Chance of Rain Slim in Arkansas This Week
The Associated Press reports a slim chance of rain in Arkansas today and none on Wednesday per the National Weather Service. A 3 percent precipitation forecast is noted.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1977
Page
2
The Associated Press reports a slim chance of rain in Arkansas today and none on Wednesday per the National Weather Service. A 3 percent precipitation forecast is noted.
A cold front crossed northern Arkansas bringing severe thunderstorms with high winds and hail. Roofs were blown off a service station near Tuckerman. power lines and trees down in Baxter County. Forecast calls for dry, warm weather with 90s highs midweek and 60s-70s at night. Memorial Day notes and regional rainfall totals included.
A report details Arkansas districts handling of Title IX in physical education and staffing. It notes mixed-gender classes, funded girls equipment, and few if any female administrators, with Harmony Grove reporting progress but still gaps in compliance and inter-district variances.
Henry C Smith 74 of Hope died in a Texarkana hospital. Survivors include wife Mary Howell Smith three daughters and two great grandchildren Funeral at Herndon chapel with Rev Groden Renshaw officiating Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Ouida Lester 68 native of Nashville funeral at Hanner Atlanda burial in O Farrell cemetery Survivors include Morris Lester two sons Roy Caver Wilmer Caver and six others J R Rollins 60 of Alvarado truck driver former Hope resident Funeral services at Herndon chapel burial in Weir cemetery under direction of Herndon
The Cuban government considers a U S proposal to exchange diplomats with the United States a step toward closer ties after 16 years without full relations. The State Department confirmed the talk occurred during maritime discussions with U S officials traveling with First Lady Rosalynn Carter. The article notes Tennessee's state song as the Tennessee Waltz.
The officer argued a warrant was unnecessary to seize evidence from under Moore's bed given the circumstances. The legal question centered on whether the search was permissible, with doubts raised about guarding the house and obtaining a warrant before acting.
The Supreme Court upholds a chancery court decision that former prosecutor Honey did not have to account for funds received while serving as prosecutor. The court previously ruled Honey could not hold both prosecutor and legislator roles and he resigned 14 months before the ruling. He later lost a bid for re election to the House.
The ESAA District-Wide Advisory Committee will meet at 2 p.m. June 3 in the school administration building conference room for the final meeting of the year. The Hope NAACP branch will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday at Bethel AME Church. Navy Warrant Officer George L. Scott has returned from a Mediterranean deployment aboard USS Guam, homeported in Norfolk, with his wife Barbara cited as daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Brown of Prescott Route 5 Box 69.
After a fire broke out a couple attempted to escape and reunite. The wife waited outside for Neill then reentered the building to find him. Neill reached safety but returned to search for his wife as a band member who survived helped reconstruct their final movements.
Heavy rains in Jamaica force Rosalynn Carter to skip a sugar cane plantation tour. She instead meets with officials at the Central Kingston Upgrading Project and holds a three hour working lunch with Prime Minister Manley. Todman notes talks on Cuba and future U.S. Cuba relations and a fishing accord follow-up.
The article notes a first degree murder caper in El Dorado resulting in life sentences for two men. Bodies were found in an abandoned oil field pit about five miles from El Dorado on November 19, 1973. Warden Hawke said mobile trailers housed dependable prisoners and that Wright and Henderson had good conduct. The piece also mentions the 1857 founding of a Numismatic Society later renamed Numismatic and Antiquarian Society in 1865.
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