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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1977
Page
1
A Kenton Tennessee dispute highlights complaints about overpowered citizen band radios. The FCC faces penalties for illicit high wattage CB sets, as editors urge public evidence to pursue enforcement and deter abuses in the radio airwaves.
The Rev. Connie A. Robbins died Thursday at a local clinic. A former Spring Hill Methodist Church pastor and 24 year minister in the Little Rock Conference, he served AA members and at Texarkana Federal Prison. Born March 3, 1912 in Beaton Arkansas, he moved here in 1965 from Camden. Survivors include Mary Robbins and three sons, two daughters, mother, siblings, and two locations of burial at Oma cemetery near Hoyngs. Funeral services Sunday at Spring Hill Methodist Church with two officiants. Burial under Oakcrest Funeral Home.
Former Congo leader Alphonse Massamba-Debat was executed after a special court-martial convicted him of plotting the assassination of President Marien Ngouabi. The ruling military committee also sentenced Capt. Barthelemy Kikadidi and another man to death in absentia, while a hunt continues for the two fugitives.
Five Moon followers including John Howard regain parental custody for 30 days after a Superior Court ruling. The judge ordered immediate deprogramming as parents seek to steer their children from Unification Church practices amid religious freedom debates. The case centers on family rights and youth autonomy in a contentious sect dispute.
Los Angeles police report that film director Roman Polanski was indicted by a county grand jury on six counts including rape and sodomy involving a 13 year old girl. The charges allege drugging and raping the girl he had photographed for a magazine. Polanski, 43, denies the allegations and is out on $2500 bail with arraignment set for April 11.
Labor leaders claim more battles lie ahead after the House rejected a common situs picketing bill and the Carter administration proposed a wage rise to 2.50 per hour. AFL-CIO president George Meany denounced the plan while pressing for a 3 dollar minimum wage and broader labor reforms.
Rutgers nutritionist Robert Squibb reports chickens can learn complex button sequences to obtain food and adapt to new rules within days. In tests with 30 to 100 birds, malnutrition and recovery diets were used, and brain function remained intact.
Defense Secretary Harold Brown urged Western European defense ministers to back a 3 billion dollar AWACS program using Boeing 707s with radar to detect Soviet activity and provide airborne command posts. Germany balked at shared funding and tank policy, while France and Greece sent no reps and may participate indirectly.
President Carter outlined a negotiating plan for SALT talks calling for substantial U S and Soviet weapon reductions with a fallback, less ambitious position. He cited inflation at about 6 percent and urged anti inflation measures, while signaling possible steps toward Vietnam UN admission and ties with Hanoi if MIAs are accounted for. Negotiations with Vance headed to Moscow focus on SALT amid deadlock, with Warnke noting the president is prepared for far-reaching cuts.
City subscribers are urged to call 777-8841 during listed hours if they fail to receive The Star. A carrier will deliver the paper. Do not call outside the specified times.
Rep Larry Patterson is named to the Arkansas Commission for State Cooperation on the State Legislative Criminal Committee for 1977 79. Patterson notes funds flowing to Arkansas from federal programs and calls for reform while Kent Rubens Howell and Sen Nick Wil participate as the other appointees.
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