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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1977
Page
1
The Swiss vote sharpens a right wing plan to limit foreigners, claiming they now make up about 15 percent of the 6.3 million population. Americans have long viewed immigration as a tribute to opportunity, but Swiss critics argue for a staged ouster over a decade.
Arkansas Power & Light Co. asks General Crude Oil Co. Carter Oil Co. and Phillips Coal Co. for information on using lignite in AP&L generating facilities. Arch Pettit says data due by April 7 to aid site selection for two upcoming coal plants. Pettit met with Atty. Gen. Bill Clinton to discuss lignite practicality.
The White House will publish a semi final list of up to 32 water projects at risk of cancellation, including the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and several new entries across Pennsylvania Wisconsin Illinois Ohio Louisiana Texas Colorado and Wyoming. The move follows controversy over the previous 19 projects and aims to show costs versus benefits.
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana says he will defend the Red River Waterway against cuts and will push the project in Congress if the Carter administration challenges it. The billion dollar plan would make the river navigable to Shreveport and connect inland oil facilities with the Atchafalaya River, with boosters citing state and commission expenditures totaling about $21 million.
Consulting engineer Vernon Rowe updated Hope residents at a public hearing on wastewater upgrades at the Hudson Foods poultry plant in Oakhaven. Interim measures include an aerated lagoon, added aerators, and a two celled lagoon. an interim system should be running by April 30 at about eighty thousand dollars. Long term plans call for a detailed report by April 4, design by early May, bids and construction by late May or June, with completion in fall 1977.
Harold E. Klingensmith, 40, held in Santa Anna California, waived extradition and will be sent to Arkansas to face murder charges. Nevada County officials said Arkansas can pick him up at the Orange County Jail between April 12 and April 26 after his Friday California arrest.
Hope officials uphold the Planning and Zoning Commission denying a rezoning from R-2 to C4 sought by Mrs. Eather Thompson for funeral home development. Ten area residents voiced drainage, parking, traffic and environmental concerns. no pro-rezoning voices appeared. The meeting also covered extending the school district lease, appointing J T Still to Sewer Improvement District No. 5, street repair cost disputes with Edward Hines Lumber, and potential street vacation.
Two women Kendal Ashmore and Kathy Anne Brown were found dead in a shallow grave near Sallisaw Oklahoma after a five day search. Larry Chaney faces kidnapping charges tied to the case as autopsies proceed and investigators pursue leads from ransom calls and a suspicious motel connection.
Mayor Neil Stallings ties the string of fires to a sick person and says state arson investigator Cate Miller is on the scene. A $500 reward is offered for information. One firefighter injured, fire crews from nearby towns assist as blazes burn at Union Street warehouse and other sites downtown.
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