09 Dec 1975
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1975
Page
1
A warming trend is expected to begin in Arkansas Wednesday after a rapidly moving cold front cleared the state early this morning. The front produced minor moisture with sprinkles and trace rain in Little Rock Jonesboro and Memphis during the 24 hour period ending at 6 am.
The Hope Star reports a cold front bringing high 40s to 50s across the region with brisk winds and mostly cloudy skies, then fair and warmer for Wednesday. Overnight lows cited from Little Rock to Texarkana range in the 30s. extended outlook predicts mild days and cool nights Thursday through Saturday. Also printed are subscription and carrier rates, office details, and AP/press notices.
Florence County police filed murder charges against Donald Gaskins 38 and Walter Neely 30 after six bodies were unearthed in shallow graves near a field by Lake City. James Judy 23 of Charleston was charged previously. Police say four victims were shot and two had throats slit, details still unconfirmed.
Hope Optimist Club holds its annual Christmas tree sale on the Pioneer Printing lot at Second and Shower Streets. Open hours vary by day, with about 200 trees priced from 5 to 10 dollars to fund Hope youth programs.
Funeral services for Jewel M. Cox, 67, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bethel Church, Glenwood, with Davis Funeral Home directing. Survivors include wife Irma Willis Cox, son Sonny Cox, three brothers Hollis, Noel, and Leonard Cox, three sisters and one grandchild. Also, funeral services for Mrs. Susan Tucker Whitaker, 83, former Prescott resident, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at East Memorial chapel in Texarkana. Burial followed in Rose Hill cemetery. survivors include daughter Don Durham, three sons P. D. Whitaker, Ben Tucker Whitaker, and Norman Whitaker Jr., five grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
The Southern Regional Council says Arkansas freedom of information law is decent compared with the region but a 1973 state Supreme Court ruling narrows access to records not explicitly required to be kept. It notes public meetings lack notice and minutes, urges cheaper remedies and attorney’s fees for citizens who prevail.
In New Orleans an AP report details the fight by the Mississippi Wildlife Federation and others to protect the last 38 or 40 Mississippi sand hill cranes from highway development along I-10 in Jackson County. The case centers on whether wildlife protection limits were adequately considered in the interchange project.
The United States used its 12th Security Council veto to block a resolution condemning Israeli air raids on Palestinian camps in Lebanon. Thirteen nations supported the measure with Costa Rica abstaining, while U S amendments to condemn all violence failed to gain necessary votes. Israel boycotted the debate over PLO participation as Kissinger seeks Israeli agreement.
The Henderson State University Madrigal Singers directed by Eugene Kuyper perform English French German Polish and Spanish Advent and Christmas carols in A Festival of Lessons and Carols at 730 p.m. Friday December 12 at St Mark's Episcopal Church Third and Elm.
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