Airlines and newspapers share cost pressures and perishable products
Col Frank Borman warned at the SNPA convention that airlines face high fuel and labor costs and a technological plateau. The essay notes newspapers rival airlines in cost structures, with newsprint and postage rising, and argues carriers could have pressed rate regulators more firmly. The Star used stockpiled newsprint costing $225 a ton in 1976 to project costs.
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Col
Frank Borman
Easter Airlines
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Boca Raton
Fla
SNPA
Eastern
Borman
America
Star
Hope Board OKs TV costs rise and service fixes
Hope City Board heard a report on television use costing 188 tons at 281.50 per ton raising annual newsprint to 52 922 from 40 300 while postage deposits rose 25 percent annually. Cable reps promised improvements and new service areas after January. zoning changes and sewer district dissolution were also approved.
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Hope Post Office
Borman
Hope Community TV Company
Hope City Board of Directors
John May
Otasco
Hope
Launius
May
Mel Thrash
Yancey Reynolds
Stephens Grocery
Oakcrest Funeral Home
Stephens
Reynolds
James Pilkinton
Hope Police
Iraqi claim ties Damascus blast to Syrian regime
Iraq accused the Syrian secret service of planting a bomb that exploded in Baghdad airport customs, killing three and injuring many, including 10 hospitalised. A Saudi national and two Iraqis were among the dead. hundreds wounded. Aimed at Cairo-Damascus flight stopover, the device weighed 14 to 16 pounds with a timer. Damascus denied and blamed Baghdad for a string of attacks, including a failed assassination claim against Syrian Foreign Minister Khaddam.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Secret Service
Baghdad
Syria
Arab Baath Socialist Party
London
Damascus
British Airways
Public Health Ministry
Cairo
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Kidnappers threaten to kill King Juan Carlos advisor
Across Madrid and Doha news wires report a Maoist group GRAPO claiming a 48 hour deadline to execute Antonio Oriol the King Juan Carlos advisor unless 15 prisoners are released. Authorities caution no bargaining and refer to the political referendum as a fascist farce while voting proceeds nationwide.
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Madrid
Spain
Juan Carlos
Antonio Maria de Oriol
Oriol
State Council
GRAPO
Francisco Franco
Andres Reguera
Sofia
Pardo
Gilmore gets third death date as sunrise execution set
Provo Utah AP reports Judge schedules Gary Gilmore for execution at sunrise January 17 after delay. Gilmore requests prison release to protest the postponement. London AP notes Labour plans a 4.2 billion dollar two year public spending cut and higher tobacco and liquor taxes to curb economic decline.
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Provo
Utah
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
London
Britain
Denis Healey
House of Commons
City Subscribers Delivery Hours Notice
Readers who miss the Star should call 777-8841 during listed hours for delivery assistance. Do not call outside the specified times.
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Times
West Bank students clash with Israeli troops. 11 year-old hurt
Israeli troops fired on about 500 students near Jerusalem as clashes erupted at a boys church school. An 11 year-old boy sustained a leg wound amid a one day strike by West Bank merchants against an 8 percent value added tax. Bethlehem mayor cites $45 million annual tax burden.
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Lutheran Church
Jerusalem
West Bank
Chambers of Commerce
Bethlehem
Elias Freii
Israel
Pryor Announces Capital Projects Recommendations to Legislative Council
Gov. David Pryor told Rep. John E. Miller of capital construction and other special projects. He outlined $105,000 for Old Washington displays and noted related items. Also listed are holiday schedule details for Hope Public Schools and a Hempstead County cattlemen meeting with a litter feeding program at Hope High School.
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David Pryor
John E. Miller
Legislative Council
Pryor
Old Washington
Hempstead County Cattlemen’s Association
Agri
Hope High School
Bud Partin
Mike Pope
Howard County Cattlemen's Assn
Partin
Pone
University of Arkansas
W.H. Gunter Jr
HCCA
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Alex. H. Washburn
Jim Harris
Charles Lamis
Rilla
Black June
Maverck
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Ark
W.S. Tate
Tate
Austin Hutson
King
Doha
Qatar
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Persian Gulf
Mohammed Sadri
Yamani
Saudi Arabian
Carter
Henry A. Kissinger
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S. State Department
United States
Bulletins
The
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