14 Jan 1974
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1974
Page
1
The Associated Press notes a warm spell approaching Arkansas with the National Weather Service forecasting today highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s, Tuesday highs in the upper 50s to low 60s, and Sunday already in the 30s. A warm southerly flow drives the trend across the state.
Warmer temperatures brought rain drizzle and fog across the state. Overnight lows ranged from the mid 30s to mid 40s with scattered rainfall totals reported from Pine Bluff to Little Rock. The Star staff details editorial roles and AP and state weather data notes for the Hope Arkansas edition.
Kissinger and Sadat met at Aswan where Sadat recovers from bronchitis. The talks focused on the Israeli plan to withdraw over 20 miles from the Suez Canal, a proposal likely rejected by Egypt due to demands for thinning Egyptian forces and retreat of tanks missiles and artillery from Sinai. Sadat planned to face Egyptian objections in Jerusalem before possible return to Aswan.
Haskell Jones announces top Red Cross blood donors from 1969 to 1973 in Hempstead County. Of about 10 000 potential givers, 1123 contributed, with 20 000 residents in the county. The report lists those who gave five pints and six pints, naming 31 and 14 individuals respectively. Tomorrow will reveal seven and eight pint donors over the period.
Secretary John W Warner signals a measured pace for Navy reforms after four years of upheaval. The guidance letter to admiral candidates stresses tradition while selecting captains for promotion, as Zumwalt nears retirement and a middle ground CNO is sought among contenders Weisner Cousins Nolloway.
In Huntington West Virginia 3-year-old Jonathan Workman died after a beating for wetting his pants. Babysitter McAboy, 23, initially charged with felonious assault, later to be upgraded to murder. Dallas Workman, the survivor and witness, reported the abuse occurring in the bath room after the child was whipped. Jonathan had been in a coma on life support after being brought to St Marys Hospital Thursday afternoon by his mother Della Workman and Jackie McAboy.
Obituaries list Theodore Wilson Gilbert and others with funeral details in Herndon Chapel and Westmoreland Cemetery. Other notices include Rev. Herman Minter, Sidney Warren Oglesby, Mrs Beuford Wilson White, Sidney Kitchens, Elder A C Kirby with service details and survivors. The report also covers a child’s injury case in Fort Gay with details of a prison sentence for the father and local abuse investigations, followed by a Brazil capital change noting Brasilia.
Missouri Pacific budgets 1 919 000 for nine Arkansas projects in 1974 plus a 75 million order for 2 519 freight cars and 60 locomotives. Major items include bridge work at Conway and Prescott Boughton, 32 miles of welded trail from Murta Junction to Tuckerman, a North Little Rock yard mini computer, and improvements to locomotive service and car repair facilities with a floor crane and wheel handling gear.
A masked intruder forced his way into Albert Ray's home in Jonesboro Arkansas at gunpoint and directed him to the Safeway store where a second man demanded the safe's cash. Ray was handcuffed inside the store but unharmed. no suspects named. Safeway would not disclose the amount stolen.
The Spaniards first found platinum in Colombia in 1735. On returning to Spain the metal was named platina from plata meaning silver.
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