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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1977
Page
2
An upper level disturbance bringing clouds and rain is forecast to move out today. Occasional showers and a few thundershowers continue mainly east of the state through the day, ending this evening. Harrison recorded 63 degrees as the coolest spot on Monday. Jonesboro in the northeast enjoyed more sunshine with a higher temperature.
Experiment station report for two hours ending at 7 am Tuesday notes a high of 77 and low of 60 with a trace of precipitation. The paper lists editorial details for Hope Arkansas and provides subscription rates and routine notices. The text ends with a general sky condition outlook and a medieval anecdote about pigeons and their eggs.
In Jonesboro Arkansas a six member biracial panel was named to address alleged harassment of blacks. Unity spokesman Sylvester Williams accused city police of stopping and searching many Black residents and defaming them. Mayor Neil Stallings denied unfounded charges noting arrests target late night arson-tainted hours and pledged continued police checks.
Paris AP report on talks between the United States and Vietnam to normalize relations. Hanoi hints a deal may wait on U S aid for war reconstruction and missing in action remains. Delegations led by Holbrooke and Hien meet at the Vietnamese embassy with plans for continued talks and information sharing.
Pentagon officials and physicists discuss a reported beam weapon breakthrough that could allow the Soviet Union to use energy beams for missiles. Some American scientists doubt the feasibility while senior experts acknowledge possible weapons power sources and sign that beam technology is being pursued.
A compilation list includes multiple civil dockets with parties such as Balinda Evans Davis versus Robinson Sera Kathryn Rodriguez versus Carlos Rodriguez Milam Green versus B F Valentine and others. The notice also records several name change actions and four marriages: Bennie Stuart Washington to Verna Conway Washington Ark Steve Eugene St Clair Prescott to Mary Frances Curry Prescott Ark Jerry Ray Tate Gordon Ga to Barbara Sue McKamie Arkansas Ray G Smith Hope to Mary Donna Carpenter Hope Ark.
Congress debates the scope of the proposed energy department led by Schlesinger. White House proposals grant the energy secretary authority to regulate oil and natural gas prices, while Sen. Ribicoff pushes for a three member energy regulatory board to share update powers, amid calls for a robust national energy program.
Keegan pins the project shutdown four years ago on its use of electron beams while Soviets pursued other particles. The Deep-Water Boat New York reports the Discovery Seven Seas advances in deep-water drilling.
The Hope-Hempstead NAACP banquet hosts Henry McHenry of State Employment Security Little Rock at 7 30 p m May 13 at Town & Country Hope. A Hope Booster Club sports banquet is set for May 6 at Fair Park coliseum with tickets 3 50. Phi Beta Kappa honors 55 Arkansas students including James Hoelscher Jr. of Nashville. Cast members Scott Pollock Prescott and Mona Braswell Lewisville present Miracle in the Web May 6 7 at Southern Arkansas University Magnolia. Kathy Griffin Hope sophomore becomes Alpha Sigma Alpha membership director at UAM for 1977 78.
In Buffalo, doctors evaluated a new pregnancy test at Deaconess Hospital and found it 99.5 percent accurate in 544 cases over 11 months. Led by Dr. Jack Lippes, the test detects hCG early and can confirm pregnancy one day after menstruation begins, with potential for widespread US use within a year.
County Board of Health will decide in July whether to place the Community Center in Hope or Nashville. Montgomery backs aligning with the Chamber of Commerce, while QC asks Walker to draft the resolution for the next meeting.
Former President Richard Nixon requests the Washington Post retract a January 1973 story claiming he knew hush money was being sought to silence Watergate burglars. In a letter to executive editor Ben Bradlee, Nixon’s lawyer asks a compensating headline noting the prosecutor transcript contains no reference to hush money.
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