21 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1977
Page
1
Government data show consumer prices up six tenths of one percent in May marking the fifth straight large increase. Food prices jumped seven tenths, with ground coffee up over ten percent, instant coffee up seven, while overall inflation remains above the 6 percent level economists see as underlying.
Washington AP Carter administration considers a revised 3 cent per gallon gasoline tax to fund mass transit and energy research after the 5 cent standby proposal was killed by the House Ways and Means Committee. The plan would adapt Rep. Dan Rostenkowski's earlier idea with revenue allocations still under study.
Readers learn how to enter R J Reynolds art competition with six city events from Boone to Winston-Salem starting Aug 20 to Oct 30 and how to obtain prospectus through Mary Davis. Also guidance on securing an easement for a private 41 acre Randolph County road and options to widen or obtain access across another land or state road with legal steps.
Anglican bishop Festo Kivengere, fleeing Uganda in February, alleges Idi Amin staged disappearances and assassinations to purge opponents. He cites past botched attempts and warns Amin’s dictatorship is doomed, saying Ugandans live under a feared regime with no functioning government.
An unidentified youth plunged into a deep Colorado River pool under the South Canyon Bridge west of Glenwood Springs to escape extreme heat. Temperatures rose into the 90s on the western slope.
FDA commissioner Donald Kennedy announced a plan to ban nonprescription daytime sedatives including Cope Compoz Miles Nervine Tranquil and Quiet World. He cited no proven benefit and risks of daytime drowsiness while operating vehicles. The rule would begin with a tentative regulation this year and aim for mid 1978 removal. Kennedy asked the NIH to review a cancer link to Methapyrilene used in sleep aids and many OTC products.
Oil begins flowing in the 800 mile Trans-Alaska pipeline as workers monitor the initial drop moving at about 300000 barrels a day toward Valdez. line walkers McGill and Robertson supervise crews as northern permafrost and pumping pressures push crude south toward Valdez with storage tanks to fill by August.
A Senate judiciary committee approved a landlord tenant minimum obligations bill and sent it to the floor for debate. Amendments adopted include requiring written notices of repairs. other proposals were rejected, including one aimed at limiting rent withholding penalties.
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