25 Oct 1974
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1974
Page
1
The National Weather Service says Arkansas will be partly cloudy and mild through Saturday with scattered showers. The chance of rain continues through Tuesday with cooler temperatures on Tuesday as a weakening high pressure moves in.
The Hope Star of October 25 1974 provides weather outlook for Arkansas with a slow moving trough over the Great Lakes and central U.S. while forecasts for Little Rock Saturday night show mostly cloudy skies and possible showers. It lists temperate forecasts and overnight lows across Arkansas towns and notes subscription rates and ad rates, along with staff credits and Associated Press affiliations.
Rep Wilbur Mills Arkansas says a report that a tax would be imposed on veterans administration service connected compensation is untrue. He confirms such benefits are tax exempt and the Ways and Means Committee will not consider a tax while he is chairman.
NAVY SEAMAN MARLON BENSON, son of Mr and Mrs Fletcher C Benson of Nashville Ark, graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center San Diego. He completed instruction in seamanship military regulations firefighting close order drill first aid and Navy history.
A Dallas to Mexico City drive yields a Paseo Del Rey Inn lunch stop that enchants, turning a drab exterior into a memorable stay and a lesson not to judge by first impressions. Also notes Georges Boots smith Jr. in St Michael Hospital Texarkana AR. Obituary for Dave Graves of Nashville.
James Earl Ray was expected to take the witness stand to withdraw his guilty plea and face trial for the slaying of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. John Larry Ray testified that a Houston attorney urged family pressure on Ray to plead guilty. Ray seeks to be Wied for murder on April 4, 1968, as the trial judge decides.
New York AP reports Tenneco, Texaco and Atlantic Richfield posted strong third quarter gains, with Tenneco surpassing last year’s net income and Texaco up about 23 percent while ARCO saw a 140.8 percent rise in sales. Other firms like Conoco Sohio Philips Pennzoil Cities Service and Exxon also posted double digit jumps driven by higher crude prices and margins.
Tuesday Kiwanis at Town and Country heard Tor Taylor a game biologist for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission discuss multiple game management areas in the Hope region. He noted wildlife species from wild turkey to duck and described relocating alligators from Louisiana to bolster populations around Hope.
In Brussels Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau shrugged off former President Nixon’s insult that he called Trudeau that asshole. Trudeau noted he has been called worse by worse men and downplayed the remark heard on a Watergate trial transcript. Nixon was set to speak with Trudeau by phone the following day.
A brief note recalls Marengo, the white stallion ridden by Napoleon during the 1815 Waterloo defeat, symbolizing his military collapse and the end of an era.
First National City Bank becomes the first major lender to lower the prime rate to 11 percent, effective Monday, signaling a shift as demand for business loans eases and mirroring declines in other short term rates. Other big banks largely hold at 11.25 to 11.5 percent.
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