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Staunton, Leader, Thursday, March 24, 1977 5 T2w News summary New prime minister mm News and Views Of AreajBusiness I I Tanker survivors head for home BALTIMORE (AP)-Eight Uruguayans, who were survivors of an explosion that split a Panamanian tanker in half off the North Carolina Coast, started their trips home Wednesday, authorities said. The men, whose identities were withheld, were picked up by a Liberian banana boat earlier this week and brought to Baltimore after their ship wreck about 120 miles off the North Carolina coast. Antonio Aversa, the Italian cook aboard the destroyed Claude Conway, was also brought here for treatment of minor injuries. Radio Shack reports gain in Feb. sales PRESSURE TREATED LUMBER For Carefree Outdoor Living S4S VP WOLMANIZED Ask for Carter's Current Low.

Low Prices. "sales of high fidelity equipment were strong, particularly in high-wattage stereo receivers. "Because our inventory of 23-channel CB radios was exhausted," Mr. Tandy continued, "Radio Shack, which normally sells only products made by or for its own brands, bought several lots of these radios from other manufacturers and ran ads under the headline 'CB Special Purchase'. "Similar activities are planned for March and April," Mr.

Tandy stated, "inasmuch as 40-channel sets are expected to move at less than the anticipated rate until the 23-channel 'market overhang' is sold out." Radio Shack, recorded sales of $70,543,000 for February, a 31 per cent gain over sales of $53,993,000 for the same month last year. North American stores in existence more than one year posted a 12 per cent increase in comparison with their February 1976 sales. Tandy Corporation, Radio Shack's parent company, reported that its consolidated sales for February were $76,040,000, an increase of 30 per cent over February 1976 sales of $58,456,000. According to Charles D. Tandy, chairman and chief executive officer: "despite rumors to the contrary, CB radios moved out in excellent quantity." He also noted that 8' IQ' I 12' 14' I 16' 2-4 $1.62 $2.58 $3.52 26 $5.28 28 $3.04 $3.80 $5.38 2MO M.40 $5.50 $7.98 44 $7.06 46 $9.41 66 M4.62 OTHER LENGTHS AVAILABLE NEW DELHI, India Morarji Desai, the 81-year-old political veteran whose new Janata party ended the long rule of Indira Gandhi and the Congress party, is chosen prime minister.

Saved from no-confidence vote LONDON An alliance with Liberals saves Prime Minister James Callaghan's government from a no-confidence vote, but Labor's left wing rebels against the pact. Picketing bill defeated Legislation that would have expanded the striking power of construction unions is dead after an upset vote in the House of Representatives. U.S.-Vietnam talks New talks between the United States and once bitter enemy Vietnam will focus on establishing an economic relationship, probably starting with an end to the American trade embargo, State Department officials say. Drought relief program Quick action on President Carter's drought relief program is being predicted in Congress, despite grumbling about his plan to charge farmers five per cent interest on loans to buy water. Water projects Despite President Carter's objections to 30 federal water projects, Congress seems determined to have the final say on whether the disputed dam, reservoir, irrigation and flood control projects continue.

Congressional sources predicted most of the projects will wend their way back into the federal budget, one way or the other. Disabled youth Allen Aaron Jackson enlisted in the Army to be trained as an automobile mechanic. Instead, at 21, his body was cut in half by a tank. A federal court says it "deeply sympathizes" with Jackson, but it can't order the government to pay damages for his ordeal. Joan Mondale interviewed One benefit of living in the stately quarters of the vice president, says Joan Mondale, "is that our children's table manners have vastly Another, she said, is that the house "reminds me of every house we lived in in Minnesota.

The wind has that same, high-pitched whine. Last night it blew out a window." Pickle secrets? FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Nat Stern pickles his pickles in charred oak barrels previously used to age whiskey. Stern also has an abiding dislike of machinery. Are these the secrets of his pickle works, in business at the same old stand since 1894? Gay activist NEW YORK Gay rights activist Robert Livingston says his appointment to New York City's Commission on Human Rights shows recognition of the political clout homosexuals have.

He told the Baltimore Sun in an interview that the explosion occurred in the forward section, splitting the ship in half. Aversa said that he was the first one to reach the lifeboat which eventually held 14 members of the ship's crew. Aversa said the men then left the lifeboat, which experienced engine trouble, and boarded a section of the tanker still afloat for shelter. But, he said that section of the Claude Conway suddenly shifted deeper in the water, forcing the men to abandon the boat for periods of time. The Liberian boat eventually came upon the wreck and took the survivors off the ill-fated ship, according to Aversa.

To leave 'Baretta' LOS ANGELES (AP) -Saying he's "smart enough to know that the American people get sick of anybody," actor Robert Blake says he is leaving his ABC television series "Baretta" in a year. Blake said Wednesday he would complete his contract with Universal, which produces the program, by filming for the 1977-78 season. In a letter to Sidney Sheinberg, president of MCA the parent company of Universal, Blake said, "I have nothing but pleasant memories from doing the show and have found it rewarding both personally and professionally. "However, like all good things, there comes a time when one finds it necessary to move on to other challenges." Blake, who portrays an undercover policeman on the show, said he felt "Baretta" got across to the public that "90 per cent of what the cops are doing are social problems, not legal problems." Brant's open house set for Sunday 1HE1 48 PLVIVOOD MvWfpl ASSOCIATION GRADE STAMP 1 3a 1 Vz I 5e" I 3aT ClSSr $9.69 GISERK 13910.65 CDr $6-30 Brant's School of Business will hold open house from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday of its new facilities at 823 Richmond Ave.

Ronald Pennington, director, said refreshments will be available, plus a tour of the building. Members of the administration and teachers will be on hand to answer ques- $J1 8 PARTICLE BOARD tions, and parking is available, he added. The school moved into its new quarters on Jan. 2T. There are presently eight full-time teachers and five persons in the admission's department.

There are 127 students enrolled, and Mr. Pennington said he hopes to double that amount by September. VARIETY SHOW SET FORT DEFIANCE The Fort Defiance SCA will sponsor the third annual Variety Show on Friday at 7 p.m. Acts will range from tap dancing and singing to roller skating and stunts on a trampoline. Tickets will be sold at the door.

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