Weather Update With Partial Shower Chance
A regional weather note reports a 40 percent chance of showers across most areas with a 4 percent probability in the northwest and southeast corners of the state.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1977
Page
2
A regional weather note reports a 40 percent chance of showers across most areas with a 4 percent probability in the northwest and southeast corners of the state.
The Hope Star reports scattered rain chances across Arkansas with upper level moisture moving in from New Mexico and a Gulf high pressure system. Overnight lows reach the 60s to 70s with highs near 100 in southern areas and mid to upper 60s in the northwest. Also noted is a project via the American Bible Society to translate the Gospel of Mark into pidgin as a potential national language.
Obituary notices list James W. Balch of Hope age 75 dying in Texarkana hospital with service set in Herndon chapel and burial at Memory Gardens. Additional notices record John T. Harvel age 8 and Mildred Ellis Branch, both in Arkansas obituaries with church ties, survivors, and funeral details.
Police filed three murder charges against 33 year old Gene Leroy Hart and searchers, aided by bloodhounds and a Tulsa helicopter, tracked a running man believed to be Hart near Locust Grove after a 1973 jail escape connected to the Camp Scott scout killings.
The NSC orders the CIA to prepare a study on possible alternatives to Chile's anti communist regime. The move marks a shift in Carter era policy as liberal aides push for a harder stance against the junta amid human rights criticism.
Millwood plans additional overhead water storage estimated between 0.5 million and 1 billion gallons to handle incoming water. The project aims to support Millwood's supply as described by Swift.
Lt. Gov. Joe Purcell urged that legislation creating a constitutional convention and a separate election on its proposed constitution be enacted by January. He suggested a special session may be needed and planned to brief House and Senate leaders to push the convention proposal as a top priority reflecting voters' 1976 demand for action.
The director of a JFK memorial museum near the assassination site filed for an injunction to block a Hollywood film crew from recreating the Kennedy shooting. The request targets Charles Fries Productions and seeks to prevent filming around the Dallas area including the museum with scenes planned for late July.
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