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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1978
Page
1
The Labor Department reports a 0.8 percent price rise in September with gasoline housing and tuition climbing. Food prices up 0.5 while average purchasing power fell 0.3. Inflation for nine months hits 9.6 percent. CPI at 199.3, $100 in 1967 now $199.30.
A nostalgic ode to daylight saving time noting the one extra hour this Sunday. The piece cites Shakespeare Wordsworth Burns and Mann while urging people to adjust clocks to reclaim time. It reflects on historical debates and the cultural pull of the annual clock change.
President Carter, amid crowds in Miami Beach and Nashville, pledges to sign the $18.7 billion tax cut and urges supporters to report anti inflation violations. He battles inflation with wage and price caps and warns against special interests while backing Graham and Butcher in Florida and Tennessee fundraisers.
Three planes sighted survivors from a Navy P 3 Orion that ditched 690 miles west southwest of Adak in 10 foot seas. Liferafts carried at least some crewmen while a Coast Guard cutter Jarvis faced delays before rescue helicopters could reach the site. The downed plane reported engine trouble before the ditching as a Navy spokesman noted the incident occurred Thursday afternoon ADT.
Building Inspections Dept faces the task of keeping pace as Frederick County's population expands and construction increases. The Country Roads feature this week analyzes the situation and its local impact.
President Anwar Sadat must decide whether to recall the Egyptian delegation as Israel expands settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. The move triggers US rebuke from Cyrus Vance and prompts talk of delaying a Pentagon mission to survey Negev air bases.
A Handley High School poll of Clarke, Frederick, Warren counties and Winchester shows John Warner leading Andrew Miller 43 to 36 in the U S Senate race and incumbent J Kenneth Robinson ahead of Lewis Fickett 47 to 32 in the U S House contest. Undecided voters total about 21 percent for both races.
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