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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1976
Page
2
Rain moves from Texas into south Arkansas while north areas stay mostly cloudy and cool. The system exits by Wednesday morning and skies clear, with dry, mild conditions for the rest of the week. Highs mostly in the 40s, lows in the 20s to 30s.
Hope Star issue from December 14 1976 notes weather outlook for Thursday through Saturday with dry forecast and temperatures. lists overnight lows in various cities including Little Rock Fort Smith Fayetteville Harrison Jonesboro El Dorado Texarkana and Memphis. experimental station report shows high 50 low 28. It includes staff names and notices of AP and press associations and display ad rates and subscription details.
Rep Bobby Glover of Carlisle introduces a home rule bill allowing counties and cities to propose taxes to voters and offer a state income tax credit for part of local income and sales taxes. The bill lets a city refer a tax referendum to voters, unlike Gov Pryor’s plan which restricts this to the county quorum court.
The Lapp people have a language but no country of their own. Lapland spans northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and a small part of the Soviet Union.
President Ford schedules talks with congressional leaders on proposed salary increases for Congress and top officials, tied to a stricter ethics code. The plan, urged by a government commission, would raise salaries from 44 600 to 57 500 for Congress members and adjust other federal pay levels.
Arkansas brief notes Gov. Pryor meeting President-elect Carter's transition team in Washington to discuss higher education with Carter advisers. Also reports Haile to head Arkansas area vocational schools, a milk price fixing probe resumes, and two fatal incidents in Stilwell and Cross County with suspects charged.
Antonio Maria de Oriol, 63, president of the State Council, is reported well but remains in captivity as GRAPO demands release of 15 political prisoners. Prime Minister Suarez delays TV address as authorities refuse to bargain.
Gilmore, a Utah State Prison inmate who had refused food since November 19, ate an orange and two sandwiches before midnight and later had an apple and milk. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus arguing officials must execute him within the 60 day deadline. The Utah Supreme Court had lifted a stay to consider an appeal, sending the case back to Provo.
The Perrytown Christmas party at the community playground on Saturday December 18 at 7 p.m. offers free coffee hot chocolate and cookies with carols around a bonfire and Santa present. Decorations will be judged Friday night with prizes for top displays.
The Irish Republican Army unleashed bombs in Belfast and three other locations, hijacked vehicles to block roads, and killed Roy Young, a paralyzed Protestant, during a pre Christmas blitz. Bombs hit the Landsdowne Hotel, a bus depot and a restaurant as 200 workers fled.
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