Private clubs face shutdown as Arkansas judge orders license rescissions
Circuit Judge Tom Digby ordered the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to revoke mixed-drink licenses for about 90 clubs in 29 dry counties, with four clubs operating in Hempstead County. The ruling, tied to a Boone County decision, is likely to be appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Tom Digby
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Boone County
Dry Hempstead
Hope Country Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
All of Hope
Ozan
Digby
Arkansas Supreme Court
High Court
Hempstead
Arkansas
Miller County
Gruzen trial ends jury recommends life without parole
A Arkansas jury convicts John Elliott Gruzen of capital felony murder in the death of 12 year old Dana Diane Mize and recommends life in prison without parole. Circuit Judge Russell Roberts will formalize the sentence on February 23, with a death sentence not imposed.
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Danville, Ark
Rutgers
John Elliott Gruzen
Capitol
Dana Diane Mize
Vilonia
Circuit Court
Russell Roberts
Conway
Maplewood
N.J
Roberts
Atty
Alex Street
Gruzen
Jack Lessenberry
Arkansas
Alan Taft
Taft
Private Arkansas clubs react as liquor licenses are revoked
Enola Arkansas private clubs lose liquor licenses after Circuit Court Judge Tom Digby rules the 1969 law was improperly adopted. Club owners warn of bootlegging rise. tourism and gatherings may suffer while some clubs plan appeals and compliance.
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Enola
Ark
R. M
Jim’’ James Jr
White Oak Gun Club
James’ Club
Arkansas
Tom Digby
Little Rock
Digby
James
Ozark Mountain
Bergland welcomed by USDA staff and Carter visit
About 800 Agriculture Department employees packed the USDA patio to greet new chief Bob Bergland and President Jimmy Carter. Bergland introduced his farm adviser and welcomed Carter, the former Georgia peanut farmer, as he prepared to depart.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Jimmy Carter
Bob Bergland
USDA
Agriculture
Bergland
Carter
Georgia
Archbishop Luwum and two ministers killed in Uganda car crash
Arch bishop Janani Luwum and Internal Affairs Minister Charles Oboth Ofumbe along with Lt. Col. Orinayo Oryeman were killed when the Range Rover they rode in collided after an alleged plot against President Idi Amin. A driver was seriously injured. Government and international observers called for investigations.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Uganda
Idi Amin
Janani Luwum
Charles Oboth- Ofumbe
Orinayo Oryeman
International Conference Center
Kampala
Luwum
Amin
Public Service Commission
Milton Obote
Tanzania
London
Canterbury
Donald Coggan
Anglican Communion
Coggan
Searcy Schools Closed Amid Flu Epidemic
Searcy Arkansas schools shut today and Friday due to flu outbreak. District reports 22.8 percent student absence on Wednesday, with all elementary schools ≥25 percent absent. Schools had not closed for an epidemic before.
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Searcy, Ark
Searcy
Miami Beach votes to keep ban on topless bathing
Miami Beach council rejects change to city ordinance outlawing topless bathing despite Tourism Development Authority support. Council members debate propriety and potential tourism gains as officials note prior discreet topless activity was halted.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Phil Sahl
Harold Rosen
Tourist Development Authority
Bob Grenald
TDA
Dorothy Serotta
Rosen
Credit system finds favor with officials in Arkansas
Officials in Little Rock and county government leaders endorse Gov Pryors tax credit plan allowing 17 percent of personal income tax revenue to shift to local governments. Voters in each county must approve transfers, the plan aims to boost local funding while admitting the revenue base constraints. In West Helena, Nathaniel Pittman and his wife Mary died in a fire that destroyed their frame home.
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Little Rock
David Pryor
Marion H. Crank
Foreman
Arkansas Association of Counties
Crank
Don Zimmerman
North Little Rock
Arkansas Municipal League
Dale Bumpers
Pryor
State
General Revenue Fund
West Helena
Ark
Nathaniel Pittman
Mary Pittman
Measles outbreak worries school officials nationwide
AP survey finds many states lax in enforcing immunization laws as measles cases rise. CDC data show 39,585 cases in 1976, with officials noting weaker enforcement and loopholes in Indiana and varied state responses including Alaska California Georgia Kentucky Delaware Maryland Utah and California. Authorities warn of brain damage risk and rapid classroom spread if unvaccinated.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Peter Crippen
Indiana
National Center For Disease Control
Ing
Walter Orenstein
CDC
Orenstein
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Crippen
Georgia
John McCrean
Kentucky
Carlos Hernandez
Maryland
Delaware
California
Utah
Community Education Classes Open for Spring Registration
Marion Robertson says several Community Education classes have met the ten student minimum while a number including Income Tax Preparation First Aid Drawing Introduction to Design Macrame Metrics Tole Painting for Children Music Appreciation Book Reviews and Women in Religion are short of enrollment and may be canceled if not filled.:
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Hope Community Education Office
Marion Robertson
Hope Man Burned Working Gas Dryer at Home
The Hope Fire Department, at 407 North Mockingbird Lane, responded to a morning fire around 7 55 after Johnny Fletcher failed to shut off gas while disconnecting a dryer. The gas ignited, burning his hands and face. no other damage was reported. Fire Chief Joe Don Webb urged careful gas shutoff on gas appliances.
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Hope
North Mockingbird Lane
Joe Don Webb
Johnny Fletcher
Webb
Fletcher
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