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Daily Review (Newspaper) - August 02, 1979, Towanda, PennsylvaniaWow to or jul Jug l j commissioners Lack notice of Federal court suit Page two Sylvania strengthens five product areas Page 13 my miss. A. Runner up m to Lead Wyalusing Parade Page seven Battle of Newtown commemoration set Page two ire leu. See Complete weather Page two 99th year no. 40,087 Towanda pa., thursday morning August 2, 1979 Price fifteen cent news briefly Houston fire aftermath Houston apr one Day after a fire that fed on wooden shingles destroyed More than 400 units in an apartment Complex the City Council approved a Long delayed ordinance imposing Tough standards on use of the shingles. The Council had tabled the ordinance late tuesday just As the Blaze erupted at the 1,080-unit Woodway Square Complex on the City a near West Side and a Gusty wind spread Sparks and embers among the Wood shingled buildings in the Complex. There were no deaths in the fire that destroyed Between 400 and 500 apartments and caused More than $20 million in damages according to the Complex management. Two persons suffered serious acquitted Richmond a. Apr a Federal court jury wednesday acquitted . Reynolds tobacco heir Smith Bagley and four co defendants of Stock fraud charges. Bagley 44, a Friend of president Carter hugged his three defense lawyers with tears in his eyes after the jury returned its verdict following nearly 10 hours of deliberation. The verdict came after the jurors sent notes to . District judge Robert r. Merhige or. Asking about two counts of the indictments. The exact contents of the notes and the judges responses were not prices new York a the organization of Petroleum exporting countries May be on the verge of raising Oil prices again because Many open members Are concerned about the fall of the Dollar and Are unhappy with the prices they set in june. Any increase decided on probably would be fairly Small analysts say particularly in comparison with the 42 percent Opecz a base Price has gone up so far this year. But it probably would mean an extra couple of cents a gallon to americans at the Gas pump and on heating gains again Tornado kills two apr heavy thunderstorms pounded Indiana on wednesday triggering Flash flooding in which two persons died and a Tornado that toppled two Mobile Homes injuring two men. The storm system moved slowly eastward late in the Day prompting Tornado warnings along the Way in seven counties and Flash flood warnings in All or parts of 15 counties. Wednesdays storms were the latest in a two week series of violent weather and torrential rain that just a week ago produced record flooding along Ohio River tributaries in Southern dealer announced chuckle doctor Reading a Resolution at a medical convention a fall in favor stick Yout your Tonque and say july grocery prices up one half percent its head scratching time As Gas station attendants Bill Pugh left and Gar Dobrynski look under the Hood of a new electric car. The $15.000 Silver Volt is actually a conversion of a full size Auto from general motors. Congress deadlocks on Gas rationing new York apr a round of buying near the close carried the Stock Market to its second straight gain wednesday. Takeover developments accounted for several of the sessions biggest winners and losers. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials off a fraction an hour before the close posted a 3.92 Advance to 850.34 to go with its 7.68-Point jump on tuesday. The markets Rise tuesday was attributed partly to a rally by the Dollar in foreign Exchange accompanied by a decline in the Price of Gold. Washington apr the House approved legislation wednesday night giving president Carter standby gasoline rationing authority but the Bill was in such a heavily amended form it instantly produced a congressional deadlock. Congressional leaders said despite House passage by a 263-169 vote there now appears Little Chance of enacting a Bill acceptable to the president until after labor Day. Amendments added during House floor debate were expected to be rejected summarily by the Senate and a House Senate conference committee named to work out a Compromise. Chances of reaching that Compromise on thursday the last Day before the month Long congressional recess begins a would be very difficult a said rep. John Dingell d-mich., who managed the Bill on the House floor. White House officials chose to disregard the missed timetable for getting the Bill to Carters desk and instead in a statement said the House Bill was a a Good beginning but we have along Way to House passage followed bitter partisan battling on the floor and the adoption of a number of amendments a Many which had Little to do with rationing. Sen. Henry m. Jackson d-wash., chairman of the Senate Energy committee predicted a congressional impasse saying some of the amendments tacked on by the House would be unacceptable to the Senate. Among amendments added wednesday was one by rep. Thomas j. Tauke a Iowa to require that the government establish a special