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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1977
Page
1
National speed limit 55 mph debate reaches Congress with talk of repeal. Enforcement likely to create more police and trucker jobs, while drivers remain prone to accidents from high speeds. Arkansas forecast. mule anecdote recalls earlier era.
Charles Bucky Sharpe will join the Advertising and Tourist Promotion Commission next Tuesday night and Dean Murphy will be reappointed as chairman. The group discussed the winter Seasons of Hope brochure with a blue ice cover using the last 5 000 of 20 000 insides, while fixes to the calendar and advance cover approvals were proposed. The commission will issue meeting agendas to the press to comply with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
Psychiatrists at Byberry State Hospital urged release of Winifred Ransom, 38, acquitted on insanity grounds for killing Margaret Sweeney, who was eight months pregnant. Supreme pleas court judge questioned discharge while noting Ransom remains schizophrenic but no longer needs inpatient care.
A Hope Star check shows 15 of 61 city workers reside outside the city, about one in four, under new rules allowing such residence. Section 7 sets no strict residence requirement, permitting out-of-town staff who may be needed in emergencies within reasonable commuting ranges as determined by the City Manager and department heads. seven police, two sanitation, one street, one fire, one parks recreation and tourism, and three general city staff live outside the city.
Natalie Dolly Sinatra was one of four people aboard a Lear jet that disappeared during a flight from Palm Springs to Las Vegas. Officials planned heli copter searches as rescue efforts began, amid bad visibility and light rain in the rugged mountains.
Coast Guard plane reports two oil slick planks 300 miles southeast of Cape Cod as the 644 foot Grand Zenith, with 38 crew from Taiwan, is believed lost with eight million gallons of heavy oil after last contact December 30 south of Yarmouth Nova Scotia.
Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill, 55, reported as attacked during a home invasion in Montego Bay Long Hill Reading. Four gunmen tied and assaulted her, another guest Michael Zell 33 interior decorator from Hungary was shot and hospitalized in serious condition. Police hunt the assailants as they fled.
President elect Carter meets with thirteen Democratic leaders in Plains to discuss an early action on a permanent tax cut or a one year tax rebate to boost the economy. He aims to publish broad outlines if a compatible understanding is reached and notes House priority for tax legislation.
Circuit Court Judge G B Colvin Jr. ordered a continuation of the hearing for Paul Clements a 16 year old Greenville Mississippi youth charged with murdering his parents on New Years Day 1975 Defense psychiatrist Dr Henry Good testified that Clements mental condition was the same as at the time of the incident The state psychiatrist was unavailable and is slated to testify January 17 at the resumed hearing in Monticella Arkansas
Coffee prices have surged beyond 3 dollars a pound in the United States and higher in other countries, triggering reduced consumption in places like Argentina the Netherlands and Brazil. Consumers report weaker brews and cheaper brands while producers warn output strains persist amid global shortages caused by frost and disasters.
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