News Journal Archive, 14-21. July
Pages of History features excerpts from the News Journal archives, including The Morning News and The Evening Journal.
July 16, 1979, The Morning News
President Carter: Oil crisis will test the USA
President Carter last night described the United States as a nation beset by a crisis of confidence, acknowledged shortcomings in his own leadership and called on Americans to unite on the energy problem as the first test of “our ability to unite this nation.”
His solemn address to the nation marked the climax of his summit conference at Camp David …
Carter said he would never again allow the United States to import more foreign oil than it did in 1977, when the United States imported 8.5 million barrels a day.
He will request “the largest peacetime commitment of financial and material resources in the history of our country” to generate energy from coal and oil shale, as well as from natural gas and solar.
He is calling on Congress to require the nation’s energy providers to reduce their oil consumption by 50% over the next decade…
He has already issued regulations, approved by Congress, requiring that air conditioning temperatures in commercial buildings be set no colder than 78 degrees starting today…
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July 17, 1922, The Evening Journal
Twelve dead and 25 injured in new miners’ war in West Virginia
Twelve men were reportedly killed and 25 others wounded today in a gun battle between sheriff’s deputies, mine guards and 500 striking miners in Cliftonville, three miles from Wellsburg, West Virginia.
The shooting followed a fire at a Richmond Mining Company coal dump.
The strikers marched from Arvelia, Pennsylvania, to Wellsburg, where they gathered at midnight and announced the closure of the Richland Mine, where strikebreakers had been working for the past month…
At 2:15 a.m. a huge charge of dynamite was detonated in the miners’ tent colony across Crowe Creek in West Virginia. A few minutes later rockets were detonated in Virginia City and police believe this was a sign that everything was ready for the attack…
When the miners appeared on the hilltop, Deputy Sheriff Irving MacInge went to meet them. He had hardly gone a short distance when he was struck down by a gunshot.
Almost immediately after the first shots were fired, the band of miners began streaming over the hill and down into the valley, firing as they went. The attackers came from two directions, and the defending guards and deputies were caught in the crossfire.
Meanwhile, a larger group of attackers headed straight for the coal mine, which they soaked with oil. A match was struck and soon the large building was ablaze…
The guards were outnumbered by about 40 men and were forced back, but they took shelter in nearby buildings and opened a devastating fire into the scattering ranks of strikers…
July 18, 1996, The News Journal
Passenger plane explodes off Long Island
A TWA passenger plane with 229 people on board exploded in a fireball shortly after takeoff to Paris and crashed into the waters off Long Island on Wednesday evening. There were no signs of survivors.
The 747 jet, Flight 800, was en route from Kennedy Airport to Charles de Gaulle Airport when it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 20 miles off Moriches Inlet at around 8:45 p.m.
There are 212 passengers and 17 crew members on board the jet, according to TWA vice president Mike Kelly. He said the plane arrived from Athens, Greece, and was grounded for about three hours before takeoff….
When asked about the possibility of a bomb, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said: “We cannot discuss safety issues.”
ABC News reported that the FAA did not receive a distress call from the pilot before the crash, suggesting there was no warning of a problem…
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July 20, 2004, The News Journal
Police officer killed in an accident is considered the epitome of a civil servant
The Delaware State Trooper who died in a head-on collision early Sunday, July 18, was so proud of his force that he recently got a tattoo of the State Police mascot, a bulldog…
Cpl. Christopher M. Shea, 31, was a member of the department for four years … and often spoke to colleagues about how lucky he was to have two children and a supportive wife who understood the importance of his work and patiently endured its demands and long hours, said Lt. Joseph P. Aviola Jr.
“He never hesitated when (the police) needed someone to step in,” Aviola said. “He was the epitome of public service.”
State Police Superintendent Col. L. Aaron Chaffinch called him a dedicated officer.
“It was a senseless death,” Chaffinch said.
Chaffinch said Philip Healy, 41, of Wilmington, was driving north on the wrong side of the road on southbound Del. 1 near Milford when he struck Shea’s patrol car at 2:06 a.m. Healy fled after causing another, less serious collision nearby at 1:58 a.m.
Shea, who was traveling south on Del. 1 in a Ford Crown Victoria, died at 2:54 a.m. at Milford Memorial Hospital.
Chaffinch said preliminary tests show Healy, who was pronounced dead at the scene, had been drinking. The medical examiner will determine his blood alcohol content….
Governor Ruth Ann Minner, who visited Shea’s widow Susan on Sunday, authorized the flags to fly at half-staff until Thursday evening…
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