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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1973
Page
1
The Associated Press reports showers and thundershowers will continue across the state through Tuesday. A cold front runs across southern Missouri toward the northeast but should stay north of Arkansas, according to the National Weather Service.
The front remains stalled across the Southern states with a cold front trailing from Wyoming through Colorado into Arizona. Rain totals across Arkansas include 0.57 at Little Rock and a trace at Fayetteville with chilly mornings reported in several cities. Arkansas forecasts predict increasing cloudiness and scattered showers, cooler Tuesday, highs mainly in the 70s and lows in the 40s to 50s.
McGraw-Hill's 6th Annual Survey of Pollution Control Expenditures estimates upgrading facilities to meet standards will cost U S businesses about 22.3 billion dollars, 3.5 times planned spending this year. Abatement outlays may be 5.9 percent of all capital spending, about 6.2 billion dollars, with 1965–76 outlook near six percent.
Roy Zinger produced and narrated a color nature study titled Consider the Lillies of the Field presented to the Hope Rotary Club. Vic Cobb introduced the speaker and noted his Audubon Society activity and amateur photography. Harold Collins of Hope High School spoke on Operation Good Will ahead of the program. Dr. Victor M. Watts of Fayetteville attended.
Obituaries announce the deaths of L C Pete Martin 52 at home with services set 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Herndon Chapel burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery Nevada County. Other obituaries include L Vernon Andrews 61 funeral at Prescott First Baptist Church burial DeAnne Cemetery and Mrs Rachel Story 80 burial Rose Hill Cemetery with survivors listed. Robert Lee Williams 69 funeral at Memorial Baptist Church Waldo burial Memory Gardens Cemetery, and Willian Dewaine Bower 22 funeral in Pasadena Texas with family details.
The 4-H club at Lincoln was organized with Cayce B. Smith assisting. Twenty one boys and girls attended the meeting held on November 7. Archie Don Windfield was elected president and Blondie White secretary with Willie Johnson as assistant secretary. Other officers include Dell Stuart vice president Juanita Graham reporter Robbie Bradley song leader and Mrs Ruby Brunson main leader. The group will meet monthly on the first Wednesday at 2 15 p m and looks forward to many new 4 H experiences.
Raymond Wallace of Stamps was wounded in a hunting mishap Friday when a deer between him and Randall Wallace and Cass Nations prompted Nations to fire. Wallace underwent surgery in Lewisville, Ark., and was later moved to Wadley Hospital in Texarkana with injuries to his left arm and hip.
A county list shows 17 individuals whose 1972 Arkansas individual income tax refund checks were returned to the Finance and Administration Department for reasons including changed or insufficient addresses. Affected taxpayers should contact the department with Social Security number and current mailing address at P.O. Box 3628 Little Rock 72203 or by calling 371-2246. Names include M. Burton E. Chambers K.S. Corby Lee E. Dansby J.D. Ellison J.D. Garrigus L.D. Green L. Jones Clarence H. Phillips Jr. A Robertson John W. Shaw L.G. Shaw S.L. Skidmore G.W. Solomon K. Tompkins C.E. Williams.
Arkansas State Police reports 72 traffic fatalities in October, up three from last year. Captain Milton Mosier notes five deaths in the Hope district with Lafayette county at four deaths and Miller at one. Nine counties saw 118 accidents, Miller County highest at 18, followed by Hempstead 17 and Clark 16. Excessive speed leads, with failure to yield and driving on the wrong side of the road as common factors. A final line mentions giant Great Barrier Reef clams weighing over 500 pounds.
Mable Jones Atkins 78 died early Sunday in a local hospital after a 42 year teaching career. Funeral was at 2 p.m. Monday in Herndon Chapel with Rev. Norris Steele officiating. Burial followed in Rose Hill Cemetery. Survivors include husband Owen Atkins and son James Atkins of Hope and five sisters in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Health officials activated a 65 mile Gulf Coast alert after a 10 year old Sarasota boy was hospitalized with paralytic shellfish poisoning from clams eaten on a Siesta Key sandbar. A friend and a woman also ate clams and recovered within hours. Authorities urge avoidance of shellfish collection to prevent panic.
Rhonda McCollum becomes the first woman to join Henderson State's varsity rifle squad. The Stuttgart freshman scored 262 in tryouts under Sgt. Morgan Brandon and joins seven team members already leading the Arkansas Intercollegiate Rifle Association. Competition resumes in January as the team eyes the top spot.
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