The Star ends 1976 with record year and rising costs
The Star reflects on a record 1976 with peak circulation and a high page count surpassing 1975 and 1974. It notes heavy Christmas season collections, 137 tons of newsprint, ink usage, and rising newsprint costs across quarterly bills up to 281.50 per ton, with a looming higher price from Great Northern Paper Co. in Arkansas bulletin.
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The
Star
U.S
Lufkin
Houston Mills
Arkansas Press Association
Great Northern Paper Co
Body found in Red River duck hunting search ends
The body of 27 year old Thomas P Howie of Texarkana was found about 1 p m Sunday near Buzzard Bluff on the Red River after a five day search. Howie drowned while duck hunting. four local men aided in the drag and the effort paused due to cold weather. A memorial service was planned for Texarkana.
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Thomas P. Howie
Texarkana
Hempstead
Henry Singard
Howie
Red River
Buzzard Bluff
Fulton
Benny Lynn Bjornson
Commerce
Tex
Donald E. Williams
Matthew C. Hunter
Jess Law
Millwood Dam
Sheriff’s Office
Hempstead County Rescue Unit
Miller County Rescue Unit
City Subscribers Guidance for Missed Star Delivery
Missed delivery instructions advise calling 777-8841 during listed evening hours Monday through Friday and Saturday to arrange carrier delivery. callers should not call outside those times.
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Times
Patterson Says Legislature to Tackle Arkansas Plan
Rep. Larry Patterson of Hope says the legislature will open Jan 10 and focus on Gov Pryor's Arkansas Plan. He explains a modified home rule concept that preserves state aid for local governments for a time while phasing it out, with local taxation rising to replace lost state funds. Patterson notes five to six years before full phaseout, and stresses uniform speed limits and zoning standards across the state as the Quorum Courts gain day to day powers.
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Jim Harris
Arkansas General Assembly
Larry Patterson
Hope
David Pryor
Arkansas
Patterson
Hempstead
Paterson
General Assembly
North Little Rock
West Tennessee fires claim eight lives across two homes
Two early morning blazes in West Tennessee killed eight people, including Patricia Childs a 27 year old expectant mother, and three of her daughters in one home near Springville. In Union City three family members and a visiting friend died in an apartment fire.
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Associated Press
West Tennessee
Patricia Childs
Teresa
Marian
Margaret
Springville
Henry County
Frank Childs
Sandra
Union City
Ford Plans Final 17 Days As President In 1977
Ford returns to Washington from Vail with Mrs. Ford and pledges active leadership in his last weeks. He will direct end of gasoline price controls and seek a $10 billion tax cut, while decisions loom on amnesty, Puerto Rico statehood, and pay raises for officials.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Air Force One
Vail
Coio
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Puerto Rico
Carter Focuses on Government Reorganization Plan
President elect Carter meets with Bert Lance and House Government Operations Chairman Jack Brooks to discuss cutting federal agencies boards and commissions. Sen Ribicoff and Sen Jackson back possible amalgamation of energy related federal activities as part of the plan.
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Office of Management and Budget
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
House
Government Operations Committee
Brooks Committee
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
Carter
Brooks and Ribicoff
Two Youths Arrested in Ford Pickup Theft in Hope
The Hope Police Department reports two arrests in a pickup theft case involving a 1975 Ford from Buffington's Used Cars in Hope. A 15-year-old Hope boy and 18-year-old Ronnie Atkins of Hope were taken into custody in Moverly Missouri. The youth was returned to Hope by his mother and charged. Atkins remains in Missouri with a charge of theft over $100 filed.
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Hope Police Department
Buffington
Hope
Ronnie Atkins
Moverly
Atkins
Missouri
Gas curtailment hit Arkansas major users
Icy winter weather forced Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co to curtail its natural gas allotments to all major industrial users in Arkansas for Sunday night and Monday. Company President Sheffield Nelson said officials would meet at noon today to discuss reopening the plants Tuesday.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Arkansas
Sheffield Nelson
University of Miami Studies Space Reproduction and Colonies
Dr. Neal Bricker of the University of Miami is named head of NASA Space Science Board to study biology of reproduction in space and the feasibility of a Space Colony, including spacecraft living conditions, potential genetic effects, and psychosocial factors amid planned animal studies and a two week meeting next summer.
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Miami
Skylab
Neal Bricker
University of Miami
Mars
Bricker
NASA Space Science Board
United States
NASA
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Foust
Childs
Faust
Republican National Committee
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Texas
John B. Connally
California
Ronald Reagan
Steven Foster
Foster
Rusty Paul
Moore Oil Company
Highway 4
U. of Miami
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