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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1977
Page
2
National Weather Service predicts continued storms across Arkansas with precipitation probabilities around 60 percent. Light rainfall expected statewide as systems move through the region.
The Hope Star prints an obituary notice for Albert F. Caldwell of Richmond Va who survived major events. The paper also reports Arkansas weather with a front bringing rain and potential tornado watches across multiple counties, with temperatures in the 60s to 70s and scattered rainfall amounts.
AM Miller 70 of Bodcaw dies at Prescott hospital from apparent heart attack. Survived by Eva Miller spouse two sons Don and John two sisters Laura Holmes Cora Dunn and a brother Bill Miller three grandchildren and one great grandson. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Falcon Church of Christ. Burial Falcon Cemetery Smith Funeral Home Stamps. Marion Aburrow Franks 64 of Prescott dies in Nevada County hospital after brief illness. Services Friday 10:30 am First Presbyterian Prescott. Burial DeAnn Cornish Funeral Home. Survivors include son Jack Harrell Prescott a granddaughter and six great grandchildren of Miami Florida.
The Black Community announces its annual area youth program at Union Baptist Church in Fulton on Sunday March 13 at 2 30 p m. Rev Harriss Maxfield of Church of God in Christ Haynesville La delivers the message. Angela Ragland presides with Grace Smith as secretary Bettie J Lewis as youth director and Rev F L Smith as pastor.
During the siege doctors examined hostages for illnesses while four men with chest pains were released. A woman with a leg cast remained. A doctor noted scattered reports of violence but said most people are safe and healthy, with a few major cases.
Survivors recount days of terror as Hanafi sect captors alternated between threats and rare kindness. Bernard Simon of B n ai B rith notes a hostage was bound and told to be first to die but was not harmed. The ordeal began Wednesday with a radio reporter killed and ended early Friday with hostages reunited with families.
After 38 hours in a siege, the hostage crisis near the B nai B rith building ends with the hostage takers surrendering. Hostages are freed and moved to hospital rooms as city officials prepare to return to normalcy. Police delivered food medicine and newspapers to the three buildings during the standoff.
Zaire said its forces captured Divumna and Kasaji in Shaba Province from Angolan mercenaries and moved toward Di lolo Kapanga Kisengi. U S embassy reported eight American Methodist missionaries held under house arrest in Kapanga. Diplomatic sources said no fighting yet.
Godfrey offers knives for sale as festival begins. March 12 13 feature Blue Grass Express and Lazy U Bluegrass on veranda and nearby grounds. Sunday March 13 includes 11 am Methodist Church worship led by Bishop Kenneth Hicks. Free admission with $2 adult $1 child tour of eight historic buildings guided in 1840 1880 costumes.
Local meeting outlines child abuse definitions and dangers, noting malnutrition and neglect as serious crises. Arkansas reports 2,500 cases last year with Hempstead County serving as focal area through SCAN and county specialists.
The Zaire government said columns of troops paid by the Angolan government advanced up to 100 miles into southern Zaire, entering Shaba Province near Kapanga where missionaries were held. Dilolo and Kisengi are noted for transport and mining. Seven missionaries were reportedly captured while Dr. Joel Norby said they radioed they were safe.
Vice President Walter Mondale will travel to Arkansas on March 29, with state Democratic party chairman Henry Branscom Jr. set to announce details at a Saturday news conference per the Arkansas Gazette. Separately, Prof. Daniil R. Lunts, a psychiatrist who certified many Soviet dissidents as insane, died last week according to Evening Moscow.
Braswell Construction Co. of Camden hired to mine 50 tons of lignite near Sparman to be shipped to Essen Germany for fuel effectiveness testing. Mining by Carter Oil Co. subsidiary Exxon begins March 21 and lasts two to three weeks. The text also notes a community meeting set for March 24 to plan a SCAN unit in Hope with an $8,000 to $10,000 local raise and a $30,000 to $36,000 total budget with matching funds.
Ronald E. Hastings son of Mrs. Lila Mecorkie of Hope was elected vice president of Medicalodges Inc at the Coffeyville stockholders meeting. He joined Medicalodges in 1972 as office manager and advanced to director of operations in 1973 and divisional manager in 1974 covering Arkansas Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. The Hope community seeks support for kidney disease victim Gerald Ellis as Jaycettes sponsor a March 19 bike-a-thon and Rotary sponsors three $1 per mile rides. Fishing event offers $10,000 in prizes with top 30 weigh-ins paid and $200 daily for the big catch over two days with limited entries. For entry forms contact the Caddo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
A group of analysts says terrorism is a growing, highly publicized crime driven by media attention. They urge skilled hostage negotiating teams and caution that sustained coverage can inspire copycat attacks across cities.
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