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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1977
Page
2
Roanoke Police Sgt. Doyle explains to his 4 year old son after he shot and killed a 500 pound black bear that had roamed near downtown. The bear was eventually felled with shotgun blasts after tranquilizers failed to stop it.
Lt. Gov. John N. Dalton warned that Virginia faces high unemployment unless the state accelerates industrial development. Speaking at a dinner for Artex Fibers in Front Royal, he said 200,000 jobs could be lost if new jobs are not created, urging diversification away from government employment and across all social lines.
Eight Winchester area students earned awards at the Shenandoah Valley Regional Science Fair held at Madison College. Top honors went to Do Yeon Sohn of Handley for Measuring Pollution by Using a Photometer and Cary Gaunt for The Environmental Scope of a Winter Stream. both advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Cleveland. Other winners include Barbara Nemeth-Barath, Kathleen Salyan, Kimberly Golden, Laura Lloyd, Scott Jack, and Lucinda A. Edmunds, with awards for biology and physical science and a Kodak Award for photography in science.
Former White House Counsel John Dean called off his lecture tour after fearing what Richard Nixon might reveal in the David Frost interviews. Dean telegraphed schools in Georgia and Ohio that talks planned for this week and next would be canceled as he re evaluates events of the Nixon era. He said he will not discuss Watergate until he re examines the full record.
A five vehicle crash on Interstate 81 six point eight miles south of Winchester sent three people to Winchester Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition and injured others in a second incident on Papermill Road. Vera Jenkins of Wilmington Delaware sustained injuries in the I 81 pileup. Addie Brobst and Patricia Bellace were treated and released. A separate single vehicle crash on Papermill Road injured Cynthia P. Zuckerman of Winchester. Police listed vehicle damages from the I 81 crash and noted one vehicle was totalled.
Washington reports the NHTSA plans September 1978 enforcement for 1979 cars after a five year wait, with possible delay of a tougher 1980 81 phase. Insurance officials and Rep Eckhardt criticize the slow action as fender bender costs rise and premiums climb, shown by test crash costs across multiple models.
Firefighters burned orchard debris near the J Schoeneman Inc plant to remove roosting starlings creating a health concern. Fire crews poured fuel on tree stumps and tops to clear the site after the birds gathered in the orchard.
AFL CIO President George Meany says the 7 percent unemployment rate is not good enough and warns rates may stall without job programs. The government notes 548,000 jobs added, 9.6 million employed, 6.7 million unemployed, while inflation climbs and steel prices rise.
Clear and cooler tonight with lows in the 40s. Sunday brings sunny, cooler conditions with highs in the 60s. Extended forecast through Wednesday remains fair with daytime highs in the 60s to mid 70s and nightly lows in the 40s to mid 50s. May rainfall reported at Tod trace. year totals shown.
South Africa's Foreign Minister R F Botha says Andrew Young may visit if he minds diplomatic manners. The State Department confirms the trip proceeds as scheduled despite threats to bar Young for meetings with black leaders. Botha urged proper channels before announcing plans while Washington calls the visit private and proceeding.
The nation’s fourth largest Republic and Youngstown Sheet and Tube, part of Lykes, raised prices on flatrolled steel and bar products used in autos, appliances, and machinery. Analysts say consumer impact depends on pass through. estimates add about $40 to car costs and $5 to $10 to major appliance costs.
State police at the Erie post said calls to the wrong number flooded the bureau after an ad in Monroe listed an incorrect telephone. Troopers traced the nuisance to the erroneous ad while handling pizza orders that kept ringing.
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