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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1975
Page
1
A belated 1975 letter recalls a near two year delay en route to Texarkana, stumbling through a dark Hope night. Joyce Harper Swenson thanks Hope police, drivers, and a street truck delivering papers for guiding her to friends after a long wandering. The story ends with humor and gratitude for kindness in the night.
Hope’s First Baptist Church hosts an April 6 revival as part of the Cen tennial Celebration. Rev. Gerald W. Trussell delivers the morning sermon on Old-Time Religion with hymns arranged by Music Director Sam Wakefield, while committees prepare for a capacity crowd and a box luncheon in the church hall.
A Associated Press survey shows police issuing more speeding tickets as the 55 mph national limit wanes in impact. Radar, patrols and helicopters spread enforcement while motorists drift back to higher speeds than last year. Officials note fewer fatal consequences but more violations as drivers adjust to the limit.
South Vietnamese forces report the loss of Buon Ho district town as heavy North Vietnamese pressure drives a retreat. In Ban Me Thuot, fighting continues for a fourth day with a stalled airlift and radio contact uncertain for Americans trapped there. In Cambodia, a Khmer Rouge rocket strikes an ammunition dump at Phnom Penh airport, suspending the airlift again as North Vietnamese forces press across the region.
The Arkansas Senate approved salary increases for University of Arkansas personnel far beyond Legislative Council recommendations by attaching the college salary amendment to the university appropriation bill in a 21 to 10 vote. The plan would lift the maximum UA president Dr. C. E. Bishop’s pay to 46,000 annually, up from 35,750, with other college raises exceeding typical state employee increases. Opponents criticized the rushed action and questioned the basis for higher figures.
Hope fire department responded between 10 30 and 11 Wednesday morning to a blaze at John Epps 208 South Fulton. The north bedroom burned and heat damage spread to the rest of the house especially the kitchen. Fire crews found no fire at Roy Warys 620 South Fulton the following morning after a neighbor reported smoke that proved to be condensation.
City officials told the Hope Star Board that Pollution Control and Ecology in Little Rock rejected Step 1 of the sewer improvement plan, approving only one new treatment plant west of town near Highway 67, killing plans for a second plant south on East 67 and prompting follow up talks to attempt a change. The board also heard about runway repairs at the airport and considered leasing the Fair Park coliseum, but the 1975 budget and cash flow blocked a lease. a one percent meals and motel tax was proposed to fund it.
Severe weather lashed Tennessee and neighboring states with floods, tornadoes, and high winds. Rivers such as the Duck Harpeth and Red topped flood stages while the Cumberland was set to crest two feet above level. Two children, Jan Martin and Lydian May Jarrell, died in flood incidents, as rescue and military personnel assisted evacuations and water purification efforts.
Rebels struck an ammunition stock at Phnom Penh airport delaying the U S airlift of ammo rice and fuel to the besieged capital The explosion damaged two civilian planes and sent shells ricocheting as insurgents fired dozens of shells into the area no casualties were reported The airlift had been suspended earlier and was halted again today
Micky Smith aged 26 was admitted to Memorial Hospital Hope after a stomach wound following a dispute with James Fielding aged 20. Fielding was captured by Hempstead County deputies about 11 pm and jailed awaiting charges. Smith remained in satisfactory condition Thursday morning.
Frank Douglas a longtime Hope pharmacist and public servant will be honored on March 18 for 22 years as alderman mayor and Board of Directors member. The Downtown Merchants Association approved a Crescent Drug Store 11 a.m. ceremony and a dinner that evening with city officials. Friends are urged to visit Crescent Drug Store all day to offer thanks.
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