Building bluebird houses sparks county interest in Hope
A reader letter from Royece Weisenberger urges neighbors to erect bluebird boxes citing local interest and a National Geographic piece. The editor recalls a rainy morning sighting of bluebirds, cardinals, and sparrows while detailing attempts to photograph birds with a 360mm telephoto lens, concluding with a note on bluebird box projects by local residents.
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the Star
Syd McMath
National Geographic Magazine
Royce Weisenberger
Weisenberger
Bluejay
Chancellor Weisenberger
Pod Rogers to discuss Hope's Big Melon Festival on KTAL TV
Ana Wheeler of KTAL TV in Texarkana Shreveport will interview Pod Rogers, general chairman, on her Friday noon program about Hope's Big Melon Festival.
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Ana Wheeler
Ktal-Tv
Texarkana-Shreveport
Pod Rogers
Hope
Miss your paper city subscribers note
City subscribers are urged to call 777-8841 to arrange delivery of the Star. Calls accepted Monday through Friday from 6 to 6:30 pm and Saturday from 3:30 to 4 pm. Do not call outside listed times.
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Times
EPA hearing on clay versus concrete pipe for Hope sewer project
EPA Region VI heard an appeal from Hydro Conduit Corp Choctaw Culvert Division and Jonesboro Pipe Co over using clay pipe in Hope sewer lines The Hope board had denied the concrete pipe firms complaint and awaits EPA decision The city cited soil and hydrogen sulfide concerns favoring clay pipe and officials traveled to Dallas for the proceeding
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Jim Harris
Dallas
Tex
New Hope
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Region VI
Hydro Conduit Corp
Choctaw
Choctaw, Inc
Jonesboro Pipe Company
EPA
Hope
Hope Board of Directors
Mel Thrash
Thrash
John Swift
James Pilkinton
John Hawkins
Stanley W. Curry
Ronald C. May
Pilkinton
May
Little Rock
Delano
Calif
Hawkins
Robert
Brush fire roars through Santa Barbara region clashes with crime
A Santa Barbara brush fire fanned by gusty winds burned NE city areas destroying homes and threatening businesses. Up to 200 homes may have burned with 17 injured as residents fought flames amid crowded roads. Elsewhere in Tallahassee a criminologist warns Sunbelt growth fuels crime, listing Las Vegas through Little Rock among top cities for per-capita offenses.
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Little Rock
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Pacific Ocean
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Ken R. Bishop
Bishop
Tallahassee
Fla
Paul Brantingham
Florida State University
FBI
U.S
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Midwest
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California
Arizona
Brantingham
Sunbelt
Snowbelt
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Kalamazoo
Mich
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Las Vegas
Phoenix
Ariz
Miami
Tucson
Movie plot idea triggers Oakland kidnaping case
In Alameda County guilty pleas by James Schoenfeld Richard Schoenfeld and Frederick Woods reveal a plan that began as a movie plot but escalated into a real ransom kidnaping of 26 children and their driver. Authorities cite diary entries letters and statements from defense and defendants.
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Oakland
Calif
Alameda County Superior Court
James Schoenfeld
Richard
Frederick Woods
Mary Schoenfeld
James
Woods
Schoenfelds
Lester Gendron
Schoenfeld
Burglar hits Hudson Foods on North Main Street
Local firm Hudson Foods was burglarized Wednesday at 6:34 a.m. Five dollars were taken from a vending machine opened with a blow torch. Only damage was to the machine, per Hope Police Sgt. James Purtle. Entry gained through the north door. The Associated Press notes a warm shower forecast for Friday and weekend heat.
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Hudson Foods
North Main Street
James Purtle
Hope
Elder Campaign Highlights Family and Economy in Hope
Dr. Bill Elder, candidate for the Fourth District seat, campaigned in Hope with a focus on family and economic issues. He spoke at a Bob Willis coffee, addressed Kiwanians, and planned on-the-job outreach including time with a sheriff, a farm, a small Arkadelphia business, and a Pine Bluff gas stop. Elder, 34, a minister and religion teacher, emphasizes limiting inflation and boosting small farms, while affirming Christian civic responsibility.
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Dorothy Winchel
Hope Star
Bill Elder
Ray Thornton
Hope
Bob Willis
Linda
Henderson State
Elder
Ouachita Baptist College
Arkadelphia
Baylor University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kentucky
Yale University
Dr. Elder
Arkansas
Elder Peleres
Sheriff's Department
Pine Bluff
Carl Connerton
Bery Anthony
el Dorado
New Orleans
Tulsa
Oklo
Waco
Congress
Federal Reserve System
FRS
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Linda Elder
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