17 Mar 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1977
Page
1
AP reports Hanoi shifts from war mobilization to rebuilding efforts. Russian trucks transport bricks and sand for reconstruction as once wartime supply lines become civilian infrastructure work. Editors note: Peter Amnett filed from Hanoi in 1972 amid U.S. mission updates on missing personnel.
President Carter toured Charleston West Virginia meeting with coal and oil energy groups after a Clinton Massachusetts town hall. He greeted several thousand locals at the hilltop airport and planned to address the United Nations in New York later. He touted a welfare reform plan and pledged a nationwide family planning system with birth control access.
A reader asks why saccharin is banned while tobacco is linked to cancer. Analysts debate FDA logic as the agency schedules a 60 day public comment period and a hearing on the cyclamate era issue. A letter from Alex J. Taylor requests classified ad placement.
The invading force from Angola pushes east from three towns in southeastern Zaire as it advances further into the country. The report notes ongoing movements by the armed group amid the wider regional conflict.
A gunman fleeing a botched robbery held two people hostage for 14 hours before killing himself at 4 09 a m. The hostages Pauline Gomez and Tony Jojola were unharmed. Authorities said the man Carter Guile 31 died after a chest wound in a kitchen area.
A U N spokesman said President and Kurt Waldheim would not shake hands with each participant. Pictures with the PLO observer Hasan Abdel and other observers were barred at a reception after a White House speech to avoid clashes and allow a brief event.
In Tappan New York Paddy Sullivan’s saloon becomes a hub of St Patrick’s Day revelry as locals and visitors flood Oak Tree Road. The Rockland County bagpipe band Tom O Connor and other regulars join the festivities while trains pause for pints and songs. The old family tavern buzzes with corned beef soda bread tenor voices and Irish cheer.
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