31 Dec 1975
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1975
Page
1
In the Winchester area several key industries report resilience as unemployment climbs locally. Despite broader job losses, firms in manufacturing and services maintain payrolls, while analysts note uneven regional recovery and ongoing hiring freezes.
The September incident at John Handley High School triggered days of fights involving up to 150 students, leading to suspensions and expulsions for nine black and four white students and a city wide effort to improve race relations. Effie Davis became the first black council member from Handley. A class action sought reinstatement for punished students, upheld later by a federal judge. Concurrently a year-long Frederick County investigation loomed into 1976.
Senate leader Hugh Scott allegedly pressed Gulf Oil money during the Watergate era in 1973. A Gulf panel found $12.3 million in illegal political donations over 13 years abroad and at home, including gifts to South Korea and Canada, with calls for accountability by Gulf management.
Americans ring in 1976 with Bicentennial flair as events unfold nationwide. In New York Guy Lombardo will conduct Auld Lang Syne at midnight in the Waldorf Astoria ballroom. Philadelphia prepares to move the Liberty Bell under heavy guard to a new exhibition hall, a move costing about 104000 dollars for security. The New York Times Square ball drop will be accompanied by a 50 foot Bicentennial banner and balloons. In Colorado Springs fireworks from Pike's Peak will be visible for 100 miles. Weather cautions include snow and rain across regions and rising temperatures in parts. Fort Lauderdale braces for potential riot as celebrations spark vandalism and policing concerns.
The Winchester Evening Star will not publish tomorrow in observance of New Year’s Day. All Star offices will be closed.
Washington AP reports postal rates increased from 10 to 13 cents per first class letter with potential rises to 15 or 17 cents by 1977 and 23 cents by 1980. Justice Burger declined to halt the increase. bulk mailers warned refunds would be impractical if overturned.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck western Greece, damaging hundreds of buildings south of Lake Trikhonis and Messolonghi. Ano and Kato Makrinou were reported leveled, with about 1,500 residents in those villages and thousands homeless overall.
Federal court upholds expulsion of Michael Crawford and Christopher Good from Handley High School effective January 5 and bars return to Dowell J. Howard Vocational School. Judge James Turk denied reinstate request amid broader discrimination suit against Winchester education officials.
At a meeting of the Frederick County Sanitation Authority and the Frederick County Taxpayers Association last night a possible FBI probe was on the agenda. The Clarke County Board plans to request federal funds to extend a water main to Waterloo. Oscar Kaye recalls his East Side Market in Berryville destroyed by fire a week before Christmas.
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