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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1975
Page
2
The Associated Press reports dry weekend conditions in Arkansas with mostly fair skies and slightly warmer temperatures Saturday. The extended outlook for Sunday through Tuesday shows a slight chance of rain Monday and Tuesday, while today and tonight bring colder conditions to the western half of the state.
Hope Star weather section notes a cold front clearing eastern Arkansas with a forecast for decreasing clouds and cooler, generally fair conditions Saturday. Rainfall tallies across the state are listed, along with overnight low projections and city highs. Subscriptions and distribution details are provided for Hope and surrounding counties.
New York AP reports December retail sales rose slightly across the nation’s largest chains but could not fully offset 12 percent inflation and early-December layoffs. Analysts warn a poor Christmas for profits, noting delayed pre-Christmas promotions. Fourth quarter earnings will reflect belated holiday demand.
A coalition of Southwest Arkansas farmers and businesses funded portable scales for performance testing via the Cooperative Extension Service in Hempstead Lafayette Nevada and Little River counties. Contributors include county banks farm bureaus and commercial suppliers. Scales stay at Hope for farmer access. contact county extension agents to schedule use.
AP dispatch from Saigon reports heavy fighting in Phuoc Binh one of the last government footholds in Phuoc Long province near the Cambodian border. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch renewed assaults with infantry tanks and artillery. Government forces claim successes while Viet Cong shelled Bien Hoa base and attacked regions near Saigon. New clashes also arise along the central coast and in Cambodia as Khmer Rouge efforts continue.
A two crewmen died and four others injured when an Air Force Reserve C130 transport plane crashed and burned on approach to Belle Chasse naval air station during a training flight. The wreck occurred in a wooded area near the landing path. victims were 1st Lt Gaul S. Brown and M Sgt Benton L. Bourgeois of Metairie.
An unidentified Chicago man, age about 25 to 30, died defending three teenagers from a knife attack. He was buried in a pauper's grave after Ken Simon financed the grave and clergy arranged a funeral. Police seek identity clues from four tattoos on the body.
Funeral services for Ivy Lily Taylor 87 were held at First Baptist Church with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survived by three sons four daughters 14 grandchildren nine great grandchildren three sisters and one brother. Double funeral services for Herman Walter Fatheree Jr. 16 and Shannon Elizabeth Lewis four days old were planned in Nashville Ark with burial near Nashville. Shannon born December 23 1974 in Hawaii died December 27. Also listed are Mary Bumpurs 89 with services at Herndon Funeral Home and a note about Boy Scouts selling a Rabbit Raising merit badge pamphlet in North Brunswick New Jersey.
Henderson State College will offer five spring courses for Hope and surrounding residents. Courses include Communications for Business and Industry, Occupational and Industrial Safety, Public School Music, Introduction to Geography, and Number Systems II. Registration for two courses is 10 am Friday Jan 17 at Red River Vocational Technical School.
Y. C. Coleman president of the Hope Lions Club announces exchange student applications are being accepted with a February 1, 1975 deadline. Hope High School students may obtain applications from Anita Hoggard, Leo Club secretary, and the trip will be awarded to a Hope Leo Club member. Nonmembers should contact Leo Club officers about potential membership.
The FBI released its annual 1974 report warning that nuclear weapons could fall into terrorist hands and noting increased Communist influence in the United States. Bank robberies hit a record and white collar crime convictions doubled from the prior year. The report covers the year ended June 30, 1974, and cites rising Soviet bloc and Chinese staff in the US as factors requiring heightened vigilance. It also notes the Communist Party USA's roughly 4,200 members and its alleged union infiltrations.
Receipts estimated at 440 cattle with supply largely good and many 250 to 500 lb feeder stock. Slaughter cows mostly 16 to 19 dollars, cutters 13 to 16, canners 10 to 13. Feeder steers 250-500 lbs 21 to 25, 500-600 lbs 22 to 25, older 250-400 lbs 17 to 21. Feeder heifers 250-500 lbs 17 to 19, some at 20, 250-500 lbs good 15 to 17.
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