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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1975
Page
7
The editor Alex H. Washburn presents a concise reflection on daily bread as a metaphor for steady sustenance and simple daily labor, noting enduring value in frugal living and mindful consumption.
Louis Graves recalls old days when baseball began after income tax payments and notes talks of replacing walking postmen with curbside motorized delivery. The piece highlights post office labor costs, union wage pressures, and looming rate hikes as second class mail deposits rise from $30 to $405.11 monthly, urging automation to curb costs.
The Elysee Palace urged talks between South Vietnam and the Viet Cong to form a council of national concord and to settle South Vietnam’s political future. Paris backed Thieu’s stepping aside and pressed for a cease-fire across South Vietnam while pursuing swift implementation of the 1973 Paris cease-fire agreement. The Viet Cong delegation in Paris reiterated its demand for a settlement in South Vietnam.
Hope Public Schools will dismiss at 1 20 p m Tuesday April 22. Teachers and other school employees will gather in the high school cafeteria to hear Teddy Jones of the Arkansas Employment Security Division as part of inservice training for teachers.
The Arkansas Arts Center Artmobile will visit Hope High School on April 22 from 8 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of the State Services program. The exhibit Human Images in Art features works by 35 artists from various cultures dating from the 15th century to today, including Rembrandt Picasso Whistler and Chagall.
In northern Portugal violence erupted during a CDS campaign rally in Guimaraes with leftists besieging the theater and gunfire wounding one soldier and two others. Clashes spread to Porto as military units protected CDS members amid a broader clash between leftist rulers and the Catholic Church ahead of Friday’s constitutional assembly election.
The Postal Service and four unions representing 600000 workers open contract talks seen as crucial for next rate hikes. Wages, cost of living adjustments, and benefits are on the table as officials warn of inflation risk and a possible rate rise for first class stamps. The current pact expires July 21 and bargaining examines a shorter work week and expanded overtime rules amid concerns over revenue and deficits.
The Supreme Court declined to review Andrew Jackson Ross's embezzlement conviction as Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the ruling. Ross argued his confession, obtained during plea bargaining, should not have been admitted, but the court rejected the claim and he was sentenced to two years in prison.
Saigon UPI AP report: President Nguyen Van Thieu announces resignation amid siege by Communist forces near Saigon. He blames US policy for South Vietnam's failures while warning of more fighting. Vice President Tran Van Huong to succeed. cabinet questions loom. Thieu urges negotiation at the table as Hanoi forces advance.
Congress faces decisive votes as the Senate and House review emergency evacuation and humanitarian packages for South Vietnam. A $200 million evacuation bill sails through the Foreign Relations Committee with provisions for US troops to aid in evacuations, and a $327 million plan with looser troop-use limits heads to a House vote.
The Arkansas Supreme Court unanimously upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a tax suit over a lease of about 150 acres in Union County. Grace Smith leased the land via the El Dorado Industrial Development Corp. under Act 9 of 1960, authorizing county land deals to attract industry. The suit claimed noncompliance with prior law and bidding rules, but the court found the newer statute superseded the older Act 193 of 195. The site, donated by American CuCu after a refinery closure, aimed to preserve jobs and payroll, with 40 thousand dollars annual rent and tanks leased to 15 firms.
The Arkansas Supreme Court rules the state Insurance Commissioner lacks authority to unilaterally reduce auto insurance rates beyond the fire insurance field. The decision voids ISO and Commissioner Montag II’s view that law grants broad lowering power. The ruling follows a suit by the Taskence Services Office of Arkansas after Monroe ordered rate cuts.
Instructions for city subscribers who miss The Star to call 777-8841 during specified hours on weekdays and Saturday for carrier delivery, with a note not to call outside the listed times.
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