31 May 1977
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1977
Page
1
The Associated Press counted 411 deaths on highways during the three day Memorial Day weekend. The National Safety Council had predicted 400 to 500 deaths for the period. In 1968 a record 629 were killed over a four day observance. Last year 442 deaths were recorded over the same weekend.
After nearly ten years of controversy and construction the Alaska pipeline is welded in place near the Brooks Range marking completion. Testing begins June 20 with startup expected around July 1 and oil delivery to Valdez within 45 days.
Washington AP Hundreds of letters flood IRS as taxpayers urge simplification with the chant Simplify. IRS reports 470 people have used the annual form review to offer guidance on running tax affairs. Officials note growing concern over form complexity and fairness, with calls that the wealthy pay their share.
New York EPA engineers find jets at Kennedy and LaGuardia regularly exceed local and federal noise standards. One of four jets surpassed FAA and Port Authority limits with takeoffs quieter than landings. Older 1970s planes ordered refitted by 1981. Concorde bans persist amid resident protests.
A seven-member panel created by HEW after Senate subpoenas urges wide reforms to FDA drug regulation. The Washington Post notes the panel finds the FDA is neutral toward industry, and its final report, due for release, aims to improve U S health by tightening oversight of new medicines.
In Pittsburgh the daily Pennsylvania lottery result listed the number 256 with a partial 236 line fragment observed.
The Maryland Numbers Game daily lottery drawing in Baltimore announced the winner as 36 on Monday. The result appears in AP1 coverage from the Maryland lottery notes.
The Hanafi sect group led by Hamaas Abdul Kaglis faces murder and armed kidnapping charges in a potentially longest capital case. Twelve defendants, including Kaglis, appear for pretrial motions as prosecutors plan to call up to 59 witnesses, with the trial expected to run two to four months in a heavily secured, expanded courtroom.
In Tallahassee the Florida House approved two bills restricting homosexuals. One bars same sex marriages by requiring licenses for a male female couple and the other prohibits homosexual adoption even by natural parents. Both measures pend Senate review, linked to a Dade County anti discrimination ordinance.
Washington AP reports U S intelligence sources say a Soviet interceptor satellite test ended in apparent failure. The craft passed within about 50 miles of its target, with analysts concluding no destruction occurred and noting uncertainty about Soviet objectives.
Indianapolis AP report says heiress Marjorie Jackson 68 was shot dead after a life of mystery. authorities chase huge unaccounted funds, with more than 5 million found hidden after a fire. Six arrested. others sought as investigators trace 3 million withdrawn from a local bank in early 1976.
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