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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1975
Page
2
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will be cloudy and mild tonight through Saturday with showers and possible thunderstorms. Sunday cools then slowly warms Monday and Tuesday. The National Weather Service notes increasing cloudiness today across the state.
A high pressure system moves east over Arkansas bringing southerly winds and Gulf moisture. Clouds increase with unstable conditions and a chance of isolated thunderstorms tonight and Saturday. Readings show highs in the 50s and 60s across various towns with nights in the 30s to 40s. A humorous note mentions keep elephants warm in chilly weather, quoting keeper Hero Nuus.
Hope Junior High School Science Club members became live wires at a Wednesday meeting. Curt Johnston of Southwestern Bell used audience members to display a human telephone line and explain how tiny transistors and solar cells enable modern telecom advances. He cited research from Bell labs that spurred such items as the transistor and solar cell, and described a dial-any-number phone using automatic memory. Solar cells, he noted, power space missions and could someday energy Earth. He also cited therapy aids like talking dogs with micro amplifiers used to help handicapped children learn speech, with Telephone Pioneers donating dogs to Arkansas Children’s Colonies.
Councilman Dupuy resists broad street music regulation while Police Supt Giarrusso says current laws suffice for French Quarter musicians. Unemployed jazz musician Jeffrey Diket cites jam sessions as essential but unions and permit costs hinder practice. Council to study public spots in the Quarter and implement a permanent plan within 90 days. Meanwhile bands must keep strolling. Also note October 1973 had record vehicle accident deaths.
Receipts 335, down from 384 last week and 213 a year ago. Slaughter cows mostly 16.00 to 18.60 with other categories lower. Slaughter steers 600-800 lbs around 25.25 to 27.00, bulls 21.25 to 23.75. Feeder steers 300-400 lbs 24.00 to 26.25, 300-500 lbs 19.00 to 22.25. feeder heifers 16.50 to 22.25. Cow-calf pairs 130.00 to 211.00 per pair.
Hempstead county Rescue Unit meets on Tuesday in the High School Agri building. The evening features the second part of the Red Cross multimedia first aid class. Also listed are Beard and Moustache Contest participants, Music Man rehearsals, Scout uniforms needed, Region IV Science Fair details, Chamber dinner with Archie Campbell as guest, and various local civic notices.
The St Mark C M E Church in Ozan Arkansas schedules a budget rally for Sunday February 23 at 2 30 p m Guest speaker Reverend Miller of Hope’s Mt Zion C M E Church invites all. Reverend Thomas J Williams pastor. Funeral services for Mrs Lena Loften Nashville Arkansas set for Sunday February 23 at 2 30 p m at Church of God In Christ Nashville with Elder Andrew Hawtshrone officiating
Washington AP reports USDA figures show continued drops in eggs and broiler chicks. January egg production was 5.54 billion, down 3 percent from last year, with laying hens at 283 million on Feb 1, 4 percent below year earlier. Hatcheries produced 252.6 million broiler chicks, down 9 percent, amid high costs and lagging prices.
In Belfast, bombs struck two Catholic bars late Thursday, killing three and injuring 27 as violence threatened the IRA cease-fire. Police linked the attacks to Protestant extremists, with six killed since the Provisional IRA declared the truce on February 10. A bag bomb at the Railway Bar and a keg bomb at the Starry Plough tavern caused multiple injuries, including a woman whose legs were lost.
Dee Blankenship 82 died February 20 in a local nursing home and is survived by multiple siblings and many nieces and nephews. Hunter Hughes 86 had services at First United Methodist Nashville with burial at Restland Memorial Park. Rube H. Griffin 79 of Blevins Arkansas died in Nashville hospital. services at Latimer Chapel with burial Restland Memorial Park. Mrs Elizabeth Horton 87 graveside services held at Greenwood cemetery Camden. Herndon Funeral Home directed.
About 60 Americans remain in northern Ethiopia amid fears of Eritrean guerilla reprisals if Washington approves a large ammunition airlift for Ethiopia. The State Department is studying a request for more than 20 million dollars in ammo, risking evacuation and the closure of the Asmara consulate and Kagnew station.
Dayton Ohio was incorporated as a city in 1805 marking its formal municipal status.
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