Virginia business leaders see inflation as 1979 hurdle
A Virginia survey of 300 business leaders shows inflation as the major problem for 1979. Respondents expect modest national economic decline, with optimism for their own firms and higher costs, prices, and wages. OPEC price hikes and energy concerns loom large.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
University of Virginia
Tayloe Murphy Institute
Charles C. Meiburg
Institute
Middle East
Organization of “Petroleum
OPEC
Decision Sought On Monitor Removal Plan
Two Carteret County Monitor Research Council members urge speeding study of lifting the Civil War ironclad from 220 feet off Cape Hatteras and moving it to shallower waters for safer research. They favor a replica to aid fundraising and public support while the site remains a protected marine sanctuary.
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Morehead City
N. C
Carteret County
Monitor Research Council
Cape Hatteras
Horace McLean
Bogue Banks
Eric Nelson
Beaufort
Monitor
Cape
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
McLean
Nelson
Monitor Council
Research Council
Carteret
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Coast Guard
Diamond Shoals
State Division of Archives and History
Three Killed On Virginia Highways During New Year Weekend
An AP report details three traffic fatalities in Virginia during the New Year holiday weekend slice. A Tennessee man died on I 81 near Mint Spring after losing control and hitting a guard rail. Jerry Boyd, 32, from Manassas Park, died in Fredericksburg when his car hit a tree. Bonnie Lynn Bartelmews, 23, of Alexandria, was struck by a vehicle on I 95 near Fairfax County. The holiday period began Friday evening and ends Monday midnight.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
Virginia
Mint Spring
Augusta County
Jerry Boyd
Manassas Park
Fredericksburg
Bonnie Lynn Bartelmews
Alexandria
Norfolk Disco Shooting Leaves One Dead and Three Wounded
Norfolk man William Black, 26, manager of Disco 21, faces murder and felonious assault charges after a Saturday early morning shooting. A 28-year-old patron died, three others were wounded, including Marine Michale Parquet, 19, treated and stabilized. Black’s bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Norfolk (Ap
Norfolk
William Black
Disco 21
J.E. Ackart
Black
Ackart
Belt
Michale Parquet
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
James Pendleton
Norfolk General Hospital
Charles Hubbard
Oceana Naval Air Station
University study says GAO overestimated Saratoga overhaul cost
A Wharton School analysis disputes GAO figures on rehabilitating the USS Saratoga at Philadelphia Navy Yard versus Newport News. The study claims the cost difference is only about 3.9 million, faulting GAO methods and evidence, and notes Philadelphia’s labor quality and stability.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
General Accounting Office
GAO
Federal
Congressional Auditing Agency
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Newport News Shipbuilding
Virginia
Wharton School of Business
Paul Trible
R-Va
Wharton
William N. Lanen
Frank Rizzo
Navy
21 Year Old Charged In 3 Slayings
A 21 year old Franklin County man James Brogan of Henry was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection with October slayings of three loggers. Bond set at $615,000. Brogan to be transferred to another jail. details of arrest not disclosed. The victims Milton McGhee 31 Larry 21 and Jimmy Moran 20 were found shot in a wooded area on October 19. The crime was described as an execution style slaying by investigators, with no further comment from officials.
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Rocky Mount
Franklin County
W.Q. Overton
James Brogan
Henry
Brogan
Overton
Milton McGhee
Larry
Jimmy Moran
Attorneys Respond To Judge Remarks About Civil Suits
In Norfolk, two lawyers rebut Judge Joseph A. Jordan Jr saying rising civil filings reflect a more informed public and not attorney push to sue. They note Virginia had 67,685 circuit civil filings in 1977 versus 62,938 in 1975 and cite product liability cases rising.
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Norfolk General District
Joseph A. Jordan Jr
Norfolk
Albert Teich Jr
Jordan
Teich
Gilbert
Virginia
Dark Lie Is Winner at Burlington Lies Contest
The Burlington Liar's Club cited several tall tales in its annual world's best lies contest. Entries included a Bahamas resident claiming darkness so thick he needed a second match, a windstorm that stripped barbs from a fence, heavy rains creating lake puddles, and gray wigs turning due to worry.
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Burlington
Wis
Sam Achward
Burlington Liar’s Club
Achward
Dossu
Bahamas
Bill” Simmons
Madisonville
Charles Dunlap
Phillips, Wis
Northwoods
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Tenn
Alexandria City Limits
Fairfax County
Saratoga
Newport News
United Steel Workers
Rodney Johnson
Tatreta
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
O.L. Gilbert
Bluefield Avenue
West Virginia
Stafford Drive
Princeton
Lloyd Legried
Cherry Mann
Green Valley
Seauly
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