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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1977
Page
1
A brief item from the editor titled Daily Read lists a concise note or reflection on current topics. The fragment hints at an editorial voice by H. Washburn and appears as a short daily column piece.
Leyland Ltd, a major British auto maker owned by the government, faces a costly dispute as 3,000 toolroom workers walk out over pay gaps with skilled crafts. It idled 33,000 workers across 3 plants, risking government cash for retooling and a new Mini model.
Jim Pruden 23 of Hope died Wednesday March 2 in a Houston hospital from cancer. Survived by his mother and two sisters and twin brother, plus paternal grandparents. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church with viewing Friday 7 to 9 p.m. Herndon Funeral Home. burial Monday in Cedar Point Cemetery Pasco Ohio. Memorials to Jim Pruden Memorial Fund at Hendrix College.
In Oaxaca 16 people are reported dead as the army moves to end a lengthy conflict between police and demonstrators including students peasants and landless Indians. Governor Zarate Aquino resigns and Gen. Eliseo Jimenez Ruiz takes over as troops restore order after days of violence across cities and university factions.
Senator Olen Hendrix reports the State Senate unanimously passed H B 169 requiring a title certificate and serial number when registering an outboard engine. The bill moves to Governor David Pryor for signature. Rep Larry Patterson authored the measure and led it in the House.
The Hope Chamber of Commerce banquet honored Jude Royce Weisenberger as Citizen of the Year and Cece Fry as Teacher of the Year. Both received plaques. Fry, a longtime educator, and Weisenberger, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and community leader, were praised for service.
Ronald Thomas a Gregory dairy farmer tells Michigan lawmakers he and his family suffer after livestock fed on PBB contaminated grain causing his four year old son’s liver and spleen to enlarge. He urges a bill cutting permitted PBB levels in animal products from 300 to 20 parts per billion as farmers warn of economic harm from lower limits.
The Labor Department reports February unemployment at 7.5 percent, up from 7.3 in January, with 220000 more full-time workers shifting to part-time due to production cuts amid severe winter. Whites 6.7 percent, Blacks and others 13.1 percent, heads of household 4.9 percent, full-time 6.9 percent, blue collar 8.4 percent. labor force up 630000 to 1.1 million.
In Tower City Pennsylvania rescuers chip through a 50 foot coal wall toward a trapped miner as a drill from Utah is ordered to aid in the search for seven others. Ronald Adley 37 waits in a 10 by 10 chamber described as larger than first thought.
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