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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1975
Page
1
A weak ridge brought clear skies and cool temperatures to Arkansas today. A weak front extending across Illinois Missouri and Kansas was expected to drift south and reach Arkansas by Tuesday morning, but it remained not very active with little change anticipated.
Weather outlook shows increased cloudiness and warmer days with low 80s in Arkansas. Overnight lows mainly 50s to 60s. Little rain expected. showers possible by Thursday. Also lists detailed subscription rates, delivery areas, and advertising contacts.
Staff Sergeant Danny D Griffis son of Mrs Madie Griffis of Hope Arkansas has been named Outstanding Noncommissioned Officer of the quarter at Little Rock AFB Ark A medical service specialist Griffis was selected for leadership skill and duty performance The sergeant a 1967 graduate of Hope High School Also University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fall honors convocation honors awarded to students including Fred Harris son of Mr and Mrs Walter Harris Prescott for academic achievement and scholarship awards
Obituary notices report Billy Cothrun 49 dead on arrival in Fountain Colorado with services at Bluff Springs Baptist Church and burial at Bluff Springs Cemetery. Also listed are Elbie Lorena McCuller 80 of Yale New Mexico and Arthur S Dock Hill 4 of Pisgah Delight Arkansas with church, funeral, and burial details. Andrew W Dixon 83 of Nashville Arkansas mourned with service at Latimer Funeral Chapel and burial in Corinth.
Strikes across a dozen states halt in school doors as pay, class size, and job security drive labor actions. New York City begins classes amid talks to avert a 65 000 teacher walkout. National Guard and police reinforce Boston and Louisville after antibusing protests. Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan and others report hundreds to thousands of teachers off the job, delaying openings and impacting tens of thousands of students.
At the Hope Rotary Club luncheon on September 4, Sgt. Ray Davis discussed the Junior State Trooper Academy begun in 1973 near Jasper and extended to Camp Pioneer near Mena in 1974. The one week camps aid 100 underprivileged boys aged 11 to 15, funded by a three year federal grant, with counselors and Arkansas State Police involvement.
Miners reported to work at several southern West Virginia coal mines as a check to work movement began. A 12 01 a m shift found pickets at a Logan County complex of seven mines, while other sites showed no picketing. The extent of the return will unfold later. The wildcat strike remained active Sunday with unions and miners vowing to continue protests. Quinn Morton III of the Kanawha County Coal Operators Association noted the midnight shift involves few workers.
GREERS FERRY Ark AP the state Medical Board conditionally reinstated licenses for three physicians Thomas E Williams Newport Thomas H Dembinski Hot Springs and C W Rasco Jr DeWitt Williams age 67 cited health retirement reason and pleaded guilty in Little Rock federal court to Medicare fraud Dembinski and Rasco were reinstated on condition they not seek DEA license to prescribe dangerous drugs all three had been suspended for alleged violations of drug laws by the board
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