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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1977
Page
1
The Agriculture Department reports middlemen will claim about 1 200 of a 1 945 annual grocery bill for a three person family, up 54 from 1976, while farmers receive 745 as farmer incomes fall. The outlook notes 1977 figures are preliminary and based on a 90 percent market basket.
Smoke and flames billowed from the roof of the U S Embassy in Moscow as fire struck the top three floors forcing evacuation. An electrical fault reportedly sparked the blaze on Friday night. Interior damage was extensive and a roof section collapsed while one marine received smoke inhalation treatment.
A government audit found 112 million in food stamps went to ineligible families in six months of 1976, with 253 000 households or 4 4 percent receiving benefits they were not entitled to. Another 1 17 million families got more than allowed, costing 31 2 million per month. The yearly projection is 596 million in losses. Massachusetts posted the highest error rate at 14 2 percent.
President Carter maintains support for Bert Lance as Treasury and White House briefings examine two loans in which Lance pledged the same stock as collateral. Press secretary Jody Powell says actions and responses remain under review, with Senate hearings planned to probe Lance's finances.
Dr. Sandra Scarr reports that adopted children raised by a wide range of parents showed almost no difference in future IQ due to parenting style. In a companion study, black children in white middle class homes raised IQ to about 110 by age four, suggesting environment can boost scores but not alter inherent potential.
In Hackettstown New Jersey Emil Benoist 20 a former Marine and boxer killed six people along a railroad right of way before shooting himself in the face Officials said he used a .44 caliber rifle to pick off hikers joggers and bikers over a half mile stretch Police and multiple agencies pursued him for nearly four hours locating him after a ConRail train crew flagged victims in Mansfield Township Names include David Galvin 14 Stephen Werner 20 Robert Visconti 35 William Nagle 37 Jeffrey Gianquitti 19 and Clifford Sowers 38 plus towns Hackettstown Mansfield Township Great Meadows Washington Boro
At 65 Roy Rogers remains active in film, television, rodeos, and state fairs. He promotes a new family film Mackintosh and T J and oversees Roy Rogers restaurants, museum holdings in Victorville California, and ongoing tours with his memorabilia including Trigger. Dale Evans also markets books, while Rogers notes high consumer interest in Roy Rogers products since 1938.
Rumors predicting a tidal wave in Caracas have alarmed residents and prompted travel plans despite officials scientists and church leaders calling the forecast absurd. Transportation services report full bookings during vacation season as others fear highway bottlenecks and evacuations.
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