Inflation squeezes buyers and sellers in housing market
The AP reports high mortgage rates around 17 percent push buyers out of reach and leave sellers with unsold homes. The Smith family moved from Georgia to Missouri facing double housing costs as they rent in Kirkwood while their Atlanta three bedroom home sits unsold. Corporate transfers ease some burden but overall existing home sales are projected at about 2.6 million this year.
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Georgia
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St. Louis
JoAnn
Kirkwood
Massive Western Blackout Triggers Heat Wave Disruption
A major blackout left about a million people across California and Nevada without power for up to three hours amid temperatures above 100 degrees. Causes cited included forest fires, a lightning strike in Arizona, and transmission-line issues from the Columbia River region eastward. Nevada Power reported about 75,000 customers affected as Las Vegas substations auto shut down. Los Angeles faced 1:32 p.m. outages with quick restorations in many areas. Weather and radio stations reported disruption across the Antelope Valley and Bay Area.
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Columbia River
Las Vegas
Lake Mead
Nevada Power Co
Antelope Valley
Sandra Wilson
KAVL
Lancaster
Mojave Desert
San Francisco Bay Area
West Virginia plates attract worldwide requests
Charleston AP reports a growing international interest in Mountain State license plates with Britain Australia and Brazil leading requests. Virginia Roberts notes overseas plates complicate policy and cost, prompting talk of selling sample plates to fund production while preserving legal limits.
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Charleston
W.va
Joe Banana
England
West Virginia
Virginia Roberts
Britain
Australia
Brazil
Motor Vehicles Department
Ms. Roberts
United States
Prison Industries
Katia Newton
Cooke Could Face 50 Year Term
Washington AP reports Air Force 2nd Lt Christopher M Cooke a Virginian 26 faces a court martial on espionage charges for conveying secret information to the Soviet Union and not reporting contacts with Soviet officials He could be sentenced to more than 50 years at hard labor if convicted Family members teachers portray him as intelligent patriotic and ambitious while FBI and DOJ officials describe him as an aberrant mind or a provocateur with mixed views on his case
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Air Force
Christopher M. Cooke
Soviet Union
Chris
Richard Cooke
Richmond
Alan Ward
College of William & Mary
Cooke
Insiders prison program eyed as deterrent for youths
A Virginia Corrections Department study sees the State Penitentiary Insiders program helping delinquent youths by exposing them to prison life. About 3,500 youths with multiple offenses viewed the program since November 1978, following Scared Straight. Critics note mixed results and follow up time may drive differing conclusions.
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Corrections Department
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Virginia Corrections Department
Virginia
Stan Orchowsky
Keith Taylor
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