Little Red Hen travels to Washington with The Star
The Hope Star recounts sending its Little Red Hen column and an Andrews Watkins letter to President Carter. Readers discuss ships versus boats, with Northeastern Oklahoma State University and Great Lakes perspectives shaping the debate on vessel terminology.
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Washington
James A. Watkins
Northeastern Oklahoma State University
Tahlequah
Okla
Watkins
Jimmy Carter
United States
White House
Washington, D.C
Jimmy
Hope
Arkansas
Alex. H. Washburn
Georgia
Memorial Resolution Honors Lt. Edward Worrell in Texarkana Death
The Arkansas House passed a memorial resolution for Lt. Edward Worrell who died while attempting to stop a burglary in Texarkana. The measure commends his bravery and notes he is the city’s only officer to fall in the line of duty.
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Little Rock
Edward Worrell
Texarkana
Worrell
January unemployment rate declines sharply
The U S unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent in January from 7.8 percent, aided by an unexplained drop in the labor force amid severe winter weather. Analysts caution the weather’s full impact may appear in February figures as job growth barely rose.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arkansas lawmaker Ivan W. Rose dies at 50 in Little Rock
State Rep. Ivan W. Rose of Rogers who had served in the Arkansas House since 1965 died today at a Little Rock motel during the legislative session. Police say he apparently suffered a heart attack.
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Little Rock
Ivan W. Rose
Rogers
Arkansas House
Rose
Convicted woman to resume Amy Carter nurse role in White House ties
Mary Fitzpatrick 33, previously a trusted nurse for Amy Carter, is reprieved by the Georgia Pardons and Paroles Board after a White House request. She will return to service at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue under minimum security supervision while awaiting parole on a life sentence for the 1970 murder of Johnny Bynum.
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Atlanta
White House
Amy Carter
Georgia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mary Fitzpatrick
Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles
Johnny Bynum
Pardons Board
Rob Haworth
Mitchell
Lumpkin
Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Atlanta Women's Work Release Center
Fitzpatrick
Carter
Amy
Ethiopian chief and six others killed in power struggle
The chairman of Ethiopia's ruling military council Brig. Gen. Teferi Bente and six other council members were killed after a plot to purge supposed opponents. The incident follows multiple intra-council power struggles since Haile Selassie’s overthrow, with Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam and Lt. Col. Atenafu Abate reported safe. Officials blamed imperialist involvement and EPRP supporters.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Radio Ethiopia
Spo
Teferi Bente
Central Committee
Council
Bente
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Atenafu Abate
Ethiopian Peoples Evolutionary Party
EPRP
Ethiopian Democratic Union
CIA
Col
Mariam
Three Teens Charged in Texarkana Policeman Shooting
Three Illinois teenagers were charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Texarkana police Lt. Edward Worrell and wounding Officer James Clark during a burglary alarm response at a discount store. Authorities said 21 pistols and several rifles were found at the scene and in the motel room where the suspects stayed.
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Texarkana, Ark
Illinois
Texarkana
Edward Worrell
James Clark
Worrell
Clark
John Butler
Butler
Paul Howell
Blacks panel agree on review board in Hempstead
A three member City Board of Directors panel and about 10 members of the Black Men’s Progressive Organization met at city hall to discuss police brutality complaints and changes they proposed on January 25. Both groups agreed to form an impartial review board to investigate brutality cases and police procedures as the first step toward a solution.
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Hope Board of Directors
Hempstead County Black Men’s Progressive Organization
City Hall
Dorothy Winchel
Hope Star
Hempstead County
R.A. Hicks Jr
Horace Phillips
Emerson Stuart
Hicks
Eddie Langston
Langston
Mel Thrash
Thrash
Two Car Accident on West Second Street Reported
A two car crash occurred on West Second Street Friday morning when Lara Jean Porterfield of Hope, driving west, attempted a left turn into the Safeway lot and was hit from behind by Cecelia McLeod, also of Hope. No charges were filed.
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West Second Street
Billy Smith
The
Hope Police Department
Lara Jean Porterfield
Hope
Second Street
Safeway
Cecelia McLeod
Four plead innocent in bank scheme case in Arkansas
Former Arkansas state representative Talbot Feild Jr. of Hope and three others pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court to a check-kiting scheme involving about 750000 dollars at the Bank of Chichester where Feild served as president. They were released on their own recognizance by Judge Oren Harris. The defendants include H Arnold Guy of West Point Mississippi and Jim Bruce Smith and Victor E Ewy of Tuscumbia Alabama.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Talbot Feild Jr
Hope
U.S. District Court
Oren Harris
Feild
H. Arnold Guy
West Point
Miss
Jim Bruce Smith
Victor E. Ewy
Tuscumbia
Ala
Bank of Chichester
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Darrell A. Edwards
Elgin
Atty
Jim Gunter
H. BE. Ballard
Muskogee, Okla
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Gunter
Charles Tate
Alex Robert Page
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Tate
Lohbauer
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Jim Harris
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