Valley Forecast A cloudy day with cooler high near 40
Partly cloudy today with highs around 40. Tonight remains mostly cloudy with lows in the 20s. Friday stays mostly cloudy with highs in the 30s.
24 Dec 1981
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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1981
Page
1
Partly cloudy today with highs around 40. Tonight remains mostly cloudy with lows in the 20s. Friday stays mostly cloudy with highs in the 30s.
The Justice Department closed its probe of Richard V. Allen while White House review remains. Attorney General Smith found no basis for a special prosecutor over watches and disclosure errors. Allen left on Nov. 29 and expects to return. officials promise an expeditious, thorough follow up.
President Reagan urged Western nations to back Poland with sanctions and support for a stepped up effort to end martial law. He outlined suspending Polish civil aviation privileges, restricting high technology exports, and using Ex-Im Bank credit insurance to aid Poland’s imports from the United States. He warned of further steps toward the Soviet Union and tied aid for Poland to improvements in human rights and freedom. Spasowski’s defection was noted and Reagan urged Christmas solidarity with Poland’s people, ending with a Dickens quote.
Judge Callister held Congress must set a reasonable time limit for states to ratify an ERA and that limit, once set, binds Congress and the states. Five rescission states Idaho Tennessee Kentucky South Dakota Nebraska are not counted among ratifying states. Idaho Attorney General hailed the ruling as pivotal. the Mormon Church group welcomed the decision.
A correction notes that Gordon Strickler died Tuesday and lists survivors including Nancy Shoemaker of Rt. 2 Broadway as his daughter. The earlier obituary in Wednesday's News-Record misidentified this survivor.
Polish government concedes shortages as many lines form for traditional Christmas carp. Warsaw Radio reports on Silesian miners siege, security forces ending occupation at Huta Katowice, and widespread unrest linked to Solidarity. Reports note detainees, rescues, and ongoing trials amid martial law.
The Shenandoah Valley Choral Society will present Handel's Messiah on Christmas day with a 6 30 p m radio broadcast on WMRA and a 9 p m videotaped TV showing on WVPT TV channel 51. The concert was taped in Staunton on December 8 and features a 125 voice choir with a local orchestra.
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