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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1977
Page
2
The National Weather Service reports a high chance of thundershowers across Arkansas Tuesday. An extended outlook indicates additional thunderstorm potential and unsettled conditions remain in the forecast.
November 2 1977 Hope Star item covers a weekend weather outlook for southern Arkansas with temperatures and rain reports from towns like Little Rock Fort Smith Fayetteville Harrison Jonesboro and Memphis plus a Miami AP obituary notice for Dr Manuel Artime a Bay of Pigs veteran who died of liver cancer at 45
A major snowstorm battered the Midwest then moved toward western Ontario with blowing snow and gusts to 60 mph. Snow totals reached 16 to 20 inches in eastern North Dakota and northern Minnesota while blizzard warnings persisted. Strong winds affected Lake Superior and parts of Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota. Arctic cold followed with subzero readings in western North Dakota and Montana. Elsewhere heavy storms and showers stretched from Arkansas to Kentucky and along the Gulf Coast. Temperatures ranged from 78 in Miami to 20 below zero in Bozeman Montana.
Velda Seamans writes from the Saenger Theatre in Hope Arkansas about community demand for more family films and less violence on TV. She notes past attempts at children’s shows like Journey into Oz and Pippi on the Run drew poor attendance due to costs and ratings. She explains the theatre’s policy against R rated films on weekends and asks residents for ideas and feedback to provide better family entertainment, including school and church group showings.
John Walter Terrell 76 died in Prescott Texas funeral 11 am Tuesday Cornish Funeral Home burial DeAnn cemetery Survivors include his wife J C Terrell brothers and sisters from Dallas Waco Pampa Naples Willie F Ray 77 former Delight resident died in Texarkana 27 years resident retired timberman deacon at Bethel Baptist Church survivors wife five sons three daughters two brothers 17 grandchildren three great grandchildren plus other lines describe plane crash survivor quotes and island geography notes
The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed two second degree murder convictions. Joseph David Newton was convicted for the 1975 shooting of Ronald Short outside Cajun's Wharf in Little Rock and sentenced to 15 years. James B. Ervin’s 1976 shooting of Willie E. Briggs in a Little Rock car park carried a 20 year term.
All city offices close Thursday for Thanksgiving. Garbage collection shifts to Wednesday and Friday as usual. Hope Lioness Club begins weekly storytelling and crafts at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the public library for kindergarten to elementary ages. Scott Gunter, son of Charles and (Mrs.) Gunter, named outstanding member of Garland Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta for fall, a third-year University of Arkansas Law student in Fayetteville.
Conifer Girl Scout Council held its annual meeting in Texarkana with delegates from Conifer's 15 counties. Charles E. Sharpe Jr. of Hope was elected to the Conifer Council board for 1978-79. he is a bank vice president and university graduate. Other officers and award recipients included tenure pins for Arch Wylie and Ruth Ann Anderson. Guest speaker was Congressman Sam B Hall Jr. of Texas.
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