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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1978
Page
1
The Carter administration notes modest growth ahead as leading indicators rise 0.5 percent, but inflation and a $2.1 billion October trade deficit pull down stocks and the dollar. Blumenthal cites unusual gold export shifts distorting trade data while investment orders surge.
San Francisco holds a funeral for slain Mayor George Moscone with citizens grieving and flags lowered. Acting Mayor Dianne Feinstein tells crowds the people of San Francisco are indomitable despite adversity outside City Hall.
Pope John Paul II held a secret audience with four leaders of southern African black nationalist movements at the Apostolic Palace to discuss human rights. The meeting, disclosed by Oliver Tambo of the ANC and George Silundika of the National Patriotic Front, followed concerns over rights abuses in the region.
The Wayside Theatre announces on the Spectator page it will adapt Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and is seeking local actors and actresses to fill roles. The notice appears amid holiday features in the Clarke Compass classified section.
Andrew Miller met with Senate Rules Committee staff amid signals of a possible challenge to John Warner's win in Virginia. The margin was 4,721 votes from over 1.2 million cast, with Miller weighing a state court recount or a Senate appeal.
Handley High School tenth graders posted strong results with 94 percent passing mathematics and 93 percent meeting reading standards on state competency tests. Of 312 tested, 11 failed both areas and 19 failed one. Remediation and a retest in April are planned for those under the standards.
A series of earthquakes in Mexico City and southern Mexico injured up to 600 people but officials cited no confirmed deaths. Reports varied on fatalities with early counts suggesting deaths in Oaxaca. seismologists warned it could be among the strongest quakes in the nation’s history.
Cambridge pediatrician Dr. Richard Feinbloom says Jessica Katz, the infant from Russia with malabsorption syndrome, is past the crisis and may not need hospitalization on arrival with her parents and sister. He notes she improves with a diet shift toward normal foods and will likely be seen next week.
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