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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1974
Page
1
A brief column by editor Alex H. Washburn presents a compact meditation on daily life and moral reflection, offering concise observations and a contemplative tone for readers seeking quick, thoughtful guidance.
The Hope centennial book sale continues after poor weather, with 250 copies sold and stock replenished at 10 a m. The book priced at 4 now will rise to 5 on April 7 1975. Newsprint prices jump to 225 a ton starting 1975 due to a 20 rise by Southland Paper Mills. The Star notes a 34 percent price hike from 1973 to 1974 and reports 60 ton reserves against 130 ton annual consumption to guard against shortages.
City subscribers are urged to call 777-3431 between 6 and 6 30 p m Saturday or by 5 p m to arrange delivery if the Star is not received.
Washington AP Ford will hold his first nationally broadcast news conference since Vladivostok talks with Soviet leader Brezhnev. Official briefings suggest a missile ceiling of 1200 to 1300 for multiple warheads with no throw weight limits and possible discussion on details if a written Soviet accord is provided. Ford to answer inflation and recession questions as Kissinger returns from China plans.
President Ephraim Katzir told visiting science writers that Israel has nuclear potential, a remark reported by Maariv. It remained unclear if he meant weapons or peaceful uses. Israel already operates several reactors and has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Katzir declined to give a possible date for realizing the potential and suggested the world might worry.
Firefighters retrieved possibly hundreds of thousands of undelivered mail from a two story Newington residence after a late Saturday blaze. The trove included third class items and some first class mail such as letters bank statements and a U S Treasury check dated back to December 1972. Mail was stored mainly in the attic and was moved in three 12 foot trucks and three small vehicles then loaded onto a 40 by 10 foot trailer. One firefighter was injured by a fall and two treated for smoke inhalation.
Israeli officials blamed two of Yasir Arafat's Al Fatah guerrillas for a midnight raid on Rihaniya near the Lebanese border in which Subhi Mussa, 37, was killed and his wife wounded. The two attackers surrendered after attempting to take hostages to swap prisoners.
Pioneer 11 speeds toward Jupiter at 107000 mph, nearing the planet within 26,600 miles for a 9:22 p.m. PST flyby. The 570-pound craft faces intense radiation as it crosses Io and Amalthea orbits, with scientists confident high velocity will limit exposure and preserve instruments for post-encounter data.
The Hope Star notes Rev L B Beard Jr pastor of Lonoke Baptist Church wrote an editorial after two home accidents where occupants were burned and died. The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Hope and Hempstead County backs Beard’s call for better caution and maintenance of utility facilities and asks for open discussion with service offices to address the issues.
In Uppe rville Virginia searchers resumed efforts to locate 92 people killed when a Trans World Airlines 727 crashed into Mt Weather during a wind driven storm. The jet from Indianapolis bound to Washington disintegrated on impact near a secret government facility.
Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon blamed Marxist independence advocates for six Sunday bombs that caused minor property damage. A guard was hospitalized in shock, and a worker was cut during cleanup. One blast hit ITT offices but no electronics were damaged. Three explosions occurred around Ponce, Puerto Rico's second city.
In St Louis GOP leaders warned they were clobbered in last month's elections and face a long road back. Michigan Governor Milliken urged outreach to new voters while GOP chairman McLaughlin echoed the need for strategy as 13 of 50 states will have Republican governors next year.
The Soviet Union sent two veteran cosmonauts Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov aboard Soyuz 16 in a dress rehearsal for the July 1975 U S Soviet joint space mission. The mission tests docking gear and links to the American Apollo craft, with a stay of several days as stated by Filipchenko.
A coroner's jury ruled Monday that Johnnie L. Britt Jr, 50, died from an accidental gunshot wound at his Hope home Friday afternoon. Funeral services were held Sunday at Hern don Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Hollis Purtle officiating, burial in Memory Gardens. Survived by wife, two sons, his parents, and a brother.
U S representative Wilbur D Mills says he will make his protege stripper Fanne Foxe a movie star in a self written film It s Not Burlesque He says Foxe is better than Gypsy Rose Lee and notes he has helped 14 15 performers He discusses a Nixon parody sent to Lew Wasserman while Foxe attends a two week Boston engagement with her estranged husband Battistella present Mills also comments on Shirley MacLaine and a heart condition requiring sedation during the interview
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