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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1977
Page
2
An unchanged weather pattern continues across Arkansas with warm humid conditions and a chance of afternoon showers. The forecast from The Associated Press notes limited cooling and lingering moisture for the coming days.
Thunder showers expected with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Heavy storms prompted warnings near Fort Smith and Blytheville. warm moist air from the Gulf fuels afternoon showers and possible Friday storms. cold front may raise shower chances midweek.
Fire chief says an early morning blaze at the Elks Lodge on U S 79 north of Pine Bluff appears set with two odor clues of kerosene. A man was seen nearby but no arrest. the building dating to 1925 formerly housed the Moose Lodge. The alarm rang at about 3 a.m.
Burial services were held for Earnest Mount in Herridon chapel after a fatal car crash near Fulton Miller County. Survivors include wife Penny Mount, two sons, parents, siblings, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and other relatives.
Victor Herman, 61, a Detroit native who spent 18 years in a Siberian prison after being arrested in 1938, awaits his daughter's and granddaughter's arrival in New York and plans to move Svetlana and Janna to a Detroit suburb. He traveled to Russia in 1931 with Ford ties and never renounced U.S. citizenship.
The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned two robbery related convictions for Moss Jr and Laealien due to coerced style interrogations and inadmissible confessions. The ruling ordered new trials and barred the cited confessions from evidence. The decision also reversed a drug sale conviction of Ronald Brown for jury instruction errors. Ehrlichman began serving sentences while appealing multiple convictions including a Watergate related case.
Conway Ark AP Charles Ward chairman of the Prison Study Commission says a heated topic at a meeting with Gov David Pryor may be the firing of former Correction Department employee Mike Rees Ward notes the panel seeks funding and staff to continue work while Reels dismissal hinges on an appeal to the Correction Board Ward says Rush will not release the report on Reels firing until the appeal is heard and Pryor expects a report on the dismissal details.
Southwest Arkansas Development Council sponsors a summer food service offering free meals to all children without regard to race or origin. Hempstead County site to be announced. tentative start June 6.
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