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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1973
Page
7
An aging editor muses on the Remittance Man from youth fiction. Once a romantic English wanderer living on a tropical isle, he now stands for corporate money flows and reconciliations. The piece contrasts romantic stereotype with modern progress and ends with a wry curbstone remark.
In LITTLE ROCK the city manager's office disputed claims that the city has not pushed to hire blacks in upper level jobs. Asst. City Manager Thomas Downs called the charges bull and said blacks have been hired. A 2nd black, Nathaniel Hill, said no real push since the New Careers Program began in 1970.
Farmers organize a soybean and grain marketing cooperative named Hope Grain Drying Cooperative serving Hempstead and surrounding counties. The group purchased facilities from Southern Grain and Elevator, South Hervey, Hope, Ark, open Oct 10 1973, affiliated with Riceland Foods. A seven member board leads, with Johnny Dixon as manager, and stock sales offered to producers seeking to join.
Iraqi forces reportedly join the fighting on both fronts as Israel claims strikes on Damascus, Homs, Latakia, Tartus and other targets while Syria and Egypt vow to press advances. Israeli air power hits naval bases and fuel depots as both sides claim air superiority and significant losses.
The Hope Progressive Development Association urged the City Board to reject a proposed City incinerator in the North Side Industrial Park, arguing it would lower property values, harm development, and shift waste disposal costs onto county residents. Attorney David Potter warned of long term economic impact and questioned the steam selling deal with Spears Carpet Mills. Citizens cited millions in area spending and potential FM station financing risks for KXAR if land values drop.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigns in Baltimore after pleading no contest to federal income tax evasion. Meanwhile in Marked Tree Arkansas a Frisco Railway derailment derailed 35 cars spilling gasoline and other flammables, prompting downtown evacuation and firefighting efforts with no serious injuries reported.
A public hearing for the proposed construction of a four year high school and a middle school for grades six to eight in Jonesboro Ark was tentatively scheduled for Monday Oct 22 The hearing follows destruction or heavy damage to some buildings by the May 27 tornado and was urged by Hubert Brodell a Jonesboro citizens group representative to ensure a millage increase is not defeated before a decision is made
The NAACP of Arkansas holds its annual conference at Lonoke Baptist Church this weekend with topics on farm families organization education ROTC voter registration revenue sharing and housing. A 7:30 Friday public meeting features Pine Bluff attorney George Howard as keynote, mass choir, and Friday banquet speaker M L Dockery of Dallas with soloists Veronica Phillips and L C Wyatt.
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