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1 70th Indianapolis 500 postponed due to rain Page 8 Page 2 VOL. 85 NO. 160 Member of Associated Press PRICE 25C MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS MONDAY, MAY 26, 1986 4 A Munedia Newspaper Beirut newspapers report possible hostage release Monday 1 Hands Across America Line has gaps but join hands to help millions the poor taJ m-a lit 1 1 Yt hattan was nine-deep in some places. In the California desert, however, gaps as long as five miles were seen. There were no reports of injuries or other incidents in the line.

The route was marked balloons, flags and clanging church bells, and weddings, and even a couple of killer whales and a penguin contributed to a party atmosphere. At the White House, a casually dressed President Reagan stood in line with his wife and members of his staff. "To all those participating: Good luck," Reagan said in his weekly radio broadcast on Saturday. "I can wish you nothing finer than the satisfaction of knowing that you have given of yourselves to help others." "We are not impressed that Reagan is going to come out and clasp hands with someone because this administration's involvement in housing the homeless and feeding the hungry has been absolutely nil," said Mitch Snyder, chairman of the Coalition for Creative Nonviolence, who formed a competing chain in front of the executive mansion. The line's western end was anchored by Bill Jones, 34.

his wife, Mary, 25, and their five children, who live at the Family Shelter for the Homeless in Long Beach. "I think its just incredible and I hope this feeling carries on," Jones said. "There is a real need. There are many families worse off than us. It's hard and it's tough." "The important thing is there is By ROBERT BARR Associated Press Writer Millions of volunteers extended hands to the hungry, the homeless and each other on Sunday, joining Hands Across America in a broken line over mountains and plains, through pockets of poverty and to the porch of the White House.

"This is just the beginning," top organizer Ken Kragen said in New York. "When today is over, roll up your sleeves and go out to work in your community. We have to move from the big event to the person on the street." The line was thick with people, swaying to the strains of "We Are the World" and holding clasped hands aloft, at its terminals in New York and Long Beach, Calif. In other places, red-and-white ropes and ribbons substituted for humanity. "I'm here because I'm making history," said Bobby Conner in Clinton, Ky.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." Organizers had said they needed more than 5 million people to form the chain, and hoped to raise $50 million or more for the hungry and the homeless. Despite frantic work up to the final minute, not all the gaps were closed by 2 p.m. CDT when the line formed. New Jersey organizers said that 200,000 people 80,000 more than needed completed the state's 88-mile line. Kentucky organizers claimed they filled their 52-mile segment, Illinois reported a solid 65 miles of people in one stretch and the 12-mile link through Man- Arkansas Hands i i i i Big day at Cotter The third annual Cotter Craft Fair was held Saturday inronjunc-tion with Baxter-Marion County Bobby Hopper Appreciation Day.

Hopper, a native of the area, is a member of the Arkansas Highway Commission. The event attracted a good crowd despite the rainy weather. However Gov. Bill Clinton, Lt. Gov.

Winston Bryant and U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers all canceled scheduled appearances due to the weather. Hopper, (above) holds plaque of appreciation. Also pictured are (from left) his mother, Essie Hopper, Baxter County Judge Joe Dillard, State Rep.

Ed Gilbert, State Rep. Billy Joe Purdom of Marion County. At Hopper's right are his son-in-law Kip Blakely (partially obscured), his daughter-in-law Lois Hopper, his daughter Regina Blakely, and his son Robert Hopper. In photo at right. Amber Colvin, 14-month-oId daughter of Gary and Anna Colvin of Cotter, holds a stuffed animal that was among the crafts on display at the festival.

BulletinTurrill a real consciousness being raised," said actress Shari Bela-fonte in Long Beach. "My family has been involved in causes since day one. It's awesome. It's being a part of history." Originally, everyone in line was asked to contribute $10 or more with T-shirts and visors offered for larger donations but in the final days organizers simply urged people to show up and contribute later. In Philadelphia, about 30 members of United American Indians of Delaware Valley were in line in front of the Liberty Bell in full costume, and about as many handicapped children one dressed as Uncle Sam and another as the Statue of Liberty were in wheelchairs in the line at Arcadia, Ind.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dave Parker and five Pirates players held hands with hundreds of Little Leaguers before the Reds-Pirates game in Pittsburgh. The actual line cut through the grandstands later in the day. As the line stretched east from Indianapolis past growing corn, smiles were mixed with tears. "My mother's in New Jersey, squeeze her hand," shouted Joe DiEduardo, 46, one of the local organizers. Motorists who were held up at intersections blocked for the line in Los Angeles jumped out of their cars to hold hands, saidKNX radio reporter Donna Dower.

However, gaps were seen elsewhere along the California coast. holes," Ms. Fox said. Hare said the most solid link outside of Little Rock appeared to be from West Memphis to Forrest City. "They had 100 percent," he said, "and there was 100 percent in all the towns." "There is enough folks that need our help.

It's a good cause. I'd stand out here for five hours if I had to," Anthony Scott Carter said as he stood in the line passing Missouri and Broadway streets in West Memphis. Gov. Bill Clinton, his wife, Hillary, and their daughter, Chelsea, who's in kindergarten, joined hands with hundreds across the state Capitol grounds. "I have confidence in this group," Clinton said of the Hands Across America organizers.

