Rockefeller to Call West Virginia Legislature Back Into Session
Gov. Rockefeller directed lawmakers to return soon for a special session to finish urgent business left at the end of the 60 day regular session. Leaders expect start about a month from now with topics including the state budget teachers pay raises magistrate court reforms and a health services reorganization bill.
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Rumor of Brazilian Visit Quashed by Japanese Imperial Household
Reports of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako visiting Brazil in 1978 were denied by imperial officials. They cited age and health as reasons and Brazilian sources note the visit was tied to the 70th anniversary of Japanese emigration, with about 700,000 people of Japanese descent in Brazil.
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Growth In Homeowners Slows As Housing Costs Rise
A government housing survey shows rising costs push renters toward the edge, restraining the growth of home ownership. In 1975 the homeownership rate held at 64.8 percent, while 25 percent of income for rent rose to 42.3 percent for renters, with 8 million households under 5,000 dollars annually most strained.
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Yemeni Ex-Prime Minister Killed in London Shooting
A gunman killed former Yemeni prime minister Al Qadi Abdullah Ali Al Hajri his wife Patimah and driver Abdullah Ali Al Hammami near Hyde Park as they sat in a parked car. Police treat it as a politically connected killing with no stated motive.
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Weather forecast for Virginia and North Carolina regions
The bulletin projects mostly sunny, warm conditions across Virginia with highs near 80 in the north and mid 80s in the south, mild Monday night and a warm Tuesday under fair skies. North Carolina sees clear to sunny days with a warming trend through Tuesday, low 50s to mid 50s Monday night, and highs in the 70s Monday rising to the 80s Tuesday, with calm winds and a steady barometer around 30.45 to 30.80 inches.
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US Seizes Russian Trawler Over Fishing Rules
Boston-bound after seizure by Coast Guard for violating the 200 mile fishing limit. Taras Shevchenko, 275 feet, crew 93, accused of taking more river herring than allowed. President Carter said the U.S. must draw the line and informed the Soviet embassy.
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New England
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Easter Scenes Across Cities Mark Holy Day Disorder
Easter across Europe featured cemetery visits and pastries as Moscow used extra buses for cemeteries. In Paris Notre Dame two young women linked to Baader Meinhof disrupted Basler service televised in Europe. Priests restrained them on the altar steps as Cardinal Marty urged church development. Nearby traditionalists held a Latin mass in St Nicolas de Chardonnet, where a court order ending their six week occupation takes effect Tuesday.
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Haley defends Roots after British critique as bad journalism
London AP reports Alex Haley, promoting Roots, calling a Sunday Times critique “bad journalism.” He says he spent over nine years writing the book and stands by its factual basis despite Mark Ottaway’s claim of little provable fact and reliance on an oral historian. Haley seeks a meeting with Ottaway.
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Danville Register subscription rates and policy note
The Danville Register outlines renewal reminders and subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions. Carrier delivery costs 15 cents weekly, single copies are 15 cents, Sunday 25 cents. mail rates are one year 44.20 and six months 22.10, with notices mailed 10 days before expiration.
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