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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1976
Page
2
The National Weather Service warns of a new cold wave Tuesday night following a period of Monday showers. Overnight lows are expected mostly in the 20s with a recent warm spell ending as arctic air moves south.
A weak cold front near the state border keeps Arkansas in mild conditions with southwesterly winds and clear skies. Overnight lows vary from 2 degrees in Little Rock to 32 in Texarkana as temperatures hover above freezing in most regions. An experiment station report notes a high of 53 and a low of 24 for a 24 hour period ending Friday morning.
Former President Luis Echeverria pursued agrarian reform, expropriating 243000 acres in Sonora and distributing to 8000 campesinos. A one day strike followed as agitation spread to Sinaloa and Durango with hundreds of squatters, conflicting tallies, and promises of policy changes.
President-elect Jimmy Carter criticized the steel industry for a 6 to 7 percent price hike, saying they missed a tremendous opportunity to help him and Ford. He ruled out wage and price controls except in a national emergency and noted no immediate White House intervention to roll back prices. Carter reiterated he would meet steel executives after inauguration.
Rufus L. Mouser, 74, died at home on Route 1 in Blevins. He is survived by three daughters Frances Kidd Irving Texas Arlice Hartsfield Tyler Texas Wilma Hodges Friona Texas three sisters Zula Parsons Prescott Nellie Everett Hope Sarah Woods Blevins six grandchildren eight great grandchildren Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday Marlbrook Baptist Church burial Marlbrook Cemetery Herndon Funeral Home conducted the arrangements.
Newport Arkansas AP Jim Wooten head of the state Commerce Department said Gov David Pryors forecast that a 1 cent sales tax would be consumed by teachers cities and counties has been borne out He noted budget requests from leaders of the groups show the 1 cent tax would push state government toward a 1 billion funding level by 1980 and called it regressive government as part of Pryors Arkansas Plan He urged fiscal restraint amid concerns about state growth since 1970 and the potential creation of new agencies or programs.\"
The Union Baptist Church will present a Fashion Show on Sunday December 5 at 6 00 p m with a guest model from Texarkana. The choir sponsors the event and the public is invited to attend. The Hope NAACP meets December 7 at BeBee CME Church at 7 p m.
The sculptor of the Statue of Liberty is Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the artist credited with creating the iconic monument.
Pryor proposes moving federal revenue sharing from the Highway Department to state and local governments within the first 100 days of Carter’s term. The plan redefines school funding by returning to 1973-74 base aid and distributing rest by student count and local wealth, with a weighting for small districts. Tax cuts would cut 1978 state tax receipts by about 53 million in 1978 79 and shift more funding to locals, while limiting growth of state agencies.
President Ford declared an emergency for Arkansas to unlock federal relief funds for drought impacted areas. The action enables hay transportation support by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service to aid livestock producers and maintain foundation cattle herds, under federal disaster coordination.
Qua chita County authorities hold a 36-year-old man in the fatal shooting of two aunts, Eva Williams 49 and Pricilla Porchia 52, with high powered rifle fire through windows early Thursday. No formal charge filed yet. Williams was alone. Porchia's husband and five children were asleep.
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