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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1977
Page
2
Cold weather is forecast to move into Arkansas today as two separate frontal systems expected to push southward. The first front was anticipated to arrive with accompanying winds and a drop in temperatures across the state.
Weather bulletin for northwest Arkansas reports a cold front bringing temperatures into the 20s and lower teens in the northwest, with possible light snow in northeast Arkansas tonight. Sunshine returns Tuesday with highs in the 50s and 60s, then cooler midweek followed by a warming trend and a chance of Friday showers. Overnight lows range from 38 to 44 across listed cities. rainfall amounts noted for 24 hours to Sunday. Also lists staff and agency affiliations and national press syndication details.
Obituary items note Terry Don Nicholas of Patmos dies in a highway wreck with funeral services held at Herndon Funeral Home. Lettie Ortigo of Patmos dies in hospital. services at Blanchard St Denis Funeral Home with burial in Memory Lawn cemetery. Clarece Barksdale Hurst of Nevada County dies in Orlando, survivors listed. funeral at Laneburg Baptist Church with burial in Laneburg cemetery.
Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling in a dog bite case from Stamps, reducing damages from 2500 to 1600 for Charles Strange for his daughter Connie Lynn Strange. The court also upheld Daniel Brothers' marijuana possession and intent to deliver conviction and sentence.
The front page roundup recalls Mrs. Exner’s public statements about meetings with Kennedy in the early 1960s and with Giancana in 1960, with Sinatra named as the introducer. It notes extensive calls to the White House and her description of FBI reports as prying. It also mentions the Poinciana tree name linked to Caribbean history.
Three men died in Arkansas traffic crashes over the weekend raising the year toll. Terry Don Nicholas 22 of Hope died when his pickup struck a bridge railing on U S 67 near Hope, plunging into water. Jeff O Quinn 23 and James Davis 23 of Ashdown died when Davis lost control on U S 71 near Lockesburg.
An 11 member civilian military panel urges revisions to the Military Code of Conduct to allow U S servicemen to provide captors more than basic identifiers after exhausting means to resist torture or duress. The report reflects bitter POW criticisms and calls for clarity in handling interrogations.
A chili supper at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church runs 5 to 9 p.m. February 18 with tickets 1.50 for adults and 1 for children, purchasable at the door or from youth choir members. Forty seven Henderson State University student teachers are placed in south and central Arkansas elementary schools for spring 1977, with names and placements listed.
Police said a man jailed on public drunkenness started a fire in a bag of garbage at the Benton City Jail and tossed it into trash. All prisoners were removed briefly. five were sent to Saline County Jail. Charges planned against the inmate include reckless burning.
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