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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1974
Page
1
The National Weather Service issued an ice storm watch for the northwest half of Arkansas as precipitation was expected to end from the west Friday. Roads in some areas of north Arkansas were already ice-covered and hazardous for travel.
Hazardous conditions this morning forced school closures in Benton, Boone, Newton, Marion, Searcy, Madison and Carroll counties. Levi Strauss plant in Harrison shut down, affecting about 500 workers. Five tractor trailers jackknifed in Benton County with no injuries reported. The Weather Service attributed the cold air and front to thunderstorms in the south and freezing rain in the north, with temperatures dipping to the teens in northwest Arkansas and 60s in the south.
The article notes that across Canada the primary contributors to solid waste are bottles cans and junked vehicles. It implies a national focus on waste composition and management challenges without detailing local conditions or statistics.
Skylab astronauts continue earth resources surveys with radar imagery to locate petroleum in the United States, South America, Africa and the Far East. oil firms use first two Skylab data to aid exploration as Captain Mark Phillips trains to drive a tank with cautious humor amid royal travel plans.
Tom Ed Jackson, Kiwanian and retired naval officer, discussed the U S Naval Academy at a Kiwanis meeting. He outlined past unrest in the sixties, the shift to modern facilities and expanded academic majors, and the rise in applications through congressmen, highlighting new buildings and a renewed emphasis on honor and integrity. Guests included Rev. Shell, Dr. Vought, Rev. Trussell, and Dennis Ramsey. Lile Easterling was introduced as the newest Kiwanian.
Flames swept through a town house at Evergreen Park in New Bedford killing Earl 4 TerriAnn 7 Ronald 10 and Cindy 13 of Mrs Dale M Whittemore. The mother escaped unharmed and neighbor Abelardo Guadalupe 35 and his brother tried to rescue them but failed. The family had another loss when Howard 8 was killed in 1972 by a car.
Washington AP Energy Chief William E Simon said a joint FEO IRS task force will audit price, profit and supply records of all 140 U S refiners. Teams will visit corporate offices up to four times yearly, with large refiners under field reviews and smaller ones desk audited in Washington. The program aims to ensure price increases reflect costs, not inflated profits.
Arkansas Attorney General Jim Guy Tucker said the state will join Worthen Bank and Trust Co. in appealing before the U.S. Supreme Court over National Bank Americard. Worthen argues Bank Americard blocks members from joining other card systems, limiting competition and harming consumers. A full trial could take years, Tucker warned, risking consumer costs. The case tests antitrust reach for new financial services amid the rival Master Charge network. In other news, Samuel Goldwyn, age 91, was released from St. Johns Hospital after a period of observation starting December 22, with details of illness not disclosed.
British miners vote to continue overtime ban amid pay demands above Heath's anti inflation ceilings. Three day energy saving week imposed as coal supplies fall. Talks deadlocked, risk of shortages in steel and other basics. In Fairfield California Gloria Corona files for divorce from Juan Corona, convicted mass murderer.
Larry Barton has been appointed project coordinator for the Southwest Arkansas RC&D Project based in Hope. He brings 17 years with the Soil Conservation Service, including posts as district conservationist at Rison, Sheridan, and Hot Springs. Barton, a Fordyce native, earned forestry degree from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 1957 and Kellog Fellowship study at North Carolina State University in 1969. He and his wife Sharlene, from Strong, Ark, have four children and will move to Hope.
Funeral services for James L Beckham 77 were conducted at 2 p m Thursday in Oakcrest Funeral Home chapel officiated by Rev Carl Diffee. Burial followed in New Hope Cemetery. Beckham died Tuesday night at his home.
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