tractor fuel Reserve for Farmers. It passed 229-191. Then the House voted 233-187 to establish a similar set aside for heating Oil in cold climate states. The Overall Bill would give the president the Power to impose Gas rationing during a severe fuel shortage. It would also allow the president to set and enforce Energy conservation targets for each state. House approval came less than three months after the House rejected a previous standby Gas rationing Bill submitted by the president. Leaders credited summer Gas lines growing Public awareness of Energy shortages and the presidents new Energy initiatives for the House decision to approve a rationing proposal this time. The president has made standby rationing authority a key part of the new Energy plan he unveiled july 15. By Louise Cook associated press writer grocery prices increased again during july with Coffee and milk leading the Way an associated press Marke Basket Survey shows. Shoppers trying to stretch their dollars found scattered sales on hamburgers and frankfurters for summer barbecues but the Good news generally was outweighed by the bad Overall supermarket Bills went up by More than half a percent. The a Drew up a random list of commonly purchased food and non food items checked the Price at one supermarket in each of 13 cities on March 1, 1973 and has rechecked on or about the Start of each succeeding month. The original list included 15 items but chocolate Chip cookies were dropped after the manufacturer discontinued the package size used in the Survey. The latest Survey showed that the Marke Basket Bill increased at the checklist store in seven cities rising an average of 4.1 percent. The Bill decreased at the checklist store in six cities Down an average of 3.4 percent. On an Overall basis the Marke Basket Bill was seven tenths of a percent higher at the Start of August than it was a month earlier. The situation was exactly the opposite of what happened during june when the Marke Basket Bill increased in six cities and decreased in seven for an Overall drop of seven tenths of a percent. Coffee prices increased at the checklist store in 11 cities last month rising to an average of $3.03 a Pound. Retail prices still lag behind wholesale prices however meaning More increases Are Likely. Shoppers who tried to beat the boost by switching to milk were out of Luck the Price of a quart of milk increased during july in seven cities. There was better news at the meat counter. The Price of chopped Chuck decreased at the checklist store in five cities last month although a Pound of hamburger still costs nearly $2 on the average. The Price of frankfurters decreased at the checklist store in six cities and the Price of pork chops dropped in four cities. No attempt was made to weight the a Survey results according to population density or in terms of what percent of a family a actual grocery outlay each item represents. The Day of the week on which the Check was made varied depending on the month. Standard brands and sizes were used when available. The a did not try to compare actual prices from City to City. The Only comparisons were made in Ferms of percentages of increase or decrease. The items on the a checklist were chopped Chuck Center Cut pork chops Frozen Orange juice concentrate Coffee paper towels butter Grade a medium White eggs creamy Peanut butter laundry detergent fabric softener Tomato sauce milk frankfurters and granulated sugar. The cities checked were Albuquerque n.m., Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Detroit los Angeles Miami new York Philadelphia Providence r i., Salt Lake City and Seattle. Senate Salt approval linked to defense spending Washington apr sen. Alan Cranston said wednesday the trend in the Senate is toward approval of the Salt ii treaty if ratification is linked Tomn increased defense spending and a commitment to arms reduction in the next .-soviet pact. Cranston the Senate a assistant . Policing Sinai without mandate checkpoint 560, Egypt apr while the United states Haggle with Israel Over who will police the israeli egyptian peace treaty unarmed United nations observers Are stepping in and trying to fill the Gap. So far observers at this and other positions in the Sinai desert have no direct mandate to do such policing. But seeing a vacuum and citing vague orders from their superiors the . Observers took Over peacekeeping duties As of july 25, officers Here said. Before july 25, the area had been supervised by armed observers from the seven nation 4,015-Man . Emergency Force whose mandate expired after the soviet Union refused to agree to renew it. The United states the United nations the soviet Union and Egypt then agreed to replace it with the United nations truce supervision organization which already had some unarmed observers in the area but Israel refused to go along. Israelis fear is that a . Secretary general could suddenly withdraw that Force. U Thant a sudden pullout of . Truce observers in 1967 was one of the events which helped precipitate that years Mideast War. Talks