Soviet Union Demands Return of Shevchenko at U.N.
Moscow charges the United States in the disappearance of Arkady N. Shevchenko, a top Soviet U.N. employee, and accuses U.S. intelligence of a provocation while his lawyer says he is in voluntary seclusion near New York awaiting access to the U.N. secretary-general.
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United Nations
CIA
Arkady N. Shevchenko
U.S
U.N
Shevchenko
New York
Kurt Waldheim
Europe
Moscow
United States
State Department
Soviet Union
A. N. Shevchenko
U.S.S.R
Washington
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Cyrus R. Vance
Ernest A. Gross
Russia
Winchester Faces No Tax Hike to Balance Budget Surprise
Winchester City Council announced there would be no tax increase to balance the upcoming city budget. City Manager Wendell Seldon cited a $1.1 million gap and said about $675,000 remained from this year plus operating cuts and transfers helped cover the rest. The complete budget and details were to be presented before the May session. The city previously shifted its billing to twice yearly, producing a $1 million windfall used to balance this year. Real estate and personal property tax rates will stay at $1.30 and $3.25 per $100 respectively.
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Winchester
S. Pannill Jones
Wendell Seldon
Seldon
Cil
Infant Girl Found Dead Near Gas Station in Frederick County
A newborn girl, estimated to be about one month premature, was found dead near the Hook and Lawyer Area Station at Fox Drive and Route 522 in Sunnyside. Medical examiner will determine viability. autopsy to be performed at State Medical Examiner's Office in Fairfax. Investigators seek information from the public.
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Star
Frederick County
Baby X
Hook and Lawyer
Fox Drive
Route 522
Sunnyside
Douglass 0. Hill
State Medical Examiner
Fairfax
Sawyer
Edmundson
Carter Backs Broad Energy Bill Compromise Push
President Carter signaled willingness to back nearly any natural gas price compromise from the House Senate energy conference, after meeting GOP negotiators. He urged speedy congressional action while Schlesinger and conferees debated a plan to lift gas price controls in 1985.
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Washington
Carter
House
House-Senate Conference Committee On Energy
Clarence Brown
Rohio
Brown
Energy Conference Committee
Rep
John Anderson
R-Il
Anderson
White House
Congress
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Sen
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
EDA Problem Child Finally Succeeding
Martinsburg West Virginia faced a 9.8 percent unemployment when the EDA loaned 1 million to Erath Veneer. Since then the plant has grown into a 20 000 population city with GM parts distribution and an IRS computer center. John Erath explains the plant sold 70 million feet of veneer last year and now ships 40 percent overseas while he works 10 hours daily to expand the business.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Economic Development Administration
West Virginia Panhandle
Washington
E.D.A
General Motors
Internal Revenue Service
Erath
Boyd Cummings
George Erath
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
John
John Erath
Carter's anti inflation push meets union backlash
President Carter urged voluntary restraint and a 5.5 percent cap on federal workers' wage increases in October. He proposed freezes on executive salaries and steps to curb costs, but unions called the plan symbolic and damaging to public workers.
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Washington
Carter
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State
Robert S. Strauss
American Society of Newspaper Editors
National Federation of Federal Employees
Kenneth T. Blaylock
American Federation of Government Employees
Labor Movement
America
Wurf
Afl-Cio
Public Employee Department
Fred Kroll
The
Brotherhood of Railway & Airline Clerks
Court agrees to plea bargain for former agent Jack Albert
A plea bargain on grand larceny by embezzlement involving Jack Albert is to be presented in Warren County Circuit Court. The agreement calls for a guilty plea on December 1, 1976 to May 31, 1977 with three years probation and 60 days suspended, plus restitution to all aggrieved. Watts will not oppose two additional charges and may support a work release. judge may accept or reject the deal. Albert resigned from Front Royal Town Council at indictment.
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Front Royal
Jack Albert
Warren County
Albert
Dabney Watts
Kenneth Forbus
Watts
Vaughn-Albert Insurance Agency
J. Daniel Pond III
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Duncan C. Gibb
Water Woes and Local Commencement Plans Highlight Page Eight
Frederick County lake problems are discussed with aerial site photos in the weekly Frederick South feature. Berryville Town Council addressed water problems in a recent meeting. Planning for April 30 commencement exercises at Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music is complete. see Area News Page.
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Frederick South
Frederick County
Berryville
Area News
Shenandoah Col
Lege
Conservatory of Music
Area
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American Agriculture Group
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Budget Committee
Robert N Giaimo
D-Conn
Rosedale Baptist Church
LBC
President Carter
By Susan Burke
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