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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1977
Page
1
A veteran editor argues that government programs come with costly trappings and extensive publicity. He notes directors travel at taxpayer expense, public relations firms proliferate, and press releases arrive via wire services days late. Much material is dumped as waste in File 13 to keep news space for real reporting.
The Labor Department reports May jobless rate at 6.9 percent, lowest since November 1974, with employment up 385,000 to 90.4 million. Nearly 2.7 million jobs gained since October, with teens and black male unemployment rising modestly and white unemployment easing to 6.2 percent.
The 18 month Conference on International Economic Cooperation ended without a lasting energy dialogue or a concrete start on a new global economic order. Two major accords were reached: a $1 billion emergency aid fund for the poorest countries and a plan to create a Common Fund to stabilize prices of key raw materials.
Actor Stephen Boyd, famed for his role as Messala in Ben Hur, died at 49 after a heart attack suffered while golfing in Northridge California. The Irish-born star collapsed in a golf cart with his wife and died shortly after at a local hospital.
An apparent quake rattled western Arkansas Thursday evening with no injuries or damages. In Mena Polk County the tremor lasted five to 10 seconds around 6 10 p m, shaking dishes and buildings and moving trees. The tremor extended into northern Polk County and as far west as Zafra Oklahoma. The National Earthquake Center in Golden Colorado was notified and checking intensity, with preliminary data not indicating a Richter scale event.
110 aboard the Canadian National ferry William Carson were rescued after heavy ice ruptured its hull near Square Islands. The 8300-ton ship sank three hours later, with 1000 tons of cargo including 4432 cases of beer. 88 passengers and 22 crew were saved. 42 flown to Mary's Harbor and St. Anthony, remainder rescued by icebreaker Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
The Vietnam government provided Washington with a list of 20 missing Americans whose remains it said were found in Vietnam. Holbrooke said families are being notified and names will be released after Hawaii's central identification lab confirms identifications. Negotiations for normalizing relations continue with Hanoi, focusing on the search for MIAs and war healing efforts.
Boone County sheriff reports the body of 38 year old James Ronald Skidmore found in a Harrison motel room. He died of a drug overdose. Skidmore's wife Carol and their 5 year old son Lynn Mahaffey are missing after a March 29 trip from Texas to Georgia. A separate missing-child lead concerns a boy possibly linked to the case in Chattanooga Tennessee.
Philadelphia AP reports professional fundraiser Carol Grudzinski was found guilty in a non jury trial of theft and related crimes connected to bingo games and fundraisers for Pamela Price, an 18 year old with cerebral palsy. A neighbor testified about a $35,000 contribution. The case ties to an organization named Future of Philadelphia.
Jeffery White age 17 of Route 1 McCaskill and Lew Gibson age 19 of Blevins were hurt in a one car crash Friday after midnight on High 24 one mile west of Blevins. The car overturned after losing control at a curve and was taken to Memorial Hospital by a Hempstead County ambulance. State Police continue to investigate.
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