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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1975
Page
1
Alex H. Washburn presents Our Daily Bread with concise reflections on daily life and faith. The short column offers practical observations and a steady, calm tone.
A public notice excerpt from Editor & Publisher outlines ten of fifty common newspaper language errors. It notes the Associated Press panel led by Wallace Allen and Dick Reid’s background, urging writers to adapt tips as needed.
SPRINGDALE Ark AP five persons were injured when a tornado hit a sparsely populated area. A 36 year old woman was hospitalized with a scalp laceration and possible back injuries. The injured came from two mobile homes hit by the twister. One mobile home was lifted and turned, another house partially destroyed. Electric lines were downed around Wire Road. No other tornado reports in Washington County.
City subscribers are advised to call 777-3431 between 6 and 6 30 p m Saturday before or by 5 p m to arrange delivery if they fail to receive their Star.
Salisbury report says the white minority government will not release any more black political detainees. Justice minister Desmond Lardner Burke cited continued guerrilla warfare and added terrorists failed to obey alleged leaders' cease fire instructions. The African National Council criticized the stance as a distortion of the cease-fire conditions.
Osceola Ark AP An Osceola woman and four of her daughters died when a fire swept through their small frame house. The husband and three other children escaped unharmed. Fire Chief Fred Hendrix named the dead Martha Lee Wilkin 30 Sheila Fay Wilkin 2 Diane Wilkin 7 Rosie Wilkin 10 and Vickie Wilkin four months. Raymond Wilkin 56 Patricia Ann Wilkin 4 Margaret Wilkin 6 and Richard Wilkin 8 escaped. The blaze may have started from a candle used as a night light. Fire crews received the call at 342 AM and battled the fire for about an hour.
Ashdown Ark Curtis Eugene Zachry 32 a prominent local realtor was found murdered about 17 miles south of Ashdown early Thursday. A passerby discovered the body off East Ogden Road near Hudson Creek Bridge around 9 am. Sheriff Marlin Surber and Chief Deputy Jackie Simmons said the death was by a blow to the skull and that a watch and ring were missing. Zachry had left his home Wednesday night with another man to show property. his wife was unaware of the departure. Funeral plans are pending with Phillips Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Diane a son Chuck two daughters Renea and Eugenia his parents Loyce and Lula Zachry a brother Kenneth and a sister Patricia Beck all of Ashdown. He was a member of Central Baptist Church.
Rep. Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas reportedly sought spiritual guidance from Harold Hughes, the former senator turned religious worker. Mills, hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital for alcoholism, reportedly met Hughes at an Alcoholics Anonymous session and had prior talks with a Hughes prayer group member.
Denver AP reports the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union reached a two year deal with Gulf Oil Corp. covering 60,000 members after a threatened Thursday walkout. The pact raises wages by 75 cents an hour this year, 4 percent by July 8 1975, and 8 percent by January 8 1976 plus a cost of living reopener. It adds a tenth paid holiday and improves hospitalization and pension payments. The agreement follows Gulf refinery settlements from California to Ohio and sets pattern for other oil firms.
In Frankfurt, two U.S. Army soldiers were sentenced by a general court martial for raping a German girl under 16 in Babenhausen. Pvt John T. Pritchard, 20, Blytheville Arkansas, got 10 years. Spec 4 Ernest Nathaniel Galloway, 19, Supply North Carolina, got five years. They were dishonorably discharged, reduced to E-1, and forfeit pay. Sentences subject to review.
President Nguyen Van Thieu said he will order South Vietnam’s forces to recapture Phuoc Long Province after its fall, with a large-scale counteroffensive likely to involve 10,000 or more troops. US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Jones to visit Saigon for Southeast Asia familiarization amid talks on renewed military aid. Loc Ninh raid alleged by North Vietnam with air support.
Raleigh man Joe Louis Harris, 39, faces four murder charges after a series of related shootings that killed four women in the area, three of them sisters. Victims are Gertrude Harmon, Azalee Jackson, Burnice Harrington, and Haveleigh White. Harris also faces kidnapping charges amid details of a trunk‑car incident and a prior lye attack claim against Harmon.
President Ford weighs a novel plan to mail checks to every American taxpayer in hopes of spurring spending and ending the recession. Officials caution no decision yet. Estimates suggest a $15 billion to $30 billion program could inject about $70 to $140 per person, with risks of logistics and uncertain consumer responses.
The Centennial Beaux and Belles begin work on the City Hall auditorium renovation Monday January 13, painting and cleaning for three to four weeks. Col. Roy Taylor and Col. Ruby Crow invite residents to help in this labor of love to improve the auditorium for the Centennial year and beyond. Work runs nightly at 6:30 through weekdays until completion.
Irish religious leaders meet Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave to urge extending the Christmas truce in Northern Ireland. Government sources say Cosgrave unlikely to bow. IRA leader Kevin Mallon arrested. truce began December 23 and was extended to January 16 amid prisoner releases.
Gold opened unchanged at 180 dollars an ounce in Zurich before dipping to 179. In London prices rose to 180.50 then fixed at 178.5 by five main British dealers. Dealers reported little activity as buyers and sellers waited for a clear trend to develop.
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