Industrial growth fills Hope with new plants and projects
Construction review highlights more than 1.5 million investment in Hope area mills and plants. Tex-Ark Joist, Wynnewood Products, Zodiac and Tolber announce expansions or openings, employing hundreds. New district highway office and several motels, gas stations, and a bakery add to the economic surge as 1972 activity continues.
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Dale Bumpers
Proving Ground
Tex-Ark Joist Company
Tennessee Forging Steel Corporation
Oakhaven
Wynnewood Products Company
Permaneer Corporation
Crit Stuart Jr
Bruner-Ivory Handle Company
Hope
Guy Basye
Interstate 30
Highway 29 North
North Park Arms
Mobile
Texaco
Exxon
Unitemp Dry Kilns, Inc
Morris Harwell
Tamaroo Manufacturing Company
Plunkett-Jarrel
Fulton Manufacturing Company
Meyer's
Highway 67
First United Methodist Church
Highway 29
Mitchell LaGrone
Southwest Arkansas Equipment Co., Inc
Highway 4
I-30
W. E. Silliman
E. J. Alexander
John Deere
Label Fight Heats Up Over Hot Dog Rules
A heated labeling dispute pits government rules against meat processors as the USDA considers all meat versus frankfurter designations. Proposals restrict byproducts and require clear terms like frankfurter or bologna, with reforms tied to court rulings and past fat-limits battles under Nixon.
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Cent
Nixon
Agriculture Department
White House
Changes planned in wage price control battle
The Nixon administration plans changes in wage price controls including possibly changing the profit margin rule phasing out rent controls and adjusting program coverage amid rising food prices Treasury Secretary Shultz says inflation would ease with lower food costs Officials note consultations with labor and business leaders as the administration prepares reforms The report also includes notices about local obituaries from Arkansas towns with names and funeral details
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Treasury
George P. Shultz
Donald Rumafield
Arkansas Weather Summary for Two Cent Hour Period
Experiment station report for two hours ending 7 a.m. Thursday notes a high of 63 and a low of 28. The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions with a few showers in the northwest tonight, followed by considerable cloudiness and mild temperatures with a chance of showers on Friday. Highs today mid to upper 60s, lows tonight in the 40s, highs Friday in the 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Greek man burns car over duty fee in wake of wage talks
An Australian-born Greek man set fire to the car he brought home after learning duty would apply, police said. The incident comes amid broader inflation control efforts and subsidy policy revisions tied to profit–margin rules from the early 1970s. Officials seek to curb inflation.
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Florina
Greece
Police
Asid
Arsent
Hughes Faces Passport Return In Tight London Stay
U S Embassy says Howard Hughes must personally apply for a new passport, pay a 12 dollar fee, and appear at the passport office when in Britain. The 67 year old recluse lives in a guarded London hotel suite after flying from Managua to London then back to the United States. Higgins reports Weeks and Wimberly connected to Metro Flight Service Inc as officers and guarantors on recent loans.
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London
U.S
Howard Hughes
Britain
United
Little Rock
The
Arkansas Gazette
Gale F. Weeks
Metro Flight Service, Inc
George E. Wimberly
Metro
Kenneth D. Pearson
Weeks
Wimberly
Atty
Jim Guy Tucker
Pearson
Tucker
Associated Press
Gazette
States
Hughes
Washington
Managua
Nicaragua
United States
Home Office
Gatwick Airport
the Park
Hyde Park
First Baptist Roaston to Hold Watch Night Service
The First Baptist Church of Roaston will hold a watch night service on December 31 starting at 8 30 p.m. The program includes singing preaching and a slide show from the Holy Land.
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First Baptist Church of
Roaston
The
Holy Land
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