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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1974
Page
1
The Associated Press reports a frontal system will bring a round of light showers to the northwest, with precipitation ending by Wednesday. The National Weather Service notes the showers began this morning in the region as a front moves through tonight and into Wednesday.
The weather system will move through the state through Wednesday bringing cooler air from the northwest. Rain was expected to move southeast this afternoon and tonight. Highs today in the upper 50s to upper 60s then Wednesday in the 40s to 50s. Overnight lows from the upper 30s to near 50 with city readings listed.
Editorial staff and AP affiliations listed with circulation bodies. Advertising representatives across major cities. Subscription rates shown for carrier, mail within Hope area and surrounding counties with monthly quarterly and yearly options. Rates vary by location and duration, with higher prices for out of state and longer terms.
Eight Americans were on the original passenger list amid reports that half the passengers, including Americans, were Jehovah's Witnesses bound for Bo gota the Colombian capital. A hijacker may have had an accomplice. One wheel damaged on arrival, repairs required from Bogota. The hijacker fired a carbine at a photographer and threatened to blow up the plane. Most Icelanders descend from Norse and Celtic settlers. no Eskimos live there.
The Hope Rotary Club heard Rev R H Dorris describe specialized chaplaincy work. Lt Col veteran chaplains support hospitals prisons and industry, counseling rather than preaching, with 30 plus U S businesses adopting the service. Guests included Frank Key and Rev Bob Gross. a brief board meeting followed.
The Nixon administration outlined to key congressmen a proposed national health plan relying on private insurance bought by employers and employees. It would cap an individual or family’s yearly outlay at 1500 dollars, with a 75 percent premium share by employers after a transition, and separate government coverage for low income and high risk groups. Medicare would expand and Medicaid absorbed into the new plan, but financing remains unsettled and enactment this year doubtful.
One year after the Supreme Court struck down most abortion bans, antiabortion groups push for a constitutional amendment. Ten states have enacted laws restricting abortions. Population Council reports 800000 abortions under medical supervision in the year. Leading opponents include National Right to Life Committee. abortion rights groups warn the amendment could end most abortions, with a life-saving exception possible.
CAVE CITY Ark Joseph H Weston editor of the Sharp Citizen posted a 2000 bond on three counts of criminal libel filed January 9 in Clay County Circuit Court by deputy prosecuting attorney C W Knauts. Weston plans to run for governor as a Republican and said he was reorganizing the party while hiding from authorities. He named James Kelly of North Little Rock as his campaign HQ contact and John Norman Harkey of Batesville as his libel suit attorney. Weston is also appealing another criminal libel charge in Sharp County. The Arkansas Supreme Court recalled a ruling affecting his appeal to the U S Supreme Court allowing proceedings without a state trial interfering. Weston expressed satisfaction with the court’s decision.
The National March for Life Committee will sponsor a circle of life around the Capitol in Washington with a second circle of life formed by one representative from each U.S. congressional district. After the march a rally on the west front will feature national pro life speakers and leaders as red roses are sent to senators and representatives. In Arkansas Our Lady of Good Hope Church in Hope will ring its new bell at noon Tuesday to call attention to the ruling’s impact and urge a constitutional amendment.
Funeral services were held for Bessie Pollard Smith 82 in Arkadelphia with burial in Richwoods Cemetery. Meredith Thomas Watkins Sr 49 had services at Bethel A M E Church with burial in Scott's Memorial Gardens. Raymond J Endsley 66, brother of Garland Endsley, died in a Shreveport hospital. services were in Atlanta Texas with burial in Salem Cemetery near Atlanta.
Ms. Melba Doyle of Hot Springs led a brief appliance clinic for Consumer Education girls at Collier's Furniture and Appliance Store. She explained refrigerator, washer and dryer types and demonstrated a microwave oven, trashmasher, and smooth-top range, and shown an electronic range in the home cottage for Home Ec I girls. John Robert Graves spoke on the legal aspects of marriage with senior girls.
A pharmacy ad cites pneumonia survival gains, ECG screening for heart attack risk, and diabetes symptoms such as thirst urination hunger weight loss fatigue slow healing and vision changes. It promotes Deanna Drug’s prescription service with a call to discuss prices and issues.
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