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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1977
Page
4
The Winchester City Council 8-4-1 rejected the housing code championed by Councilman William Shendow. Critics say the plan would create bureaucratic overreach while residents prefer targeted amendments to existing ordinances. The City Manager now weighs a single ordinance or separate departmental rules.
Senator Moynihan presses Carter on Soviet eavesdropping while President Carter fires back over Nixon links. The dispute exposes Carter's irritation at critics, plus security bureacracy worries about detente and potential rivalries for 1980. Moynihan warns that aggressive eavesdropping risks Soviet leverage.
The piece argues inflation focuses on food energy housing and health and critiques the Carter administration. It cites a forthcoming study by Leslie E. Nulty and argues anti inflation should target Big Four costs through housing finance reforms and selective monetary policy while expanding employment programs and building a political coalition.
President Carter and House Democrats push a proposal to double the federal gasoline levy from four to eight cents a gallon. Republicans critique the plan as burdensome, while supporters argue funds would back mass transit and highway projects. Senate critics doubt passage, warning of political fallout for the energy package.
James Kilpatrick writes a birthday letter to his granddaughter Heather noting a drought year 1977 in Virginia’s Rap pahannock County. He recalls acorn floods, frost and poor crops, and contrasts dire farming with memories of Heather growing up. He ends with affection and reassurance that she is loved despite disaster.
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