Arkansas Weekend Weather Watch and Flood Threat
The National Weather Service issues a weather outlook for Arkansas with mostly cloudy skies today bringing rain and possible thundershowers, especially in the north. Saturday foresees continued mostly cloudy skies and cooling temperatures with a chance of showers. A flash flood watch covers all of Arkansas, with the southeastern quarter under watch this afternoon.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
National Weather Service
The
Weather Service
Hope Star weather roundup predicts showers inland cooling
The Hope Star forecast for Sunday through Tuesday calls for a chance of rain with mild to cool temperatures. Gulf moisture and a moving warm front combine with upper disturbances to bring widespread showers and possible thunderstorms, especially in northern Arkansas, with weekend highs mid 40s to near 60 and overnight lows around 40s.
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Gulf
Arkansas
Weather Service
The
North
Fort Smith
Fayetteville
Harrison
Little Rock
Jonesboro
Memphis
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Texarkana
Woodruff Electric seeks emergency rate hike in Arkansas
The Forrest City based Woodruff Electric Cooperative asked the Public Service Commission for an emergency eight percent rate increase after reporting a loss exceeding 3000 dollars in the year ending October 31. A PSC hearing was set for February 13, with state law requiring a hearing within 15 days of an emergency petition.
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Little Rock
Woodruff Electric Cooperative
Forrest City
State Public Service Commission
PSC
Rockefeller urges consumer farmer alliance in talks
In Washington and Harrison Arkansas reports, Vice President Rockefeller declined to speak at a Consumer Federation of America conference but his son Winthrop Rockefeller attended and donated funds. The conference pressed for a farmer consumer alliance as cattle and meat prices remain pressured, while Senator Clark discussed aid for hunger and grain to meat conversion. A separate VA case in Harrison seeks $500000 from the government over five deaths at the North Little Rock hospital, alleging negligence in restraining a patient.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Consumer Federation of America
Rockefeller
Winthrop P. Rockefeller
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Morriston
Ark
Sen
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Abourezk
A Rockefeller
Young Rockefeller
Clark
U.S
Rome
Harrison, Ark
Veterans Administration At
Bill M. Martin
Harrison Area
North Little Rock VA
North Little Rock
Darrell Samuel Davis
Records bill withdrawn amid debate on tax-exempt foundations
The legislature debated open records measures as a proposed amendment by Gibson to probe tax-exempt foundations. Sen Jewell questioned Gibson’s NAACP ties while Gibson defended his earlier support for the NAACP. The bill was withdrawn but other measures to open committee meetings and public agency deliberations remain under consideration.
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Allen
Howell
Jerry Jewell
Little Rock
Senate
Gibson
NAACP
Dermott
Jewell
Patterson
Book review slated at Lutheran Church
The Community Lutheran Church of Hope will sponsor a six session course on Thomas Harris book I'm OK You're OK. Rev Ben Agena will teach starting 7 30 p.m. Wednesday Feb 12 and continue each Wednesday for five weeks at St Marks Church Third and Elm. For registration call Mrs Johnnie Kramer 777 5312 or Mr Agena 777 8515.
