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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1975
Page
1
A concise reflection from The Editor Alex Washburn titled Our Daily Bread. The piece offers commentary on daily life, routine work, and the small sustenances that sustain a weary reader through ordinary days.
A housecat named Blackie woke a family to a fire in San Antonio, allowing seven members to escape but it perished in the flames. A relative recalled Blackie clawed at a sleeper as he protected them, prompting calls to recognize the cat as a hero over Heathcliff.
Local Citizens Band radio operators sponsor a March 15 coffee break at Fair Park Coliseum with coffee, cake, door prizes from merchants, and Andy and the Wheels western band. Adults pay $1, under 12 free. proceeds go to the Hope Youth Center. operators from Ark La Tex region expected. progress notes on kidney transplants from Richard and Ricky Hogue in Rochester, Minnesota.
A federal grand jury in San Francisco prepares to reopen its Hearst investigation as the FBI shifts focus to new areas including Las Vegas and Palm Springs. Witnesses Bowman Scott and son Jack Scott are tied to recent testimony and subpoenas. Fox sources note corroborating reports from Chicago Tribune and New York Times. The FBI declined comment.
Congress moved toward finalizing a 1974 1975 tax cut totaling 29.2 billion with rebates of at least 100 and up to 200 for filers. The plan speeds toward a May mailing of rebate checks while distributing aid across income levels and includes a 4 percent rate cut on the first 4000 of taxable income.
Civil Air Patrol units from Arkansas Texas and Missouri combed a three state area Friday for a light private aircraft with four St. Louis area residents aboard. The plane left Longview Texas Wednesday at 3 p.m. and has not been heard from since. Pilot was Robert Maddock 50 president of Samco Co Inc. Other passengers were Lois Maddock 50 Wayne Leddy 38 vice president and Jeanne tte Leddy 43. The search was to resume today.
Special services mark the seventh annual Jonquil Festival at the historic United Methodist Church, one of the oldest west of the Mississippi. Bishop Eugene M. Frank will deliver the 11 o'clock sermon with the Avery's Chapel young couples choir, Mrs Lavegia Worthey at piano, and Mrs Lillian Hickerson providing music. Former members pastors and friends are invited. Rev. John W. Rushing is the pastor.
Gov. David Pryor said he would not accept Sen. Max Howell’s amendment to the State Building Services bill calling for the National Old Line Insurance Co. to stay rent free in the NOL building after eminent domain. Pryor vows to push SBS through without the amendment, warning it would amount to unjustified enrichment and could cost the state millions. The dispute centers on space needs near the Capitol and the potential profits from delaying vacancy.
Helios 1 a joint U S West German satellite moved to 28 million miles from the sun the closest approach by any man made object at 5 13 am EDT at 143000 mph Mars 10 previously held the record at 42 million miles NASA said instruments failed to record data on solar wind fields cosmic rays and solar activity, while cooling systems protect parts up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Helios 1 sun probe, launched December 10 from Cape Canaveral, is a joint US West Germany project. Germany manages the program with seven of ten experiments. the US contributes three. Costs total 260 million dollars with 180 million from Germany and 80 million from the United States. A second Helios mission is planned later this year.
AP profile of James Allen a 62 year old Alabama senator as the Senate filibuster champ since Sam Ervin. He mastered the extended debate using a gentleman filibuster delaying changes to the cloture rule, with a historic 1957 Thurmond precedent cited and a new rule compromise backed by Majority Leader Mansfield.
In New York, Commissioner William E. Chamberlain says Salvation Army members must show total commitment and discipline. He condemns permissiveness, notes the Army runs 1,400 centers and 250 foster homes, and appeals to a younger generation eager to serve the needy through disciplined Christian witness.
Mark Hayes, fifteen, was returned unharmed to Port Arthur Texas a day after being abducted. Police traced a ransom drop hidden under a barrel lid, avoiding a stakeout. Lloyd Hayes, former mayor, and his wife, paid sixty thousand dollars to secure his release. The boy was blindfolded much of the time and driven around before being freed in an alley nearby.
Mrs. Ludie Fore, 68, lifelong resident, died Thursday, March 13. She was a member of Union Baptist Church. Survived by three sons Gervis Fore Prescott Raymond Fore Odessa Tex and J C Fore Fort Smith Ark. three daughters Mrs Glyn Scarborough Houston Mrs Lois Hastings Texarkana Mrs Eva Horton Fl Dorado. two sisters Dovie Jackson and Mrs Irma West Waldo. 18 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church with Rev Raymond Hicks and Rev Jessie White officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery under Smith Funeral Home of Straps direction.
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