25 Jul 1975
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1975
Page
1
The Associated Press reports the weekend rain outlook in Arkansas is improving as a cool front moving through the state this morning stalls and weakens this weekend. The front provides the trigger for showers today but is expected to fade, reducing thunderstorm activity as the weekend progresses.
Weather and notices from Hope Star dated Friday July 25 1975 cover rainfall forecasts over Arkansas with 50 to 70 percent chances and highs in the upper 80s to 90s. Also included are community notices on meals by Novato High School restaurant trainees serving seniors via the Regional Occupational Program with reservations required.
Mr David R Dear President of Dear Publication and Radio Inc writes from 1053 National Press Building Washington DC 20045 praising The Daily Advance and noting readers mail. He mentions reading Mr Washburn's column into the Congressional Record.
Pentagon sources report North Vietnam has begun returning U.S. weapons it seized after South Vietnam fell. About 25 105 mm howitzers were seen in Haiphong aboard a U S landing ship. Estimates put total U S arms captured at around 2 billion dollars in usable gear, with about 3 billion more in damaged stock.
The EPA report shows American spending on electricity jumped 30 percent in 1974 largely due to higher fuel costs. Residential rates rose about 23 percent and commercial industrial users about 33 percent, with Atlantic Pacific coast areas hit hardest. New England and Middle Atlantic states also saw the largest increases.
Funeral services for Tommie Ray McFee 23 will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Boughton Baptist Church with burial in Piney Grove Cemetery. McFee a Prescott farm worker died Wednesday after an accident while using a bushdog in river bottom land. he was found by his employer. Survivors include his father Thomas W. H. McFee Baton Rouge Louisiana mother Lena Dewesse Fort Worth Texas two sisters Cynthia Lynn Goodwin Abilene Debra Febrigie Okinawa a grandmother Roy McFee Hot Springs and grandfather Paul Creti Chicago. DENVER AP Better Water for People Week will be celebrated August 10 17 by water utilities across North America sponsored by the American Water Works Assn.
Sanitation bags delivery announced for Wednesday August 6. Prescott High School majorettes host Bike A Thon at 7 p.m. from Radio Station KTPA to Hope, a 30 mile fundraiser for new uniforms. Col James Fuller Russell, a Hope native, has graduated from the Naval War College and will serve as Provost Marshal for US Southern Command in the Panama Canal Zone. Nashville Jaycees host a gospel concert Saturday August 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the high school stadium featuring the Imperials and Indian River Boys from Hot Springs. Tickets $3 in advance or $3.50 at gate. under six admitted free. Tickets available from Nashville Jaycees or P O Box 83 Nashville AR. Slow down at sundown.
Daniel South erland of the Christian Science Monitor won permission to remain in India after signing a pledge to accept responsibility for his reporting on Indian developments. He had faced a 24 hour deportation order issued amid censorship rules tied to the June 26 emergency. The government dropped the demand for the old pledge and limited the requirement to accountability for content.
Grady Williams 72 died Friday in a local hospital. He was a member of Forest Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife Arlene a daughter Polly Anna Core of Fort Smith a brother Buck Williams of Hope a sister Mrs Ludie Wright of Houston and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Herndon Funeral Home chapel with Rev Noel O'Steen officiating and Rev James Hunt of Fort Smith assisting. Burial will be in Memory Gardens.
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