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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1978
Page
1
Pope John Paul I died of a heart attack in Vatican City at age 65 after a 34 day reign. The Vatican reported he collapsed while reading The Imitation of Christ and was found by his secretary.
The Winchester Evening Star will raise its subscription prices effective October 1 1978. per copy will rise to 15 cents from 10 cents. Yearly local carrier delivery is 26.00, six months 14.00, three months 7.50. Motor or mail delivery 28.00 yearly, 15.00 six months, 8.00 three months. Yearly subscribers pay about eight cents daily for local and nine cents daily for motor/mail. All rates are payable in advance.
Striking rail clerks, ordered to work by President Carter, intensified picketing as a federal judge refused to enforce the order, halting or slowing rail traffic across the United States. Over 300,000 workers stayed off the job, affecting 42 states and risking layoffs due to disrupted shipments.
Democratic Senate hopeful Andrew P. Miller urged Winchester business leaders to curb federal taxes and push a balanced budget by 1981. He proposed indexing individual taxes and cutting capital gains to spur private investment, aligning with Senator Byrd and opposing Puerto Rican labor importation.
World mourns Pope John Paul I who died in his sleep at age 65 after a 34 day tenure the briefest in two millennia of Roman Catholic history. Prominent figures including President Carter and Sen. Kennedy lauded his warmth faith and pastoral leadership.
Arlington Diocese Bishop Thomas J. Welsh expressed profound sadness at the death of Pope John Paul I. He recalled the pope’s loving smile and swift bond with followers, urged prayers for guidance of the Cardinals in the new Conclave, and called for a wise and holy successor to lead the Church.
Today on page 15 the Star wraps a series on proposed Flood Plain Ordinances with city council members’ views. Also on page 6 Country Roads surveys the Russell orchards and apple harvest progress. A former Front Royal policeman is noted on page 15.
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