Mock disaster drill at Shenandoah College staged at Bennett House
A large scale emergency drill at the Bennett House simulates an explosion at Shenandoah College. Five rescue units and hospital staff treat 38 mock victims including a seven month pregnant patient. Officials praised the exercise as practice, noting real disasters have a different atmosphere.
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Star
Bennett House
West Clifford St
Shenandoah College
Conservatory of Music
Carl Napps
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Berryville
Middletown
Shenandoah College Nursing
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Delores Gordon
Winchester Memorial
Karen Corrigan
Corrigan
NRC officials reveal delays in recognizing TMI core damage
NRC director Mattson testified that no plant had been tested under such conditions and warned of possible fuel melting in the Three Mile Island incident. He cited slow communications with Babcock and Wilcox, delayed reporting of hydrogen, and a hydrogen bubble in the reactor vessel threatening cooling flow and potential meltdown.
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Pagerson
NRC
Systems Safety
Mattson
Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
Babcock and Wilcox
Hendrie
Christians Walk Way of the Cross in Jerusalem Good Friday
Christian pilgrims carried wooden crosses along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem for a Good Friday re enactment. A Catholic procession led by Franciscan friars moved through the Street of Sorrow stopping at the 14 stations of the cross under a hot midday sun at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Jerusalem
Via Dolorosa
Church of the Holy
Commandos Sent To Hunt Amin In Uganda
Uganda's Tanzanian invaders said they would send commandos east and north from Kampala to pursue Idi Amin and remnants of his army as they retreat toward the Kenyan border. Israeli forces guarded the old city of Jerusalem with pilgrims passing through during Passover week.
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Kampala
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
Calvary
Old City
Holy Land
Weather Outlook for Northern Valley Virginia and Surrounding Area
The forecast calls for rain tonight with a thunderstorm or heavy rain possible in the Northern Valley and Virginia. Lows will be in the 50s with a chance of lingering showers Saturday and highs around 70. The extended Virginia outlook shows mostly cloudy days Sunday through Tuesday with afternoon and evening showers possible, daytime highs in the 60s and nightly lows in the 40s to low 50s. Rainfall totals and monthly patterns are noted, including past rainfall figures and moon phases for April.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
National Weather Service
Gore volunteers host annual boot drive for new fire hall
The Gore Volunteer Fire Company conducts its annual boot drive from April 14 to April 28 to raise funds for a new fire hall under construction off Rt. 50 west of Winchester near Gore. Firefighters aim to collect about 100000 dollars.
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Gore Volunteer Fire Company
Pany
Rt. 50
Winchester
Gore
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Virginia Society For the Prevention OF Blindness
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