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Community Lutheran Church of Hope
Thomas Harris
Ben Agena
Johnnie Kramer
Agena
St. Mark’s Church
Third and Elm Sts
The Negro Community Notes and Obituary Listings
Calendar of events lists C Y F of BeeBe Memorial Church fish sandwich sale on February 1 from 12 noon to 5 pm with home delivery and a chili supper for a baby contest benefit at Mrs Amilee Carrigan’s home on Columbus road the same day. Obituaries report Johnie Scroggins dies in Flint Michigan January 23 with funeral February 1 at St Luke C M E Church and Mary Jones of Hope dies January 27 with services February 2 at Providence Baptist Church.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
AP News
Southern
Ass'n
Arkansas Press Ass’n
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Poplar Ave
Memphis
Tenn
Hartford Bidg
Dallas
Texas
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
E. 42Nd St
New York
N.Y
Penobscot
Detroit
Mich
Classen Terrace
Glassen Blvd
Oklahoma City
Okla
Hope
Hempstead
Nevada
Lafayette
Howard
Pe Miller and Clark Counies
BeeBe Memorial C. M. E
Mary Nash
Amilee Carrigan
Columbus Road
Bethel A. M. E. Church
Hempstead County
Flint
Michigan
St. Luke C. M. E
St. Luke Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home of
Mary Jones
East 7Th St. Hope
Charlie Jones
Agnes Hendrix
Myrtle Muldrow
Rosston
Octavia Taylor
Oakland
California
Alvania Moss
Kalamazoo
Ophelia Hubbard
Stephens
Arkansas
Henry B. Jones
Providence Baptist Church
Rt. 1
Emmet
Providence Cemetery
Hicks Funeral Home
College students earn multiple degrees and honors
Mary Sue Stone and two Hope students achieve high academic marks this fall at Harding College and Southern State College. Benny Gorz and Charlotte Ogden will graduate with business and education degrees, Donald Jones earns a sociology major, and Dean's List members Keith Bell and Mary Kate Stewart are named at the University of Central Arkansas. Music students Bill Arterbury and Joel Sutton plan sophomore recitals with accompanists listed.
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Mary Sue Stone
Harding College
Miss Stone
Charles E. Stone
Hope
Southern State College
Benny Joseph Gorz
Charlotte Louise Ogden
Donald Carroll Jones
Washington
LI Keith F. Bell
Mary Kate Stewart
University of Central Arkansas
Conway
Bell
Mineral Springs
Miss Stewart
Prescott
Bill Arterbury
Joel Sutton
Lewisville
Fine Arts
Arterbury
Dick Oliver
Gary Leslie
Hot Springs
Sutton
Jan Shaw
Lisa Sawyer
Magnolia
Hope High Student Council Heads to Southern Meeting
Hope High student council members Tony Yocum Diane Croom Bobby Frazier Susie Lingard and Georgia Bell with adviser Mrs W A Williams left Thursday for the Southern Association of Student Councils meeting in New Orleans Plans for the 1975 convention set for October in Biloxi Miss were to be discussed at the gathering.
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Tony Yocum
Diane Croom
Bobby Frazier
Susie Lingard
Georgia Bell
Hope High
W. A. Williams
Southern Association of Student Councils
New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Hope Thursday's Sale at Federal-State Livestock Market News
Receipts 264 vs 442 last week and 570 year age. Slaughter cows up .50, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady with 250-450 lb range. Limited slaughter outlets, 20 percent cows and 1 percent sl bulls. Fewer calves, good to choice 350-500 lbs at 22.00-24.50. Slaughter steers 600-750 lbs at 29.00-31.75, few good 28.00-.
Rift between PLO and PLA widens over Soviet arms
Brig. Gen. Musbah Buderi, PLA commander, accuses Yasser Arafat of refusing Soviet weapons, deepening a rift with the 7,000 man PLA based in Syria. He cites arms shortages and says Arab subsidies totaling 34 million dollars are unpaid. Buderi warns of limited PLA help to Palestine guerrillas in South Lebanon.
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Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Syria
Palestine Liberation Army
Musbah Buderi
PLA
Daily Star
Beirut
Arafat
Moscow
Buderi
Lebanon
Palestine
Funeral services for Miss Evelyn Briant
Miss Evelyn Briant age 56 died early Thursday at a Texarkana hospital. Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Herndon Funeral Home chapel with Rev Norris Steele officiating. Burial followed in Rose Hill. She lived at 920 South Elm Street and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hope. Survivors include two aunts one uncle and a number of cousins.
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Evelyn Briant
Herndon Funeral Home
Norris Steele
Rose Hill Cemetery
Miss Briant
S. Elm St
Texarkana
First United Methodist Church of Hope
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