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Arkansas
Times
World observes Passover and Palm Sunday in unity
Christians and Jews marked Holy Week with ecumenical observances as Passover and Palm Sunday aligned for the first time since 1974. Pope Paul VI addressed concerns over global conflict, praying for humane peace before 50,000 in St. Peter's Square.
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Associated Press
Italy
Paul VI
Jerusalem
Moscow
Egypt
New York
Pope Paul
St. Peter’s Square
Tornadoes devastate four Michigan counties headlined by Augusta damage
More than 130 people lost homes as tornadoes struck Kalamazoo Eaton Livingston and Oakland counties causing over 2.5 million dollars in damage. One child died and at least 44 were injured with another indirect fatality from electrocution during cleanup. Residents faced evacuation and roadblocks as power lines and cars were hurled from highways.
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Associated Press
Steve Kulikowski
Michigan
Kulikowski
Kalamazoo
Augusta
Eaton
Livingston
Oakland
Donald Merritt
Eaton Rapids
Consumers Power Co
Art Kelsey
Eaton County
Jason McKenzie
Flint
Remains from Canary Islands air disaster arrive for identification
The Dover mortuary begins analysis of 326 victims from the March 27 collision of a Pan Am jet and a KLM aircraft in Tenerife. Air Force, Army and FBI teams will identify the badly burned bodies, with families in California to receive them after local funeral directors handle the handover.
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Dover
Del
Pan Am
Dover Air Force Base
Air Force
Army
FBI
Canary Islands
California
KLM
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Netherlands
William Waltrip
USDA reviews Arkansas watershed projects under Public Law 566
In Arkansas President Carter asks the USDA Soil Conservation Service to screen small watershed projects. Ozan Creeks in Hempstead County and North Fork Ozan are among those reviewed, with two phase screening to judge environmental and economic soundness. Public hearings planned near projects before July 1 and final recommendations due July 15.
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Little Rock
Carter
USDA
Soil Conservation Service
Arkansas
SCS
M. J. Spears
Hempstead
North Fork
Spears
Connecticut prison guards stage strike
Somers Connecticut 1250 union members walk out at 10 prisons amid accusations of hostage taking by state officials. Courts may issue injunction as guards refuse meals sleep or work and some join the midnight walkout after rejecting a two year contract with raises claimed variably.
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Somers
Conn
Connecticut
Sandra Biloen
John Manson
Corrections Department
Somers Union
David Rannikko
Roger Gratto
Michael Ferrucci
Council 16
American Federation of State
W M Ramsey Sr dies after long Hope life
W M Ramsey Sr 80 died Sunday night in a local hospital. A Hope resident, he owned the Checkered Cafe and founded the Hope Creamery and Dairy. Survived by a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Herndon chapel with two ministers officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens.
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W.M. Ramsey, Sr
Hope
Checkered Cafe
Hope Creamery and Dairy
First Christian Church
American Legion
W.M. Ramsey Jr
Tempe, Ariz
Rufus Herndon Jr
Loyal Ramsey
Decatur, Ill
Mayme Sickafus
Port Charlotte
Fla
Herndon Chapel
L.C. Reese
Ralph Hale
Memory Gardens
Herndon
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