Welfare Benefit Cut Over Gifts For Dying Girl
In Alexandria Virginia the Darnell family faces loss of food stamps Medicaid and AFDC after gifts totaling over 400 dollars are counted as income for their gravely ill daughter Melinda a 15 year old with a malignant brain tumor. A benefit event titled Melinda Day is planned at a local high school as Gov Mills Godwin proclaims support.
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Alexandria
Douglas Darnell
Melinda
Mary Darnell
Edward Amundson
Fairfax County
Social Services Department
Amundson
Washington Star
Fresh Water Band Found Along Atlantic Coast
The U S Geological Survey reports a large area of relatively fresh water may stretch from Georgia to New England along the Atlantic coast. The subsurface zone lies beneath the continental shelf and could buffer shore water from seawater intrusion with salt content under three parts per thousand.
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Atlantic Coast
Washington
Georgia
New England
Atlantic
U.S. Geological Survey
Geological Survey
John C. Hathaway
North Carolina and South Carolina Weather Outlook
Weather forecast notes warmer trends for North Carolina today and Saturday with highs in the 50s to 60s and increasing clouds. South Carolina sees partly cloudy to warm conditions with highs mainly in the 50s to 60s and a small chance of rain by Saturday morning.
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North Carolina
Triad
South Carolina
Asheville
Augusta
Charleston
P.c
Charlotte
Columbia
Greensboro
G'uile
S.C
Raleigh
Savannah
Wilmington
Felmet Enters Race For Senate
Winston-Salem journalist Joe Felmet 55 announces his bid for the 1978 Democratic Senate nomination to challenge incumbent Jesse Helms. Felmet is joined by Hugh Cannon and Sen McNeill Smith as declared candidates with other leaders speculated as potential contenders. He campaigns as a liberal who sees no issue off limits and plans to travel by camper while on the trail.
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Winston-Salem
Joe Felmet
Winston- Salem
Jesse A. Helms
Raleigh
Hugh Cannon
McNeill Smith
Greensboro
Sam J. Ervin Ili
Rufus Edmisten
North Carolina National Bank Board
Luther Hodges Jr
Robert W. Scott
Indians on brink of federal recognition in North Carolina
North Carolina's 40,000 off reservation Indians may win full federal recognition next year, unlocking enhanced health care education and employment support. Lumbee Cohari Haliwa and Waccamaw Siouan see recognition as a long fight over identity led by the American Indian Policy Review Commission. The commission initiates a national policy, with a May draft due, and a Lumbee centered study on non recognized tribes informs the effort.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Adolph Dial
Pembroke State University
American Indian Policy Review Commission
Review Commission
Dial
Lumbees
Congress
Commission
Don Wharton
Wharton
Panel probes CIA surveillance of Oswald in Mexico City
Washington AP Two leads in the Kennedy assassination inquiry focus on the CIA watched Oswald in Mexico City and on a possible withheld wiretap transcript. Rep. Preyer confirms chief counsel Sprague leads the probes as the panel seeks a $6.5 million budget for a two year investigation.
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Washington
House Panel
John F. Kennedy
CIA
Lee Harvey Oswald
Mexico City
Oswald
Warren Commission
Richardson Preyer
D-N.c
Richard A. Sprague
Sprague
Kennedy
Martin Luther King
New Trial For Manson Follower
California Supreme Court rules Leslie Van Houten will receive a new murder trial while Charles Manson’s life sentence stands. The 4 to 3 decision cited ineffective counsel after her attorney vanished before closing arguments. Van Houten, 27, is one of four women linked to the Tate and LaBianca killings. Krenwinkel and Atkins remain serving life terms.
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San Francisco
Charles Manson
Leslie van Houten
California Supreme Court
Miss van Houten
Manson
Los Angeles
California
Stephen Kay
Court of Appeals
Linda Kasabian
Kay
Leno
Rosemary LaBianca
Los Feliz
Patricia Krenwinkel
Susan Atkins
California Institution For Women
Frontera
AT and T States Possible New Long Distance Fees
AT and T may seek authority to bill for long distance directory assistance. Chairman John D. deButts noted Bell subsidiaries will pursue charges soon, with timing undecided. FCC or state regulators could decide, depending on proposal form. An FCC official said interstate rates would require federal filing.
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Washington
At&t
John D. deButts
Bell
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
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Richard A. Sink
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