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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1975
Page
2
The National Weather Service forecasts clouds increasing from the west today with a chance of light rain and possible thundershowers in western Arkansas by mid day. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with scattered light rain.
The Hope Star notes a weak upper level disturbance bringing rain showers in central Texas and a moving frontal system toward Arkansas bringing a chance of precipitation. Clearing is expected Saturday with intermittent rain likely Sunday through Tuesday. Temperature trends show highs in the 50s to low 60s and overnight lows in the 20s to 40s across listed towns.
Four men were slain in a rural grocery near Bluffton when a store inventory raid ended in execution style killings. Homer Salter Jr., 23, operator of the Boars Inn in Blakely, is charged with four counts of murder. another suspect is being sought. Robbery is believed motive. a rifle and handgun were used.
Obituaries share deaths of David L. Dillard Jr 59 Allen Hickey 63 John Lee Funderburg 88 Mattie Shofner Jamison 79 and Mrs Effie Bell Cook 83. Dillard family details include survivors and funeral plans at Union Cemetery Bodcaw. Hickey survived by mother and siblings with Emmet Methodist rites. Funderburg survivors list and Mineral Springs church services. Jamison services in Nashville with extensive survivor roster. Cook memorial service at Oakcrest chapel with burial in Holly Grove cemetery.
Washington AP reports mixed food price trends with beef and potatoes easing while other staples rise. Beef producers see falling prices due to high feed costs, and potato inventories lift across regions. mid-January cattle prices in the Midwest near 36 dollars per 100 pounds. In Yugoslavia, 103-year-old Rista Koprivica from Gornji Merka Gruda village has 116 offspring, knitting without glasses.
Evangelist Wayne Copelin and the Sounds of the Spirit will headline the Hope Baptist Association Mid-Winter Youth Rally at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Hickory Street Baptist Church Texarkana. A 6:50 p.m. pizza party precedes the event. Copelin has spoken nationwide and recently led a two-week campaign in Kenya. He studied at Houston Baptist College and worked with Teen Liberators in Houston. The Sounds of the Spirit, a four member group, has just returned from a France tour.
Yerger Junior High announces semester honors ending December 20 1974 with 91 students on the Principal's Roll and 54 on the Merit Roll. Seventh grade lists 42 names for Principal's Roll and 30 for Merit Roll. eighth grade Principal's Roll includes 46 names and 26 on the Merit Roll. lists include students such as Wayne Allen Deanna Black Tami Burke Jerome Chaich Terri Cobb Holly Cofield and more.
Oil workers union OCAW negotiates two year contracts with major producers. Phillips Petroleum reaches local agreement covering Avon California Kansas City Kansas and Great Falls Montana enabling broader talks with seven states. Overall strikes persist at Union Oil Continental Oil and Standard of Ohio sites with thousands on picket lines as wage gains average 26.8 percent over two years and a CPI trigger allows wage reopenings.
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