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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1973
Page
1
The National Weather Service said a pleasant weekend is in store for Arkansas as a cold front moved through earlier, leaving cool dry air and little rain. No rain is expected before the first of next week.
Hope Star reports Friday forecast with afternoon highs in the 40s and morning lows in the 30s to upper 40s. It notes a statewide high of 61 at Pine Bluff and lows around Fayetteville, plus a 78 high and 38 low from the Experiment Station.
In memoriam Paul H. Lone, Managing Editor 1939. Staff credits include City Editor Mrs Annette Rogers Women’s News Editor Features and Photo Editor Mary Anita Laseter Society Editor Mrs Esther Hicks Negro Community Assistant Mrs Sandra Hol. Classified management T Trecam.
Loy H. McGee, 72, of Lake City, was killed Thursday night when he was struck by an eastbound auto on Arkansas 18 in Jonesboro. Investigators sought a white or light colored 1959 Chevrolet with a dented right front fender. Three witnesses heard a loud thump but did not stop to aid.
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Estimated receipts 7 percent higher than last week’s sale. Slaughter cows 50 to 75 cents higher, slaughter bulls 1.50 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 to 4.00 lower under 400 pounds. steady to 1.00 lower over 400 pounds. Supply largely 250 to 550 pounds. Feeder steers and heifers mostly good and choice. eight percent cows and one percent slaughter bulls. Replacement cows and cow-calf pairs listed with per head figures.
Kiwanis Club marks Farm-City Week November 18 to 24 with guest speakers and a Hope Star plaque for Hempstead County Farm Family of the Year. Dr Richard L Porterfield of the University of Arkansas Monticello speaks on forestry economics and forest evaluation, after earning degrees from Ohio State NC State and Yale.
Texarkana Arkansas police foiled a $150000 extortion attempt when a gunman held hostage the banker’s wife and a maid in their home for about 45 minutes. The woman and maid were freed unharmed after police negotiator advised surrender. A 2 years old suspect was jailed. charges not yet filed. Authorities noted a stolen Colorado vehicle linked to the case.
The city board discussed adding park land near Fair Park with south or west options, noting funds from Federal Revenue Sharing are committed and other sources must cover any gap. It reflects on 1958 decision to buy power from AP&L and the 1956 expansion plan, emphasizing reliance on external power rather than building more local capacity.
Multiple obituary notices from a Hope area newspaper. Henry W. Hunt died at a local hospital with wife Ruby Nichols Hunt and sister Mamie Hollis LaPray among survivors. funeral at Providence Baptist Church marks burial at Evening Shade Cemetery under Herndon Funeral Home. Arnold B. Davis died after an accident with funeral at Smith Funeral Home Stamps and burial Lakeside Cemetery. survivors include widow Maudie, a son and three daughters. Clyde Winemiller, 73, former merchant, died Wednesday. services at Herndon Chapel with burial at Memory Gardens and wife Lena surviving. Mrs. Sidney B. Mann, mother of Dr. D Mouton Mann, died after a long illness. services at Norphiet and burial Arlington Cemetery El Dorado. survivors include five sons, one daughter, a brother, a sister, and 14 grandchildren.
Court docket records list cases filed in chancery and civil court including Christine Dukes versus Ivy Dukes Jr and several other dockets. A marriages section records unions such as Donald Matthews and Barbara Matthews, Ronald Phillips and Jeannie Hendrix, Roy Smith and Geneva Jackson, among others in Hope and Texarkana.
The piece notes Florida leaders push environmental law and growth management as growth pressures rise. Governor Askew hails land and water acts and Big Cypress Swamps purchase with federal aid while citing public concern over overdevelopment. Georgia Governor Carter named board chair. Arkansas’ Bumpers warns energy crisis forces land use compromise and planning to handle a one third population rise by 2000.
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