Youth Held in Aborted Hijack Case
A 15 year old from King and Queen County faces an April 18 hearing after attempting to hijack a Piedmont Airlines jet. Henrico County Police Chief L T Sheppard said detectives failed to elicit information from Richard Carlisle Bland after a two hour ordeal before the youth surrendered. He was reported to be in normal home conditions.
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Richmond, Va
King and Queen County
Piedmont Airlines
Richard Carlisle Bland
Henrico County
L. T. Sheppard
Sheppard
Shanghai
Carlisle Tazewell Bland
Bland
And
York Academy
Young Bland
R. David Jones
Jones
Spotsylvania County
Ding
Anthony Dowd
New York
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Louisville
Charlotte
N. C
Richmond
Miller DuVal Tie on Straw Poll
In Williamsburg eight state Young Democrats cast a straw poll for the U S Senate race with Andrew Miller and Clive DuVal tied at 66 votes each from 152. Carrington Williams had 13, with others sparse. The poll is nonbinding and mirrored regional blocs like Arlington and the 1st district.
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Fred Babson
Flora Crater
Falls Church
Rufus Phillips
Fairfax
Norfolk City
Conolly Phillips
Arlington
Oil Leases Placed Over 12 000 Acres In Frederick Hills
Weaver Oil and Gas Corp seeks to explore for gas in the Winchester area after securing more than 12 000 aggregate acres under a 10 year lease. Landowners receive one dollar per acre annually and a future royalty if gas is found. Wells would follow geophysical soundings and mapping with Shenandoah, Rockingham and Augusta Counties among leased areas.
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Winchester
Ross Curll
Weaver Gas and Oil Corp
The
Star Today
Great North Mountain
Shawneeland
Mt. Fails
Curll
Shenandoah
Rockingham
Weaver Oil and Gas Corp
Shenandoah Valley
Kanev Service, Inc
New York
Texas
Mississippi
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Fires leave one home destroyed and brush burn areas
A weekend of fires in the area destroyed one residence and heavily damaged another while acres of brush burned. Jefferson Jackson references appear in context on pages 2 and 13. Area Democrats hosted their Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner over the weekend with photos on the Area News Page.
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Jefferson-Jackson
Toy
Carter Ready to Tackle Energy
President Carter, frustrated by delays on energy legislation, plans to meet with congressional leaders after returning from overseas to explore speeding action on the bill and other measures to cut oil imports. Officials warn he may push an import fee on foreign oil up to five dollars per barrel if Congress blocks the domestic crude tax.
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Washington
Carter
South America
Africa
Congress
U.S
Carter Ends Africa Trip With Namibia Warning
President Carter, in Monrovia after touring Lagos and other stops, warned that South Africa's stance on Namibia could spark greater U.S. tensions. He urged African nations to resist external military influence, noting Cuba and the Soviet Union in Angola and the Horn of Africa. He met Liberian President Tolbert and visited Peace Corps volunteers before flying home.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Carter
Black Africa
Namibia
United States
Air Force One
Olusegun Obasanjo
Cuba
William R. Tolbert Jr
Africa
Angola
Horn of Africa
Soviet Union
Tolbert
Peace Corps
Abex Employees Back on the Job
Abex workers voted 3 to 2 to ratify a modified contract and end a 13 day strike. Pickets were removed after the vote and the first strikers would return to start machines for the third shift. The main change was when the pay raises took effect.
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Abex
United Auto
Earl Potts
Papermill Road
Two NYC Policemen Killed in Gun Battle
In Brooklyn's Bedford Stuyvesant patrol, officers Christie Masone and Norman Cerullo confronted ex convicts Mariano Gonzalez and Cleveland Davis amid a gunfight. Davis wounded, Gonzalez killed. Cerullo and Masone mortally wounded. Davis captured. Gonzalez sought on bail jump.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Christie Masone
Norman Cerullo
Police Department
Honor Legion
Masone
Cathy
Cerullo
Nancy
Robin
Mariano Gonzalez
Manhattan
Cleveland Davis
Menands
N.Y
Davis
Gonzalez
New York City
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Clarke County
Milton Ritzenberg
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Little Garden Club of
Garden Club of Virginia
Miller
DuVal
Alan Diamonstein
Newport News
Diamonstein
TOKYO
Bank of Japan
Frederick
George M. Stoddart
Star
Augusta
West Virginia
Berkeley Springs
Inside Today
Area News
Pew Eeseecesesesveree
Abby
Spectator
Lagos
Obasanjo
Rhodesia
South Africa
Latin America
Lulu Williams
Associated Press
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