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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1977
Page
1
A reader claims AFL-CIO leaders push a bill via Congress to favor unions and hurt non union contractors. The letter accuses politicians of corporate capture and urges President Carter to veto, citing Ford’s 1975 veto after public outcry. Dated March 17, 1977.
Frank Rice Ethridge of Hope died at 92 after a Monday illness at a Little Rock VA hospital. He served as Horatio mayor, owned a lumber company, organized Hope’s first Boy Scout troop, and was a WWI veteran and Mason. Surviving sister Miss Mable Ethridge of Hope. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Herndon chapel with Rev. Ralph Hale. burial Rose Hill cemetery.
The Carter White House outlines a broad election reform plan. It backs universal voter registration on election day, a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of president and vice president, campaign financing changes, and Hatch Act liberalization. Mondale cites Minnesota experience showing higher turnout with no fraud. Reps Brademas and Thompson push universal registration funded by 20 cents per ballot. states like Minnesota and Wisconsin already use day-of-registration.
Canadian and Norwegian fleets prepared to shift focus from harp seals to hooded seals along the Front off Newfoundland as protest crews from Greenpeace and animal groups plan meetings with Fisheries Minister LeBlanc. Harnessed quotas show 57,076 harp pelts taken so far. hooded quota 15,000 with 6,000 per country and 3,000 for early vessels.
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket push for secession from Massachusetts arguing redistricting threatens their two House seats. They back Rep. Terrence McCarthy's plan and will file a secession bill in the Massachusetts House, with possible congressional action and options including protectorate status or transfer to another state.
A 7:30 p.m. public hearing at the Sheraton Inn informs Hudson Foods residents about measures to fix odor from its new 1.5 million dollar poultry rendering plant in the Oakhaven area. Hudson officials and McClelland Consulting Engineers will attend. The firm hired McClelland to design a waste water treatment plant.
A series of strong earthquakes near Bandar Abbas Iran killed at least 22 people and injured 18. Fifteen deaths occurred in Siahou with damage reported in Choghan Seyed-Abad Ab-Pish and Gishan. Hotels and buildings were damaged but foreigners were not confirmed among casualties. The strongest quake registered 7.0 on the Richter scale.
Robert Hugh McLagan 37 seized a downtown Toronto bank with a sawed off shotgun and released the last four of 16 hostages after a 12 hour standoff. He claimed to be a mercenary and fan of Idi Amin and sought to join his army or borrow a C 130 to Africa. He was charged with bank robbery and faces further charges.
Henry Criner, age 111, received birthday wishes from the White House, Senator McClellan, State Senator Hendrix, and Gov. Pryor via Rep. Larry Patterson at a Holiday Inn party. The Arkansas resident, born 1866 near Waldo, is the nation’s oldest living Arkansan and trails the current world record holder for age.
The Mth Annual Kiwanis Variety Show returns with performers Guy Grigg Andy Caldwell Roy Taylor George Wright Jr Jimmy Tate and Rufus Herndon at City Hall Auditorium March 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. Jake Honea acts as Mr Interlocutor. Financing supports youth programs and Golden Age Club. The 34th consecutive show features nine or ten specialty acts and Old Smoothies will perform before the show and at intermission with Mrs Arthur Strech as accompanist.
Indira Gandhi quits as prime minister after a decisive electoral verdict. Her son Sanjay Gandhi also says he will leave politics. Morarji Desai and Jagjivan Ram vie to form a new government as Fernandes is freed in a plot-related case.
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