Hope Star notices and weather roundup June 16 1977
Weather and editorial notes accompany Hope Star’s June 16 1977 issue. Rain totals across Texarkana El Dorado Hope and Magnolia are reported with highs in the 70s and 80s and a Pacific cold front expected to bring more showers Sunday and Monday. The paper lists staff roles and Association memberships.
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Soth
Arkansas
North Arkansas
Texarkana
el Dorado
Hope
Magnolia
North Little Rock
FE Dorado
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Memphis
Jonesboro
Fayetteville
Harrison
Dorado
Obituaries notice for Byrum and Morgan families in region
Obituary notices list Tor Byrum of Wright City Oklahoma and Seth Volm and Morgan of Prescott, with service details, survivors, and burial locations. Additional brief obits include James Marvin Russell, Winnie Alma Dalrymple, and related family survivors, funeral times, and cemeteries in Idabel Prescott Umpire and surrounding communities.
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Tor Byrum
Billy Fred
Ruthie Mae Bryam
Murfreesboro
Idabel Hospital
Wright City
Oklaher
Minerva Byrum
Pam
Freewill Baptist Church
Idabel
Rueben Ruiz
Holly Creek
Seth Volm
Morgan
Cornish Funeral Home
Prescott
Gene Clori
DeAnn Cemetery
Prescott Nursing Home
Bruce B. Morgan
San Francisco
Norman L. Morgan
Santa Maria
Cal
David Ramos
Gerald Morgan de Prescott
Woodrow Morgan
Baton Rouge
Wayne Morgan
Houston
Tex
Raymond Morgan
Hope
Elaine McCully
Pontiac
Mich
Aleene Werne
St. Louis
Winnie Alma Dalrymple
Mt. View Baptist Church
Umpire
James Bradford
Mack Dane Chambers
Cedar Hill
Dalrymple
DeQueen
Eulis Dalrymple
Dale Strasner
Hobbs
N. Mex
Jeff Straner
Slovik Case Moves To Board Of Clemency
The front page recounts the 1945 execution of Alvin C. Slovik for desertion in World War II and the fight to release his widow’s $968,000 insurance and interest. The clemency board faces weeks of deliberation, with lawyer Bernard Edelson arguing the execution was an error and unjust.
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France
Slovik
Bernard Edelson
Town council meeting set for 8 p.m at Ozan town hall
All Around Town reports a council meeting will convene at 8 p.m Thursday at Ozan town hall. Marva Jo Dansby, Arkansas Rehabilitation Services counselor in Hempstead County, announced visits scheduled June 16, 23 and 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Hempstead County Social Services office in Hope. 196 Southern Arkansas University students made the spring Dean's List, including Nancy K. Coleman of Fulton with a 4.0 and Hope residents Julia Ann Butler, Richard H. Butler, Ricky Darrel Hart, Alice Wickliffe, plus Debra Diane Oliver of McCaskill.
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Marva Jo Dansby
Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
Hempstead County
Southern Arkansas University
Nancy K. Coleman
Fulton
Julia Ann Butler
Richard H. Butler
Ricky Darrel Hart
Alice Wickliffe
All
of Hope
Debra Diane Oliver
McCaskill
Groundbreaking for Red River Lock and Dam No 1 at Marksville
A public ceremony Saturday June 18 at 11 a.m. marks construction start for Lock and Dam No 1 on the Red River Waterway project near Marksville Louisiana. Speakers include US Senator Russell B Long Governor Edwin Edwards and other officials with contractors Maharrey Houston Construction Co of Memphis handling excavation and a 3 year build lead to 1981 completion.
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Red River
Marksville
Brouillette
Red River Waterway Commission
Red River Valley Association
Rapides-Avoyelles Parish
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rush
Red River Waterway
Mississippi River
Gulf South
Red River Valley
Shreveport
Old River
Lake of the Pines
Twelvemile
Cypress Bayous
Maharrey-Houston Construction Co
Memphis, Tenn
Corps of Engineers
Highway violence marks truck strike near McNair
A McNair Transportation truck driver reports being fired upon and menaced by another driver as violence linked to a Teamsters strike escalates. Police fear injuries to others as court orders seek to curb violence until hearings in 6th Judicial Court resume. The FBI is reviewing potential federal charges.
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Shreveport
McNair Transportation Co
Teamsters
McNair
Webster Parish
Depuy
Jimmy Morgan
J.D. Bradley
el Dorado
Ark
Arkansas 19
Walkerville
Louisiana Line
Bradley
6Th Judicial Court
Ken Myers
Teamsters Local 568
Bossier City
Texas
Arkansas
Garrison
Baton Rouge
FBI
Board Denies Media Claims and Records Public Access
A board asserts denial of media access to minutes until approved and notes no May 31 1977 meeting occurred. It blames lack of a superintendent for misunderstandings and asks for dismissal of the suit with costs, detailing court filings in Hempstead County Circuit Court. A separate incident describes a pursuit ending in gunfire and a hostage ordeal near a bank. Support local merchants in Hope.
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Board of Education
Hempstead County
First dinosaurs emerge in the Triassic period
The earliest dinosaurs appeared roughly 200 million years ago during the Triassic period marking the start of the Mesozoic era.
Brown and Levenson quotes on government and morals
Wording echoes a newspaper roundup of public figures remarks. California Governor Edmund Brown argues for citizen voluntarism over expanded government taxing and hiring. Humorist Sam Levenson and Chief Justice Warren Burger weigh in on moral books and steady growth in court caseloads.
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Edmund Brown, Jr
California
Sam Levenson
Warren Burger
Supreme Court
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