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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1977
Page
3
The House prepares to vote on an amendment to repeal the $12,900 March pay raise for congressmen. The measure targets funds for the next fiscal year while sparing raises for about 20,000 top-level federal employees. An extremely close vote is predicted.
In Johannesburg a Black defendant, Chrisostome Magubane, was fined 230 dollars or 200 days in jail after admitting no kissing Miss Amour Loren in a central post office elevator. Loren testified Magubane leaned on her and kissed her cheek amid a charged interracial case. Judge Luther noted race based insults can escalate and that interracial relations are illegal in South Africa.
President Carter will decide whether to halt or continue the costly B1 bomber program. A Thursday news conference is expected to reveal whether production starts on all 240 aircraft at an estimated $24.8 billion, after the House voted 243 to 178 to keep the $1.4 billion in production funds.
A Lebanese gunman hijacked Gulf Air VC10 with 68 aboard but was overpowered by Qatari troops led by Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani after landing. All passengers and crew were reported safe. The hijacker, 26, demanded 500 000 riyals, and officials said security teams would investigate motives and possible group involvement.
OPEC nations decide not to raise crude oil prices on July 1 citing unity. Ali M Jaidah, secretary general, lists Algeria Ecuador Gabon Indonesia Iran Kuwait Nigeria Qatar Venezuela as forgoing the additional 5 percent, while Libya and Iraq join the majority.
Heavy rains hit the Big Bend area of Texas with rates of two to three inches per hour and a report of over four inches in an hour at Terlingua. East coast flash flood watches were canceled as rains diminished around Philadelphia. Wind gusts reached 60 mph in Flint Michigan and a tornado was reported north of Fort Wayne Indiana. Tornadoes were also reported in Texas Ohio and Kentucky with no major damage or injuries.
House Ways and Means panel approves Carter oil tax with a revenue share giving about 22 dollars per adult next year. Tax raises U.S. crude price to world levels, boosting gasoline and home heating oil costs but aiming to save 200 thousand barrels daily by 1985. Supreme Court allows damages for broadcast of an entertainer's full act without permission, ruling publicity rights may conflict with First Amendment press freedom.
Put-In-Bay Ohio offers to ease Mackinac Island stone shortage for the Fourth of July rock skipping contest. Five pounds of flat stones are mailed to Mackinac Chamber of Commerce in hopes the island will send visitors in return.
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