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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1977
Page
2
The National Weather Service says dry conditions will persist through the weekend. A weather system centered over Indiana dominates the eastern half of the nation with no significant rain expected.
Stationary front stretches from the Dakotas into eastern New Mexico with high pressure delaying fronts into Arkansas. Dry air brings mild days and cool nights with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and lows mid 40s to mid 50s. Daily forecast notes fair skies, calm winds, and gradual warming as the high shifts southeastward through next week.
A Boston minister says a document he found in an attic was the final draft of the Declaration of Independence. Experts conclude it is an 1829 steel engraving by Philadelphia engraver Charles Toppan, though the minister remains convinced a true draft exists.
Henry Lee Stalsworth 2 of Prescott died after a long illness born November 5 1950 in Denver Colorado. Survived by Mildred Stalsworth three brothers a sister and grandparents services at Marlbrook Baptist Church with burial at Marlbrook cemetery. Also notes funeral services for Mike Austin Jones and Robert Cecil Sullivan. Jones 4 died in Sanford Florida a native of Lockesburg Arkansas and a retired Navy Baptist. Sullivan 77 died in Texarkana with service at Texarkana Funeral Home.
Spook shares quirky cautions and beliefs from her collection including graveyard rabbit foot omen and May wedding warning. She advises June as luckier for marriage and warns of moon phases for travel. A private reading with Shawn Robbins costs 50 dollars and is here to stay.
A man lighting cigars with $100 bills while buying drinks at a suburban tavern is sought as mastermind of a multimillion dollar robbery and murder of grocery heiress Mrs. Marjorie Jackson. Howard Willard and Marjorie Pollitt face state murder charges and federal warrants. about $1.6 million is in custody and $1.4 million remains missing. The heiress was found shot and a fire set to cover the crime, with over $5 million cash still in the home. Several suspects are named and arrested in connection with the case.
Washington AP reports House and Senate negotiators reached agreement on a record 460.9 billion dollar defense budget for the next fiscal year. The plan sets 111 billion for defense with a 64.6 billion deficit and a tentative Senate vote for Friday. House passage remains uncertain with a test slated for next Tuesday.
The Southside Child Development Center hosts a 3 p.m. Sunday promotion day with nine pupils to kindergarten and three to first grade. special guests include the Concerned Citizens League. Water Safety Instruction courses run May 16 and May 23 with two-part 30 hour sessions led by Judy Niven and Harold Webster, no charge but books required. Henderson State University will award 234 degrees on May 20 with Summa Cum Laude and Cum Laude honorees. Baccalaureate services for Hope High School graduates are on May 15 at Bethel A.M.E. Church. At the University of Arkansas May 14, 104 doctoral and education degrees will be awarded. James T. Turner and John W. Galloway receive doctorates, with Dr. Willard Gatewood as main speaker.
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