04 Oct 1977
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1977
Page
1
Washington AP reports the Carter administration ultimately cracked the prolonged Senate filibuster, ending the longest showdown in 13 years. President's team and advisers pressured lawmakers, shifting votes and breaking the opposition to advance key legislation.
Two Democratic senators leading a two week delay over Carter energy plans faced a turn when Vice President Mondale presided and endorsing a halt to the filibuster. Byrd pressured the move as Mondale ruled against the amendment stack, shifting strategy toward a House Senate conference to salvage the energy bill and push deregulation with cautions on presidential vetoes.
NEW YORK AP report quotes Labelle Lance describing the conversation with her husband Bert Lance about whether he should resign as President Carter's budget director. She says they prayed and cried and that she believed the President and Bert Lance had not done wrong, resigning due to diminished effectiveness amid controversy. She denies accusing media or others of pressuring him.
Boeing faced its first major strike in a year as 87 percent of Inter national Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers members approved walkout. About 19 400 workers in Puget Sound, 3 200 in Wichita, and staff in Portland, Cape Canaveral and bases elsewhere halted rounds. Union says production affected. Seattle plants stay open on all shifts.
Officials test furnace and ventilation at Marlborough Elementary after carbon monoxide circulated through the school. Dozens of students escaped the building on the south side, some semi conscious, with nausea and dizziness. One student remains hospitalized in good condition awaiting further observation.
The CDC reports 12 Legionnaires disease deaths in Vermont since August, the third largest outbreak. Only Philadelphia convention cases in 1968 and a Washington nursing home case exceed it. Since the convention, eight cases and 23 deaths have been reported across 11 states as scientists seek the bacterium’s habitat.
In a Maryland Numbers Game daily drawing reporters note a winning number sequence. The report mentions Sally, Jottery, and numbers such as 043 and a nine four pattern amid a chaotic text. The piece reads as an AP wire summary from Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
BELGRADE Yugoslavia AP The Belgrade conference on East West relations opened with warnings that a rapid arms race jeopardizes progress toward detente. Tito deplored hesitations in applying the 1975 Helsinki Agreement as Milos Minic urged extending military maneuvers to other fields. Waldheim’s message noted participants account for more than 50 percent of global arms expenditures.
Algerian authorities say five Japanese Red Army hijackers and six accomplices are in custody after forcing the Japan Air Lines jet to land in Algiers. The 138 aboard were released with one American passenger among them in good condition. $6 million ransom remains unresolved and hostage fates uncertain as negotiations continue.
HRW Secretary Joseph Califano faces broad testimony at a HEW hearing on a national health insurance plan for Carter. Senator Kennedy and others push for a comprehensive proposal with federal funding for abortions excluded, while critics from Planned Parenthood and other groups voice concerns about the existing private system.
A garbled OCR snippet from The Daily Mail shows partial listings and dates including New Year's Day Memorial Day and spring observances alongside an address in Hagerstown Maryland. Scattered fragments imply a 20th century local paper masthead and postal details with pay rates and subscriptions, but many items are unreadable.
The Pentagon reports 16 227 discharges upgraded through end of last week under the Vietnam era review program. About 420 000 ex-service members were eligible, with 60 000 seeking review. only a minority participated, while the process transitions to standard DoD procedures.
Conferees from the House and Senate admit failure after about four minutes of discussion on abortion policy. The stalemate sends the issue back to the full chambers as they weigh whether federal funds may pay for abortions. Senate negotiator Magnuson notes action awaits House moves before next steps. The funding deadline pressures and Medicaid implications loom, with the House advocating funding only if the mother's life is at risk, with limited rape or incest exceptions.
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