09 Nov 1976
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1976
Page
1
A compact note highlights a sliced thin bread item by The Edi Alex H Washburn. The entry appears in a brief local notices collection with limited context and no further details.
A.H. Washburn explains and apologizes for a letters page dispute over a Bell credit card rejected by General Telephone Sarasota. He notes both Bell and himself overlooked card expiration and confirms reciprocity between Bell and General. He urges operators to verify cards to avoid embarrassment.
Police say 12 boys aged 10 to 14 were arrested in connection with 101 burglaries and vandalism totaling 30 000 to 40 000 dollars. The youths were turned over to juvenile authorities. The case began after a stolen bicycle was found at one boy’s home and led to extensive questioning and arrests. Most items were minor tools and change. vandalism included dumping file cabinets, stealing forklifts, and painting a typewriter.
The Progressive Young Black Women sponsor a Radiothon on Sunday November 14 at 1 p.m. on KXAR to help Gerald Ellis. Gerald, 14, son of Robert and Eola Ellis, suffers kidney failure since April 1976 and is on hemodialysis twice weekly awaiting a donor. Transplant costs total about 25000 dollars and medications run as high as 14 tablets daily. Call pledges to 777-5746 or 777-3601.
The report cites New York Times sourcing that the department may pursue indictments against 10 to 20 percent of former FBI officials. DOJ spokesmen refused comment on whether prosecutors have gathered sufficient evidence of knowledge or approval of illegal investigative techniques.
A mother and four others from a Yakima religious household face murder and assault charges in the death of 3 year old David Weisbacher. Prosecutors say beatings linked to an alleged exorcism killed him. jurors are questioned about reincarnation beliefs and religious experiences.
OPEC members plan at least a 10 percent price rise at the December 15 ministerial gathering in Qatar. Saudi Arabia and Iran favor increases near 10 to 25 percent, with Venezuela seeking at least 15 percent. The move aims to offset inflation in the West and rising import costs, with potential effects on gasoline prices and transport costs worldwide.
Fair and warm today with light winds. Partly cloudy and cool tonight. Partly cloudy and mild Wednesday with no precipitation expected.
Notice asks readers to call 777-8841 if the Star is missing and to contact only during specified hours Monday to Friday evening and Saturday afternoon for carrier delivery. Do not call outside these times.
Hudson Foods Inc completes a 17 000 square foot expansion at its Hope Processing Plant. Vice president Gary Anderson says the 2 million dollar upgrade will eventually employ about 125 people with a 590 000 dollar annual payroll. The project adds four cutting lines and two tray pack and poly bag streams, builds new coolers, and adds a refrigerated shipping dock to preserve product quality. Plant manager is Jimmie Little.
The Hope City Board meets Tuesday at 5 PM to discuss selling Sewer Revenue Bonds which could allow sewage plant construction next spring. It will also respond to Cam Tel Cable TV quality concerns and consider Old Washington Historic State Park’s request to use the incinerator, a policy change from current practice.
Three Syrian infantry brigades with six hundred tanks occupied high ground around Beirut as they prepared to enforce the civil war truce. Fighting raged overnight between Muslim and Christian factions, leaving at least fifteen dead and thirty wounded.
Black Rhodesian leader Joshua Nkomo said Rhodesia under black rule would seek friendship and military aid from the Soviet Union rather than the United States. He dismissed Kissinger's role in Geneva, saying talks are mainly between blacks and Britain, with a black-led interim government after power transfer.
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