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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1973
Page
10
Williamsburg Michigan, once a bustling village of about 200, is nearly deserted as a string of unexplained natural gas eruptions has driven residents away. Doors stand open, laundry dries on lines, and the town feels like a ghost town amid growing concerns and disruption.
A gas blowout has fractured Williamsburg with dozens of blowholes and widespread damage. Sheriff Richard Weiler says rescue and recovery span weeks, with life not normalizing soon. Homes and streets are scarred as infrastructure such as Michigan 72 faces likely rebuilds. Authorities warn residents to stay clear of affected zones.
Massive consumer surveys show a precipitous drop in optimism as rising living costs bite. Families fear inflation and unemployment while many hoard cash and buy big ticket items before prices rise. Auto purchases surge as hopes rise for buying durable goods before new costs take effect.
Gary Garrison reports onion prices rise sharply in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with farmers earning up to 1000 per acre and jumbo onions selling for 15 to 17 per 50 pound bag as Hurricane Agnes and a wet winter disrupt harvests and storage. World shortages push premiums and potential higher groceries across the region.
Kobi the year old chimp at the Arizona Primate Foundation acts like a human town resident wearing shirts drinking soda and preferring a sofa to a cage. He is terrified of other chimps and wanders between Paul Fritz and Jo Finley s home. The foundation plans a 100 chimp facility on 40 acres in Mesa as Kobi faces eventual cage housing.
Emmet High School selects Pam Arnett and Cathy Clary as Girls State delegates. Arnett, daughter of William J. Arnett, is a junior active as treasurer of student council historian of Library Club junior class president FHA secretary of Echo basketball statistician and honor student. Clary, daughter of George Clary, is a junior secretary of student council fund raising chair in Library Club junior class rep, ninth grade cheerleader and honor student. Delegates sponsored by Emmet PTA and Emmet Student Council.
Hope Hi-Lights from Hope High School earned superior ratings in General Excellence and Service to School and Community at the Arkansas High School Press Association convention in Hot Springs in April 2021. Editor-in-chief Steve Campbell was named Editor of the Year and AHSPA journalism scholarship recipient. Adviser Mary Nell Turner received Adviser of the Year.
Dr. Timothy Leary, 42, is ordered to serve six months to five years at Folsom State Prison for escaping California's Men's Colony. The term runs consecutively to six months to 10 years for marijuana possession, with bail denied. Leary fled to Europe three years ago while on probation.
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