(See HANDS on Page 3) i ly 4 1 Estimated 295,000 to 320,000 participate in line across state Memorial Day Hand holding, commemorations are among weekend's activities LITTLE ROCK (AP) Skies were cloudy but storms stayed away as participants in Hands Across America rolled their wheelchairs into line at Arkansas Children's Hospital, cheered at West Memphis and popped a cork in downtown Little Rock. Organizers estimated that between 295,000 and 320,000 people participated in Arkansas. "We're cracking open thecham-pagne here," said Arkansas Hands Across America spokesman Connie Fox, who said early reports indicated participation was complete in cities along the 330-mile route, but short of projections in sparsely populated areas. Hands Across America had estimated that 1,300 people would be needed to complete each mile of the line, with 425,000 needed to cover the state. 8, quely American.

I can't envision any other country in the world doing this today," Ron Nota said in Chicago. In San Francisco, 2,800 people held hands across the 1.7-mile Golden Gate Bridge a day early, as did 3,000 people who took part in "Hands Across Contra Costa" County. Memorial Day officially is celebrated in most states Monday, when thousands of local observances are scheduled. But festivities and ceremonies began Saturday. In Monterey, vendors hawked squid pizza and squid-burgers to thousands of people whose stomachs could handle the third anuual Great Monterey Squid Festival.

Precision parachuters planned the largest reef all formation ever in the Northwest in the skies over Issaquah, Wash. They hoped 40 people would take part Sunday afternoon, but weather could delay the stunt. Today, the president will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac from Washington. About 200 people were at the Presidio of San Francisco on Sunday for the dedication of a "living memorial" to Vietnam veterans. "A lot of people saw Vietnam as a failure, but the real losers were the Vietnam veterans," said Col.

Jerry Autry, Protestant chaplain Legal Notices 7 Obituaries 3 Sports 8 Weather 2 Yr By MARY MacVEAN Associated Press Writer Millions of Americans moved outside Sunday for Memorial Day weekend observances, heading for campgrounds and beaches, joining hands to help the homeless or commemorating the loss of loved ones to wars. The three-day holiday weekend mingled hope for the needy through Hands Across America, with the solemnity of war and its toll, including the dedication of a "living" memorial to Vietnam veterans in California. Rain drenched the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunda, and the 70th Indianapolis 500 was delayed a day. Vice President George Bush was to visit his vacation home on the Maine coast and give a Memorial Day speech during ceremonies at Kennebunkport Square. When his boss.

President Reagan, announced he would come outside the White House to join the Hands Across America line, even more attention was focused on the human chain, which stretched, with some gaps, to form a 16-state helping hand. Organizers hoped to raise at least $50 million, with such lures as T-shirts ind buttons. Bill Cosby, Don Johnson and Raquel Welch. In New York, Hands organizer Ken Kragen estimated 6 million people would take part. "I think the whole event is uni The Memorial Day weekend had been beset by thunderstorms, but National Weather Service forecaster Jimmy Russell said radar indicated showers were staying northwest of the line of clasped hands.

"Looks like they lucked out," Russell said. Arkansas Logistics Director Mark Farnen said the project would brighten the lives of many hungry and homeless people, even if the weather didn't cooperate. David Hare of Little Rock, who coordinated about 100 ham radio enthusiasts and two aircraft in handling communications on the line, said it appeared that about 20 percent of the number needed to fill the line outside of cities turned out. "There were some gaps in the real rural areas, but we strung out tape and held the tape across the Rainy-day parade wrwmum-wmumf'MtwemmmJm-wmiw i wg pun mm mum Jt -V'- at the post. Autry, 46, the most decorated chaplain in the U.S.

Army, holds the Silver Star, Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts and other medals from service with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. Behind the monument are the U.S. and military flags, with a semicircle of Italian cypress trees. "The cypresses were planted so this will be a living monument," said Ardyss L. Golden, its designer.

In northeast Georgia, Vietnam veterans and their families descended on the fairgrounds at Comer for the second annual "L.Z. Friendly" campout and reunion. L.Z., the organizers explain, stands for landing zone, a combat term from the Vietnam War. In two Massachusetts communities, hundreds of flags hung Sunday in tribute. More than 150 flags donated by veterans' families lined two miles of Andover's Main and Elm streets, called the "Street of the Living Memorial." The flags also fly on Flag Day, Veterans Day and the Fourth of July.

In Newton, Sunday parade filed past more than 100 similar flags poles flanking Walnut Street. At Fort Custer National Cemetery outside Battle Creek, about 1,800 people dedicated the Avenue of Flags, a banner-lined entrance with 50 state flags and 150 U.S. flags donated by families who had received them after funerals for loved ones. The bells of the campanile at the University of Kansas in Lawrence rang 55 times Sunday as a memorial was dedicated to the 53 alumni who died or are listed as missing in the Vietnam War. The beginning of the summer season also marks a surge in highway traffic.

The National Safety Council estimates that 400 to 500 people could die on the nation's highways between Friday and Monday nights. Inside Ann Landers 6 Classified T.L Edition Comics 6 Editorials 4 TODAY'S WEATHER: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. High from 70 to 75. Northwest ind 5 to 10 mph. Gassville.

The rain came shortly after the parade got under way Saturday morning. The weather forced the cancellation of schedule appearances by Gov. Bill Clinton and Lt. Gov. Winston Bryant.

(Photo by Rita Mcintosh) It rained on Gassville't second annual Memorial Day parade Saturday, but the wet day didn't deter the Twin Lakes Shrine Club's Road Runners from performing their motorized routines along the parade route through.