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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1977
Page
2
Rain may move out of Arkansas late tonight but more rain is on the way. The forecast calls for a chance of thundershowers in the region.
Weather and public notices from Hope Star outline a forecast of rain ahead of a cold front, with temperatures in the 70s and 60s through midweek. The issue lists staff, circulation details, and rate card while noting rainfall totals and regional outlooks across Arkansas.
Obituary notices report Jennie C. Burke 79 of DeAnn a retired farmer and rancher and honorary Hope church trustee died at home with funeral at First United Methodist Church and burial in Memory Gardens. Additional notices honor Cleo Grunden 73 in Prescott with services at Emmet and burial Snell Cemetery. Also listed are Maurice M. Gauldin 81 Prescott death funeral at East Memorial chapel Dollarhide cemetery Foreman Ark and Lee J. King 65 Prescott services at Cornish Funeral Home burial Pleasant Hills cemetery with survivors named.
Five people died in Arkansas over the weekend in traffic and a farm-accident. Nora N. Brown, 80, died Saturday. funeral Tuesday at Herndon chapel. James Richardson, 50, of Knobel, was killed when his tractor overturned near Knobel. Other victims were Pauline Linn, 52, Conway. George Alton McGaugh, 7, El Dorado. David Allen Nelson, 16, Hot Springs. William David Cook Jr., 16, Monticello. State Police report 138 highway fatalities for the year.
Wynne Ark. AP report notes an open house from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the new Wynne Progress editorial office guided by Publisher Bonner McCollum.
Wood Trenton Brookshire, founder and board chairman of Brookshire Grocery Co., died Sunday in a Tyler hospital after a lengthy illness. An Angelina County native, he moved to Tyler in 1928 and opened his first store, building the chain to 53 stores with about 2,300 employees.
President Carter proposes stopping funding for 15 water projects, cutting five more, continuing review for two, and fully funding eight. The move could save about 120 million dollars in fiscal 1978, with 109 million from halts and the rest from partial cuts. Congress finalizes allocations.
Thirty three College of Agriculture and Home Economics students at the University of Arkansas received scholarships and awards at the Agri Awards banquet on April 13. Nan Arnold won the Vaile Watts award, Royce Bryant received the Agristudent Association Key, and Homer Featherston was named outstanding senior in animal science.
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