30 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1977
Page
1
The House rejected a move to cut funding for congressional and federal employee raises, voting 251 to 161 to keep a pay jump from 44,600 to 57,500 for 1978, with the bill moving to the Senate.
Charlotte Grosse, 15, kidnapped from a Bradenton area Girl Scout camp, spoke to her father by phone promising freedom. Sheriff Hardcastle described confusion over the abductor's plan as searches focused around Bradenton and Oscar Scherer State Park. The motive remained unclear with authorities noting a possible link to an earlier Locust Grove incident.
Star Staff Writer reports the debate over minimum housing codes as Winchester nears the finish of its race for standards. Pat Wiseman of the State Office of Housing notes unofficial BOCA code references and study commission remarks urging rehabilitation aided by uniform statewide building rules.
Beautiful pixy portraits of your children promoted at Penneys with a semi annual sale running Thursday to Saturday. Ads promise 10 to 50 percent discounts on Bell's Men’s Ladies and Boys merchandise starting July. Summer merchandise sale ongoing. Includes 16 oz Pepsi six packs and porch swings. Store address listed. Closed July and Millet Nordwore.
President Carter announced at a national news conference that the United States should not continue with B1 bomber production while testing and development continue. He endorsed deploying the airborne and submarine launched cruise missiles as key alternatives amid ongoing SALT talks with the Soviet Union.
The Carter administration drafts a series of fuel-saving options including Sunday gas-station closings, import quotas, and potential gasoline rationing as a last resort to meet conservation targets. Standby conservation could apply during chronic shortages into the 1980s, with commuter parking rules, carpool incentives, lighting limits, and emergency heating and cooling measures also under consideration.
Clarke County gears up for a big weekend as John A. Miller’s Watermelon Park Music Festival begins tomorrow with Merle Haggard headlining a long list of performers. Jack Davis is named Administrative Assistant to U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. and Virginia’s Left Turn on Red law takes effect tomorrow after a six month grace period.
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