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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1977
Page
2
The Associated Press notes Arkansans will see similar weather on the first day of summer and the last day of spring with the season beginning at 7 14 a.m. Weather patterns remain steady across the transition.
Weather forecast for Tuesday calls for partly cloudy skies warm humid conditions and scattered thundershowers mainly in the northern portion of Arkansas. Overnight lows mainly in the 70s with highs in the 80s. Also includes publication masthead details for Hope Star and misc. local notices.
Funeral services were held for Bertha Lee Hunt 2 at Herndon chapel with burial in New Hope cemetery. Ruth Sutton 74 was buried at Harmony cemetery after services at Harmony Methodist Church. Luther J Frazier 72 of Mineral Springs died in Nashville. services were at Latimer Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Restland Cemetery. Survivors include spouses, children, and siblings. Frazier was a WWI veteran and member of New Mt Zion Baptist Church.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev arrived in Paris for his first foreign trip as president. He was greeted by President Giscard d Estaing amid a 101 gun salute and tight security after a bomb scare at Orly. Demonstrations were banned but ultra rightists clashed with police on the Champs Elysees. The visit aims to expand Franco Soviet ties with plans to triple trade by 1980 and seek French credits of 1 to 2 billion dollars for that expansion.
A group of ROTC cadets were swept by a drenching storm at Custer Hill. One cadet, Holmes, clung to a tree for seven hours before rescue. Holmes’ body was recovered Saturday morning and Firth was released from base hospital on Sunday.
The Nation reports Amin was sought throughout Uganda amid unconfirmed claims of an assassination attempt near Entebbe. Gunmen allegedly fired at the Bagitabire trading center two miles from Entebbe while Amin’s residence and guards were described as heavily fortified. Officials in Kampala urged caution and monitoring of Radio Uganda for updates.
House Leader Jim Wright expects no presidential veto on the public works bill though some water project funding may be kept. Interior Secretary Andrus warned a veto is likely if Congress fails to compromise. Wright predicts a few projects may survive and notes progress on the Labor and Health appropriations bill while criticizing an abortion funding amendment as excessive.
Hearing in Alma Arkansas continues into custody battle of four adults from the Susan Alamo Christian Foundation. Judge Van Taylor granted temporary custody for 30 days after testimony that the four had been brainwashed. Attorneys consider contempt actions against Susan Alamo Tony Alamo and Sam Sexton. The four are Orlando 23 Brooklyn New York Gonzales 27 Encino California Cunneen 24 Valley Stream New York Bennetti 24 Brooklyn.
James Pilkinton Jr., a local attorney, was reappointed to the Henderson State University Board of Trustees for a seven year term ending January 14 1984. Gov Pryors office spokesman announced the action Monday morning.
Moore reports Ranger Silver, The Lone Ranger's white stallion, is now 28 and living high on the hog. Jay Silverheels, who played the scout Tonto, resides in Calabasas, California, two miles from Moore's home and runs an acting school for Indians.
Ellie Sneed reports May services by the Southwest Arkansas Development Council including 2635 meals in Hope and McNab and 1219 transportation rides. A.A.RP. plans a June 21 picnic dinner and meeting at Fair Park Pavilion with Maddox Singers. Dick Davis sold four articles to The American Angler, Dallas Morning News and Bass Anglers Sportsmen's Society about Arkansas lakes for upcoming issues.
NASA officials praise the Space Shuttle Enterprise after its 54 minute piggyback test atop a Boeing 747 at Edwards Air Force Base California. Commander Fred Haise reports all systems function well as engineers plan four more manned flights and a potential March 1979 orbital launch from Cape Canaveral.
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