Arkansas Braces for Coldest Week Since Last Winter
The National Weather Service warned Arkansans of a week of extreme cold. Tonight's lows range from five degrees in northern Arkansas to the low 20s in the southern part of the state.
31 Dec 1973
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1973
Page
1
The National Weather Service warned Arkansans of a week of extreme cold. Tonight's lows range from five degrees in northern Arkansas to the low 20s in the southern part of the state.
Hope's economy cooled in 1973 with building permits totaling 1,061,000 for commercial work and 1,051,450 for residential projects, down from 1972. Major developments included Holiday Inn, Sheraton Motor Lodge near I-30, Home Furniture, Pitt Grill, Arkla Gas, and other commercial expansions despite rainfall delays and higher mortgage rates. Continuous residential and commercial growth is expected to ease in the coming year.
The Housing Authority formed in 1963 reports ten years of work led by the current board chair Steve Bader and executive director Mike Kelly. It notes construction of 140 public housing units and a community room used 206 times this year with 5 133 attendees. An Urban Renewal program approved with a 3 million budget includes Hazel Street Transition and off street parking, mall and sewer work planned for the uptown area. Displacees have built or are building new housing as renewals proceed.
William C. Anderson 57 a former Little Rock police officer and used car lot owner was found shot at his desk in Anderson Auto Sales at 2600 East Broadway witnesses saw a young black man flee after gunfire echoed from the office. FBI probes theft of whisky complex spans Arkansas and Tennessee with trailer found in Memphis. Moore Brothers of Euless Texas owned the stolen rig. Arkansas Industrial Traffic Association to open a Little Rock office with Maurice Dyer to manage.
Obituary notices for William D. Rothwell Gilbert D. Elledge and Silas C. Byers Sr include survivors and funeral details. News items cover Osceola duck hunter death Mississippi River recovery. Israel and Egypt election and military developments. Arkansas weather rainfall comparisons. urban renewal projects in Elqantara and Osceola area with housing, street, and rehabilitation plans and costs. Names, places, dates, and figures anchor the notice.
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