House panel approves new energy department amid foreign oil plan flip
Washington action shows House Government Operations Committee backing Carter's energy department while first approving then reversing a plan to grant a government monopoly on foreign oil purchases. Senate talks on price setting for domestic oil and gas continue amid compromises.
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Claudine Longet Denied Time Off for Good Behavior
The Colorado Supreme Court rejected Claudine Longet's request for time off for good behavior from a jail term for criminally negligent homicide in the death of Vladimir Sabich. It also denied release on a personal recognizance bond. The ruling followed a district court denial earlier Friday.
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Supreme Court
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Carter
Pitkin County
Vladimir “Spider” Sabich
Aspen
Sabich
Buses Policy Sparks Heated Danville City Council Vote
In Danville the council approved a bus subsidy plan totaling 136000 after a 54 to 23 vote with five councilmen opposing. Critics labeled the move dangerous and questioned ethics and legality, with Womack calling the session a Watergate style dictatorship and urging challenge to the city code.
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Davis L. Brooks
A. Linwood Lindsey
Lawrence G.wilson
Charles A
Ian" Womack Jr
Womack
Danville
Richard Nixon
Mint julep memories and council clash in Savannah
A 1975 Savannah feature on julep history, Bourbon origins, and Southern tradition contrasts with a local city council dispute over a code provision. Quotes recount heated debate, calls for agenda action, and reflections on trust and governance.
North Carolina Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms This Weekend
Scattered thundershowers expected Saturday and Saturday night across North Carolina. Highs range from the 70s in the northern mountains to around 90 in the southeast. Downtown weather log notes brief southerly winds and mild barometric pressure.
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Virginia
North Carolina
Supermarkets Take Smaller Share Of Shopper's Dollar
FMI report from its Dallas convention shows supermarket profits as a share of sales declined in 1976 while return on assets rose. Net profit before taxes was 1.3 percent of sales in 1976, down from 1.5 percent in 1975, with rising costs trimming margins but real sales per square foot and per transaction improving. The study notes 9,000 items on shelves, declining trading stamps, and a 7 percent real sales gain for 1976 after inflation adjustments.
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Dolar
Food Marketing Institute
FMI
Dallas
Institute
Forbés Magazine
Crowd Drinks And Dances At Fatal Tacoma Tavern Stabbing
In ELK PLAIN WASH AP report crowd at the Good Time Tavern reacted with revelry as David Arthur Gordon of Tacoma died in a hospital about ninety minutes after sustaining a stab wound while aiding Ernest Ripoli of Roy who lay bloodied from multiple stab wounds. Deputies described the tavern as a rowdy motorcyclists hangout and noted witnesses’ accounts varied while officers faced a loud, uncooperative crowd during the investigation.
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Elk Plain
Wash
David Arthur Gordon
Tacoma
Ernest Ripoli
Roy
Gordon
Ripoli
Measles cases rise prompting push for immunization plan
ATLANTA AP Measles cases rose 63.3 percent in the first four months of 1977, the CDC said as it urged improved immunization. Nationwide 27,360 cases were reported for the first 17 weeks of 1977, up from 17,403 in 1976. The agency cited better reporting and urged better records and school-entry immunization requirements.
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Federal
Center For Disease Control
CDC
Allen Hinman
Danville Union St. Daily and Sunday Subscription Rates
Danville Register Publishing Co lists postal address in Danville Virginia along with rates for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier at 5 cents a week single copies 15 cents Sunday 25 cents and mail subscriptions pricing in advance information appears as a reader service notice for subscriptions and contact details.
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Danville Register Publishing Co., Inc
Union St
Danville
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