Bike-a-thon planned by FBLA in Hempstead County
The Hope High FBLA chapter schedules a Sunday April 24 Bike-a-thon to raise funds for the Cancer Fund. Registration starts 1:30 p.m. at Hope High School. riders follow a five mile out and back route on Patmos Road with a ten mile cap and twenty five cent per mile pledge minimum. If rain delays, event shifts to May 1.
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Hope High Chapter
FBLA
Hempstead County Cancer Socerty
Patmos
Cancer Fund
Rutherford
Verger
Beryl-Henry
Edith Brown
Garland
Hope High
Hope High School
First Prie
James Motor Company
Citizens National Bank
First National Bank
Greening Ellis
First Federal
Spears Carpet Mills
Graves & Graves
Hope Hardware
Becherer’s
Lehman's Home Center
Nell’s Nook At Home Furniture
How the American Cancer Society Uses Public Gifts
Stan James, chairman of a 1977 ACS fundraising crusade in Hempstead County, explains the budget. He notes 29.2 percent for research, 17.4 percent for public education, 12.6 percent for patient services, 8.8 percent for community services, 10.3 percent for professional education, totaling 78.3 percent for programs and about 11 percent for administration with 11.7 percent for fundraising, funding willful volunteers in the fight against cancer.
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American Cancer Society
Stan James
Hempstead County
ACS
James
Federal Supplemental Benefits resumes for unemployed workers
Supplemental jobless pay will be resumed for those whose regular unemployment insurance eligibility has run out. The program provides 13 extra weeks of benefits, funded by the federal government and administered by state agencies, in states like Arkansas where the insured unemployment rate exceeds five percent.
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Ray Marshall
Carter
Marshall
Arkansas
Inmate Stabbed to Death at Fort Pillow Prison
State officials investigated the stabbing death of 23 year old Rickey Rodgers at Fort Pillow State Prison in Lauderdale County. Rodgers from West Memphis Arkansas was stabbed five times with a homemade knife in an honor dorm, sustaining chest and abdominal wounds. he died on arrival at Tipton County Hospital. He had been at Fort Pillow since January 1976 serving a five year robbery sentence. Warden Robert H Moore said no prior disciplinary issues were recorded and motive remains undetermined.
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Henning, Tenn
Fort Pillow State Prison
Robert H. Moore
Rickey Wilson Rodgers
West Memphis
Ark
Tipton County Hospital
Lauderdale County
Rodgers
Shelby County
Fort Pillow
Moore
Senate Keeps Tax Break For Standard Deduction In Stimulus Bill
The Senate scrapped the 10 billion tax rebate plan and keeps a standard deduction fix for non itemizers at 2200 for singles and 3200 for couples. House and Senate differ on totals and impacts, with energy tax plans to be unveiled and debates expected. Canada’s Prince Edward Island noted at article end as geographic fact.
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Senate
Carter
Congress
Senate Republicans
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Senate Finance Committee
Prince Edward Island
Gulf of St Lawrence
Canada
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