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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1977
Page
3
A House-Senate conference committee must reconcile major differences between a Carter backed House strip mining bill and a Senate version. The Senate approved the bill 57 to 8 Friday after approving several changes that could delay final action.
The AP reports April consumer prices rose eight tenths of 1 percent at a 9.6 percent annual rate with coffee driving the spike up 13.1 percent. Coffee now sells around 3.50 per pound retail as fears of supply shortages resurface amid Brazil weather and crop loss. The article notes beef prices rising 10 cents from mid April and SEC allegations against Anheuser Busch over illicit payments. A separate Christiansburg case reports a newborn death by suffocation and murder charges against Thelma Long.
In California, Bill Steed proclaimed world’s first Doctor of Frog Psychology at Croaker College in Angels Camp. Frogs like Delight and Jumpin’ George study under Steed as Calaveras County’s annual frog-jumping contest nears, with a $50 yearly board and train fee.
In remarks at a southwest Virginia luncheon Henry Howell charges Andrew Miller with budget busting burdens amid reports Miller raised over 700000 dollars yet lacks funds for TV ads before the June 14 primary. Howell asserts Miller’s spending pattern would lead to tax heavy government if elected.
Virginia Electric & Power Co. Vice President Stanley Ragone told a House subcommittee that mandatory oil to coal conversion would consume capital needed to expand generation facilities, likely delaying projects and raising oil use. He supported a national energy policy but urged study of Carter plans. He noted oil share fell from 60 percent in 1972 to about 40 percent after nuclear and coal units and two oil-to-coal conversions.
Gen. Lewis Blaine Hershey who oversaw the draft of 14.5 million Americans in three wars died in his hometown of Angola Indiana at age 83. He died at a motel and was to attend graduation exercises at Tri-State University where a memorial is planned. Further details were not released pending relatives’ notification.
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