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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1973
Page
1
The National Weather Service says a weak cold front will move into the state tonight bringing scattered showers. Unseasonably warm and windy weather is expected to continue in Arkansas for the next several days with temperatures remaining high.
The state will see a cold front move in bringing highs in the 60s to low 70s and Tuesday’s high was 77 at El Dorado with lows near 38 to 64 across locations. Cloudy skies expected to turn cooler through Thursday with a chance of rain and overnight lows in the 50s.
Editorial-Dorothy Wincheley notes weather data and staff listings from multiple cities including Albany Birmingham Boston Buffalo Charleston Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Louisville Milwaukee New Orleans New York Philadelphia Phoenix San Diego Seattle St Louis Tampa Washington, with circulation and address notes for Associated Press bureaus and subscription rates for Arkansas and national delivery. Read as a compact snapshot of the AP wire and staff bylines.
Royce Pendergrass announced a 16 week Industrial Safety class at Red River Vocational Technical School in Hope. The course will meet Mondays from 7 to 10 p.m. to help industry personnel comply with OSHA regulations. Bill Risinger of Meyer's Bakery will teach. pre registration with Pendergrass or Mrs. Turner at 777-9722.
City officials discuss three year right of way costs near a million dollars as Maddox seeks Highway Department guidance on Loop routing. Kenneth Poindexter reports Hope Community TV progress, introduces Rodney Fletcher, and details new billing, a 10 percent late fee, and extensions from Hickory Street to Highway 29 and to the I 30 interchange. The board also approves $280,000 in sanitation revenue bonds funded by a monthly residential health fee and a higher commercial rate.
Rep Wilbur D Mills D Ark chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said it would be better to delay comprehensive tax reform until next year and favored interim revisions this year He noted he would push for House action on trade legislation after the Thanksgiving recess Mills recently returned to work in Washington after back surgery in August.
Jimmie Mason of Riceland Foods told Hope Lions how Arkansas agriculture has progressed from early primitive rice drying to modern mechanized farming. He noted Riceland handles about 76 million bushels annually with 400 million dollars in sales and that Arkansas leads the nation in rice and ranks high in soybeans. He described grain markets, farm wages, and world export reach, and introduced John Dickson to work with the Hope Grain Drying Cooperative affiliated with Riceland.
Arkansas was listed among nine states whose desegregation plans for public colleges and universities were deemed unacceptable by HEW. The agency required new plans within 90 days, but state officials disputed a rejection. The June proposal claimed black students were admitted socially and academically at white institutions.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend a bill restoring an independent special prosecutor to be appointed by a panel of federal judges. The motion to favorable report passed on a bipartisan voice vote. Earlier the committee rejected an amendment to approve Leon A. Jaworski for the post.
Funeral services for 69 year old Mary Emma Owen former Stamps resident were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stamps with burial in Lakeside Cemetery Survivors include her husband James Arnold Owen of Texarkana two sons Jay W of Texarkana and P E Buddy of Dallas four daughters Louise Patterson of Texarkana Helen Turnage of Hot Springs Doris Millican and Delilah Minter of Stamps two brothers Jim Kitchens of Stamps and Sid Kitchens of Buckner Ark three sisters Ethel Pitkin of Stamps Hattie Warren of Texarkana and Retha Kazar of Tehlua Miss 20 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren
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