Swedish King Marries Commoner in Regal Stockholm Ceremony
King Carl XVI Gustaf wed Silvia Renate Sommerlath in a 40 minute royal ceremony at Stockholm's Skansten Church watched by 150,000 flag-waving Swedes. The bride, 32, became queen Silvia, and the couple rode a landau through the city before a 21 gun salute.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf
Europe
Silvia Renate Sommerlath
Skeppsholmen
Oppo
Royal Palace
Kenya
Birgitta
Desiree
Olof Sundby
Ernst Sommerlath
Leipzig
Silvia
Switzerland
France
Italy
Carl
Munich
Walter Scheel
West Germany
Urho Kekkonen
Finland
Kristian Eldjarn
Iceland
Olav V
Norway
Baudouin
Belgium
Margrethe II
Denmark
Jean
Luxembourg
Constantine
Anne-Marie
Greece
Earl Mountbatten
Burma
Duke of Gloucester
Elizabeth
Vacation Bible School at Mount Olive Baptist Church
Mount Olive Baptist Church hosts a weekday Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to 12 noon daily starting Monday through July 2 with the theme Gods Love is Jesus Preachers at Gospel Tabernacle Church Elder Clayton Jones speaks Monday at 7 p.m. gospel music by Union Gospel Singers. Deacon auxiliary at Scott Street Baptist holds annual day today at 3 p.m. with Rev Omega Dowell as guest speaker and Mount Calvary Youth Choir performing.
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Mount Olive Baptist Church
Jesus
The
Gospel Tabernacle Church
Clayton Jones
Union Gospel Singers
Scott Street Baptist Church
Omega Dowell
Mount Calvery
Retired Educators Unit Grows in Region V
Region V of the West Virginia Association of Retired School Employes shows membership rise from about 1500 to 2200 over five years under Director Charles Dean of Gary. Dues will increase after this month but stay at current rate if paid by June 30. Bicentennial book copies remain available. Region V covers Mercer McDowell Wyoming and Monroe counties.
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West Virginia Association of
Charles Dean
Gary
Dean
Gary High School
West V Secondary Schools Athletic Commission
Association
West Virginia Hills
West Virginia
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Monroe
Panama Treaty Funds Approved
The House rejected a 1977 measure requiring any new Panama Canal treaty to protect U S interests in operation maintenance defense and property of the canal. The House and Senate had attached the same language in a compromise last year to the State budget.
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Washington
House
United States
Senate
Losses Turned Into Gain for Virginia Retirement Fund
The Virginia Supplemental Retirement System recovers from a potential $1.6 million loss after Franklin National Bank failure. State AG’s office reports a net $310,000 gain from defaulted notes, with interest expectations rising if notes mature. The fund previously faced a $1 million loss from Equity Funding Corp. of America.
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Richmond
Virginia Supplemental Retirement System
VSRS
New York
Franklin National Bank
Virginia
Equity Funding Corp. of America
Ance-Holding
Federal Corp
Franklin National
Felton
VSS
Nomination Settle Dispute Over Virginia Federal Judge
Virginia Republicans seek a compromise candidate for the vacancy created by Judge Ted Dalton's retirement. President Ford reportedly plans to name Thomas J. Wilson III of Harrisonburg, amid prior GOP opposition to another Roanoke lawyer. Scott supports Williams but will back Wilson's confirmation after FBI and ABA checks.
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Virginia
Rapidy
Harrisonburg
Thomas J. Wilson III
U. S
William L. Scott
R-Va
Ford
Wilson
Willliams
Senate
Scott
FBI
American Bar Association
Central Texas Flooding Driven by Front Prompts Record Rain
Flash flooding hit central and northern Texas as a cold front triggered showers and thunderstorms from the eastern Great Lakes to the Gulf and South Atlantic. Texarkana saw 5.75 inches in 24 hours, floodwaters rising to four feet in some homes. Four inches fell at Cedar Creek Lake and 2.75 inches in 20 minutes at Lampasas. The Texas National Guard released 29 soldiers from Ft Hood after a severe storm damaged tents.
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Associated Press
Texas
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
South Atlantic
Texarkana
Cedar Creek Lake
National Weather Service
Lampasas
Texas National Guard
Ft. Hood
Atlantic Coast
New England
Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
Washington
Oregon
Viking Near Mars Orbit
NASA reports Viking spacecraft began orbital insertion around Mars after 10 months and 440 million miles, aiming for a July 4 landing. The automatic maneuver slows the craft to enter a 24.6 hour Martian orbit pending lander separation and follow up experiments with a second Viking craft arriving behind.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Viking
Explorer
Mars
Los Angeles
New York
William O’neil
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S
Rudy
Appalachian ARC Grants Fund Center for Parent Educators
The Appalachian Regional Commission approved a grant of 185 190 for establishing a parent educator and resource center serving Gilmer Clay Braxton Nicholas Webster and Pocahontas counties. U S Sen Jennings Randolph D Va reports the total funding.
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Washington
Appalachian Regional Commission
Gilmer
Clay
Braxton
Nicholas
Webster
Pocahontas
U.S
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Police Capture Escaped Killer in Charleston
Paul D. Martorano 33, an New York man convicted of first degree manslaughter, was recaptured in Charleston nine months after escaping Dannemore Prison with another convict. He is jailed in Kanawha City awaiting extradition to New York while Virginia and Pennsylvania pursue burglary connections. Dorothy Morris 38 of Charlottesville, Va., is jailed for harboring the fugitive.
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Charleston
W.va
New York
Paul D. Martorano
Kanawha City
Dannemore
Marturano
Virginia
Carl R. Deavens Jr
Dorothy Morris
Charlottesville
Deavens
Pennsylvania
Saugus Ironworks Restored as Popular Massachusetts Attraction
The Saugus Ironworks in Massachusetts, birthplace of the American steel industry, has been restored and reopened as a leading tourist site with guided tours and historic exhibits. The landmark draws visitors seeking 17th century ironmaking history.
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Saugus
Massachusetts
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