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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1977
Page
2
Temperatures rise as a cold high pressure system sits over the southern Midwest and the eastern half of the nation. Readings fall into the upper 30s in several areas, indicating a chill despite the high pressure.
North Arkansas readings were in the 40s and 50s with highs around the 70s. A high pressure system moves east tonight and Thursday bringing slowly rising temperatures into the upper 70s and low 60s, with a warmer Friday into the 80s statewide.
Har ver Nelson 66 mayor of Texarkana Arkansas died in his sleep at a Little Rock motel from an apparent heart attack. He served on the Arkansas Association of Development Officials board since 1987 and was to be installed as president. Funeral Thursday in Texarkana with burial at Emmet.
Obituaries report Dora Davis 91 of Hempstead County died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Funeral rites were held in Herndon chapel with burial in DeAnn cemetery. Also noted are Robert Cecil Sullivan 77 of Texarkana and Mike Austin Jones 84 of MacHorse, Ark. **
The proposed federal consumer protection agency gains thin support in both chambers. Senate Governmental Affairs votes 10 to 2 to floor, House Government Operations approves 22 to 21 while administration backing appears wavering and turnover on the committee complicates action.
The body of Mauricio Borgonovo was found near a road ten miles southwest of San Salvador. He had been abducted on April 19 by the Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front and shot three times in the head. Borgonovo was 37 and a member of a wealthy business family with Central American interests.
A KUTV report portrays Alfred Allred as a polygamy leader among 25 000 to 35 000 Fundamentalist Mormons in the West. He says he allowed visits to his wives in Salt Lake City as excommunication and historic anti polygamy drives frame his life. Some viewers see him as a prophet while rival groups pose ongoing risks.
The board discussed how the company would integrate into the community and approved a lease purchase to buy a photo copy machine.
A family faced a chimney disaster as birds escaped the flue and filled the home with soot. An 11 year old boy held one bird for over an hour while hundreds of dead birds littered the bottom, with Mrs Sherlock planning to seal the chimney after the sweep departs.
Two people died in early morning crashes in Arkansas. Scott Reed, 18, of West Plains Missouri, died in a three vehicle crash on County Road 42 in Baxter County with four others injured. Marvin Waldroupe Jr., 18, of Fort Smith, died when his vehicle hit a telephone pole at Midland Boulevard and Pryor Avenue in Fort Smith.
A speaker notes about 200 species of philodendron while criticizing opponents who focus lobbying in the House where support is weaker than in the Senate.
Joan Crawford the acclaimed Oscar winner reflects on a turbulent personal life with marriages to Douglas Fairbanks Jr Franchot Tone Phillip Terry and a love affair with Clark Gable. She says three unhappy endings defined her and she survives by adopted children Cathy Cindy Christina and Christopher Crawford with four grandchildren.
Commencement at 8 p m in the gym features invocation by M H Peebles diplomas by N R Coulter awards by James McCorkle salutatory by Anita Adams valedictory by Cheryl Cheatham president s address by Willie Nelson Kenneth Muldrew will speak benediction by James Vaughn pro X essional by Mrs Marjorie Witherspoon class roll lists Margie Williams Lloyd Vaughn Adalean Vaughn Robert Tittle Chester Stuart Robert Ragland Artee Porter Vajeana Porter Willie Nelson Brenda Moten John Marshall Vickie Johnson Robert Johnson Angie Johnson Dorothy Jefferson Kelvin Holmes Stevie Gamble Ronnie Green Charles Garland Donna Dixon Cheryal Cheatham Eric Bishop Carl Austin Shera Adams Anita Adams
I Q E Rosencrantz starts a 725 mile journey home to Great Bend Kansas in a 16 foot flatbottom with a 70 horsepower outboard. He left Port Catoosa Oklahoma near Tulsa on April 19 traveling 433 miles to the Arkansas River mouth then 292 miles up the White River to Batesville with nephew Barry Presky and dog Cindy. He seeks more fishing along the route and plans to visit the Northeast next.
Annual event set for 3 p.m. Sunday with nine pupils advancing to kindergarten and three to first grade. Special guests include the Concerned Citizens League board and recognition for former center workers. Center location is 819 S Walnut St.
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