Our Daily Bread Sliced Thin by The Editor
Editorial by Alex H Washburn appears in Our Daily Bread column. Brief note frames daily bread themes and moral reflections.
07 Feb 1975
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1975
Page
1
Editorial by Alex H Washburn appears in Our Daily Bread column. Brief note frames daily bread themes and moral reflections.
The Star argues against raising the gasoline tax amid rising fuel prices and uncertain demand. It notes highway funding relies on fuel taxes, warns of revenue shortfalls, and urges patience until the economic outlook improves. The piece stresses political unity in rejecting a tax hike for 1975 and 1976.
Aristotle Onassis, age 69, arrived in Paris with Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Christina amid reports he would enter the American Hospital for treatment. He suffers from myasthenia gravis and influenza, and sources say arrangements favored treatment abroad, with a discreet entry planned at the hospital outside Paris suburbs.
The Hope Public Schools will dismiss at 1 30 p m Tuesday Feb 11 to allow teachers to attend an in service training program sponsored by the Hope Education Association.
John McAdams a cow and hog forecaster challenges Irwin Bolbrecht of the National Weather Service to an 80 day weather forecast test at a field in Huntsville. Wilder will score results. McAdams claims animals predict rain, with details kept secret. Irwin notes misses in eight trials.
Public hearings began at Hope City Hall on the 1975 Community Development program with the Board of Directors city planners and City Manager Gerald Keith present. Project 9 sewer plants was dropped HUD direction funds reallocated to other projects. HUD deadline March 1 1975. Second hearing February 11 with more sessions February 18 and 25. Most projects focus on street reconstructions with local concerns on N Hazel Street sidewalks and drainage. Community leaders offer to help acquire right of way for street improvements.
Lima, Peru reports tanks and troops patrolling streets after a military attack on a policemen strike. Gunfire continued as soldiers protected property. official toll cited about 100 killed by patrols, looters, snipers, and shopkeepers. Some 600 arrested and substantial looted goods recovered.
Colson recalled Nixon in December 1973 doubting Gerald Ford could handle the presidency and control Henry Kissinger. He quoted Nixon calling Kissinger unstable at times and saying Ford would take two years to gain speed. Nixon said he might resign if the Supreme Court forced surrender of the Watergate tapes. Nixon resigned weeks after the court ruling.
Sergeant First Class Kenneth W. Garner announces a permanent U S Army recruiting station in Hope in room 112 of the Hope Post Office. Hours are Mondays and Thursdays 10 30 a m to 2 p m with special arrangements available for residents who cannot attend.
The Mississippi Legislature debated allowing savings and loan associations to compete for public funds previously kept in banks. The Senate defeated the bill 04-6. the House delayed a hunting license price rise and considered amendments on county salaries. Gov. Parker was expected to back a $1.50 hike, while salary limits for county officials sparked further conflict between House and Senate.
A bomb at KRON TV in San Francisco caused damage but no injuries after a late night blast. A warning call attributed to New World Liberation Front preceded the explosion amid a wave of Bay Area bombings linked to a new radical group. Police and federal authorities say the attackers aim to destabilize institutions amid national turmoil.
Cape Canaveral reports a Delta rocket placed a 1379 pound weather satellite into an initial orbit from 115 to 22483 miles high. On board motors will fire to stationary position above the Pacific near Hawaii to relay half hour weather images for forecasters in the western US and Hawaii. A Russian space delegation watched the Kennedy Space Center liftoff marking a note in Apollo Soyuz context. Weathermen say SMS 1 sister satellite will complement forecasts.
The January 1976 unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent, the highest since 1949, with 7.5 million unemployed. Heavy layoffs hit blue and white collar workers, teens, women, and men as projections warned the rate could climb further despite social benefits and tax-cut proposals. Major automakers announced plant closings, adding to 275,000 auto layoffs and 2.5 million first-time jobless claims over a three-week span.
The Rev. Claud E. King director of Community Organization for Southwest Arkansas Development Council announces a meeting to organize a Hope Neighborhood Council. The meeting is set for 7 p.m. Thursday Feb. 13 at the Red River Vo-Tech school urging all Hope citizens to participate.
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