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Editor Alex H. Washburn frames a concise look at editorial decisions and the craft of shaping reader impressions through careful word choice and tone.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1977
Page
1
Congress and editors warn against USPS Saturday mail cuts
An editorial condemns USPS plans to end Saturday mail service and raise rates, while Democrats in Congress pledge emergency legislation to block those moves. The piece urges unified support for alternative delivery and notes related boat registration and theft issues, plus regional weather.
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U.S. Postal Service
Wall Street Journal
USPS
Congress
House of Representatives
Charles Wilson
Calif
James M. Hanley
N.Y
RFD
Red River panel lauds Pryor and two senators
The Red River Commission of Arkansas met in Texarkana to discuss water projects in Southwest Arkansas. Members include eight governor appointees with staggered terms from Miller Hempstead Little River and Lafayette counties. They noted a 730000 state allocation for the Red River Waterway Project Trust Fund and projected state non federal costs around 6694000. The Corps of Engineers will spend four more years on pre construction planning for the Shreveport to Index corridor, promising 37 miles of channel improvements and recreational waterway development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Commission of Arkansas
Texarkana
Arkansas
Senate
Miller County
Jack L. Williams
James E. Burt, III
Hempstead
Vincent W. Foster
Ernest Cox, Sr
Little River
Worth L. Matteson, Jr
Edward Hawkins
Lafayette County
Corps of Engineers
Shreveport
Red River
Congress
John L. McClellan
Dale Bumpers
Ray Thornton
Foster
Commission
Millwood Reservoir
Southwest Arkansas
David Pryor
Diet soft drink makers challenge FDA studies
Industry consultants oppose the FDA's saccharin ban citing inconclusive rat tests and urging deferral. Consumer groups including EDF and Nader's group back the ban while witnesses warn of dental and health effects. The July cutoff would remove saccharin from foods but allow OTC use for diabetics.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Bernard L. Oser
Oser
FDA
Sidney M. Wolfe
Nader Organization
Sup
Missouri
Christopher S. Bond
Sebastian G. Ciancio
American Dental Association
Council On Dental Therapeutics
Particu
Ciancio
Longet Leaves Jail in Aspen After 30 Day Sentence
Claudine Longet, 35, says she wants privacy after being released from Pitkin County Jail where she completed a 30 day sentence for the shooting death of her lover. She denies guilt and may write a book about the incident in March 1976 at her Aspen home with Vladimir Sabich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspen
Colo
Claudine Longet
Pitkin County
Miss Longet
Andy Williams
Danielle
Vladimir ‘Spider’ Sabich
Rocky Mountain
Experts warn birth control pills pose heart attack risk for women over 40
Harvard researchers Dr. Brian MacMahon and Dr. Charles Hennekens urge that women over 40 and younger smokers or those with high blood pressure avoid birth control pills. They cite studies linking pills to three to five times higher heart attack death risk, aligning with FDA labeling moves.
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Boston
Harvard
Brian MacMahon
Charles Hennekens
New England Journal of Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
Hennekens
Home costs double in decade says Commerce data
Commerce Department figures show the average new single family home now costs 52 300 dollars, up from 24 600 in 1967, a 100 plus percent rise in ten years. The Census Bureau notes a 5.3 percent quarterly gain in early 1977 amid rising demand and higher construction costs.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Nomic
Cooper
Mondale presses South Africa reform in Vienna talks
Vice President Mondale met with Prime Minister Vorster in Vienna to push for a new deal for South Africa's black majority and full participation in national life. He stressed constructive negotiations and warned Kurz that U S policy will shift away from Kissinger's limited attention to apartheid.
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Vienna
Austria
Walter F. Mondale
John Vorster
South Africa
Mondale
Vorster
Carter
Lisbon
Rhodesia
Kissinger
East Area Rapist Threatens More Killings in Sacramento
Sacramento residents live in fear as the East Area rapist, a white male 19 to 30 with dark hair, targets middle and upper middle income homes east of the state Capitol. A reward exceeds 10 000 dollars amid thousands of tips and vigilante talk. investigators say the assailant robs binds and often ties victims, with no clear suspect yet.
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Sacramento
Calif
East Area
State Capitol
Bill Miller
Sacramento County Sheriff's Department
Miller
Sheriff's Department
Phone unions press for job security in AT&T talks
Washington AP unions representing about 700,000 AT&T workers begin bargaining with the company over job security amid automation. CWA chief Glenn Watts backs a reasonable package, citing productivity gains and a 3.8 billion dollar 1976 profit, while seeking wage hikes, cost-of-living protections, and preservation of pensions. The talks could raise phone bills if agreements favor pay rises and benefits.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Glenn E. Watts
Communications Workers of America
Bell System
Watts
CWA
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Water flow talks set up for Red River compact talks
Officials from Arkansas and Texas will meet May 27 in Texarkana to discuss guaranteed minimum flows in the Red and Sulphur Rivers. The meeting relates to a Red River Compact involving Arkansas Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana in negotiations for nearly 20 years facing a deadline from the Army Engineers.
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Texarkana, Ark
Arkansas
Texas
Texarkana
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Army
Clinton denies plans to live in Hempstead County
Attorney General Bill Clinton told a local radio reporter after the Cale commencement on May 11 that he has no plans to reestablish residence in Hempstead County to run for the fourth Congressional seat held by Ray Thornton. He noted the Hope Star article from April 23 as speculation and said he is content with his current job while not ruling out a 1978 run.
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United Press International
Mystic
Connecticu
Star
Hempstead
Larry S. Patterson
General Assembly
House
Senate
David Pryor
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Ray Thornton
Clinton
Cale
Hope Star
Hope
Thornton
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Red River Panel
Gov. Pryor
Longet
Population Council
Adren Cooper
Black
Times
Walter Mondale
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