Wednesday Forecast Clouds and Rain Across Arkansas
The National Weather Service reports rain developing in southern and western Texas may reach southwestern Arkansas this afternoon and spread eastward tonight. Rain is likely across the southeastern two thirds of Arkansas tonight and Wednesday as a low pressure system moves northeast through Mississippi. Expect increasing clouds and warmer temperatures today with clearing, colder weather by Thursday. Experiment station data show a high of 46 and a low of 19 for the prior 24 hours.
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National Weather Service
Texas
Mississippi
Hope Star 1974 Convenience Rates and Local Notice
Hope Star issue detail lists publication info, editor in memoriam, AP and press associations, with postal and advertising representations. Includes subscription pricing by carrier, county and out of state mail, and student college offer terms.
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Arkansas Press Ass'n
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
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Memphis
Tenn
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Dallas
Texas
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42Nd St
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N.Y
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Mich
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Okla
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Arkansas
Tyger Fails to Arrive as Clemmency Bid Drifts
Tyger, an escapee from Cummins Prison Farm, did not board a return flight from Tucson to Arkansas after a 2:59 p.m. departure. Gov. Dale Bumpers had indicated clemency might be granted if no purpose was served by denial. State police waited at Little Rock as Tyger pondered a voluntary surrender or possible later Dallas flight.
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Arizona
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Arkansas
Dale Bumpers
American Airlines
Dallas
Arkansas Correction Department
John Aboud Sr
Bumpers
S. Aboud
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Hope Rotary hears oncoming Arkansas legislative session
Travis Mitchell announced Rep Larry Patterson as guest speaker at the Hope Rotary noon meeting on December 6 at Town and Country. Patterson said the January 13 start to the legislature will be long with topics including license fee increases, ERA ratification, funding, teachers' salaries, and criminal code revision. He urged letters to legislators and noted Arkansas’s sound finances. President Gerald Keith led the meeting amid birthday wishes to Roy Anderson and visitors from Texarkana and local officials.
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Larry Patterson
Hope Rotary Club
Rep. Patterson
Arkansas
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State College of Arkansas
Henderson State College
Public Defender
Pryor forms 10 member task force on Amendment 56
Gov elect David H. Pryor announced a 10 person task force to study implementing Amendment 56 aimed at county government reorganization. The panel will report by January 10 with recommendations to the General Assembly. He spoke at the Farm Bureau convention and reiterated plans to phase out county school supervisors and expand juvenile services administration.
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Ark
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Little Rock
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General Assembly
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Ford urges approval of unemployment bill
President Ford urged Congress to pass a emergency measure extending unemployment benefits by 13 weeks and offering up to 39 weeks with federal funding. The plan would expand coverage to about seven million more workers including state and municipal employees and farm and domestic workers. Ford also prepared a national address on the economy for Wednesday before the Business Council in Washington.
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Business Council
Nashville City Hall Dedication With Open House Ceremony
The city county building in Nashville will be dedicated Saturday at 2 p.m. with three hours of open house and guided tours of the 15400 square foot facility. County Judge Randall Mathis of Arkadelphia will speak, followed by tours and courtroom refreshments.
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Randall Mathis
Arkadelphia
Funeral services for Grover Milford 86 in Texarkana
Obituary notes Grover Milford died early Monday in a Texarkana hospital at 86. Services held Tuesday at East Memorial Chapel Texarkana with Dr. Wilbanks officiating. Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Hope. Survivors include wife Myrtle and several nieces and nephews.
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Texarkana
East Memorial Chapel
T. J. Wilbanks
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hope
Milford
Laurel
Ark
Covington Presbyterian Church
Myrtle G. Milford
Albert Graves
Blood drive hits Hempstead quota in October report
Arkansas Blood Center notes two Southwest counties, Howard and Hempstead, reached quotas in October. Hempstead’s daily target is 105 pints. a recent visit yielded 213 pints, three over. Donors receive identification cards for blood type and donation history. Free cards available December 16 and 17 at First Baptist Church, 3rd and Walnut, noon to 6 p.m.
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Arkansas Blood Center
Arkansas
Howard
Hempstead
First Baptist Church
3Rd and
Walnut
Telephone directories shrink in Arkansas by 45 000
Southwestern Bell in Arkansas reduced the yearly directory total by about 45,000 and expects about 720,000 books distributed in 1974, down from 763,682 in 1973. The policy: one directory per residential phone unless extra copies are requested, except in Little Rock. Business phones exempt.
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Little Rock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Arkansas
Bell
American Telephone & Telegraph
Associated
Southwestern Bell
Viet casualties mount as Saigon reports 2,000-plus losses
Saigon says on the fifth day of intensified fighting South Vietnamese casualties exceed 2,000 with 325 government troops killed 1,374 wounded and 320 missing mostly in the Mekong Delta. The Saigon command also says 1,800 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were killed and reports heavy losses around Moc Hoa and a district town south of Saigon as Communist forces press to wear down the South Vietnamese army amid aid curbs.
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South Vietnam
Mekong
Lawmaker proposes phased sales tax repeal on food medicine
State Rep. Robert E. Johnston of Little Rock filed a bill to remove the state sales tax on food and prescription medicine. The plan would phase in the exemption over two years, setting 2 percent until July 1, 1976, then 1 percent until July 1, 1977, and repeal thereafter.
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Little Rock
Robert E. Johnston
Johnston
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