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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1977
Page
2
The Associated Press reports sunshine and rising temperatures forecast to erase a one inch frost blanket as Arkansas experiences a warming trend today.
Weather summary for Arkansas reports snow and cooling trends with temperatures in teens to forties across regions. Includes experimental station data and overnight lows, plus precipitation amounts in several cities. Also lists staff, agency affiliations, and subscription rates.
Sinatra said the missing plane likely went down in the San Bernardino Mountains where two feet of snow fell in two days. Authorities noted a 15 hour hike to the road and were undecided on ground rescue. FAA said radar loss occurred about four minutes after takeoff near 11,500 feet, with the aircraft at 8,900 feet.
President Ford prepares a closing energy message to Congress outlining continued efforts on fuel price controls, conservation, and coal use. The plan echoes 1976 proposals such as deregulating natural gas, easing clean air standards, and coal to synthetic fuels, amid Democratic resistance.
Taxpayers begin receiving the new 1040 federal income tax forms before the Jan. 15 mail date. Congress aimed to simplify using tables but now all must compute taxable income by totaling income and subtracting deductions and personal exemptions, a change from prior practice.
Wendy Yoshimura's tearful defense testimony was struck from the record by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Martin Pulich after she refused to discuss people who aided her in the radical underground. The jurors were told to disregard her statements as the case moves toward closing arguments and a potential ruling on related motions.
Leonard Edwards of Union Equity in Enid says Kansas and Nebraska bins are full and warns of possible storage problems. Don Dudley of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission notes unusually large wheat on hand for the first week of January, despite long storage history.
Clement D. Smith 74 a World War II veteran and retired clerk of New York origin died at a local hospital. Elbert Hawkins Bryant 86 of Glenwood Ark and former Mineral Springs resident died in a nursing home with burial in St. Paul Cemetery near Oran after Masonic rites. Alver C. Dunn 79 of Meridian Tex died January 3 with services in Clifton and burial at Boggy Cemetery. The notices also mention Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rainer visiting Stockton California and Geradine Williams relatives in Hope with Christmas travel and gatherings in late year.
The text notes coffee rising from $2 to $3.40 per pound while consumption stays near 237 million pounds annually. It lists varied national prices: Switzerland $2.25 due to stockpiles, Soviet Union $2.70, Poland about $9, Czechoslovakia down from $8.18 to $7.27, and Yugoslavia up 20 percent to $5.
In a Hope Hempstead County Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance meeting, pastors commended the Hope School District I A Board of Directors and Superintendent Dr. Balentine for an excellent year. They urged higher Black student participation in cultural activities and noted gaps in music, math, and pretechnical programs while highlighting accreditation efforts, a community education program, a migrant program, curriculum revisions, and special funded initiatives. Unemployment among Black youths was cited as a national concern, with local employers praised for supporting youth employment.
The Hope Community Education Office lists Henderson State University and the University of Arkansas offerings for spring. Registration is January 11 from 4 to 8 pm at Red River Vocational Technical School. courses start January 24 and require at least 12 registrants to run.
The Hope Commission weighs 600 stall needs for a future State Horse Show and 250 motel rooms with 375 available. A giant water melon on a railroad flatcar along I 30 is debated to lure travelers, with Murphy offering 175 acres for land donation and revival of a Watermelon Festival as a regional draw.
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