09 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
South Mississippi Sun
Location
Biloxi, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1977
Page
1
A succinct moral note counsels forgiving enemies when restitution is impossible. The aphorism frames forgiveness as a wiser route than pursuing retaliation, urging inner resolve over external payback.
A tie in Wiggins alderman race was settled by a golf partner of the candidates drawing a name from an ash can to choose the winner. In Gulfport, 20 year old Hosey Bernard Johnson was arrested on murder charges connected to the stabbing death of Willie Rupert. Rupert was found near North Gulfport on U S 49.
The 433 foot Liberian freighter Joy laden with sugar burned and sank about 100 miles south southeast of the Mississippi River mouth after the engine room flooded. All 32 crew members were evacuated with no injuries and were being taken to Venice, Louisiana.
Patt Derian, in the Carter administration, defends the President’s human rights policy as straight and solid. She compares her new Washington post to previous work with Mississippi’s Democratic Party, reflecting on continuity in approach.
Roy White Reg gie Jackson and Bucky Dent homered as the New York Yankees beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9 2 to take first place in the American League East. Bert Blyleven Butch Hobson and Jack Billingham pitched well in other games.
Fair skies and sunny conditions expected through Friday. Regional page anchors include Abby Amusements Comics, Crossword, and ads on pages B and A-10 A-6 A-13 with editorials and stock and local notices.
The 1927 steamboat Gen l Robert E Lee moves down the Mississippi toward Biloxi where it will be used as a restaurant and nightclub. A Rodeway Inn spokesman says the replica ship leased from Sun n Sand is due to arrive today and open in early July after about a year of renovations.
The Internal Revenue Service is auditing President Carter’s 1975 return and Vice President Mondale’s 1976 return. Carter says the audits are routine and he supports annual audits, while Mondale’s auditor process is described as straightforward.
Governor Cliff Finch aides say the effort aims to bring government closer to the people as Finch travels statewide. Meetings in Biloxi Sunflower Pike and Tishomingo counties outline plans for a coast shrimp boil in Gulfport this summer with Finch as guest. by summer’s end, organizers aim to cover every county.
In Gulfport Memorial Hospital the donated kidney dialysis unit, given in 1973 by Navy wives, sits idle after HEW rules barred Medicare reimbursement within 90 miles of a Jackson facility. Administrator Ron Burton said staff found the regulation last week, leaving plans to transfer the unit or relocate it, as interest from patients had existed but referrals never materialized.
Mississippi's two senators and four representatives were split on the House Hatch Act revision that would let federal employees participate in politics. Lott and Montgomery opposed. Cochran Whitten Bowen supported. House vote 244 to 164 with leave of absence provisions debated.
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