Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - May 3, 1984, Blytheville, Arkansas On The Mall Today's Dates County Union Mission and area churches will hold the annual Crusade from June 23 through July 8 at Ritz Civic On Wednesday and Sunday services will begin at 8 p.m. and on other days they will start at 7:30 organizational and meeting for the event will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the All ministers and interested lay persons are welcome to the Was - A Roman Catholic doctor visiting the Vatican caused a few gasps when he climbed out of a wheelchair after being blessed by Pope John Paul but he says it was all a heard someone must be a but it wasn't only an said Dr. Jan an able-bodied general practitioner from Yorkshire in northern said Wednesday he went to Rome with a group of disabled people last After he sat down in the the only seat left in the Vatican's audience a Swiss guard unexpectedly began wheeling him tried to stop but he told exert What would you I couldn't jump up and run that would have made things he he kissed the pope's hand and was wheeled away by the he stood up and folded the chair and carried it Lavric must say they were all very The Has Ariz. - Country music fans got their cake and ate at a sold-out concert by singer Willie Nelson on his 51st 17,500 fans sang to the pigtailed Nelson as five giant cakes were rolled into Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum during his performance Monday shaped like the state of was 6 feet 4 feet wide and weighed more than 300 They cost a combined and were donated by a local radio received a slice as they left the Coliseum following the show which also featured Waylon Jennings and Jessi Duo apparent accidental said Deputy Pat occurred in Steele last night and is still under investigation by the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department and Steele Bobby Hale and Steele Policemen Gary Hicks and Denny Hale responded to a call in reference to a shooting at 8:54 p.m. on McCollum The officers found Curtis Glen 34, shot in the dliu r 11)1 rt in her lower appeared to have been wounded by the same blast a 12-gauge said They were taken to Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital and then later transferred via ambulance to the Presley Trauma Center in Memphis where Kinnon is in critical condition and Smith's condition is 11 11 15-17 14 6 6 11 Quotes Page 11 Pages 12,13 News 4,5 72315 A Park Newspaper Vol. 89 - No. 299 25i 24 Pages 2 Sections May 3,1984 Due To Arkansas of a four-year National Merit Scholarship Michael D. a senior at Blytheville High studies the University of Arkansas guide for new students while BHS counselor Freddie Robert looks Bullock will attend the U of A and major in electrical A. senior at Caruthersville High has been named a recipient of the four-year National Merit Scholarship to Southwestern at Nunnery will attend the college of liberal arts and sciences to pursue a career in Tapped D. a Blytheville High School and John A. a senior at Caruthersville High have been named as recipients for the college sponsored four-year National Merit students are among 5,500 high school seniors who are being awarded merit scholarships worth approximately million in the annual competition conducted by National Merit Scholarship Stipends will range from to over four will attend Southwestern At Memphis where he plans to major in Bullock will pursue a career in electrical engineering at the University of Arkansas at has served as Student Council Junior The Associated and thunderstorms with high winds and heavy rains dashed across Arkansas in wave after wave Wednesday and killing one person and injuring Some people were forced from their homes by high death came near DeWitt about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday as Cooler The Associated Press Partly cloudy and cooler Sunny and warmer Lows tonight mid 40s northwest to mid 50s Highs Friday mid 70s to lower 80s. warmer mild warm Mostly 7:55 p.m. Sunrise 6:16 Agri drying potential will be moderate with evaporation near Lowest humidity will be from 3D to 40 percent with ten to 12 hours Moderate dew expected to dry by 10 following figures were provided by Northeast Research and Extension Center in Keiser and are on data collected daily at 8 24 Hours Precipitation inch High degrees Low temperature 57 degrees 8 a.m. degrees 2-inch high soil temp. 79 degrees 2-inch low soil temp. 62 degrees 4-inch high soil temp. 72 degrees 4-inch low soil storm of the day hit the Arkansas County A mobile home One of the occupants died and the second was being treated at the DeWitt Chris director of said the names of the two were being withheld pending notification of Bob Williams at the Helena Police Department said he had telephone calls from at least a dozen people who needed assistance getting out of their flooded Some told him the water was as high as the top of the he Collard of the state Office of Emergency Services in Conway estimated that 40 to 45 people were removed from their homes in Helena because of the flash storms that crossed the state from the Oklahoma border to the Mississippi River blew trees across highways and splashed up to 6 inches of rain on saturated The heavy rains prompted the issuance of flash flood warnings for several Arkansas counties south of a line from Waldron to Conway to Minor flooding was reported in Little State Police said a bridge on Arkansas Highway 171 in Garland County had to be barricaded because the roadside on either side of the bridge had washed Reports said the structure was State highway