Rain chances rise across Arkansas this week
The Associated Press reports scattered showers and thunderstorms will become more numerous in Arkansas tonight and Thursday. The Southeast faces the best chance of precipitation with probabilities from 20 percent in the northwest to 40 percent in the southeast as per the National Weather Service.
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Arkansas
National Weather Service
Audit Bureau of Circulations
AP News
Southern
Ass’n
Arkansas Press Ass'n
Arkansas Dailies, Inc
Poplar Ave
Memphis
Tenn
Hartford
Dallas
Texas
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Ill
E. 42Nd St
New York
N.Y
Penobscot Bidg
Detroit
Mich
Classen Terrace
Classen Blvd
Oklahoma City
Okla
Hope Star weather and notices brief July 30 1975
The Hope Star reports tropical moisture from a low southeast of Louisiana increasing rain chances across the area with partly cloudy skies and warm humid conditions. Highs expected upper 80s to low 90s, overnight lows near 70, and scattered afternoon showers observed Tuesday with 24 hour rainfall to 0.20 inches at Little Rock and 0.03 inches at El Dorado.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Fayetteville
Jonesboro
Little Rock
el Dorado
Isa Captured After Dart Fells Runaway Baby Elephant
In Hugo Oklahoma a tranquilizer dart felled Isa long enough for searchers to capture the 1500 pound runaway elephant. Local newswoman Leeta Hinson described Isa wobbling on one foot before collapsing as searches for Isa and Lilly continued after their July 12 escape from Carson and Barnes circus grounds.
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Hugo
Okla
Isa
Leeta Hinson
Judge outlines court organization and functions at Hope luncheon
Judge Royce Weisenberger spoke to the Hope Lions at the Sheraton Inn, detailing court structure and work. Dick Huie, former circuit judge and ex-prosecuting attorney from Arkadelphia, is court administrator with authority to dispatch judges to crowded areas. Clerks report biweekly to the administrator and judges have sixty days to act on cases to curb delays.
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Royce Weisenberger
Hope Lions
Sheraton Inn
Dick Huie
Arkadelphia
Weisenberger
Law delaying motorcycle test rule draws council pushback
LITTLE ROCK AP A state act requiring riders 16 and older of motorcycles over 250cc to pass vision written and riding tests was deferred by the Legislative Council at the request of lawmakers amid questions on feasibility and cost. The State Police will honor the delay, though officials note the act lacks power to be ignored. Sponsors cite defense training aims, while critics warn about impact on practical enforcement.
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Legislative Council
State Police Department
General Assembly
Council
State Police
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J. A. Womack
Womack
Robert Collier
Newport
Collier
All in the Family tops week as telethon rated low
CBSs All in the Family led evening ratings with an estimated 10.9 million homes and 52 percent share. A Democratic fund raising telethon on ABC from 9 to 11 p.m. EDT drew about 3.9 million homes and a 5.7 percent share, the weakest two hours of the week per Nielsen. Traveling widows seek social trips via the Widows Travel Club led by Beatrice Green to meet new people.
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A.C. Nielsen Co
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Nielsen
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ABC
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The
Widows Travel Club
Governors push for early state input on energy policy
Western governors meeting in Washington urged the federal government to involve states early in coal and energy policy. Utah, Nebraska, South Dakota and Colorado resolutions pressed for state input, continuation of fuel allocations, and study of grain alcohol as an energy source amid debates over synthetic fuels and coal leasing. Governor Rampton of Utah and others attended. Nevada’s O’Callaghan was absent due to surgery.
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Utah
Clifford R. Collings
Calvin Rampton
Washington, D.C
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Herschler
Lamm
Thomas Judge
Montana
Richard Kneip
South Dakota
James Exon
Nebraska
Arthur Link
North Dakota
Rampton
Nevada
Mike O'Callaghan
U.S. Department of Interior
Department
William Lyon
American West
J. James Exon
Exxon
Richard Lamin
Colorado
Energy Resources Council
Yerger High School Centennial Reunion Activities Planned
In conjunction with the centennial celebration the Yerger High School reunion committee will host three events on August 22 and 23. Friday at 3 p.m. cocktail and coffee hour at City Park Youth Center. Saturday at 7 p.m. a banquet in the Holiday Inn ballroom. At 9 p.m. a reunion ball in Yerger Middle School gym. Admission is 15 dollars for all three or 5 dollars per activity. Tickets are not sold at the door. For questions contact Harold E. Conway L. J. Yerger Dora Kern Will Rutherford Vander Lloyd Kenneth Muldrew Hazel Simpson Gartha Williamson Alice Straughter Betty Turner Stella Stuart Atherlene Reed.
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L. J. Yerger
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Will Rutherford
Vander Lloyd
Kenneth Muldrew
Hazel Simpson
Gartha Williamson
Alice St
William Lawrence to Guest Minister at First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian Church will host Rev. William T. Lawrence as guest minister for the 10:50 a.m. worship service on August 3. Lawrence grew up in Hope, is a 1958 Hope High School graduate, and has served as pastor in Pleasanton, Texas. He is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and is married to Carol Ayres with two children.
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University of Nevada At
Reno
Elmer Smith
Bob Daniels
Hope
Gene Trussell
Houston
Texas
Sarah Darling
Bert Rose
New Orleans
Miles Laha
Gordon Prescott
McCaskill
Ida Wagner
Bill Thorton
Texarkana
First Presbyterian Church
William T. Lawrence
Lawrence
L. T. Lawrence
Hope High School
Austin College
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
First Presbyterian Church of Hope
Monterrey
Mexico
Pleasanton
Tex
Rev. Lawrence
Carol V. Ayres
John
Lisa
Linear Lawrence
Beth
Larry
Monroe
Gay founder accuses churches of failing to reach homosexuals
In Dallas on the first day of the Universal Fellowship of the Metropolitan Community Churches annual conference, Rev. Troy Perry says established churches fail to reach homosexuals and emphasizes the church does not judge sexuality. He notes 89 centers in eight countries and expects about 2,500 attendees. Perry says the group is not a homosexual church and plans to address broader social issues. In Tehran Xenophon’s gardens inspire the Persian word for paradise, later English.
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Troy Perry
Los Angeles
The
Universal Fellowship of the Metropolitan Community Churches
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Christ
Tehran
B.C
Xenophon
Greece
Paradise
Iran
Arkansas voter rolls shrink statewide in 1972 decline
County clerks across Arkansas report registered voters drop from 996,985 last year to 961,399 on June 1, a 35,586 fall. Auditor Jimmie Red Jones cites off year purge and fewer registrations but notes 13 counties gained, with Pike County the sole increase in the local six-county area.
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Arkansas
Jimmie ‘Red’’ Jones
Jimmie
Jones
Pike
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