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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1977
Page
1
The state Natural Resources Department announced this Thursday that the 1977 trout stocking program, delayed by a severe winter, has officially started. Normally beginning in January, the effort was set back because streams were frozen and roads icy, the department said. Logan
Two blasts hit the Merchandise Mart and the U S Gypsum Building in downtown Chicago around 1 a m CST. No injuries were reported and police cited unknown motive and no immediate claims of responsibility.
President Carter's two year 31.2 billion plan to cut taxes and fund jobs survived two days of committee rewrites with broad rebates and business tax credits to spur hiring. The measure, approved 26 to 8, would phase in rebates to most Americans by May with extended cuts already set to expire this year.
Willis Warren alias Willie James McGory alias Jimmy Strong kept a savings account at First National Bank of Homestead from a 1970s crime era until paroled last June. The bank barred withdrawals claiming insufficient funds recovery after a $4,515 robbery. Warren countersued, alleging the bank kept his deposits while he served time and demanded release of $350. He criticizes the hold as improper and seeks action within 48 hours of August correspondence.
Prices for food shelter and energy push the cost of living 0.8 percent in January the largest rise in 18 months. The consumer price index hits 175.3 with food up 0.9 percent led by beef pork cereal dairy and eggs. Rents rise 0.5 percent while weather taxes and dividend declines curb personal income growth to a small gain.
The NWS says no evacuation advised but urges awareness of a warming trend. Ice shields from Alderson to Bartow cover streams with one to 24 inches. Areas in Barbour County and surrounding towns face ice backing and river blockages. DNR monitors four impoundments and slag dam structures for potential trouble with heavy rain. River ice shows little change from yesterday.
The Raleigh Register lists mail prices as of October 1 1974 for daily and weekly editions. Rates include sales taxes for West Virginia addresses with mail service available only where no carrier exists. Prices cover one year tenables and various six or three month periods.
National weather outlook calls for mild conditions Friday from the Mississippi to the Pacific and cool air east to the Atlantic. Clear skies likely across most areas with rain from eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas toward the Midwest. Extended outlook predicts Sunday to Tuesday rain or snow, clouds, and low temperatures with modest warming by Tuesday. River gauges show Greenbrier at 1% normal feet with ice, Lake Bluestone 14 feet above normal and gates open. Hinton gauge at 3.2 feet.
United Press International reports President Carter dispatched a personal letter to Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov through diplomatic channels. Sakharov, the Nobel laureate, called it a great honor and said it marks the first such communication from a U S president. Carter pledged to promote human rights abroad and to use good offices to seek release of prisoners of conscience.
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