15 Feb 1975
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1975
Page
1
Alex H. Washburn offers a concise appraisal of daily bread themes and moral reflections, framing ordinary meals as windows into virtue and community. The piece blends pious sentiment with practical notes on sharing and gratitude.
Reg Murphy resumes his Gainesville ties as he returns to The Atlanta Constitution column life after a brief pause for heart healing. The piece, echoed by Robert Campbell, argues editors and others overstride when assuming sole power to solve world issues.
Tokyo AP reports Mao Tse-tung issued an important instruction calling for party cadres at all levels to root out bad elements and bourgeois waverers. People’s Daily front pages warn that stronger proletarian dictatorship will breed more devious class enemies covertly seeking to restore capitalism in state economy and government.
Government economists said food price increases are slowing but a repeat of bad weather could push grocery prices up again by year end. The Agriculture Department forecast 2 to 3 percent gains in Q1 and about 3 percent in Q2, with annual increases of 10 to 14 percent possible if crops fail. For 1974 retail food prices rose 14.5 percent from 1973, led by early-year gains. The outlook depends on harvests of wheat, corn, soybeans and other livestock feed crops. The Dow rose 7.28 points to 734.20 as wholesale prices fell and rates eased.
P G Wodehouse died at Southampton Hospital after entering for a skin rash. The humorist, age 93, left his 97th book unfinished at home and had just been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He was known for Jeeves and for lighthearted satires of wartime misadventures in France with his wife Ethel.
Washington AP reports a federal mediator said talks are expected to resume today between Texas International Airlines and the Air Line Employer Association after a postponement when airline representatives did not attend. Both sides were urged to attend, with no cancellation or new dates set. The ALEA, largely ground crews, struck on December 1, and TI A has been grounded since December 4 as pilots honor picket lines.
An audit of Lonoke Police Department finds a $2109 short in 19 receipts from 1972 to 1973 with the mayor and sheriff aiding in the probe. Other items report higher gasoline prices possibly reaching 75 cents, a Social Security payout record for Arkansas in 1974, a Tennessee crash killing two Arkansas men, a Conway County grand jury probing voting irregularities, a Dardanelle fatal crash, a Forrest City fatality, and a Little Rock lawsuit by Dr. Dennis C. Davidson over Conway Memorial Hospital seeking $57.2 million in damages with additional counts against 28 defendants.
Lloyd M. Bentsen, a Texas businessman and U S senator, plans to seek the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. He built a political machine from his freshman Senate role, courting party bosses, while maintaining a conservative, businesslike image and funding from Texans and Wall Street figures.
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