crews were called in to repair the tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued throughout the authorities reported little property not out of the woods Committee Approves Arkansas Wilderness captain of the debate team and was a golf letterman He is a member of the math and science the National Honor leader of the band section for three years and the Harlequin Thespians The Senior has also been active in school has been active in the Beta the National Honor the Quiz Bowl Squadron Commander and attended attended the U.S. Naval Academy Summer Scientific Seminar and was named top graduate of the Air Force NCO Leadership He was awarded junior of the year and senior of the year and the Air Force Association Bullock also as Key Club ROCK - Bills that would establish wilderness preserves on more than 3.27 million acres in five states including Arkansas won the backing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee voted 19-0 on Wednesday to support the Sen. David Pryor and Dale Bumpers seek to have 117,000 acres designated as The designation would prevent mining and road construction in 10 is a significant step toward enacting the Arkansas Wilderness Bumpers said following the know the timber industry in Arkansas had some reservations about the but they showed a real spirit of and I believe that the amendment I offered will take care of most of their amendment says no buffer zones can be added to the wilderness A second change specifies the areas are not to be redesignated as Class I areas under the Clean Air Act unless Congress specifically authorizes it. Some industrial groups and timber companies worried that such a Returns From - President Reagan was back in Washington today after his journey for to China and a meeting with Pope John Paul II to discuss a joint strategy for combating global hunger and president and Mrs. Reagan planned to go to Camp David today for several days said Reagan and the pope were like two at their meeting on Wednesday in The pope drew cheers from an airport crowd when he shouted Bless with Reagan at his president's said Reagan and the pope very much They are both very strong but there is warmth that both men had survived she said assassination which came so close helped create a between that there is a bond that never goes she two men talked for nearly a half-hour and then the pope escorted Reagan to Air Force One for Reagan's return flight to the level of pollutants would have interfered with their expansion in the the Senate committee supports bills establishing the it also backs measures to release millions more acres of national forest to logging and other bills cover wilderness preserves in Arizona and action came alter Sen. James A. the committee chairman and Rep. Morris chairman of the House Interior broke a deadlock between their two committees that has stalled action on any major wilderness bills for more than three reached an agreement on language which governs how national forest lands are to be managed if they are not selected by Congress for wilderness Hit San Francisco Bay FRANCISCO - Two moderate earthquakes jolted the San Francisco Bay area this the state Office of Emergency Services first quake struck at 6:02 a.m. and registered 4.1 on the Richter scale of ground The second hit five minutes later and registered 4.5 on the epicenter for both quakes was 10 miles north of Morgan where a quake last month caused millions of dollars in was no immediate damage reported in today's said about 11:30 p.m. CUT as more storms began a march western of the hardest hit areas ap to be the southern part ol a town of 3,000 about miles south of Little Dispatcher Dale Donham of the Arkansas State Police in Little Rock said roof damage was reported at discount store and there was minor damage to some To Confer ROCK - Commencement ceremonies for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. at Barton Coliseum for 463 candidates for Rev. Paul M. pastor of First United Methodist Church of will deliver the invocation and Former U.S. Sen. Hodges Ray J. president of the U of A and a former and Harry P. M.D. UAMS will each deliver brief remarks during the for professional subject to fulfillment ui technical requirements include four area E. Green and Gerald are to receive doctor oi medicine and Floyd Steven a bachelor of science in pharmacy All are residents of Pruett of is to receive a bachelor of science in medical technology and Paul M. of Little son of the Blytheville will receive a doctor of medicine University of arkansas has awarded 8,964 degrees to health sciences professionals since the founding of the original medical sciences campus in 1879. BBQ Teams Will Include Two High from Manila and will he among the teams competing this weekend in the Blytheville Barbecue for the state championship of Both area teams are sponsored by Barbecue Cooking Sauce of said John a public relations High are state champs of team was the winner of the whole hog division ai the Memphis in May last is reigning state champion of Tennessee and is also the official barbecue team of the State of teams frequent contestants at barbecue around the said This year's schedule includes the International Memphis in May Festival slated tor May 18 and 19; the Great American Barbecue Contest July 4 in the Hornersville Watermelon Festival on Aug. 4 and 5; and the American Royal in Kansas City in CB Radio Emergency Squad checks over equipment in preparation for Springtime On the Mall this Saturday in downtown As in past the volunteer squad will be on hand to deal with any emergencies and to visit with the
