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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1978
Page
1
Timmy Brattain, an eleven year old with cerebral palsy, enters a Key Biscayne mini marathon. He battles fatigue and odds, finishing two hours six minutes as spectators praise his sportmanship while Jerome White wins in 32 minutes 23 seconds.
In Jerusalem the cabinet debated a U S proposal to hold Palestinian elections in the West Bank and Gaza by December 1979 amid splits. Dayan favors autonomy while Begin and Weizman resist binding timetables. Egypt wants linkage to a peace treaty.
The Carter administration seeks a 2.2 billion supplemental defense bill to fund full scale development of a mobile ICBM, a nuclear powered attack submarine, and at least one Spruance class destroyer. The package also covers airlaunched cruise missiles and conventional arms to bolster Western Europe.
Iran reports daily oil production at 3.3 million barrels as 37 000 workers end a two week walkout. Abadan refinery returns near normal 500 000 barrels per day with Tehran Tabriz and Kermanshah plants adding 185 000. Western sources note one offshore Kuzestan field still idle amid worker resentment.
Winchester City Council voted to rezone a section of Amherst Street from residential to commercial after a year of discussion. Action tabled. The Berryville Town Council postponed Allen Spencer special use permit action and will hold a joint meeting with the town planning commission. Plant care tips help prepare houseplants for winter.
Winchester votes seven to six to suspend the city from the National Flood Insurance Program, deferring a flood plain ordinance that would have kept the city in the federal program. Sanctions begin at midnight with impacts on federal grants and loans for about 310 flood plain properties, and a four month path to possible reinstatement.
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