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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1977
Page
10
Three people died and three were wounded in a series of park car shootings in Atlanta. Lt Perry said the killer stalks isolated couples kneeling by vehicles and fires six wad-cutters rounds, then waits for another chance. Police deploy 40 officers, decoy cars and helicopters to trap the suspect.
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that states may not force display of mottos on car plates or property. The decision struck down a New Hampshire law criminalizing obscuring Live Free or Die, citing First Amendment protection. George and Maxine Maynard of Claremont, Jehovah’s Witnesses, welcomed the ruling after taping over the motto.
The AP announces DataFeature a new facility delivering 1200 word per minute copies into editors or teleprinters. It shares capacity with DataStream serving 200 papers in 125 cities and limits impact on AP copy while opening to compatible syndicates. Initial users include Knight News Wire Post Times etc.
Authorities search Pemiscott and Dunklin counties for 26 year old Phillip Wheat of Blytheville Ark who escaped Tuesday from Dunklin County officers. A possible sighting Tuesday night did not lead to custody. It is Wheat's second escape in a week following an Arkansas jail break. Heavy rain hampered the manhunt as police pursued leads after his arraignment on a burglary charge. Poland note follows.
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