12 Dec 1974
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1974
Page
1
The National Weather Service expects variable cloudiness and mild temperatures today with little precipitation in Arkansas. Tonight will turn fair and cold. Friday will bring partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with a few scattered showers mainly in the west as a low pressure system moves through.
The Hope Star provides daily local weather data for Arkansas including rainfall totals across cities Little Rock Texarkana Fort Smith Fayetteville Harrison Jonesboro and Memphis with a forecast of a developing trough front approaching from California bringing showers and cooler temperatures into the weekend through Monday. The paper lists standard staff credits and local advertising rates and notes memorial tributes for Paul H. Jones.
New York AP Martha Mitchell told CBS reporter Trish Reilly she struck her 13 year old daughter after the girl refused to leave school and return home. Mitchell, who has accused her estranged husband Gen John Mitchell of poisoning their daughter's mind, was accompanied by Reilly to Sacred Heart Convent School in Greenwich Connecticut on Wednesday.
KXAR will present a 12 hour Christmas Spectacular produced in Hollywood featuring traditional and contemporary music guest stars children’s letters to Santa and other surprises. General manager Haskell Jones promises the finest Christmas programming yet. It airs Saturday December 14 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and repeats in three hour segments Monday December 16 to Thursday December 19 at 7 p.m.
In Newark New Jersey an FBI announcement said 23 year old Thomas V Burns was arrested at a Miami Beach Holiday Inn for kidnapping a 7 year old boy on September 23. The child was found unharmed and no ransom was sought.
Eight inmates released two Walpole State Prison guards and a medic unharmed after a 26 hour siege. Bargaining led to the hostages’ freedom while corrections officials and state officials faced demands for educational programs, guards’ harassment claims, segregation prisoner releases, and amnesty. The case involved FBI and state authorities, with one inmate seeking amnesty and another case moving toward arraignment in Miami. Natalie Kaloyerakis awaited her son’s return as Burns faced U.S. charges.
In Vienna oil ministers opened a two day session amid doubts a price rise will occur soon. Iran urged eventual higher revenue to offset import costs while Saudi Arabia favored possible price cuts and a simpler pricing system to replace the complex posted price. The group also eyed talks with the IEA on a broader energy bargain.
Hempstead County residents have earned one gallon pins for eight pints donated. Anyone with a card showing eight pints and not yet pinned may inquire at the Chamber of Commerce for a computer check. The Bloodmobile will be at the First Baptist Church youth hall Monday and Tuesday from noon to six.
Washington AP report says Rep. Bill Alexander D Ark was named to a slot on the House Appropriations Committee by the Democratic Steering Committee. The panel, along with Ways and Means, is among the chamber’s most powerful as it must approve all federal funding programs.
A study notes the elephant seal consumes more than 1000 pounds of food each day, relying on abundant prey like fish and squid. Researchers highlight the seal's high metabolic needs and efficient foraging in intense marine environments.
Charleston AP The rejection of a new contract for 4500 mine construction workers threatens to close many coal mines, renewing a walkout that idled the industry for nearly a month. The UMW bargaining council sent the tentative accord back for further talks with the Association of Bituminous Contractors.
Over 750 agricultural educators joined 10 000 vocational education in New Orleans for their convention December 6 11. The 26th National Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association convention ran with the American Vocational Association. Troy W Buck Hope High School vocational agri teacher was an Arkansas delegate. Kalispell Air Force Station Montana is new assignment for Air Force Staff Sergeant Gerald W Sisson son of Mr and Mrs W E Sisson Hope. Sergeant Sisson a recreation specialist was reassigned from Cape Newenham Alaska to the 716th Radar Squadron. He is a 1966 Hope High School graduate. His wife Sarah is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jessie J Brown Rt 2 Springhill Arkansas. Marine Cpl Lowell M Harvin son of Mrs Ruby Harvin Genoa Arkansas was promoted while serving at New River Marine Corps Air Station Jacksonville NC. People may apply for a Christmas basket by using a form at the Hope Chamber of Commerce, mail to the address on the form, and return by December 16. Baskets delivered December 21 and 23. Mrs Sue Delaney, Hope school food service director, was selected as one of two candidates for State president of the Arkansas School Food Service Association for 1975. Forty one University of Arkansas students joined Alpha Beta Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, including Sara Elizabeth Sanders of Mineral Springs. An open house is set Sunday 2 4 p.m. at Hope High School to view the new library and counseling offices. A bid of 67 595 was awarded to Triad Contractors Texarkana for a Red River Vo Tech addition housing industrial equipment maintenance and air conditioning refrigeration.
In Boston, officials shut all area schools for the rest of the week after a violent clash outside South Boston High School that left eleven officers and at least five civilians injured by bricks and stones. A 17 year old white student was stabbed. a Black youth was arrested. About 600 white students walked out of Roslindale High, and Hyde Park High remained tense with walkout threats. Attendance dipped to 75.6 percent.
Richard Dale Tibbs a 20 year old Jacksonville resident was found dead in the trunk of a rental car at a local lumber yard after an apparent shooting. Police linked the discovery to a Central Flying Service robbery where another employee Ray Banks was tied and found unharmed. A suspect, a 22 year old Little Rock woman Carlie Beatrice McClendon, faces murder and armed robbery charges and another suspect is being sought.
In SPRINGDALE Arkansas charges are expected today in the shooting death of Delbert Hendrix about 10 at his home. His father George Hendrix 38 was wounded in the face by a shotgun blast and taken to a hospital in critical condition. Both victims were shot at close range.
Hope Arkansas readers thank The Star staff for reunion coverage with photos by Gene Allen and wishes for a merry Christmas and prosperous New Year. Also brief AP item notes three governors in January: Bumpers resigns to Senate, Riley acts in interim, Pryor takes office after November election.
Dewey E. Lively, 76, longtime Hempstead County resident and World War I veteran, died Wednesday. He leaves five sons, four daughters, a sister, 18 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. services Friday at Oakcrest Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Columbus Cemetery. John M. Crow, 52, Hope resident and World War II veteran, died Wednesday in a local hospital. Survived by his wife Elizabeth, four sons, a daughter, one grandchild, and a brother. funeral Sunday at Herndon Funeral Home Chapel, burial in Huckabee Cemetery.
Mrs Beulgh L Trotter widow of Mack Trotter died at 700 Hickory on December 9 1974 Funeral Friday December 13 at 2 30 pm at Garrett Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Rev G L Hughes officiating The body will lie in state from 1 30 pm until funeral time at the church
President Valery Giscard d Estaing flies to Martinique for a two day summit with President Ford to forge a united Western response to the oil crisis. They will discuss energy issues and the economy across three sessions, with France favoring consumer producer dialogue rather than joining the IEA.
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