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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1977
Page
2
Light snow falls along a corridor from Spa City to Marianna as dense fog settles in the area. The AP notes reduced visibility and slippery roads in portions of the cited region.
Weather and rate information dominates an early Hope Star issue with a long masthead listing staff editors and departments. The piece notes light freezing drizzle and snow across Arkansas, with forecasts of clearing and cooling later in the week and regional temperature projections.
Report on strategy from a former general urges NATO to move forces forward and ready for a short war. Last week the outgoing defense secretary warned the Soviets could commit up to half a million mobile troops in a blitzkrieg style surprise attack against NATO.
AP reports that the Bell system backed bill could curb cable competition, potentially dismantling the industry in five to ten years. Bob Schmidt of the National Cable Television Association warns that telephone legislation could bar market entry and expand Bell capacity for home services. He notes Bell experiments with lightwave fiber and argues the bill harms consumers. The piece also mentions two way cable uses for hospitals and schools. Domestic cats are categorized as short and long haired with origins noted.
U S Air Force sergeant Richard D. Lewis arrives for duty at MacDill AFB Florida after serving at Lakenheath England. He is a ground radio maintenance supervisor and a 1967 South Side High School graduate. His wife Linda is from Arkansas.
Arkansas House of Representatives completed a busy week with 10 appropriation bills passed including HB 128 for 18 million to the Highway Department Retirement System and HB 24 on limited marriage suspensions. Committees advanced eight to 18 measures, including HB 4 creating a Revenue Department and HB 5 sunset bill. Floor action produced numerous measures such as HB 9 requiring legislative approval for large higher education expenditures, HB 142 on minors' disabilities, HB 12 allowing punchcard voting, and HB 161 empowering the AR Public Service Commission to set utility rates. Public hearing set on ERA ratification for January 26. Speaker Patterson urged public contact. The week also featured committee withdrawals and pending costs to implement titles for outboard motors.
Carl A. Greenlee 68 local sheet metal shop owner dies in hospital with survivors including wife Alene daughter Joyce Messer brother Jack and sisters Connie Balentine Verna Freeman and two grandchildren funeral in Herndon chapel burial Memory Gardens. Floyd McClellan 78 Patmos farmer and church deacon dies. survivors wife Isabelle Lewis sons Jewell Lilburn daughter Beatrice and several siblings. funeral at Providence Baptist Church with burial Wilson cemetery. German Baroque statue acquired by Los Angeles County Museum of Art St Scholastica by Ig naz Gunther. Miss Mary B. Atkinson 81 Bodcaw resident dies. survivors two sisters and numerous nieces and nephews. services held at Bodcaw cemetery Shover Springs.
Ralph Montgomery a noted poultryman and cattleman died Sunday in a local hospital. Survived by his wife Marie and two sons Thomas and Lynn all of Hope Washington. five sisters in Prescott and Bethlehem PA. Funeral Tuesday in Herndon chapel with Rev. Ralph Hale. burial in Memory Gardens. pallbearers listed. Century Bible Class honorary pallbearers.
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