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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1977
Page
2
The Associated Press reports more thundershowers are expected as warm moist air streams northward across Arkansas. The unsettled conditions and potential for storms persist as weather systems move through the region.
Hope Star reports mixed statewide weather with highs in the 70s and 80s, nights in the 60s, and cloud cover. The forecast calls for scattered thundershowers through Friday, a windy day, and warm weekend temps with showers and thunderstorms Saturday through Monday.
Schedule of county visits by Mrs. Marva Densby for Arkansas Rehabilitation Services in Hope and adjacent towns. ESAA advisory meeting at Yerger Middle School discusses reading growth. Unity Baptist spring revival May 9 to 15 with Rev. Harold Leytham as speaker. Prosecution staff attend National College of District Attorneys in Arkadelphia. Junior track meet May 7 at Hammons Stadium with Edith Brown Garland and Bery Henry elementary entrants. All-Sports Banquet tickets on sale at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Ken Turner to speak. Hope Lions Club mop and broom sale planned before Gen. Pryor campaign. Bud McLarty named to SMU Dean’s List and awarded J.B. Johnston advertising prize. active in SMU groups and KZEW-FM.
President Carter departs for London to join an international economic summit with leaders from developed nations. He aims for a coordinated approach to inflation and unemployment while also addressing aid for poor nations, nuclear policy, East West relations, and trade. The six day schedule includes NATO talks in London, Geneva talks with Syria, and a Berlin four nation meeting.
The Housing Authority outlines rent handling for public housing tenants with direct payments to landlords via the authority. It notes on site accommodations to avoid moves and invites inquiries at 730 Texas Street. Hope offers 19 elderly and 31 family units with revised fair market rents across 0 to 4 bedrooms.
Former President Ford spoke at a Dallas YMCA meeting while a taped Nixon telecast aired elsewhere. A Ford aide said arrangements were made to tape the show for later viewing. Senate and House members largely missed the interview due to Congress in session. Ben Bradlee of the Washington Post called Nixon’s admission moving but not new, while Senator Percy criticized the program’s tone and content.
A Benton officer tried to stop King for wrong-way driving and the pursuit stretched from Benton to Gordon with state police and Saline County deputies in pursuit. Speeds exceeded 90 mph before King ran out of gas and was captured outside Gordon.
Roman Catholic bishops in Chicago act to repeal the 1884 decree of the Third Council of Baltimore that excommunicated American Catholics who remarry after divorce. The action does not grant Holy Communion yet and awaits papal approval. Bishop Cletus F. O'Donnell of Madison leads the canonical committee.
Tornadoes swept through Missouri Iowa and Kansas with four dead and extensive damage. Fort Dodge and Pleasant Hill suffered heavy destruction including schools and homes. Sedalia Excelsior Springs and Grove Vinland areas reported numerous injuries and property losses as crews searched debris through the night.
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