Newport News Last of U S Heavy Cruisers To Be Retired
The USS Newport News, teakwood decked and nicknamed the Grey Ghost, will be decommissioned June 27 in a ceremony at St Helena Annex Portsmouth. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding, the ship served since 1949, earning fame in crises from Agadir to Cuba and Vietnam.
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USS
Newport
Navy
U.S
Portsmouth
Newport News
Grey Ghost
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Walter F. Zarvlman
Strategic Warning Staff
St. Helena
Zartman
Peninsula Area
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Agadir
U. S
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Subic Bay
Phillippines
South Vietnam
Vietnam
State Highway Allocations Finalized for Virginia
Virginia state funds totaling 295.1 million dollars for road improvements and urban mass transit aid were approved by the State Highway and Transportation Commission. The 1975 76 allocations reflect a decline from the prior year due to gasoline tax revenue slackening.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway and Transportation Commission
Roanoke
General Assembly
Weather from Beaches To Mountains 5.0 Zone Forecasts
Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers and warm temperatures Friday. High in the upper 80s. Friday night lows mid 60s. Saturday stays warm with a 20 percent rain chance Friday and Friday night. Coast outlooks show highs around 99 with similar rain chances. Mountains forecast cooler in spots with thunderstorms Friday and Saturday. lows in the 50s and highs near 80. rain chance 40 percent.
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Associated Press
N.C
Peak Pricing Study Bill Advances in North Carolina House
RALEIGH AP The North Carolina House passed on second and third readings a bill directing the State Utilities Commission to study peak load pricing and to implement it if feasible The measure would allow higher rates during peak consumption periods and require hearings and customer notice before any rollout The sponsor Sen McNeill Smith says the plan would save money and reduce required generation by spreading demand The bill cites CT where 16 cents per kilowatt hour are charged during morning and evening peaks and one to three cents at other times
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
House
Senate
The
Utilities Commission
Sen
McNeill Smith
D-Guilford
Smith
Connecticut
Killowatt
Five Women Marines Are Released Over Lesbianism
Five women Marines at Camp Elmore have been discharged for lesbianism. Two more under investigation were released after enlistment expiry, with two additional cases being processed. About 10 percent of the 87 women in the Detachment at Camp Elmore are involved.
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Norfolk
Camp Elmore
Atlantic Fleet Marine Force
Air Force
Leonard P. Matlovich
Langley Air Force Base
South Vietnam
Air Force Chief of Staff
Rubber Ducky May Be Safe From Taxation
In Iowa a bill sent to the governor would exempt rubber ducks and similar floating beach toys from boat licensing. Senator Karl Nalin hailed the move as a liberty victory, noting the earlier law had widened the licensing reach to almost any floating object.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Karl Nalin
D-Ralston
Kennedy kin settle for 1 million in car crash case
Pamela Kelley paralyzed from the chest down after an open vehicle driven by Joseph Kennedy III overturned on Nantucket in August 1973 receives a reported 1 million dollar insurance settlement. The bulk, plus a new Barnstable home, is in a trust for her, managed by her father.
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Boston
Pamela Kelley
Robert F. Kennedy
Barnstable
Kennedy
Francis H. Kelley
Miss Kelley
Joseph P. Kennedy III
Nantucket Island
State Conference Declares Homosexuals Barred From Pulpits
Norfolk AP report says the Virginia United Methodist conference approved a resolution declaring homosexuals incompatible with Christian teaching and banning their ordination. Debate focused on studying homosexuality, which failed, while some delegates urged more detail.
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Norfolk
United Methodists of
Virginia
United Methodist Council On Youth Ministry
Widower Rights to Social Security Benefits Ruling
A federal three judge panel ruled widowers may receive survivor benefits based on a deceased wife’s Social Security. The decision could cost the government up to 333 million dollars and may affect 400 000 widowers and related suits. The ruling deems the prior gender based rule unconstitutional.
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New York
Pamela McGuire
Goldfarb
Hannah
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Armed Forces Staff College
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U. S. Army
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Jeffersonville
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Debbie Watson
San Antonio
Tex
American Civil Liberties Union
Charles J. Kickham Jr
Brookline
Kelley
Joseph
Thompson’s
Old Maine
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Selby Arch Preservers
Llorence Millner
Main St
Gates
Jack
Martin
Constitutional Court
Leon Goldfarb
U.S. Supreme Court, Asst
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Schewell
High ST
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