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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1973
Page
1
The National Weather Service reports a morning line of thunderstorms crossing Arkansas bringing heavy rain and a tornado. A tornado touched down at DeQueen destroying or damaging about 13 mobile homes with no serious injuries reported.
The showers and thunderstorms will continue through the day and into the night with a drier period to follow. Temperatures will range from mid 30s to upper 40s tonight and mid 40s to upper 50s on Wednesday. State highs Monday reached 76 at El Dorado and Texarkana, with other readings across the state.
NEW YORK AP A professor at Wagner College says Staten Island hosts educated middle-class residents active in occult and mystical pursuits. He notes a flourishing counter culture where people lead dual lives balancing a 9 to 5 job with a magical world.
Davis tells group new amendments to shoplifting laws make enforcement easier. Morrow notes shoplifting is prevalent during the holiday season and carries a fine and possible jail sentence. A coordinated effort by Hope merchants seeks to reduce shoplifting problems.
Arkansas farmers face a continuing diesel fuel shortage despite a federal declaration giving them buying preference. Distributors report little to no fuel available and others cannot meet farmer demand as rain and wet fields delay harvests. Officials note the allocation allows 1.5 million gallons of diesel No 2 for Arkansas this month, with shortages likely to worsen when weather improves.
The piece outlines the U.S. shift toward the metric system, noting Congress support and international adoption trends. It explains metric basics, potential agricultural changes, and a timeline of how liters, kilograms, and meters would replace pounds, bushels, and inches in farming, labeling, and measurement practices.
Obituary items report William Travis Pine 13 of Wake Village died at home with services pending at East Funeral Home. Hazel Leona Washington 47 of Texarkana died November 10. funeral at Jones Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Fair Haven. Mattie Galloway 83 of Stamps buried Lakeside Cemetery after services at Smith Funeral Home. Pete Martin 52 died at home. services held at Herdon Funeral Home and burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Survivors listed include multiple family members and local connections.
Seventy one percent of Canada’s power requirements are supplied by energy generated from water power. The figure highlights the dominance of hydroelectric sources in the national energy mix and implications for infrastructure and policy.
Two men Warren Green 27 and Gary Ray Sawyers 24 were found dead in a drainage ditch near an old oil field about five miles north of El Dorado Arkansas on Arkansas 7. Saunders said the pair were last seen together at a nightclub Saturday night. Coroner Pinson said Green was shot in the back and Sawyers six times including back and chest wounds.
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