29 Nov 1976
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1976
Page
1
A Rome November report details airport workers turning off runway lights amid landings, forcing planes to other terminals with no crashes reported. The Italian government probes the act as U S unions face criticism for public-safety actions. American observers note contrasts with U S labor history and public welfare.
Freezing rain fog and snow disrupted Thanksgiving travel as thousands faced delays. President Ford returned to Washington in bad weather while a snowstorm in Ohio sparked hundreds of accidents but few injuries. Severe conditions closed schools in Tennessee and Kentucky and a Langley private plane crash near Lexington killed four.
Freshman cadet Harry De La Roche Jr. 18, at The Citadel, is charged with four counts of first degree murder for the killings of his father Harry 46 mother Mary Jane 50 and brothers Ronald 15 and Eric 12 in their Montvale Bergen County home. He appeared for a bail hearing in Municipal Court with the prosecutor saying evidence links him to the murders. The family were described as good people by their minister and friends in disbelief over the tragedy.
Natrobi Kenya AP reports early Monday a passenger train ran off a bridge into floodwaters near Matito Andei between Mombasa and Nairobi. More than 100 feared drowned as six cars submerged. part of the bridge may have washed away. No further details available.
The Hague leaders of nine European Common Market governments begin a two day meeting facing rising unemployment inflation and economic weakness. Britain Italy hardest hit with falling currency values. Talks may shape a clearer European union and policy making body amid oil price hikes and Carter administration changes.
Milwaukee AP reports Eddie Lowman, deemed a danger to himself, was jailed 90 days for a Christmas stay. Offers of clothing, housing, and even jobs poured in from across the country as officials consider social and medical help options.
The Supreme Court said it will consider whether mandatory death sentences can be applied to murderers of police officers, following its ruling last summer that state laws mandating the death penalty are unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Nixon bid over White House tapes and 42 million pages of documents from 1974 legislation. Court will consider GSA control versus Nixon privacy claims while appeals court allows public release of Watergate trial tapes and discussed transcripts and deletions.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a 15 year sentence for Robert Courtney in 1974 grand larceny case from Mississippi County Circuit Court. It denied his appeal over suspension revocation and noted failure to resolve representation. It also ruled on related bank fee, post conviction relief, and firearm robbery cases.
Hope Police report three citizen band radios recovered after thefts at Bruner-Ivory Handle Co and B and RK Building Supply Co parking lots. Two radios linked to the cases remain recovered. A Edgewood Street home burglary yielded a television camera projector and screen. Additional items taken from a Mocking Bird Circle car. Investigation continues.
Postal officials report a surge in bulk mail and delayed parcels as a 1 state UPS strike strains the system. Negotiations resume today with Christmas near, urging early mailing: parcels by Dec 3 and cards by Dec 10 to limit delays.
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