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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1977
Page
2
A warming trend is forecast for Arkansas through Wednesday as a large high pressure system centered over Ohio moves eastward. The warming pattern is expected to bring higher temperatures across the state with calmer conditions overall.
Hope Star reports a high pressure ridge driving southerly winds into Arkansas by Wednesday ending the cold snap. An upper level disturbance brought snow flurries in northwest and central areas, with today’s highs in the 30s and a warming trend toward the 50s by Wednesday. Overnight lows ranged from 16 to 24 degrees across cities like Little Rock, Memphis, Fort Smith, Fayetteville, Harrison, Jonesboro, Texarkana, and nearby towns.
Four National Register of Historic Places sites include moving vessels: the Belle of Louisville harbor paddling wheeler, locomotive No. 182, San Francisco cable cars, and the Delta Queen steamboat still active on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
Russell E. Newport of Springfield Missouri will headline the annual Valentine banquets at First Baptist Church on February 11 and 12. The tenor, a former Navy lieutenant and Newport Stores president, has performed with symphonies, on Ed Sullivan Show, and in national broadcasts, presenting sacred and secular music.
The Federal Election Commission reviews proposals to raise presidential spending limits and adjust party funding in 1980. The staff suggests increasing limits to as high as 25 to 35 million with federal funds and broadening convention and nomination spending caps while cutting report requirements and tightening loopholes.
Tony Boyle, former United Mine Workers leader, remains jailed after bail denial as he awaits a new trial. Judge Cantania refused bond pending Supreme Court review, noting Boyle’s three life terms and pending retrial within 180 days. Prosecutor Sprague argued grounds for overturning the verdict were unfounded. Boyle is hospitalized and may be unable to stand trial.
Ambassador Andrew Young visits northern Nigeria to witness the Great Durbar in Kaduna where 3000 warrior tribesmen pledge loyalty to emirs and sultans. He arrives as Lagos hosts the World Festival of Black and African Art and Culture, stressing the Carter administration’s new foreign policy.
Funeral services for Mrs Corinne Bishop Ferguson of Nashville were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Latimer Funeral Home with two ministers officiating. Burial followed in Nashville cemetery. She died Sunday in a Nashville hospital at age 90 and was widow of Henry W. Ferguson, once a Nash ville News co owner. Curtis Frederick Burns 4 died Monday in a Texarkana hospital. He was a self employed plumber from Route 5 Hope. Burial followed at Central cemetery highway 29 with funeral rites at Central Church of Christ.
Guerrillas killed three Jesuits and four Dominican nuns at a Roman Catholic mission 36 miles northeast of Salisbury. Eyewitness Father Dunstan Myerscough survived by diving for cover as attackers chose who would shoot. Police recovered 111 spent shells. three nuns were West German and one English.
Dr. David J. Sencer, director of the national Center for Disease Control, disputes that his removal was political or tied to the swine flu program issues. Joseph Califano announced the replacement in Washington, with Sencer noting he learned of the dismissal last Friday but offering no elaboration. He stressed politics were not involved and said he had not decided whether to stay at the CDC or in service.
The Justice Department urged Congress to intervene due to the suit's economic and social impact. Brennan proposed limiting tribal claims to monetary relief, arguing money could be used to buy land. Indians warned such action would extinguish rights and spark further court battles.
The earliest patent for a typewriting machine was issued in England in 1714 with no surviving drawings and no record of construction. The first U.S. patent for a type writer went to William A. Burt in 1829.
Cathy McGuire, a senior at Emmet High School, is nominated as a student delegate to the eleventh Arkansas Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at Arkansas Tech University March 3 to 5. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ray McGuire of Route 3 Prescott.
Private research firm Sindlinger & Co asserts three million more Americans lost jobs in January than the government reported. It estimates true unemployment at 11.6 percent with 11 million out of work, and says cold weather and data methods understate layoffs.
In Louisville Ky hundreds of students hunt rooftops and fields for pieces of a meteorite that exploded eight days ago. Three fragments have been found and sent to the Smithsonian. Scientists say large numbers of pieces may remain in the area as sightings were widespread and the explosion was powerful.
Armond D. Staggs, 29, of Nashville Tennessee, was killed when his car struck a guard rail on Interstate 40, overturned, and burned. State Trooper Glen Bailey said Staggs was thrown from the vehicle in the crash one mile west of the Lehi city limits in Crittenden County.
North America’s tallest mountains lie mostly in Alaska led by Mount McKinley at 20,320 feet. The range includes several prominent peaks rivaling the height of continental summits.
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