18 Feb 1975
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1975
Page
1
Editor Alex H. Washburn presents Our Daily Bread with concise reflections on daily life, faith, and practical wisdom. The column offers brief moral prompts and observations aimed at guiding readers through ordinary tasks and decisions.
The Postmaster General Benjamin Bailor hints higher postage, with first class letters inching from 10 to 12 or 13 cents and air mail likely to be eliminated as a standard option. Second class rates for newspapers and magazines loom next, while wage demands keep swelling operating deficits despite some Congressional funding cuts. The piece also remembers Rev Francis A Buddin, who died in Dallas at 81, and recounts The Star’s 1929 and 1932 newsroom moves, with a final plant relocation pending in 1955-56 as Roberson's Carpet World advances.
Ardell Somerville, 40, was injured when a tractor trailer blew a right front tire, left the road, overturned, and pinned him about two miles west of Hope on I-30. He was freed after about 30 minutes by Hempstead County Rescue Unit and treated at Memorial Hospital for bruises and cuts.
ELF leader Osman Saleh Sabbi announced the rebel movement will unilaterally declare Eritrea’s independence within weeks, reject Sudan’s cease-fire proposal, and urge the United States to embargo arms to Ethiopia. He claimed control of parts of Asmara and said a parliamentary democracy would follow. Reports differed on Asmara’s status amid fighting.
Mrs Tolleson a Hope school teacher will chair the 1975 Heart Fund campaign in Hempstead County announced by Dr Don Price president of the Arkansas Heart Association. Volunteers will visit residences in February Heart Month to distribute materials raise funds for research and programs and Mrs Dennis Ramses will assist as Heart Sunday chairman with a door to door campaign on February 23 urging generous support as heart disease remains Arkansas leading killer.
Jefferson City Missouri AP. Tear gas was deployed to quell a disturbance at Alvoa Intermediate Reformatory east of the city. Superintendent Calvin Beard said 20 of 459 prisoners refused the Monday meal, leading to glass breaking as inmates were removed from the dining hall. Ninety inmates were confined after Sunday night refusal and ongoing meal boycott. Guards were increased. three officers and one inmate were injured, none seriously. The facility is a minimum security unit.
Governors from across the nation convene to assess the economic crisis. They say states cannot finance programs trimmed or held steady amid rising costs and oppose the energy plan. Democrats mostly split from Ford, Republicans mixed. Maryland Governor Mandel denounces the budget as robbing the poor while Minnesota Governor Anderson signals tax implications.
AP reports a nationwide walkout by Public Service Alliance of Canada workers disrupted West Coast grain shipments and closed Winnipeg airport for two and a half hours. About 11,000 of 18,600 members struck, with selective actions planned as mediation failed.
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon exceeded his authority by withholding 9 billion dollars for pollution control. The decision affirms that Congress must allocate the full authorized sums and rejects the administration's use of not to exceed language to dodge full disbursement. The ruling follows lower-court findings and precedes related remands to the Richmond circuit court for reconsideration.
In Shoals West Virginia Saskatchewan known as Skatchy a paralyzed dog has become a local celebrity. After distemper left her with a painful hip twitch she was fully immobilized until Nicky Napier and her husband Robert built a cart like canine wheelchair at Wayne High School. The device straps onto Skatchy’s hindquarters and lets her move freely and enjoy life again.
Secretary of State Kissinger returns to Switzerland for a meeting with Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as he expresses cautious optimism about an Israeli Egyptian interim accord. Discussions focus on oil prices and Iran possibly guaranteeing oil shipments to Israel if Sinai oilfields are returned to Egypt.
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