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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1977
Page
1
Ginni Doby says Americans will be surprised by Carter energy policy and must anticipate sacrifice. She attended a three and a half hour session with energy advisers and others who contributed ideas for the April 20 message.
The Carter administration weighs an auto efficiency tax based on miles per gallon to raise vehicle prices by up to 500 dollars. A possible $500 payment for economy cars is also considered. Carter plans an energy speech April 20 and warns polls may drop.
Birmingham police seek a $1 million federal grant to fund a 200-detective task force. A new sketch targets the abductor of Timothy King and three other youths. Timothy’s cremation followed a funeral Mass at Holy Name Church.
A five hour gunpoint confrontation in a downtown Manhattan office building ends when Moslem hostage taker Saquam Abdush Shahid surrenders to a police negotiator. Four captives unharmed and he asked them to pray before releasing the hostages. The earlier evictions tied to the case appear unrelated to the surrender.
About 300 soldiers attempted to oust Thailand's military backed government but the revolt collapsed. Gen Chalard Hiranyashi and several officers fled to Taiwan while ISOC held out briefly. most rebels surrendered as tanks guarded key sites and Radio Thailand went back on air.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance arrives in Moscow amid Soviet hopes for substantive disarmament and regional talks while signaling that pressing human rights issues could chill negotiations. Tass warns against foreign interference in internal affairs as U.S. dissident support and Western anti-Soviet rhetoric are cited. Vance meets Brezhnev, hosted by Gromyko and stays at a Lenin Hills guest house.
Mayor Frank Rizzo says the SEPTA walkout can last 10 years and the city will not fund another dime. Gov. Milton Shapp denounces the strike as officials push for funds and a fare hike to cover costs. The walkout follows rejection of a two year 17 million contract by Local 234 TWU, with drivers mechanics and cashiers affected.
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