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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1975
Page
1
The Labor Department reports the Consumer Price Index rose eight tenths of one per cent in June led by a 1.5 per cent food increase and a 3 per cent gasoline rise. Meat, fruits, vegetables, and nonfood items also climbed while real earnings fell.
Congress is expected to reject Ford’s plan to phase out oil price controls over 30 months after his veto. The House likely will not override, keeping old oil under price ceilings while talks of a longer compromise circulate.
Anti Communist mobs clash with security forces in Acobca and Lourinha as troops quell attacks on Communist sites. The Revolutionary Council reports violence across Angola and the Azores amid a political crisis following the Socialist and Popular Democratic party withdrawals.
The House is set to vote on a resolution to restore Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s citizenship. The Senate approved the measure unanimously in April. Lee sought amnesty after surrender in 1865 but died before restoration.
Exiled writer Solzhenitsyn charges President Ford with planning to attend a 35 nation European summit and calls the move a betrayal of Eastern Europe. He says there is no point in meeting Ford and warns against detente policy as Ford travels to Europe to sign a Helsinki agreement with Western leaders.
FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley and Patrick Murphy of the Police Foundation announce a citizen crime fighting program focusing on community organizing to protect the elderly. The move follows an 18 percent rise in the national crime rate in the first quarter and broad increases across rural suburban and urban areas.
FBI figures show an average of about 14 robberies per day in Virginia's eight largest cities from Jan 1 to Mar 31 1975, a 45 percent rise from the same period in 1974. Richmond and Norfolk saw the biggest increases with 807 and 784 more crimes, while Portsmouth and Virginia Beach saw declines.
The Associated Press reports that frost has damaged three fourths of Brazil's coffee crop, risking higher prices for consumers this fall. The notice also mentions canning tips and botulism warnings in today’s Living Pages.
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