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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1977
Page
2
In Cairo the second day of clashes between students and workers and police spurred a government reversal of food and fuel price hikes up to 50 percent. President Sadat ordered an immediate curfew and police to shoot rioters on sight after teargas filled the downtown battleground.
Elated ERA supporters celebrate Indiana's Senate 26 to 24 approval as a key step toward ratification. Loss of Townsend's vote nearly blocked Indiana from becoming the 35th state. The League of Women Voters calls it a needed breakthrough while rights groups say three more states are still required this year.
Snow and bitter cold close industries and schools, freeze crops across the South while an Arctic chill strains energy, forcing New York City to open emergency shelters for heatless residents. Alaska enjoys warmer weather than parts of Florida as temps drop into the 20s in Kissimmee and Tallahassee. Citrus and vegetables freeze elsewhere. In Washington, ice slows inaugural preparations as Carter and Stevens discuss moving events to Anchorage where highs reach the 40s.
President-elect Jimmy Carter confirms his eldest son Jack was dismissed from the Navy for smoking marijuana. Press Secretary Jody Powell cited a Jack Anderson report aligning with the governor's memory of a general discharge for marijuana use during the 1970 Idaho Falls nuclear power school incident.
Six months of investigation point to a large slow growing bacterium as the likely cause of the Legionnaires disease that killed 29 people after a July convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. CDC researchers say transmission remains unclear though not person to person and involved hotel attendees. tests linked the organism to earlier outbreaks and to 29 of 33 patients tested.
India’s Prime Minister Indira Gandhi moved to general elections planned for March after President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed dissolved the 525 member Lok Sabha. The emergency decree remains a backdrop as two opposition leaders Morarji Desai and Lal Advani were freed.
United Press International reports Brazil’s Coffee Institute boosted the export tax from 100 to 103 per 132 pound sack, signaling higher U.S. coffee costs. Activists in New York push a consumer boycott while tea prices rise amid shifting demand and price concerns.
A Massachusetts specialist asserts persuasive evidence links salt in foods to high blood pressure in those with inherited susceptibility. Dr. Lot B. Page from Newton says lifelong low salt diets could avert the ailment in many cultures and that most people need about 200 mg daily, with 2,000 mg adequate in tough conditions. He cites the standard American diet at around 5,000 mg sodium. Page believes 50 to 90 percent of hypertension cases could be prevented in one generation if intake drops.
Seven of Jimmy Carter's cabinet nominees head for quick Senate confirmation after the inauguration. Attorney General-designate Griffin Bell and two others await clearance as Washington hearings continue. Kreps and Adams expected to win committee approval today. Bell's approval delayed to hear more witnesses, with a vote to occur by late afternoon.
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