07 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1977
Page
1
A three story cellblock fire at the federal Danbury prison killed five inmates and wounded about 66. Fire Marshal Tomiano said clothes ignited in a washroom likely started the blaze, though inmates blamed an electrical problem. Autopsies pending as authorities assess cause.
The National Weather Service notes a heat wave with highs near 100 in Greensboro Wilmington and Goldsboro and 99 in Raleigh Rocky Mount and Jacksonville. A frontal system moving in from the west could bring scattered thunderstorms by Saturday offering relief across the state.
The Phoenix area swelters with 108 degrees and multiple days above 90. The city issues a health warning as humidity tops 70 percent and air quality suffers. Subway stations offer cooling refuges while residents cope with record electrical use and a major pumping station outage.
Readers submit questions about teen pregnancy contraception abortion and birth certificates. The number of services and contacts include Delores Thomas at the YWCA for tests, Ms. Thomas or Marsha Skinner at the Family Planning Center for counseling, and the possibility of abortion in the first trimester. For birth certificates under 20, obtain proof of age via Bible, baptismal, marriage, school, or insurance records or request a Delayed Certificate of Birth from the North Carolina Vital Records.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports show a 9 percent drop in the first quarter over 1976, the largest quarterly decline in 19 years. Cold winter and heavy snow are cited as possible factors with larceny and robbery also down, while rapes and aggravated assaults rise slightly.
Dozens of SSA computer terminals sit idle, unlocked at night in a Baltimore office. The audit cites inadequate security and exposes personal data on over 27 million Americans with payments totaling 81 billion dollars a year. Passwords were widely known and protections weak, prompting calls for a GAO review.
The article recalls events tied to 7 7 77 from a New York Times note. A dog pound drowned hundreds of unlicensed dogs, a London ship Auguste damaged in a fire leads to losses, a horse Idalia misbehaves at Monmouth Park, deputies seize church property at Madison Avenue, and Philip Donohue survives a six hour well burial.
Sen. Frank Church of Idaho, chairing the Senate Aging Committee, urged Congress to raise Social Security benefits and implement cost of living adjustments every six months. Speaking to about 800 at the Governor's Conference on Quality of Life for Senior Citizens in Raleigh, he said the United States is rich and elders should not live in want.
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