Operating loan funds available in Hempstead County
Philip W. Cox county supervisor announced Farmers Home Administration loans are available to Hempstead County farmers for farm and home improvements, livestock, equipment, operating expenses, and debt refinancing. Loans tailored to needs with 8.4 percent interest, repayable as crops and livestock are sold, terms up to seven years for equipment, through county office in Hope.
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Farmers Home Administration
United States
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Hempstead County
Federal Building
Hope
Hopewell Middle School Science Fair Dates Set
Hopewell Middle School hosts its annual Science Fair on April 10 and 11 with projects due April 9. Judges include district science teachers Jimmy England Harold Dickerson Kenneth Muldrew Elvis McKamie Bertha Cole and Valerie Echols. Fifth graders visit Thursday. Hopewell students view Friday. Public invited 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the cafetorium. Sponsors Miss Frances Hendrix and Nan Jackson invite parents and friends.
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Hopewell Middle School
Jimmy England
Harold Dickerson
Kenneth Muldrew
Elvis McKamie
Bertha Cole
Valerie Jean Echols
Hope School
Hope
Hopewell
Frances Hendrix
Nan Jackson
Mills to finish therapy at Florida clinic in May
Rep. Wilbur Mills plans to stay at a West Palm Beach alcoholism therapy clinic for four more weeks. His secretary said therapy should wrap around May 5, and Mills has been at the clinic since late February, largely absent from Congress after his reelection.
Miss Dogpatch Contest Seeks Hope County Entrants
The Hope Jaycees and KXAR sponsor the first annual Miss Dogpatch Contest in Hope, May 24. Ten to twelve contestants, ages 18 to 28 and graduates by June 1, compete in swimsuits, talents, and formats. The winner advances to the Little Rock state pageant July 3 to 5 for Arkansas title, with prizes including a Buick for a year and $2000 in wardrobes.
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Hope Jaycees
KXAR
Hope
Little Rock
Arkansas
Jaycee
Glendon Martin
Food stamp benefits to rise on July 1 under new figures
The Agriculture Department projects a July 1 cost of living increase for food stamp recipients, with a four member family seeing monthly benefits rise to about $162 from $154. Nationwide enrollments grew from 15.3 million in February 1974 to 18.5 million last February, with total federal costs expected around $5 billion for the current fiscal year and over $6 billion for 1975-76.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economy
Seventeen named to Crime Commission in Arkansas
Gov. David Pryor named 17 persons Monday to Arkansas state Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement, expanding from 12 to 17 members to meet federal requirements. Retained were Ed Brown, Terrell Don Hutto, and Mary Burt Nash. others include Maj. L. E. Gwyn, Alton Taylor, Helen Carrothers, C. R. Huie, Robert Harper, Bill Cauthran, Randall Williams, Gary Kennan, Arthur Anderson, Bill Carrall, Claude Hawkins, Carol Smelley, Neil Sloan Jr., and Ian Shephard. The group oversees federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funds distributed to agencies. members serve at the governor’s pleasure with no Senate confirmation.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
State Commission On Crime and Law Enforcement
Federal
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Senate
Pryor
Ed Brown
Law Enforcement Training Academy
Camden
Terrell Don Hutto
State Corrections Department
Mary Burt Nash
L. E. Gwyn
Alton Taylor
Probation and Paroles Board
Helen Carrothers
Women's Reformatory
Pine Bluff
C. R. Huie
State Judicial Department
Robert Harper
West Memphis
Bill Cauthran
Fort Smith
Randall Williams
Gary Kennan
Bentonville
Arthur Anderson
Bill Carrall
Pocahontas
Scott County
Claude Hawkins
Carol Smelley
Neil Sloan Jr
Lake Villiage
An Shephard
Magnolia
Second major storm spills into midcontinent
Heavy snow and high winds hit the northern Rockies and Plains as a second major storm spreads into the midcontinent. Montana blizzard warnings posted east of the divide with Havre at seven inches and Great Falls Billings at six. Gusts exceed 60 mph, temperatures in the teens and 20s, and one mile visibility in spots. Tornadoes in the southern Plains. two in Oklahoma and four in Texas, with damage minimal. Arctic air follows, rare April cold reaches Arizona. widespread warnings across seven states. Two notable deaths: Edwin Force Thayer and Frank Premack.
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Correspondence Course Begins Here April 14 at Hope High
Hope High School will offer an adult class in Business Correspondence from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 14 to 18. The course covers typewriting, business letters, and composition of correspondence from transcribing machines. Call 777-3568 or report to Room A-7 annex at 7 p.m. April 14.
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Hope High School
Scott Led Victory Sparks Gray Uniforms For West Point
In the summer of 1814 Gen. Winfield Scott commanded a small American army that defeated the British in upper Canada. By 1816 the Secretary of War authorized gray uniforms for West Point to honor Scott and his troops.
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Winfield Scott
Upper Canada
Secretary of War
West Point
Scott
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Old Saybrook, Conn
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Time, Inc
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