Gardening to Cut Grocery Bills Gains Momentum Across America
The gardening boom sparked by high food prices continues from city window boxes to country plots. Experts warn savings vary based on canning or freezing, equipment, and season outcomes. A 10 by 10 plot can feed a family of four if crops thrive. Sunlight, climate, soil, and family tastes shape choices. Begin small, seek Cooperative Extension Service guidance, and plant new crops every two to four weeks for continuous harvest.
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Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
New Zealand
Investigator to Probe Clothing Distribution in Southwest Virginia
Virginia State Police will assign a special investigator to examine the allocation of winter clothing donated to Tazewell and Buchanan Counties late last year. The probe follows an unverified memo alleging staff can keep items, and comes after county officials pushed for accountability.
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Daily Telegraph
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Richmond
Tazewell County
Roger Mullins
Mullins
Donna Semonco
Tim Welsh
Harold French
Tazewell Department
Virginia
Avon
Buchanan County
Waddill Jury Deadlocked
A mistrial was declared in Santa Ana California after the Orange County Superior Court jury remained deadlocked on the Waddill case. The jury split 7 to 5 on a key ballot and stood 9 to 3 on another, with deliberations extending for hours amid testimony including the defense claim of natural death for the infant.
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Janet
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Header
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph front matter announces establishment in 1873 and AP affiliation. It includes subscription rates by mail and home delivery, with West Virginia coverage and advertising contact references.
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West Virginia
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No Smallpox Eradication Achieved Yet World Health Body Says
The CDC reports no smallpox cases worldwide from Oct 26 1977 to Apr 14 1978 with the last case in Somalia in October 1977. Two years without cases are needed before eradication is declared. A WHO global commission will monitor the disease.
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National Center For Disease Control
CDC
Somalia
World Health Organization
Students Back Nudity in Riverside Advisory Vote
In Riverside California a university advisory poll showed a majority of voters favor nude poolside sunbathing on a trial basis at UC Riverside. Officials including Vice Chancellor Louis J. Lee said the idea is not appropriate for a college and discount the vote.
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University of California At Riverside
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Louis J. Lee
Imposter Richard Avedon Impersonator Sentenced in DC
Oscar Kendall, 34, who posed as fashion photographer Richard Avedon and deceived women, was sentenced by Judge H. Carl Moultrie in District of Columbia Superior Court to a term between seven and 22 years after pleading guilty on April 5 to assault with intent to commit rape.
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Washington
Richard Avedon
Oscar Kendall
H. Carl Moultrie
District of Columbia Superior Court
Government seeks airbags in 60000 yearly fleet purchases
Washington AP reports a Transportation Department survey showing fleet operators including the federal government ready to buy more than 60,000 cars annually with airbag crash protection. Joan Claybrook of the NHTSA praised the results and urged manufacturers to equip vehicles with airbags before any legal mandate.
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Transportation Department
Joan Claybrook
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Court narrows public input in broadcast race policy case
In a Thursday decision the U S Circuit Court limits citizen participation in early discovery of broadcast license renewals. The FCC is allowed to independently research facts for a formal hearing on alleged racial discrimination by any station.
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An &1
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Federal Communications Commission
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Police seize 110 pounds marijuana from car thief suspect
Plainclothes officers chasing a suspected car thief in northwest Washington recovered 110 pounds of marijuana worth up to 150000 dollars. John W. Wax, 29, of Washington, faced possession with intent to distribute charges.
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John W. Wax
Wilfred Culigan
Henry Winkler Marries Stacey Weitzman in New York
Actor Henry Winkler known as The Fonz wed Stacey Weitzman in private ceremonies in New York. The couple, who have lived together two years, announced the union at a news conference after family rites at Congregation Habonim. The bride's son Jed was best man. they plan a European honeymoon and will reside in Hollywood while Winkler promotes films Heroes and The One and Only.
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Berkowitz Plan Aims Guilty Plea For Six Murders
Reports described a plan for David Berkowitz to plead guilty to all six Son of Sam murders before three judges in a Brooklyn courtroom. Justice Joseph Corso said the plan was speculative with no definite arrangement. If held, Berkowitz would plead to the Brooklyn July 31 shooting of Stacy Moskowitz and, in Tsoucalas court, to two Queens slayings.
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State Supreme Court
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Berkowitz
Corso
Queens Supreme Court
Nicholas Tsoucalas
Queens
Tris Exports Are Banned
Washington AP report says the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned exports after three of five commissioners voted despite no formal meeting. Ballots submitted by a majority finalize the ban on tris exports.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Charges Against Deputy Dismissed in Buchanan County Court
Deputy James Blankenship faced maiming charges and his uncle Roy Blankenship faced an assault and battery count after a family dispute. Judge Pat B Hale dismissed both charges following a shooting incident in which Roy was reportedly shot in the shoulder and treated at a Grundy hospital. Blankenship had been suspended pending the hearing.
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Daily Telegraph
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Roy Blankenship
Grundy
Betty Ford Leaves Long Beach Hospital After Treatment
Former first lady Betty Ford exits Long Beach Naval Hospital after nearly four weeks in alcohol and drug rehab. She smiles, speaks briefly, and heads home toward Rancho Mirage with Ford family spokesman noting ongoing awareness and possible aftercare activities.
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Here
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Barrett
Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Deaths and Funerals in Grundy Bland and Peterstown
Brief list of deaths and funeral notices from Grundy Bland and Peterstown areas including Bradley Earl Vandyke infant son of Earl and Lennie Vandyke. Mrs Sheffie Collins Pauley. Mrs Mattie Marshall. Mrs Ernest D Fizer. Joe Nieto. Mrs Ted Long. Details cover ages, survivors, service times, funeral homes, and burial places.
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Nellie King
Bradford
Julie Collins
Bassett
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Radford
Sid Collin
Mattie Marshall
Wytheville
H. T
Eva) Belcher
Harold “Rosie’ Marshall
Caretta
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Woodlawn
Garnet Kennedy
Bluefield
Helen Collier
Tazewell
Woody Moore
Weather lands snow across Rockies with warnings issued
Snow fell in the Rockies with precipitation spanning Montana into Colorado and New Mexico. The heaviest snow hit Wyoming and Colorado as advisories and heavy snow warnings covered central and eastern Wyoming, the eastern Rockies of Montana and Colorado, and Colorado mountain areas. Denver saw four inches while Casper, Wyoming, recorded over 13 inches since Thursday. Showers and storms lingered from northern New Mexico to Texas panhandle, and continued in southern Florida.
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Funerals for Lula Mae Honaker Everett K Ketron Yost Mahaffey
Funeral notices list Lula Mae Honaker 90 Wolfe Bluewell service 3 p.m. Cravens-Shires Bluewell with Clyde Turner Allen Click officiating burial Woodlawn Memorial Park. Everett K Ketron 79 Princeton service 2 p.m. George W Seaver Chapel Rev Bill Young Resthaven Park Cemetery. John David Yost 56 Bluefield Old Bramwell Road service 1 p.m. Bluewell Rev Douglas Williams officiating burial following. Willard Stephen Mahaffey 57 Bluefield 2 p.m. Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Rev Harry Wright officiating interment Monte Vista Park Cemetery honorary pallbearers named.
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Allen
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Willard Stephen
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Mercer Funeral Home
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Monte Vista Park
Elmer Riffe
Jim Smith
Fred Carner
W.T
Bill) Johnson
Fred Byrd
Franklin Tabor
Robert Belcher of Sugar Grove Dies at Welch
Robert Belcher of Sugar Grove Virginia, formerly Welch, died Friday morning. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
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Sugar Grove
Welch
Douglas Mortuary
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