28 Dec 1973
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1973
Page
1
The National Weather Service forecasts widely scattered thundershowers across Arkansas tonight with precipitation ending in the eastern portion as the weather pattern shifts back.
The forecast outlines a low over eastern Wyoming moving east to combine with a western Oklahoma trough. Precipitation chance is 20 to 30 percent tonight, with cooler temperatures after the system departs. Highs reach the upper 50s to mid 60s today and the upper 40s to upper 50s Saturday. overnight lows range from the upper 20s northwest to the low 40s southeast with city readings listed.
Stein avoided a firm inflation forecast for early 1974 while noting that administration projections align with private estimates. Private forecasts anticipate about 8 percent inflation next year. November imports rose costs, but the nation posted a third straight monthly trade surplus totaling 85.7 million dollars, lifting eleven month surplus to 765.9 million dollars.
A proposed system uses $1 coupons to finance a $1.4 billion annual rationing program. Coupons will be printed monthly in different colors and valid for 60 days. Stations collect coupons and submit them to banks to track gallons sold. The public can trade coupons in a free market with prices tied to supply and demand. Gas should cost about 70 to 70.5 cents per gallon when combining coupon value and pump price. The plan aims to reduce bureaucracy from World War II by employing far fewer staff, with state and federal roles defined for staffing and operations.
The Yanomamo of Venezuela view illness as caused by hekura, a hostile spirit. A shaman remedies sickness by exorcising or forcibly removing the invisible agent from the victim's body.
Audrey Mohon 56 of Emmet Ark died Wednesday in a Prescott hospital. Funeral at 2 pm Friday in Emmet Methodist Church with Rev Jack Williams officiating. Burial Snell Cemetery. Survivors include mother Mrs Bessie Smith of Emmet five brothers and two sisters. Also funeral notices for Lile Easterling and obituaries for Eugene J McNeely J Kenneth Laird and Christopher Del Sesto.
Herbert Tingsten 77 longtime chief editor of Dagens Nyheter from 1946 to 1968 and prominent political scientist died Wednesday in Stockholm Sweden.
Six cars of the 17 car Coast Starlight from Seattle to Oakland derailed about 3 48 a m one mile east of Anderson California ten miles south of Redding. Up to four hundred halfway passengers were aboard with several injuries reported none serious. A Southern Pacific spokesman said three cars overturned and wreckage spread over a forty yard stretch. Cause was not determined.
Bolivia uses two capitals with La Paz serving as seat of government and Sucre as constitutional capital. The arrangement reflects historical and administrative roles within the republic. Local governance and ceremonial functions are split between the cities.
Howard Hughes faces a nine count federal indictment in Las Vegas alleging conspiracy stock manipulation and wire fraud tied to his 1968 purchase of Air West. Co defendants include Robert Maheu Chester Davis David B Charnay and James H Nall with Greenspun and George Crockett named as unnamed conspirators.
MARSHALL Ark AP two Cleveland men L D Medlock 51 and Carlos Medlock 16 were killed as their pickup was struck from behind by a second truck on U S 65 Trooper Bill Partlow identified the victims.
In Geneva Israeli and Egyptian negotiators agreed on principles for separating forces along the Suez front. Talks, led by Maj.Gen Mordechai Gur and Brig. Taha el Magdoob, aim to straighten lines and reinforce the cease-fire. A Jan. 2 meeting follows Israeli elections, with mid January or February as possible timing for broader agreements.
Interior Department officials report two bids rejected as too low while 87 bids to drill off Mississippi Alabama and Florida were accepted from a federal lease sale offering 147 tracts. Total high bids reached 1.49 billion with Exxon and Mobile Oil posting the top offer of about 212 million for a tract near Fort Walton Beach Florida.
Coast Guard reports First Mate George K. Gann and tanker skipper C. W. Pemberton washed overboard in heavy seas 380 miles southeast of Homer Alaska while Chevron Mississippi carried oil from Cook Inlet to El Segundo. Seaman Mario Romeroza died aboard from injuries in the same voyage. The elder Gann is noted author Ernest K. Gann known for The High and the Mighty and Twilight for the Gods.
An Arkansas farm advisory item announces an income tax meeting on Thursday January 3 at 7 00 pm at the Town and Country Restaurant led by University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service specialists to aid beef dairy and poultry producers with tax filing. Attendees receive a Farmers Tax Guide and Flexible Farm Record Book. The piece also outlines a sales tax exemption permit for certain farm inputs and notes the Hempstead County Revenue Department handles applications. It mentions USDA planting intentions survey results due January 22 predicting state acreage for major crops. It ends with farming tips about soil testing tree planting and garden planning.
Fewer tankers ply seas since the Arab oil embargo began in October and those at sea slow to save fuel. Imports from non Arab areas help offset losses, but government figures show four weeks ending Dec 14 averaged 6.2 million barrels daily, below projected needs. Tanker brokers note reduced cargo and cheaper rates, with some ships idle.
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