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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1975
Page
2
Showers and thundershowers fell in eastern Arkansas while drizzle and fog covered most of the state. A low pressure area in extreme southwestern Arkansas and an associated frontal system near Kansas kept cloudy skies across the region today.
Briarcliff College students in the Urban Studies Program analyze street traffic flow as part of fieldwork in northeastern U.S. cities. Director Eugenie Birch notes the program links classroom theory to real urban issues, fostering understanding of economic, geographic, political, and social factors shaping city life.
An AP survey shows 28 of 50 states expect year end surpluses while inflation erodes gains, with 30 states weighing tax changes for 1976. Proposals include increases in 16 states, decreases in eight, and mixed moves in several others, led by Connecticut and Michigan for increases and California for no tax rise.
The Bloodmobile will return to Hempstead County on March 17 and 18 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the Youth Fellowship Hall, First Baptist Church, corner of 3rd and Walnut in Hope. Fiftyers, civic groups, churches, and businesses are urged to promote the drive to help reach the quota and ensure local blood supply.
First Assembly of God Church at 322 North Main hosts a Word celebration from March 12 to 23 led by pastor W. S. Bishop. Evangelist Ed Eaton of Memphis headlines nightly Bible readings and preaching with special music. Eaton, educated in psychology and education, once served in the Southern Baptist Convention and toured nationwide. Public invited. services 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays.
The Board of Directors of the Southwest Arkansas Planning and Development District Inc. elected officers at a March 7 meeting in Magnolia Ark. Marion Crank of Foreman was named president F B Buffington Magnolia and Garland Medders Hope were named vice presidents Judge Alfred Stinnett Camden and Mayor Harry Kolb Magnolia were also vice presidents with J Martin Tackett Lewisville named treasurer Secretary was Mayor Kolb. Members of the executive board include Searcy Harrell Calhoun County Judge Troy Bradle Dallas County Mayor Bill Holliday Howard County Oscar Hamilton Little River County Judge Sam Rose Harvey Nelson Miller County Judge Fred Ridling Nevada County Mayor Jasper Morris Quachita County Gene White Sevier County Judge Homer Parks and Jake Dorton Union County.
Airman Douglas E. Cherry, son of J. R. and Mrs. Cherry of Lewisville Arkansas, graduated from Aviation Ordnanceman School at Millington Tennessee. Frank Turley, former store manager at Hope TG Y Family Center, is promoted to run the Shreveport Center. Doug Acklin, Arkansas State U junior journalism major, elected president of the Student Government Association. Registration week March 17 to 21 urged for kindergarten and first grade entrants, Paisley School is the kindergarten site. First Assembly of God changes Sunday service to 6 p.m. to allow earlier return home. Historical note recalls precolonial forest cover of 90 percent.
Tickets for the 1975 Scout-O-Rama titled Be Prepared For Life are on sale for a May 3 presentation at the Four States Fairgrounds Texarkana. The walk through booth show draws over 1,000 Cub and Boy Scouts from about 50 units across Texarkana Atlanta New Boston Hooks Simms Maud Nash Wake Village and surrounding Texas towns and Hope Ashdown Nashville Fouke and Blevins. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12 with proceeds supporting exhibition expenses and future Scouting programs.
A rooming house incident tied to a poisoned saltshaker left three elderly men ill after eating oatmeal. Joseph Klein, 70, died at St Bernard's Hospital while Frank Budnick, 79, and George Yakovich, 72, remained in intensive care. Smith, a frequent visitor, spoke from his hospital bed saying the event feels unreal.
County Judge Wayne Bohannon spoke at the Hope Rotary Club luncheon on Thursday March 6 about county government with emphasis on the road program. He noted two months in office, decried the defeat of the county road tax, and urged continued voluntary support while detailing road work, state aid, and upcoming quorum court changes.
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