04 Dec 1977
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1977
Page
1
Tennessee once thriving moonshine trade has faltered as demand wanes and enforcement tightens. Distillers scramble for markets and adapt, with fewer legal routes and relics of a past era fading from the landscape.
A guidance piece outlines factors for choosing a nursing home including staffing quality, resident rights, and cost considerations. Advice emphasizes visiting, asking about care plans, and reviewing state inspections to ensure safe, dignified care.
Governor Ray Blanton says he will not reimburse the state for a luxury Lear Jet trip described by his staff as a Caribbean fishing holiday. Senator Victor Ashe considers legal action to compel payment of 350 per hour jet charges and an audit of state credit card use.
Southwest Virginia braces for a looming coal strike as the United Mine Workers threaten to walk out Tuesday over a new contract. The stoppage could halt mining, cut medical and death benefits for active workers, and jeopardize retirement checks for 815,000 pensioners, with widespread effects on hospitals and merchants in the region. Independent operators warn most U.S. mines may shutter if the walkout lasts beyond a few weeks.
Washington dispatch reports progress in coal contract talks between the United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. Still unresolved on wildcat strikes, health benefits, and pensions, a nationwide strike threatens to begin at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, with about 1,000 miners already on strike in West Virginia and Ohio.
Mostly cloudy today with a chance of rain through Monday. Highs in the mid 50s, lows around 40. Monday expects highs near 50s with similar overnight temperatures. yesterday reached 53.
Skoby's World Restaurant employees rejected unionization in a 12 to 1 vote. 51 workers participated with 47 voting for the company and four for Local 549. One ballot was challenged. The vote ends an eight month dispute overseen by NLRB officials and followed a threatened earlier walkout.
The Southern Baptist Convention faces division over ordaining women as ministers. Large churches like Cliff Temple in Dallas and Beech Fork in Gravel Switch have ordained women, while Beech Fork was dismissed for permitting a female ordination amid debates on congregational autonomy.
A decomposed body found in an apple orchard triggers a countywide probe into a commune of about 30 disabled residents led by a New Jersey businessman. Investigators sketch a pattern of wine rationing and limited food as they search for the leader and the group that vanished in October.
Donations to the Christmas Rescue Fund through mid-December lag about 400 to 500 behind 1976, with last year’s Times-News readers donating over 10 000 and 325 area families receiving baskets. Kingsport Naval Reserve Unit volunteers prepare baskets and local rescue squads deliver them. aim is 325 baskets again this year if funds allow. Applications keep pouring in and are checked to prevent duplication, with deliveries planned the week before Christmas. More on Page 14A, Col. 1.
Three men were killed and a fourth injured when a westbound car and an eastbound station wagon collided head on near Big Ridge, about two miles west of Mosheim on U S 11E. Lifesaving efforts were reported at Laughlin Clinic in Greeneville.
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