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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1977
Page
2
The Assertated Press reports warmer weather for Arkansas as southerly winds strengthen today. A high pressure system is expected to influence conditions, bringing a milder day across the state.
The Hope Star lists weather outlook with temperatures mid 60s to 70s and a Pacific front bringing showers. It notes past and upcoming highs, lows, and windy conditions, plus a 24 hour experiment station report. Local staff and departments listed include advertising, composing, and editorial roles for the Hope Arkansas newspaper.
George Steel a Nashville attorney has been chosen chairman of the State Police Commission succeeding Dewey Neely an Osceola auto dealer who remains on the panel Neely was reappointed to a seven year term by Gov David Pryor Harrison publisher J E Dunlap Jr was elected vice chair J E Chaffin editor and co publisher of the Greenwood Index Journal died Sunday
Dr John Anthony a Southern Baptist missionary to Israel was guest speaker at First Baptist Church on Sunday February 20. He is married to Connie Goble of Mount Ida and has two children. Anthony grew up in Arkansas, earned degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and since 1973 has directed The Jerusalem House Student Center in Jerusalem after earlier work as a Israel summer missionary in 1970.
A House subcommittee approved a Senate optometry bill allowing advertising and use of diagnostic drugs by optometrists. It recommended a do pass in full committee. amendments permit advertising of glasses and establish a new state Board of Optometry to regulate practitioners. The original text aimed to restrict advertising. The shot put ball is made of iron and weighs 16 pounds.
Calendar lists meetings and hearings across state agencies in Little Rock Fort Smith and Jonesboro from Monday through Saturday February 21 to February 29. Items include Game and Fish Commission Juvenile Training School Board Highway Commission Public Service Commission Health and Education hearings and boards at state offices courts and universities.
The report summarizes a two month investigation by Congress into gas withholding at Gulf Coast reserves and sideshow actions. It notes Texaco vice president Richard Palmer testifying, and Senate and House votes on fiscal year budgets with Carter stimulus plans. The story also covers the fate of Richard Sprague at the Assassinations Committee after Rep. Gonzalez fired him, a move later countermanded.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Eather M. Stanton Gathright 89 of Saratoga and W. Lee Arnold 81 of DeAnn Community with services in Latimer and White Oak Grove churches. Also noted is the death of William Starr Carter 22, son of Rep Tim Lee Carter, from leukemia in Nashville. Plus Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musaed bin Gelwi aged 100 in Nicosia.
An election on March 1 will select three Hempstead County Conservation District directors. Polls run 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Hope county courthouse. only landowners within the district who are registered voters may participate under state law.
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