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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1977
Page
2
John W. Manuel III steps down as city manager after seven months in office following a secret meeting where the city council unanimously urged resignation. He had sparked controversy by proposing a reorganization of the police department.
Early today two blasts shook the Merchandise Mart and the U S Gypsum Building in downtown Chicago at about 1 a m CST. Police reported no injuries and no known motive.
Nairobi church leaders react to the violent death of a black Anglican archbishop in Uganda. They fear the killing is part of an anti Christian terror campaign ordered by Ugandan President Idi Amin.
President Carter's plan to send $50 checks to nearly all Americans survived an initial House committee rewrite. The two year $31.2 billion package would issue rebates, extend expiring cuts, and award up to $40 000 in tax credits to businesses that raise employment with extra credits for hiring handicapped workers. The plan now awaits House action and possible Senate review with May or June rebate distribution for most recipients.
January saw the cost of living rise 0.8 percent delivering the biggest gain in 18 months. Food, fuel, and housing drove higher prices as cold weather and taxes trimmed personal income, with payroll taxes and reduced dividends weighing on economy.
Interior Department report on Gulf of Mexico natural gas producers stops short of alleging deliberate withholding but points that way and triggers a new probe of all Gulf Coast producers. Investigators found almost a trillion cubic feet of gas behind shut-in wells in five fields: Tiger Shoal Vermilion 250 Grand Isles 43 East Cameron 271 and South Marsh Island 48.
The NWS warns not of evacuation but urges awareness of warming trends. Ice shields from Alderson to Bartow run up to 24 inches on the Greenbrier, with Barbour County’s Phillips area and Bellington experiencing river blockages. DNR monitors four impoundments and slag dam structures for potential overflow under heavy rains. Drummond reports little river ice change since yesterday.
Weather maps show mild conditions Friday across a broad swath from the Mississippi to the Pacific with cool air east to the Atlantic and clear skies in most areas. Rain affects eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas into the Midwest with extended Sunday to Tuesday outlooks predicting rain or snow and daily temperature swings from the teens to the forties. River gauges note Greenbrier 4% feet above normal with ice, Lake Bluestone 1% feet above normal with gates open, and Hinton at 3.2 feet.
President Carter wrote a White House letter to Andrei Sakharov pledging to push for human rights in the Soviet Union and abroad. Sakharov called it a great honor, saying it’s the first such letter from an American president, as relations with Moscow grow cooler over dissident concerns.
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