Are scheduled in Washington next week to end the impasse with Israel expected to argue that under the peace treaty president Carter is committed to replacing Kunef with a non-. International Force if necessary. Democratic Leader and an advocate of the Salt treaty said opponents of the Accord have been a unable to find a flaw that has won widespread the California senator said his count shows Only 12 senators firmly committed to vote against the treaty with 34 firmly committed to vote for it. It takes 67 votes to ratify the pact. He said the Senate is leaning toward ratification if defense spending is increased by 3 percent to 5 percent. He said there also is a feeling that a Salt Iii pact should contain deep cuts in departs s. Africa Gas Saver the vehicle in which the two Young Valley ites Are Riding is economic fuel Wise but the vehicle is not recommended because All you can do is go around in circles. The carnival fun continues at the South Waverly Community Center grounds through the rest of the week. On saturday the South Waverly fire department will conduct a Hose contest at 3 . Daily review photo by . Glover Johannesburg South Africa apr Black american civil rights Leader Jesse Jackson ended his crusade Here against South africans racial policies wednesday having brought feuding Black leaders to a tentative reconciliation and angered the government with his comments. Jackson considered the most influential Black activist Ever allowed into South Africa said he plans to ask president Carter on Friday to push As hard for racial peace in South Africa As he did for peace in the Middle East. The government already has protested to the . State department Over Jackson a anti apartheid statements diplomatic sources said. The Johannesburg Star said government officials considered expelling Jackson after his remark in a radio interview that South Africa was a a terroristic police probe two Rural robberies the daily review is pleased to announce the addition of a new dealer to its growing list of newspaper sales Points. The new dealer is Northrup a store on Airport Road in Towanda. The daily review will be available every morning at this location six Days a week. State police from the n. Towanda Barracks Are continuing their investigating of two robberies which occurred in the Camptown and Leraysville areas recently. According to the police report two men broke into the Home of mrs. Beatrice Warburton who resides on route 706 Between Camptown and Stevensville at about 2 50a.m. July 12. It was reported the two men first used the pretence that their car had broken Down and they needed to use her Telephone. They then told mrs. Warburton that what they really wanted was her Money. Police stated that mrs. Warburton who is 72, handed them her Wallet which contained about $12 in Cash. Authorities said the two again asked mrs. Warburton for her Money and after she told them she had no other Money in the House the two intruders left without harming her. Police stated that the intruders pulled the Telephone wire Loose from the Warburton Home while robbing mrs. Warburton. The 72-year-old woman described the robbers As being White males 25 to 30 years of age. Both were on the heavy Side she told authorities and both had Brown hair. State police Are also continuing their investigation into the july 25 robbery of Florence e. Belcher of Leraysville re 2. According to police the Belcher woman had just returned from the barn located near her Home on township route 711 in Orwell township. It was reported she heard a dog Barking went to the front door and saw two men standing on the porch. Both men were reportedly wearing stockings Over their Heads. The intruders were described As being White males one about five feet five inches in height and the other about six feet tall one weighing about 140 pounds and the other weighing about 170 pounds. Both had Brown hair and were wearing Blue jeans. According to police the two men asked the Belcher woman where her Money was. When she replied that she did no to have any the two entered her Home and told her to go into the bathroom and not to come out. It was reported that the two men found a Box in her bedroom containing important papers. Is. Belcher opened the Box and showed them it contained no Money. The men then found her purse which was in the Kitchen and took about $50 in Cash from it. Follow them. Although no gun was seen by is. Belcher during the robbery she reported that she heard a shot As the two men left her Home and stated that they had attempted to shoot out the front tire of her car it was reported they then went out the front door ordering is. Belcher not to when asked if authorities Are investigating the possibility that the Camptown and Leraysville area robberies Are connected an officer with the state police reported Quot definitely a authorities ask anyone who sees anything suspicious in their areas taking place to Contact the n. Towanda Barracks of the Pennsylvania state police at 265-2186 a a of a

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