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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1978
Page
1
Hundreds of Americans and other Westerners flee Iran toward Europe as police gunfire kills at least 15 protesters. Reported killings accompany strikes halving oil production and rising tensions during Moharram.
In a New York AP report dealers warn prices will rise next week by at least two cents per gallon with some markets seeing up to three cents. Lundberg urges a national, possibly rural, uptick lasting about a month as supplies stay tight.
Survivors from a Rocky Mountain Airways Otter crash waited 11 hours for help at 10,000 feet in freezing winds as a bride’s gown was used to seal a hole in the fuselage. One woman died. 21 survived, most hospitalized.
Alfred Kahn, chairman of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, said changes to the seven percent wage guideline are not major, despite unanimous criticism from business and labor that fringe benefit restrictions are too harsh. He spoke Tuesday night as part of a government effort to adjust inflation controls.
At a Frederick County Taxpayers Assn meeting Sam Lehman announced state law lets the county Board of Supervisors appoint two additional at large school board members when the board is county appointed. By July, three new board members could join as Ray Boyce nears June 30 1979 term end.
President Carter reiterates that human rights guide U S foreign policy and vows to confront regimes committing abuses. He cites Cambodia Chile Uganda South Africa Nicaragua Ethiopia the Soviet Union urging that no force on earth can sever the U S commitment. He argues victims and exiles support continued efforts.
A Southern Railway Crescent train derailed in Crescent Virginia after an electrical short distracted engineer J. D. Smith and a fireman. The derailed train from Atlanta to Washington traveled at about 80 mph through a curve rated 45 mph, killing six and injuring around 60. Most of the injured were treated and released. final NTSB findings will take months.
Frederick County School Board received a report on its participation in the CETA program yesterday as part of ongoing local employment and training initiatives. The note appears in the region's Star newspaper with related features on area topics.
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