18 Aug 1979
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1979
Page
1
President Carter travels the Mississippi aboard the Delta Queen and faces a planned three hour stop at Wabasha Minnesota. Town officials anticipate up to 20000 people lining the levee to pray for national unity during the river voyage.
Explosions struck the second floor of the U.S. Consulate in Tehran causing damage but no injuries, a U.S. embassy spokesman said. The visa section was damaged as blasts rattled the city amid reports of grenades fired from an adjoining alley.
President Carter ordered the removal of federal price controls on heavy oil, aiming to double production from 250,000 to 750,000 barrels per day by 1990. He argued the move would lift a 10-billion-barrel reserve while limiting consumer impact to about a quarter-cent per glass? per use. Heavy oil, thick and costly to produce, is largely in California with some in Texas and other states.
Karen Multack Boldt, 27, of New Haven Michigan, alleges she was abandoned at birth and kept from her heritage. She says a 10 year reunion with her father included a $20 dismissal and seeks damages for illegal imprisonment and emotional harm.
The 12 percent prime rate is announced by Virginia National Bank United Virginia Bankshares and Bank of Virginia signaling higher mortgage costs and tighter consumer spending as the 1970s recession fears grow.
Crude from a gigantic spill pounded the Texas Gulf shoreline as slicks approached Port Mansfield and Brownsville. Coast Guard and vacuum crews battled contamination while tourism on Padre Island warned of a 50 percent drop.
The defense called 25 witnesses on the trial's second day, many schoolchildren among them, as Lawrence Thomas faces an indecent exposure charge. A Winchester Circuit Court special grand jury also met in a day-long session, hearing nine people and addressing Department employees and the General District Court judge.
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