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Newspaper
The Mountain Statesman
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1977
Page
1
Members of the downtown Grafton Area Retail Merchants Association sponsor a two day Flea Market and sidewalk sales promotion on Main Street. The event opened Friday with bargain hunters surveying displays and continues today.
City offices and county elective offices close Monday for West Virginia Day and reopen Tuesday. A free six week speech therapy program starts Monday at West Side School Grafton and Tuesdays Thursdays at Flemington Grade School, led by Diane Everly. registration via Mrs Glenice Cather at Taylor County Health Department. Police report two break ins Thursday night at local businesses including Grafton Laundromat and Kale Motors. soap valued at 35 dollars taken and a tailgate removed from a late model pickup. A rabies clinic for dogs will be held in Flemington with state law requiring shots every other year for dogs over five months. dog tax tags must be purchased at the Assessor's office. 1978 tags due by July.
The Mountain Statesman issue from June 18 1977 serves Grafton and northern West Virginia with regional news. It features local notices, community updates, and brief reports reflecting rural Heartland concerns of the era.
In Washington a proposed federal program to expand black lung benefits drew support from the United Mine Workers and Sen. Jennings Randolph DW Va. while the coal industry warned of burdensome costs. The bill would fund the program via a coal producers excise tax and loosen eligibility, prompting sharp opposition from industry lawyers citing rising costs.
The House voted to bar federal funds for abortions and to restrict affirmative action programs. The amendments to a 61.3 billion Labor HEW bill face Senate chances, with Hyde’s abortion ban passing 201 to 155. Walker’s race and sex quota ban seeks no enforcement of any numeric targets.
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola says it is forming a cross faction alliance with dissidents and FNLA to challenge Neto’s Cuban backed government. Talks have occurred in London Lisbon and Paris with dissidents who failed to topple Neto weeks earlier.
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