Rain Threat Persists Through Thursday
The Associated Press reports Arkansas will see lingering rain chances through Thursday. Forecasts from the National Weather Service call for partly cloudy skies and warm daytime temperatures with a chance of showers and a few thunderstorms. Tonight and Thursday will be cooler with continued showers mainly in the southern portion.
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Weather and events roundup in Hope Star ad
Cold front moves through the northwest Arkansas into Texas with showers and a few thunderstorms. Warmer air ahead keeps a chance of showers through Thursday. Extended outlook shows rain Friday and Saturday, then clearing Sunday. Temperatures range from mid 60s to 70s today, with cool 40s to 50s expected later. numerous city and regional temperature readings listed. Tickets for the Music Man on Feb 28 and Mar 1 go on sale Jan 27 to Feb 15, presented by Arkadelphia Community Theatre with local choruses.
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Fayetteville
Harrison
Jonelsboro
Memphis
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N.Y
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Okla
Hope
Hempstead
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Howard
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City Hall Auditorium
Arkadelphia Community Theatre Group
Arkadelphia Theatre Group
Sadat buys French jets to offset Soviet aid limits
President Sadat said Egypt purchased Mirage F1 jets from France as a partial alternative to Soviet arms. He declined to give exact numbers, noting they are far fewer than the 120 rumored. He said deliveries would come in years and praised French talks with Giscard dEstaing on a peacemaking role.
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Protesters confront Butz at Arkansas news conference
Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz was interrupted by ACORN activists protesting higher food stamp costs at Forrest City during a meeting of the Arkansas Soybean Association. Willard Johnson and about 30 ACORN members from Little Rock read a protest statement, then distributed copies after being told to leave. The group argued benefits are hurting low and moderate income families while Butz spoke of export policy and surpluses supported by Ford officials.
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Arkansas Community Organizations For Reform Now
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Arkansas Soybean Association
Willard Johnson
ACORN
Little Rock
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Tankers Hit by Enemy Fire Near Phnom Penh
A 16 ship Mekong convoy faced heavy insurgent fire as two fuel tankers were damaged south of Phnom Penh. The Boo Hoeung was hit by B40 rockets and kept moving while another tanker sank near Peam Chor village. No casualties reported. In Laos 180 refugees returned home as more than 85,000 have already gone back to the Communist zone. In South Vietnam, fighting around Xuan Loc continued with 50 North Vietnamese killed as a Tet attack momentum appeared fading.
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Peam Chor
Neak Luong
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Lawmakers weigh quota style primary delegate plan in Arkansas
Primary bill would allocate delegates by primary vote percent but authorities would select delegates from candidate lists, with quotas by race. The bill faces delay and possible policy position after Democratic State Committee meeting. Other measures passed to raise judges’ salaries and retirement, require pre auditing of state cash funds, and remove sales tax on bagging for cotton gins. The article notes the common swift as the most airborne bird.
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Little Rock
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Batesville
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Supreme Courts
Obituaries for Mrs Mary Mueller and others in Nash ville and Ft Worth
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Jane Mueller 87 were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Dlerks cemetery with Rev David Webb officiating Burial under Latimer Funeral Service. She was a Hope native and Nash ville resident who died Tuesday in a Nash ville hospital Survivors include two nieces Kathryn Ivy and Lois E Turner both of Memphis Tennessee Tommy R Bradshaw 59 of Ft Worth Texas graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Water creek Cemetery He was a former Hope resident and World War II veteran Services under Oakcrest Funeral Home William Forest Bill Roberts 44 a Prescott native funeral services were held January 20 in Houston Burial was in Forest Park Westheimer He died January 17 at Methodist Hospital in Houston after a long illness.
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David Webb
Latimer
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Hope
Nashville
First Christian Church
Kathryn Ivy
Lois E. Turner
Memphis
Tenn
Tommy R. Bradshaw
Watercreek Cemetery
Ft. Worth
Tex
Oakcrest Funeral Home
William Forest
Bill) Roberts
Prescott
Houston
Joseph DeRaddo
Forest Park Westheimer
Mr. Roberts
Methodist Hospital
Local residents receive updates on health and Centennial plans
Bill Wray recovers at St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana after surgery and expects to return home soon while Dr. Emmett Thompson remains at home awaiting a quick recovery. Mrs. Rose Luck leads Centennial Gardens with about 20 gardens to be marked on city maps and signs prepared by Mrs. R. L. Broach. Mary Sue Evans coordinates reunion guest capacity across motels. Centennial coins and plates sell at local outlets, with limited stock arriving after April. Yard winners announced for January. Southern Living highlights the February 1 Centennial Square Dance Festival in Hope. Ramona Glasgow and James F. Willis will discuss the World Food Problem on Channel 2.
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Hope Garden Club Council
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Nashville
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Southern State College
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Tax writers still hoping for compromise on tariff
Washington AP congressional tax writers press for a compromise with President Ford to delay the oil import tariff, while Ford holds firm on an initial $1 per barrel hike. House Ways and Means moves to delay the tariffs for 90 days, with a debt ceiling expansion tied to the plan. Ullman pitches an $18 billion tax cut package including rebates and higher standard deductions.
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Snow blanketed northern Plains and Great Lakes region
The late January storm dumped heavy snow across the northern Plains and upper Great Lakes, while spreading rain from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic. Four inches fell in parts of South Dakota and Minnesota, with freezing drizzle in Iowa. Travel advisories and fire-flood watches were in place as thunderstorms produced rain from Missouri and Illinois to Pennsylvania.
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