14 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1977
Page
1
Partly cloudy through Friday with a 40 percent rain chance today and 40 percent Friday. The Monroe police wounded a local man on Adams Street. The state attorney general will drop its challenge to tax exemptions for public trusts.
A dramatic morning scene shows New York City in darkness after an electrical storm cut power across the city and surrounding areas Wednesday night. The photo is credited to AP Laserphoto and taken in Queens.
New York City and Westchester suffered a massive blackout affecting ten million people after an electrical storm damaged transmission lines and a large transformer near Buchanan exploded. Con Ed officials cited heat and high demand, with protective devices failing and the nuclear plant forced to shut down, heightening the load on other plants.
New York City faced a major electrical blackout triggered by a lightning strike on power lines and stations. Mayor Beame declared a state of emergency as looting occurred and two thousand arrests were reported. Power restoration stretched into the afternoon with limited service in Westchester and parts of Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
Washington AP reports President Carter kept his cool during news of a U.S. Army helicopter downing over North Korea. He proceeded with a private meeting with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and only later viewed the briefing in the White House situation room as Schmidt praised his handling of the presidency.
Desolate scenes along Flatbush Avenue as darkness fell during a power outage looters smashed into dozens of stores. Police reported more than 2,000 arrests overnight in the city.
AP report details a Chinook helicopter shot down over North Korea with three crew members reported dead and one captured. UN command in Seoul urges return of crew and craft after an unintended airspace intrusion. President Carter stayed briefed in the White House Situation Room amid evolving details.
Robert Dalton, 77, of 503 Haynes Street West Monroe, plans his daily walk to downtown Monroe. Born May 3 1900 in Calhoun he recalls captaining the S S Delta Queen and credits his health to his active youth. His mother Emma Dillard lived to 92 and father to 89. He enjoys watching the river from the Louisville Avenue bridge.
A massive blackout shut down New York City and its financial district on Thursday. The New York and American stock exchanges and the commodity exchanges were closed, with Gov. Hugh Carey ordering banks to close. Bankers Trust Co. noted employees would have been unable to come in anyway.
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