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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1975
Page
2
The National Weather Service expects light rain in the south half of Arkansas today and in the north half Saturday. Warm days and cool nights are forecast through Saturday with a slow warming trend starting Sunday. Highs in the 60s with lows in the 40s to 50s.
Weather notes from February 28 1975 describe a cold front moving through Arkansas bringing cloudiness with little precipitation and temperatures in the 30s to 40s for highs. It cites past 24 hour temps in Texarkana Fort Smith El Dorado Pine Bluff Little Rock Fayetteville Harrison Jonesboro and notes an Experiment Station report. Also lists newspaper affiliations and subscription rates with carrier and mail options in Hope and surrounding counties.
Roy Gilbert, 75, of Rt. 1 Washington died at his home early Thursday. Surviving is a half brother, Paul Gilbert of California. Services will be Saturday at 2 30 p m in the Herndon Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating ministers will be the Rev. D L McCaulley and Rev. Joe Jones. Burial will be in Westmoreland Cemetery at Columbus under the direction of Herndon.
The Hope District United Methodist Women plan the annual Day Apart spiritual retreat at First United Methodist Church Prescott on Saturday March 1. Registration starts at 9 45 AM and attendees bring sack lunches while hosts provide drinks and dessert.
A photo and accompanying letter claiming responsibility from the Second of June Movement were sent to a German news agency showing Christian Democratic leader Peter Lorenz with a sign calling him a prisoner. Police recovered the image and letter, noting Lorenz was kidnapped about 24 hours earlier as his chauffeur was attacked near his West Berlin office.
Mrs. Cleola Kelly of Nevada County dies in Wichita Kansas February 26. She leaves two Wichita children, a stepson from Hope and siblings in Hope and various states. The body will be brought to Hope for burial. Federal State Livestock Market News Service notes receipts and price ranges in a Hope sale with cattle, feeders, cows, and calves detailed by weight and class. A separate police report mentions Jenz being driven off in his car and Angela Luther linked to Baader-Meinhof gang activities with trials and political tensions in Stuttgart and Berlin amid a city assembly election event.
Mrs. Mel Thrash of Hope is named Hempstead County Crusade Chairman and Mrs. Barry Hill of Hope the City Chairman for the American Cancer Society. The appointments were announced by State Crusade Chairman Mrs. Gordon Oats as Hempstead County pursues a fundraising target to wipe out cancer in our lifetime. Funds fund research education service and rehabilitation programs.
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