31 May 1977
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1977
Page
1
A federal judge ruled that paying unemployment benefits to workers who strike is unconstitutional. The article criticizes the Employment Security Division for funding benefits to strikers using employer funds, arguing it unfairly aids labor disputes and harms employers.
Supreme Court rules Charles L. Honey of Prescott need not account for funds received as deputy prosecutor in Nevada County while serving as Arkansas House member. Martindale Jr. filed suit over the alleged misused funds during the 8th Judicial Circuit tenure.
In Southgate Kentucky investigators shift from body recovery to clues on a blaze that killed at least 160 at the Beverly Hills Supper Club. Crews dismantle the facade while officials say 118 victims are identified and 58 are still missing. causes remain undetermined.
The Southeastern Public Education Program and AFSC accuse 21 districts across six states, including Camden, Camden Fairview, Camden Harmony Grove, and Russellville in Arkansas, of sex discrimination in federally funded education. Some superintendents say violations were corrected or remedial steps prepared for the new year.
A Salvadoran ambassador Eduardo Casanova Sandoval remains captive as leftist Guerrilla Army of the Poor members aired a five page statement to the Inter-American Development Bank meeting. Security bands guarded delegates while authorities pursue the kidnapers.
Five members of the Beverly Hills Supper Club house band escape the blaze only to reenter the smoke filled building. Everett Neill Jr. 27 and his wife Paula Neill return to search for a missing loved one while four other band members also do so.
The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned James E. Moore's rape conviction and life sentence after ruling searches outside Moore's room and under his bed, without a warrant, violated rights. The decision barred evidence from the room and from Moore’s bed, including a victim’s purse, and criticized police conduct at the boarding house in Mississippi County. Justice Hickman dissented, noting police acted with Moore’s parents present.
Security guards fired on three inmates during a pre-dawn breakout attempt at Cummins Prison Farm in Arkansas. Oliver Wright Jr. of Little Rock was killed. Percy Henderson of El Dorado was wounded and Henderson’s status was stable. Howard Johnson, 25, implicated but not injured, had been transferred to maximum security. Wright had prior convictions for murder and arson. Henderson for murder.
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