U.S. Blocks Sale of Cyber 76 Computer to Soviet Union
The Carter administration denied Control Data Corp a license to export a Cyber 76 super computer to the Soviet Union for weather research. The decision cited military potential and lack of safeguards to prevent diversion. The action followed extensive interagency review with Defense, State, and Energy RD.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
Control Data Corp
Minneapolis
State and Defense Departments
Energy Research and Development Administration
Duane Andrews
Control Data
Commonwealth Gas rules out winter refunds
Commonwealth Gas Distribution Corp says it did not earn excess profits last winter and will not issue refunds, despite SCC staff findings of windfalls for Roanoke Gas and Vepco and a smaller excess for Commonwealth Gas. The commission may hold a public hearing in July as firms challenge accounting methods and the period used for windfall calculations.
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Richmond
Commonwealth Gas Distribution Corp
State Corporation Commission
SCC Utilities Division
Virginia Gas
SCC
Commonwealth Gas
Roanoke Gas Co
Virginia Electric & Power Co
SCC Utilities
James C. Dunstan
Vepco
Roanoke Gas
Commission
John G. Davies
Davies
Commonwealth
Bluefield Receives Federal Matching Grant for Jaws of Life
The city of Bluefield gains a federal matching grant of 2500 dollars for the Bluefield Rescue Squad to buy Jaws of Life extrication equipment. Gov. Jay Rockefeller said the total 5000 dollars will fund gear used to free crash victims, with city funds covering the local share and officials coordinating the project.
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Bluefield
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Fred Burton
Edwin Elliott
Dan Boroff
Chilton Lilly
Governor's Highway Safety Administration
West Virginia
Highway Safety Administration
Western landowners win right to strike coal leases
Senate and House conferees agreed to allow surface owners to refuse mined coal beneath their land. The plan favors western ranchers and farmers, reversing a secretary-overrule approach that would compensate landowners. The issue centers on U.S. government owned coal under private land in Wyoming Montana and the Dakotas.
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Washington
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Interior
Bumpers
Wyoming
Montana
Dakota Ranch
Clifford Hansen
R-Wyo
Kiwanians Plan Dinner and Street Fair Fun in Bramwell
Bramwell Kiwanis Club outlines a bean dinner Sunday noon to 2 30 at the Bramwell Masonic Hall with admission 150 for adults and 75 cents for children under 12. Proceeds aid charitable groups. The club also discussed the Bramwell Street Fair set for August 29 through September 3 with a report by Glen Scott. Paul Ayers was inducted as a new member. Club president Arden Dean led the meeting. Georges Escoffier, famed chef, began work at 12 and retired in 1920 after 62 years of service.
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Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Bramwell Masonic Ball
Glen Scott
Paul Ayers
Georges Escoffier
Kief Chefs
Kings
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Kenny Rutherford
Charleston
David Griffith
Alvin Dillard
Joe Bob Austin
Edward B. Cochrane
Carroll Fry
Charlie Beck
Howard S. Moye
James Overbay
U.S
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Carter
Andrews
United States
National Weather Service
Rockwell International
Princeton
James E. Morrison
Virginia Cooper
Dwaine Anderson
Josephine Gearhart
Lilburn Martin
Morrison
Larry Ayers
Bill Brogan
Helen Abshire
Frank Hill
John Vipperman
The
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sens. Hansen
James McClure
Idaho
Pete
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R-N.m
Wendell, Ford
D-Ky
Lee Metcalf
Mont
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Ohio
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