12 May 1979
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1979
Page
1
Government and private forecasters say rising gasoline shortages this summer could trigger an economic slowdown or recession. Miller and Blumenathal warn of risks while Commerce data show rising inventories and slower retail sales supporting a softer outlook for 1980.
Washington officials review a nationwide odd even gasoline sales plan as a response to potential shortages while Congress blocks standby rationing. Carter faces legislative hurdles and warns against new rationing proposals. Federal Reserve and antitrust probes accompany Capitol Hill activity on energy policy and a possible windfall profits tax.
Navy says coolant leaked from a reactor compartment aboard the USS Nimitz during flight training off Virginia. No core damage or danger to crew or residents, with a minor outer-wall crack cited and the ship returning to Norfolk.
The National Council of Churches urged a move away from nuclear power citing moral concerns about environmental damage and human genetics. It stopped short of calling for an immediate shutdown, favoring a policy shift to solar wind and water power with increased coal use to ease economic disruption.
Living section explores the oreh and the realty of marriage. Article notes changing views of the American dream for women and features a serial assault on gypsy moths with chemical planes over the Blue Ridge Mountains.
In New York City a Health and Sanitation SWAT team halted a rat surge near Park Row and Ann Street using a gigantic trap. Pedestrians were attacked and bitten. a woman was seen with blood on her leg as observers reported rats gnawing car windshields and vinyl roofs. Officials cited a long contaminated excavation site once a bar and grill, leveled after a deadly explosion nine years ago, as the rats breeding ground. The deputy health commissioner noted brazen behavior recently and warned a single female rat can produce about 30,000 descendants in a year.
Barbara Hutton heiress to Woolworth fortune and famed as the poor little rich girl died of cardiac arrest at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles at age 66. The seven time married socialite and former Cary Grant wife lived a life of public excess and private decline, leaving behind a complex legacy of wealth romance and tragedy.
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