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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1977
Page
10
A Chicago Tribune analysis reviews a four hearts contract where West leads clubs and East discards spades. The debate centers on bidding, discards, and the missed defense, with North's three hearts seen as correct and East urged to shift diamonds early.
Israel's new prime minister Menahem Begin will visit Washington on July 18 for talks with President Carter. Begin accepted the invitation and pledged asylum to 66 Vietnamese refugees rescued by an Israeli freighter. He aims to curb spending and promote free enterprise while negotiating over the West Bank status with ongoing talks.
Washington AP Carter administration weighs a new 3-cent gasoline tax variation to replace the rejected standby 5-cent proposal. The plan, proposed by Dan Rostenkowski, faces debate on revenue distribution and public transit funding as rural representatives warn against city-heavy allocations.
A Senate report links lax mine safety laws and weak Interior Department enforcement to 260 deaths in five major disasters since 1972. It accompanies a bill to strengthen federal safety rules and shift enforcement to the Labor Department, citing Buffalo Creek, Sunshine Mine, Blacksville, Scotia, and Tower City incidents.
The Star Files reports Dr George Troxel was reelected to active membership in the American Academy of General Practice, the national association of family doctors. United Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled a monument for the last of the unmarked graves in Stonewall Cemetery.
In 1952 the St. Louis Cardinals ran a tryout camp in Winchester at Reuss Park. Scripps Howard newspapers in 19 markets endorsed General Dwight D. Eisenhower for president.
United Mine Workers trustees announce a new policy requiring miners to pay the first 250 dollars of hospitalization costs and 40 percent of doctors bills up to a 500 dollar limit. The change follows funds strain from wildcat strikes and reduced employer contributions totaling 65 million since 1974.
An unidentified youth plunged from the South Canyon Bridge west of Glenwood Springs into a deep Colorado River hole to cool off as temperatures rose into the 90s on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies.
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