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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1976
Page
2
The Associated Press reports a cold front could bring snow flurries to parts of Arkansas this Saturday. Forecasters warn of light accumulations and sharp temperature drops across the region.
A cold front from a western low pressure system edges into extreme northwest Arkansas tonight and Saturday. Expect temperatures to drop with possible snow in the Ouachita and Ozark mountains and north of a Hot Springs Beebe West Memphis line as Gulf moisture brings light rain later. Overnight lows vary from 21 in Little Rock to 17 in Fayetteville and 28 in Texarkana.
Christmas Day service at 10 a.m. at Lonoke Baptist Church led by deacons from Lonoke and Rising Star Baptist Churches with choirs from both churches and Rev. W. M. Martin delivering the Gospel message. The joint event aims to center worship on the Christ Child and Christ Man through the Holy Spirit.
President Ford plans Christmas Eve services in Vail Colorado despite a bruised hip from a slope tumble. He will exchange small gifts with family at breakfast on Christmas Day after a private dinner and carolers, with Michael 26 Jack 24 Steven 20 Susan 19 and Michael's wife Gayle present.
President Marcos declares an immediate cease-fire with Moslem guerrillas in Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago and halts military operations through December 24. A peace agreement is discussed with Libyan mediation and a Manila signing hoped for next month. A monitoring commission will oversee the cease-fire.
Cease fire holds at dawn after Thursday night clashes between radical and moderate guerrillas near Beirut. Syrian armored patrols aid a Palestinian security force to restore order as Bourj el Barajneh camps experience tension and renewed checkpoints. Casualty figures remain unreported though reports say over fifty killed in prior battles.
President elect Carter says he will not join clubs that discriminate by sex or race. Griffin Bell and Thomas Lance will leave private clubs in Georgia that have no black members, while three other nominees have not decided and were unavailable for comment.
Frances Welsh Hammons 80 of 1312 Avenue B Hope died early Friday in a local nursing home. Born August 26 18%, she was daughter of the late Jimmie Dick Welsh and Lily Welsh of Monticello Ark widow of Fay H Hammons. Survived by two sons three daughters a brother a sister 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Sunday Oakcrest chapel burial Rose Hill cemetery.
The Hope area in Southwest Arkansas crowned winners in the annual outdoor Christmas decorating contest. Sweepstakes went to Mr. and Mrs. Houston Schooley of Rolston Road near Highway 67, with multiple division winners and honorable mentions across Wetwood Addition Forrest Hills Pine Crest and other neighborhoods. Checks totaling 25 dollars for sweepstakes and 15 dollars for division winners were mailed December 23. The Hope Council of Garden Clubs praised the community effort.
A one car accident on Interstate 30 at the Highway 67 overpass near Hempstead County left Jake and Leona Barker of Steele Missouri injured. They were traveling west and struck the bridge. both were admitted to Hempstead County Memorial Hospital. No charges were filed.
Mills says Christmas traffic is heavy with a forecast of 300000 calls from Arkansas customers, about 20 percent more than last year, as holidays drive peak activity. The note continues on page two.
Snow and rain slowed highways from the Great Lakes to New England while the Pacific Northwest faced slick roads. Traffic accidents had claimed 2 percent of lives by early morning as the National Safety Council estimated 460 to 560 deaths on roads from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, compared with 397 last year when the weekend was four days.
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