19 Apr 1977
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1977
Page
1
Rural readers missed news of a deadline shift from Oct 1 to Apr 18 for 25 percent due under Arkansas law. The Star and local authorities warn that penalties may be waived this year for payments by Oct 1, while urging clear notice next year to avoid hardship.
The Federal Communications Commission announced it received an application by KBJT Inc to transfer control of KBJT in Fordyce Arkansas to Paul Coates Gerald Keith Yancey Reynolds and Gary Coates.
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Al Amiss sought to arrest former Shreveport official George D Artois for the murder of Jim Leslie. D Artois barricaded in his attic. Also arrested, Donald Gardner linked to the case. warrants issued for Gardner and Kenneth Brouillette in a related Griffith killing.
Hope School District officials reported better finances at a special meeting. Acting superintendent Dale Franks and state auditor David Terrell outlined steps to stay in the black, including using aides as substitutes to save salary costs and a projected year end balance near 41000.
The board reviews state funded teaching positions excluding kindergarten, considers reducing ADA based teacher units, and proposes not filling vacated posts. It explores shifting salaries to September to August with 13 installments and delaying pay dates to align with MSPA receipts. A closed session on personnel followed.
Gov. David Pryor and his wife Barbara said they were reconciled after a separation of about a year. The split began in November 1975 and ended without a formal public announcement. Barbara Pryor pursued work in Arkansas film and education while apart, then returned to the governor’s mansion after their anniversary last November.
Hempstead County Sheriff’s spokesman says I V Wylie was shot in the shoulder by Curt McFadden after an argument in the St Luke Community near Oran. McFadden held at Hempstead County Jail. Wylie treated at Howard County Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition Tuesday morning.
A five story brick hotel in downtown Galveston collapsed into flames after a early morning blaze. Police feared 10 to 12 lives were lost and 28 remained unaccounted for as 14 were hospitalized. Fire officials said escape routes were blocked and several people leaped from windows. One boy and a man were among the first bodies recovered.
Four Hope men traveled to Little Rock to learn why the regional health center would be placed in Nashville rather than Hope. Governor and State Health Director Dr Rex C. Ramsey denied making the decision, leaving locals puzzled by the process and the district boundaries. The bill calls for 25 staff with salaries totaling 237 500 plus 79 000 for maintenance, yet no clear site or decision maker emerges.
The Supreme Court held 5 to 4 that corporal punishment in public schools does not violate the Eighth Amendment. The majority said the amendment protects convicts, not schoolchildren, and no pre-paddle hearing is required. Dissenting justice White argued the ruling conflicts with prior decisions.
Morriston Ark AP Marlin Hawkins Conway County sheriff and tax collector asks legislature to allow personal property tax payments without penalty until Oct 10 He urges inclusion in any special session call Hawkins notes a 10 percent penalty applies if paid in lump sum before April 18 and for missed installment deadlines The attorney general opinion cites a 41 year old Supreme Court ruling Hawkins says he has not enforced penalties in 25 years and would not do so without court orders
Fire in the Residence George V in Paris forced Sophie Loren and her two young children to take shelter on the roof in the early hours. Loren, in a nightgown, was carried down by firefighters after escaping a fourth floor origin, with her son Eduardo needing an oxygen mask. The blaze, suspected from a short circuit, was tamed after several hours. Loren’s husband Dario Ponti was abroad and contacted authorities on learning of the incident.
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