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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1978
Page
1
The Labor Department reports the jobless rate at 5.8 percent in November with adults adding 540,000 jobs. Men gained most of these hires while women and teens drove earlier gains. unemployment among men stayed at 4 percent as more sought work.
Winchester Star staffers won six Virginia Press Association awards in Group II daily newspapers. Sue Steward took first in Column Writing for Our Town pieces on Darco King and others.
Surviving Peoples Temple members start closed testimony as prosecutors probe the deaths of Rep. Leo Ryan and four others in Guyana. Eleven of seventeen subpoenaed survivors arrive. grand jury aims to identify Ryan’s shooters while others remain in Georgetown awaiting U.S. arrival for Christmas.
The martial law administrator in Tehran bans religious and political protests tied to Moharram vows while Ayatollah Khomeini plans to convert processions into anti shah demonstrations. Opposition leaders push for action, foreigners flee, and the Pentagon confirms constrained U S departures. In Ahwaz clashes leave three dead and several wounded as curfews rise.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a $500000 defense fund event for indicted Congressman Daniel Flood drew about 300 attendees far short of the 20000 hoped for. Organizer William Reichstein sold tickets at 100 dollars each plus at the door. unclear proceeds. Flood and wife greeted supporters as the dinner and bar party struggled with meager turnout and mixed reactions. Meanwhile Golda Meir died at age 80 after hospitalization for jaundice and back pain. officials confirmed her death in Jerusalem.
The Berryville roosting bird feature concludes with a look at other areas where the problem has been addressed. Frederick County Supervisors plan a January meeting to discuss minimum lot sizes as a policy issue.
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