Newsprint crunch narrows paper supply across industries
Our Daily Bread notes a growing newsprint shortage, elevating costs and limiting large office form orders. Big papers like the Wall Street Journal and Chicago Tribune face reduced pages as mills warn of further cuts. the Star recounts stockpiling and shifting to heavier Texbrite stock to survive the crunch.
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Barton Reppert
Associated Press
Star
Wall Street Journal
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Tribune
Phoenix
Republic and Gazette
Cleveland
Houston
Lufkin
Quote about judgment and generosity by Gi bran
A reflective note on judging others and the depth of giving. It contrasts external gifts with giving of oneself, citing Romans 2 1 and a line from Kahlil Gibran highlighting inner generosity.
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Kahlil Gibran
City Directors hear appeal for community center
Will Rutherford urges a city wide community center to serve all Hope residents and growing diverse needs. He notes 150 to 200 person capacity, potential federal funds, and a site near Fair Park. Mayor Strong supports larger facilities and county participation, with committee planning labor and land acquisition.
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Dorothy Winchel
Hope Star
Will Rutherford
Hope
Rutherford
Yerger High School
Yerger High
Sam Strong
A2 Officers Executed in Syrian Plot
Syrian secret police reportedly executed 42 army officers after a failed assassination attempt on President Hafez Assad in Damascus. About 60 officers are said to have disappeared following arrests, with Sunni Muslims blamed for resenting Assad’s promotion of Alawites. No senior officers tied to the plot were named.
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Damascus
Syria
Hafez Assad
Assad
Col
Rifaat Assad
Beirut
Baath Socialist Party
Stockholm bank siege ends with peaceful surrender
Stockholm police freed four hostages after tear gas flooded a Kreditbanken vault. Gunmen Jan Erik Olsson and Clare Olsson surrendered without further bloodshed following an escape bid and a two day siege. Two officers were wounded in the exchange.
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Stockholm
Kristin Enmark
Jan-Erik Olsson
Clarek Olofsson
Olsson
Karl Gunnar Aastroem
Olofsson
Roem
Sven Thomander
Fuel rules delay seen for Phase 4 gasoline plan
Washington AP The Cost of Living Council signaled possible further delay in Phase 4 gasoline price ceiling rules delaying their Saturday start. The council weighs a third price freeze extension after a court ruling exempted most stations.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
William N. Walker
Council
Walker
John T. Dunlop
Terrorists strike in Phnom Penh
The AP reports a plastic bomb in a sewer near a military police post and a market in Phnom Penh killed two men and a woman and wounded another. Government troops push to reopen Highway 4 to the coast and Highway 5 to the rice belt as Lon Nol rejects negotiated settlement and vows victory amid insurgent pressure. In South Vietnam, Viet Cong losses are tallied near An Loc, a militia post near Saigon, and west of Hue.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Col
Am Rong
Lon Nol
South Vietnam
An Loc
Saigon
Hue
Miss your Star newspaper? City subscribers notice
Notice to City Subscribers about missed deliveries for the Star with a phone contact 777-3431 available Saturday 6 to 6:30 p.m. or by 5 p.m. to arrange carrier delivery.
Searcy sheriff salary claims disallowed in Arkansas
Searcy County Sheriff Billy Joe Holder has not been paid since April 2 because he failed to file claims properly. County officials cite court orders on feebased pay rates and prisoner feeding at $3 daily, with disputed $4 per day rates.
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Marshall
Ark
Searcy
Willis Dale Horton
Billy Joe Holder
Holder
Harrison Daily Times
Don Adams
Harrison
George Swiderski
the Times
Searcy County
Horton
Circuit
Joe Willines
Arkansas
Hope Optimists Calendar Sale and Local Athletic News
Hope Optimists will sell calendars in shopping centers on Sept 1 and door to door Sept 3 and 4 to fund local youth programs. Fielding Huddleston, top active East Texas prep coach with 209 wins, coached 16 years at Paul Pewitt before moving to Hallville last season, with a 74 win and seven ties for a 0.743 winning percentage. At the State Supervisors meeting in Little Rock Aug 15, Sue Delaney was elected publicity chairman on the Arkansas School Food Service Association executive board for 1973 74. Kay Boyce joins Conifer Girl Scout Council executive staff, covering Lafayette, Prescott Gordon, Pine Needles, Evergreen, and Melonville as day camp and training coordinator. The Guernsey Baptist Church revival begins Sept 29 at 7:30 nightly led by Leon Westbury. A Bible conference starts Sept 8 at 1:30 p.m. Pastor Kenneth Anthony and song director Luther Laib lead.
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Fielding Huddleston
Hope
East Texas Prep
Huddleston
Paul Pewitt
Hallville
Little Rock
Sue Delaney
Arkansas School Food Service Association
Kay Boyce
Conifer Girl Scout Council
Lafayette
Prescott-Gordon
Pine Needles
Evergreen
Melonville
Guernsey Baptist Church
Leon Westbury
Oklahoma City
Kenneth Anthony
Luther [Laib
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Fair Park
Strong
Gerald Keith
Keith
Syrian
Dunlop
American Motors
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Henry W. Welch
Swiderski
Zeb Massey
Massey
Inac
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
California
Pat
Tricia Nixon Cox
Secret Service
Nixons
Red Beach
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Gainesville, Fla
North Little Rock
Joel Cole
Glendon Walker
Phyllis Brandon
Pulaski County
Paragould
Charles D. Thomas
Jonesboro
J. E. Danley
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Los Angeles
Barbara Eden
Michael Ansara
Hope Optimists
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