O'Hair moot issue on A P and L rebate dispute
Letter writers debate a refund to Hope Water and Light from Arkansas Power and Light Co. overcharge adjustments. A citizen supports rebates for local customers while noting potential rate changes to sustain municipal utility profits and cites Monroe La. as a warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Arkansas Gazette
Hope Water & Light Plant
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Water & Light Plant
Hope
Water & Light Commission
K.G. Hamilton
Hamilton
Monroe
Southwest Arkansas Bar Association elects officers for 1977
Lawyers and their wives attended the Southwest Arkansas Bar Association Christmas dinner at the Hope Country Club. James H. McKenzie Jr. presided as president for 1977, naming G. William Lavender of Arnold president, Philip B. Purifoy of Texarkana vice president, and Talbot Feild Jr. of Hope secretary treasurer. The next meeting will be held in Texarkana in February.
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Arkansas
Southwest Arkansas Bar Association
Hope Country Club
James H. McKenzie, Jr
Prescott
G. William Lavender
Arnold, Arnold & Lavender, Ltd
Texarkana
Philip B. Purifoy
Talbot Feild, Jr
Hope
City Subscribers Urged to Report Missed Star Delivery
Missed delivery notice for City Star asks subscribers to call 777-8841 during listed hours Monday to Friday 6 to 6 30 p m Saturday 3 30 to 4 p m for carrier delivery. Do not call outside these times.
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Times
Undercover agent killed in drug sting at Big Bend
Charles Plenger an undercover U S Customs agent from Lena Illinois was killed in a marijuana buy operation at Big Bend National Park near Alpine Texas. The raid involved two groups and about 2000 to 3000 pounds of marijuana with a $800000 street value. Suspect Gerardo Rico Boquillas Mexico arrested. bond set at $200000. Plenger left instructions in case of death per priest Confession notes missing.
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Big Bend National Park
Tex
Charles Plenger
Alpine
U.S. Customs Service
Sul Ross University
Plenger
Univer
Sity
Chuck
David Macias
Charles Conroy
Lena
Ill
Rio Grande
Conroy
U.S
Gerardo
Una Rico
Boquillas
Rico
U. S
Charley Shannon
Big Bend
Shannon
William Hughes
Zuberbueter
Father Macias
Rosie
James Plenger
Okinawa
Air Force
Pearl Harbor survivors recall attack on 35th anniversary
Survivors gathered in Honolulu to commemorate the Pearl Harbor attack with services at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and the Arizona Memorial. About 2,500 survivors attended as Hawaii Governor Ariyoshi urged forgetting hatred and embracing aloha.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Japan
George Slavens
Walnut Creek
Calif
U.S. Naval Base
United States
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Hickam Air Force Base
Arizona Memorial
Hawaii
George Ariyoshi
Aloha
Roland Krause
Oglala
Yule decoration contest planned in Hope
The Hope Council of Gardens Club hosts a Christmas outdoor decorating contest linked to downtown displays. Five divisions include four city garden clubs and a Rural Division within six miles. prizes of 15 dollars per division and 25 dollars sweepstakes. Entries due by 6 p.m. Saturday Dec 18 with judging December 22.
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Hope Council of Gardens Club
Hope
Garden Club
Wayne Bohanon
Randy Ferguson
South Main
Highway 67
Gardenia Garden Club
North Main
Iris Garden Club
Rose Garden Club
Lilac Club
Deputies cleared in fatal shooting case
Professor Atty Lee Munson ruled no charges against two Pulaski County deputies who fired five shots at a speeding car after a roadblock chase killing Donnie L. Pifer 19 of Little Rock. The driver Steve Shank 17 and others face aggravated assault and interfering with a police officer charges.
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Little Rock
Atty
Lee Munson
Pulaski County
Wilbur C
Dub” Bentley
Bentley
Donnie L. Pifer
Steve Shank
Billy Mack Miller
Roosevelt
Palestinian Guerrillas Put On War Alert Across Lebanon Border
Palestinian leaders ordered guerrillas on maximum war alert along the Lebanon Israeli border amid reports of artillery duels north of the frontier. Reports cited clashes between Palestinians and Christian forces with Israeli support, with casualties including at least one villager dead and seven wounded.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Leba
Palestinian High Command
United Nations
Israel
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Tripoli
Saiqa Organization
Nahar al-Bared
Waldheim vetoed by China in UN Security Council vote
China vetoed Kurt Waldheim for a new term as UN secretary general in a closed Security Council ballot. Informants said Waldheim had 13 votes in his favor, with one abstention, while China supported Luis Echeverria of Mexico.
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United Nations, N.Y
China
Austria
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Security Council
Luis Echeverria
Waldheim
Stolen Horses, Trailer From Fulton Barn On Dec 3
Eddie Fry of Route 1 Fulton reports the theft of two registered quarter horses a 1974 Miley Ventura two horse trailer three saddles two bridles two horse blankets from the Eddie Fry Horse Barn on Highway 67 west during the night of December 3. One sorrel roping gelding weighs 1200 pounds bears a V shaped scar on the left front leg. The other brown barrel gelding weighs 1100 pounds has a corner band scar on the left front foot. Reward offered for return of items.
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Eddie Fry
Route 1
Fulton
Highway 67 West
Fry
Telephone Center Closures Discussed With Hope Chamber
Three Southwestern Bell representatives and eight chamber members met for over an hour to discuss closing the Hope Long Distance Operating Center. The officials outlined LDOCS reductions across Arkansas and noted cost cuts from 6plus dialing while vowing no near term rate increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Ark
Jim Harris
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hope- Hempstead County
Hope- Hempstead
Jim Gunter
Yancy Reynolds
Hempstead County
Southwest
Arkansas
Jack Caldwell
Chamber
Arnold
Richardson
LDOCS
Searcy
Helena
Hot Springs
Arkadelphia
Camden
Blytheville
Forrest City
McGehee
Paragould
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A.p.&l
Madalyn Murray O’hair
Texas
Federal Communications Commission
Third Century Report
Commission
O’hair
FCC
National Association of Religious Broadcasts
Bar
Hughes
Midland
Emil Zuberbueter
Boykins
Shank
Bell
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