Senate Nears Vote on New River Scenic River Bill
Washington AP says power executives backed by lobbying face environmentalists as Senate weighs designating Blue Ridge Project area of New River in North Carolina a scenic river to block dam construction. House already approved 311 to 73. Senate expected to back bill with wide margin and Ford has signaled support.
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Washington
Senate
Blue Ridge
North Carolina
House of Representatives
House
Ford
American Electric Power System
AEP
Monocle
Capitol Hill
Appalachian Power Co
New River
Virginia
Appalachian
Power Commission
Bill Painter
American Rivers Conservation Council
Crashes and Policy Battles Highlight Extended Page A-1
A Greenland C141 landing incident from McGuire Air Force Base is noted with eight crew and 19 passengers aboard. Separate Virginia North Carolina river dam fight stalls a pumped storage project as AEP battles for scenic river protections and regulatory approval.
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Greenland
McGuire
Thule Air Base
Pentagon
Madrid
Spain
Welfare bill trims benefits to meet federal funding deadlines
House Finance Chairman Myrl H. Shoemaker sponsors a bill to cut Medicaid benefits to save 58 million dollars and secure federal funds. A committee hearing is set for Tuesday with floor action promised after the September 14 recess. The plan limits hospital stays by medical necessity, lowers physician visits, and imposes copayments for vision care devices and various services across five cities Colu mbus Cleveland Cincinnati Canton Toledo.
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House Finance
Myrl H. Shoemaker
Bourneville
General Assembly
Aggrey
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Canton
Toledo
Marblehead Leaders and Washington Escape at Brooklyn
Marblehead formed a Committee of Correspondence after tensions with Britain and supported Congress’s embargo. Colonel Glover led 505 Marbleheaders to Cambridge in 1775. In the Brooklyn retreat, Washington, unseen in fog, withdrew by dawn with his last man, leaving the British astonished.
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Marblehead
England
Portugal
Spain
Rose
Leutenant
Massachusetts
Sam Adams
Glover
Britain
Boston
Lord North
Grand Banks
New England
Lexington and Concord
Cambridge
Brooklyn
Washington
Benjamin Tallmadge
Connecticut
George Washington
Graydon
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Martin Senour
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Senour
Tell City
Heywood Wakefield
Brayhill
Thomasville Cabinet
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Chatham House
Serta
Pecar
Myle
Ooh
Kimball
Elberfeld’s
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