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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1975
Page
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The forecast notes continued cloudy skies and sufficient moisture through the remainder of the period. The National Weather Service reports available moisture levels sustaining the forecast, though details are incomplete due to fragmented text.
Hope Ark daily newspaper page details weather outlook The Star Publishing Co presents a weather summary with cloud cover rain chances and temperature ranges across Arkansas for today and the coming days plus extended outlook and notable high and low temperatures from cities like Jonesboro El Dorado Little Rock and Memphis.
The Hempstead County Rescue Unit meets December 9 at 7 30 p m at the high school agri building with officer elections for 1976 and plate identifications to be redistributed. Yerger Middle School names fire marshals for 1975 76 Steve Avery Mark Spears John Wilson and David Muldrew. Hope Optimist Club Christmas tree sale runs daily with 200 trees priced 5 to 10 dollars at Pioneer Printing parking lot raising funds for youth programs. Kiwanis Ladies Night Christmas banquet December 11 at Holiday Inn hosted by Rev Gordon Renshaw. Hope High School Career Day December 11. Golden Age Club Christmas luncheon scheduled at the Douglas building. Newly remodeled Dairy Queen on East Third Street now serves brazier hot food along with soft serve. hours 10 10 Mon Thu 10 11 Fri Sat 1 9 Sun. dining room seats 34. owners Don and Margie Smith.
A nine member Bogalusa Voters League committee met with Jarrell to discuss the racial crisis that shut the school Friday. Fewer than one third of about 1,000 pupils attended classes. Leader A Z Young urged calm and hoped 80 percent would return, while pressing the board on arrests of black students after a stabbing.
Terry Kizzia, 30, of Sallisaw Oklahoma, will be honored by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol with an exemplary driving award for saving a life after stopping on U S 99 in Sequoyah County. He entered a icy creek and held teenager James N Wofford's head above water for 20 minutes despite unable to free him.
Rob Wiley, Channel 4 sports director in Little Rock, spoke to the Hope Rotary Club about the December 6 national attention game between Arkansas and Texas A&M. He broke down the four factors of a team and endorsed A&M as the winner, fielding questions on the Razorbacks and Heisman trophy with no notes.
Obituaries report funeral services for Jack Butler, 56, of Texarkana with burial in Texarkana. Jewel M. Cox, 67, of Hope died in a local hospital with survivors including wife and son. Luther O. Compton, 81, of Nashville buried in Ragland Memorial Park after WWI service. Joe Barto Huffman, 86, of Delight memorialized at Delight Church of Christ with burial in Delight Cemetery. Survivors include spouses, children, and multiple relatives across Arkansas and Texas.
Washington AP notes cattle feeders are moving cattle into feedlots again after cautious months. July-September feedlot placements rose 22 percent from a year earlier, with grain-fed beef likely to reach markets as large crops keep grain prices low. Officials see signs of recovery in the livestock sector within a year.
The first $100 deposit for the Caribbean Cruise departing March 20, 1976 is due December 31, 1975. A prospective list is forming for interested travelers as outside cabins are selling fast. Outside cabins cost $599 and inside cabins $569. For information contact Sherry Hollis at KXAR International, radio station 777-3601.
John S Knight III, editor and Knight publishing heir, was found tied up and stabbed in his Philadelphia luxury apartment on Sunday morning. He was 30. Constance Green, a Pulitzer-winning historian, died at her daughter's home in Annapolis at 78, recognized for Washington Village and Capital, 1800-1878.
In Grannis Arkansas Elizabeth Nance Bard says the 25 adherents will not celebrate Christmas with plans for the day as they remain cloistered in a brick house awaiting the second coming. Neighbors report screams and white robed vigilers though officials defend religious freedom amid court orders to remove schoolchildren.
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