26 Sep 1974
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1974
Page
1
The Arkansas forecast from the National Weather Service calls for a chance of showers through Saturday. It will be fair and mild tonight, partly cloudy and warm Friday, then cooler with no rain Sunday and Monday.
Hope Star reports weather outlook for Arkansas with high pressure to the north and a Gulf low cutting moisture, predicting fair to partly cloudy conditions and warming. Rainfall measurements from El Dorado to Jonesboro are listed. station data and overnight lows provided. Also includes publishing staff, AP affiliation, circulation figures, and subscription rates for Hope and surrounding counties.
The rock band Black Oak Arkansas bought a full page ad in the Yellville Mountain Echo praising Marion County Judge Billy Rose. The $150 tribute featured Rose’s photo and called him a fair man. Rose faces no opposition in November and the ad was signed by the band, not a political committee.
Rising unemployment and the waning antiwar movement boost ROTC enrollments across Army Air Force and Navy programs. Scholarships textbooks and subsistence allowances plus a guaranteed job entice students. Vietnam protests faded and campuses ease restrictions enabling uniforms on campus. Past years show a long decline from 160,900 in 1970 to 63,200 last year.
Otto Lloyd Carter 71 of Wayside Drive Beaumont Texas died suddenly from a heart attack at a Beaumont hospital on September 25 He was a native of Chanute Kansas lived in Blevins and Beaumont for 35 years a retired Gulf Oil Tank Farm Gauger and a Church of Nazarene member Surviving wife Eunice Carter a son Donald S Carter two granddaughters and two great granddaughters all of Beaumont Also surviving a brother in law Charles E Brooks of Hope three nieces listed Funeral services will be Friday at 10 am in Kelley Hixson Funeral Home Chapel Beaumont Graveside services will be at 10 am Saturday at Malbrook Cemetery near Blevins with Herndon Funeral Home in charge The body will lie in state from 9 am to 10 am at the Marlbrook Church on Saturday
Antique car parade will feature clubs from Dallas Texarkana Morriston Pine Bluff and El Dorado with bronze plaques on each car Roy Taylor leads arrangements Richard Rowe and Doyott Collins head the Hope Antique Car Club A centennial history book of about 120 pages will sell for 4 with photos from the 1800s 1900s and local biographies Old movies starring Chaplin Fairbanks Jr Keaton Valentino and Laurel and Hardy run April to August 1975 with a 6 50 price Music Man at City Hall February 28 and March 1 Rehearsals start in January Lt Clinton C Jones 25 of Hope serves in Bamberg Germany with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Headstart meets October 1 at Guernsey school.
Peggy Cobb describes how sands from western Alabama and Arkansas colored by iron compounds create red and other hues. She and her family collect sands from roadsides and gravel pits and have inspired about two dozen others to join in the sand art hobby. She notes the labor is intense yet the art remains beautiful.
In Argentina leftist guerrillas are blamed for two more army officer slayings, lifting the 10 day toll to 20 and part of a running death total above 75 since July. The People's Revolutionary Army warned of indiscriminate reprisals for the killings of 16 guerrillas. A congressman urged US Embassy to explain CIA activities in Argentina, while the right wing Anti Communist Alliance targeted Sandler for assassination after killings of five prominent leftists this month.
The phrase 4 furlong equals an eighth of a mile and today is mainly used for horse racing distances.
Results from the Third District Arts and Crafts Show at the Art Barn detail winners across Photography, Crafts, Needlework, and Children and Adult divisions. Notable names include Roy L. Zinger Rebecca Lazenby Mary Nell Turner Ruth Spradling Lara Impson and many others with honorable mentions, judged by Clyde Davis.
The Delta 88 is a full size family car built for long miles with seven models including a convertible. The 98 Regency is promoted as the most comfortable and luxurious Oldsmobile yet with loose cushion interiors and a distinctive new look in six window sedan and coupe styles.
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