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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1976
Page
2
The National Weather Service says a cold night will give way to a cool, fair Wednesday. Cold air moved into Arkansas as a cold front began crossing the state before dawn and is expected to exit shortly after.
The Hope Star issue from October 19 1976 lists weather outlook for northern Arkansas with a cold front bringing light rain then clearing, and temperatures dropping to the 30s tonight with highs in the 60s later in the week. The paper details circulation notes and subscription rates, staff credits, and AP and state press associations memberships.
Strong Ark AP reports Ruby L. Pearson 84 of Santa Rosa California died when the car she rode in struck a bridge railing on U S 65 near Strong. Driver May Caffey 28 of Clarkdale Missouri apparently fell asleep at the wheel in the Monday crash according to State Police Trooper R L Simpkins.
Hope High School announces a freshman open house on Tuesday October 26 at 7 30 p m for parents of ninth graders. Parents meet in the auditorium, tour class schedules meet teachers and view facilities with refreshments served in the cafeteria. All 273 freshmen will be contacted by phone or letter and efforts are made to boost parental involvement.
Funeral services were held for Cappie Perry Nolen 86 at the Assembly of God Church Delight Ark with burial in Delight cemetery. Survivors include two sons and two daughters, along with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Also noted are services for 91 year old Ellie Floyd and for Henry Zeylon Holly former Hope resident, with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery Hope. Ernest H. Renfro, father of Nashville resident Doris Champlin, died in Dallas. funeral arrangements set for Wednesday in Dallas with burial at Laurelland Cemetery.
All Around Town lists Hempstead County RESCUE Unit meeting at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday in the Agri Building and a Hope High School library joint meeting for ESAA Parent and Student Advisory Councils at 7 30 p.m. October 21. Also scheduled is a housing authority commissioners meeting at 2 30 p.m. October 19 in Hope, with a note that the Arkansas Heart Association Southwest Regional Dave In conference on October 23 in Hope is postponed. Additionally Henderson State University plans a get acquainted meeting in Hope with a dutch dinner at 6 p.m. and remarks by HSU president Martin Garrison at the Holiday Inn. Dorothy McFadden of Hope, now with San Francisco Federal Savings and Loan Association, has been promoted to assistant vice president and manager of loan processing.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger on May 10 and a New Orleans court denial to stay the order allowed consummation. The three railroads will form Missouri Pacific, operating over 12 000 miles in 12 states from Chicago to the Gulf and from St Louis to Omaha and El Paso. Shareholders approved in Oct 1974 with exchange ratios of 9.5 MoPac shares per T P share and 1.1 MoPac shares per C E I share, involving 72 772 MoPac shares.
Ford and Carter agree the election is too close to call as campaigns mount in Florida and Washington. Carter urges leadership amid Brown remarks stirred by Butz resignation, while Ford backs his aides and eyes a 14 state push. Mondale and Dole scold the administration as McCarthy and McGover address voter apathy in Missouri and Kirkwood.
A 1974 Agriculture Department survey of 2,503 US households shows 63 percent of home kitchens are high risk for food poisoning, with risks higher for younger, educated, and higher income cooks. The report notes overreliance on inspections and improper cooling, room-temperature storage, and misperceptions about refrigeration and freezing.
Commerce Department list shows American companies with 39 Arab nation transactions since Oct 7. Firms including Citibank Bank of America Deere and Co and McGraw Edison defend compliance while stressing continued Israel and Arab trade. Baghdad conference vows stricter measures despite U S policy.
An editorial in the Peking People’s Daily hints at an imminent purge of Jiang Ching Mao’s widow and other radicals. Reports say Chiang Ching and three Politburo figures were arrested Sept 7 for plotting to oust Hua Kuo-feng. Demonstrations in Shanghai continue to disrupt the radicals’ base.
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