Local option petition falls short in Hempstead County
Editor notes failed effort to gather required signatures for a local option vote on liquor and beer. He urges organized, funded campaigns ahead of the 1978 general election and condemns unequal taxation and access to clubs while law keeps Hempstead dry. In Ashdown Ark AP James Wood pleads guilty to first degree murder and is sentenced to life in prison.
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Polk County
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City Board Sets Hearings on CD Funding Amendment
The City Board of Directors set two public hearings on a possible Community Development funding amendment. Hearings are October 26 at the Chamber of Commerce and October 27 at 10 a.m. in Hope City Hall. The meeting also covered the 1977 budget and potential revenue measures including franchise tax, higher millage, city income tax, occupation tax, and auto license tags. Budget strains threaten police and fire staffing as CD winds down in 1978 1979.
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Boy in Arkansas Gets Dog and New Treatment Aid
Six year old Loy Moody of Clinton Arkansas travels to Barnes Hospital for treatment of benign papillomatous growths on his windpipe. An anonymous St Louis benefactor funded a 35000 carbon dioxide laser system for his care. Loy's family first met the donor after answering a newspaper ad for a free dog last May.
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Little Rock
Investigators Seek Data On Ten Swine Flu Victims
Federal and state health officials investigate deaths in 65 plus patients after swine flu shots. Three Pittsburgh area deaths prompt suspensions in eight states with concerns over a single vaccine lot. Authorities stress no proven link while testing continues.
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Three Teens Caught After Interstate 30 Chase
Three Texas youths, two runaways and a hitchhiker, were captured after a high speed chase on I-30 in Arkansas. A brown Ford Mustang passed a Benton school bus. a passenger aimed a shotgun at the bus but no damage occurred. The youths, ages 15 and 16, were released to Texas after Benton authorities chose not to press charges.
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General election names and places in Hempstead County
A general election will be held in Hempstead County on November 2 with polling from 8 a.m. to 7 30 p.m. Voting sites include Hope Fire Station Box 1-A James Motor Company Box 1-C City Trading Post Box 1-D and many others across Hope Bingen Ozan Sardis Shover Springs Spring Hill Stephenson Buck Martins home Washington Sardis No 1 No 2 and more. Candidates span national state and local posts including Ford Dole Carter Mondale Pryor Griffith Thornton Bryant Hall Clinton Jones Beverley Butler and others for president governor congress lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general lands commissioner chief justice and supreme court seats.
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Joe Purcell
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Crip) Hall
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