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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1975
Page
1
A compact column by editor Alex H Washburn offering brief reflections on daily bread and simple routines. The piece blends personal tone with concise observations on everyday nourishment and small rituals.
Conway has torn down the Missouri Pacific passenger train depot that blocked Main Street and plans to extend Main as a through street. The city will seek federal urban aid funds for the project and asks the State Highway Department to include the extension in funding, aiming to boost downtown business.
El Dorado resident Thomas W. Jones, 25, drowned in a Millwood Lake boating accident Saturday. He fell from the boat after it struck a stump while he and his wife fished. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Hempstead County officials investigated. Funeral services coordinated by Herndon Funeral Home and Rumph Funeral Home.
EPA recalls about a million cans of methyl bromide pesticide due to defective seals that can vent dangerous fumes. The colorless fumigant, produced by Great Lakes Chemical Co. of El Dorado, Arkansas, is sold under Brom-O-Gas Metho-O-Gas Dawson 37 and Pest Master Fumigant.
Since February 1 the city has increased stray dog pickups. In five weeks 160 dogs were collected and 156 destroyed. Plans call for daylight hours coverage, stricter early morning and evening enforcement as days lengthen. Beginning April 1 licenses posted at two area veterinarians and City Hall with fees 3 for females and 2 for males, proof of vaccination required.
The 70th regular session of the Arkansas General Assembly likely extends beyond Thursday to finish budgets and key measures. Gov. Pryor wrestles with labor dues, ethics, housing, generic drug substitution, campaign finance, and youth justice reform while highway funding adjustments quicken proceedings. The Highway Department gains leverage through a proposed $40.5 million state cushion match and shifting $13.5 million yearly from the Budget Revolving Fund to highway needs, with $2.6 million yearly from federal revenue sharing to highways.
The annual school district election will be held Tuesday March 11 with polling sites across multiple boxes and locations. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voters in Hope, Fulton, Blevins, McCaskill, Clow, Patmos, Spring Hill, Saratoga, McNab, Columbus, Washington, Ozan, Blackland and Union Hall districts vote at designated venues such as Hope Fire Station Hempstead County Courthouse Hope City Hall and various local buildings.
City readers urged to call 777-8841 between 6 and 6 30 p m Saturday or by 5 p m if the Star is not delivered and a carrier will bring it to them.
G G Medders reports Arkansas Power & Light activated a new nuclear generating unit in December. Hope ratepayers will see a 7 mills per kilowatt hour reduction on April 1, replacing higher fuel oil costs and stabilizing bills. Nuclear fuel costs are lower, and the utility notes the plant cut the January February extra charge by half.
Oaklawn Park management designates Friday March 21 as Hope Centennial Day with 46 round trip tickets to Hot Springs selling at 6 dollars. Hope Centennial group members in full costumes will dress for the gala as an engraved trophy awaits the winner of the 8th race.
North Vietnamese tanks and infantry broke into Ban Me Thuot, trapping nine Americans in the city as fighting rages in the central highlands. Officials said the embassy official and eight missionaries are all right. The assault also battered Phnom Penh airport amid the broader Cambodia campaign.
Calvin Smith, longtime T.G.&Y. Family Center employee in Hope since 1969, has been promoted to manager of the 600 N. Hervey location. He has 12 years of Hope retailing experience, seven at Scott's, and previously served as co-manager. A Batesville native, he and his wife Donna have three children Kathy, Ann, and David, and they attend First United Methodist Church.
The Arkansas Supreme Court in a 5-2 ruling reversed a jury verdict denying damages for Ruth Bardwell in the death of Emmett Bardwell, struck by off duty state trooper Jerry McLaughlin. The court faulted a jury instruction on sudden emergency and noted no emergency justified 70 mph driving after locating the wreck.
Chicago health officials report a saltshaker containing sodium nitrite caused multiple deaths and illnesses after a cleaning of Mae Edwards's apartment. Mae Edwards died February 7. her daughter Bobbie Denson, Gregory Smith, and Jeanette Hoy were among those exposed. Two elderly men remained in critical condition days later.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flies to Turkey for Cyprus negotiations after meetings with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem. He aims to revive Greek Turkish Cypriot talks, with Cyprus President Makarios seeking United Nations involvement as tensions from the island’s division persist.
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