Four Die as Cable Car Slips at Squaw Valley Ski Area
Investigators probe wreckage of a cable car that slipped from its support cables at Emigrant Mountain. A loose cable sliced into the car, killing three men and a woman. about 30 others were injured in the Saturday crash amid sub freezings winds and heavy snow at Squaw Valley.
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Squaw Valley
Calif
Emigrant Mountain
Terrence Ford
Jim Mott
Bill Boardman
Squaw Valley Ski Corp
A&P Bandit Suspect Linked to Multiple Robberies
Winchester police pursue an armed A&P bandit tied to holdups at four stores in Virginia and Maryland. The man enters quietly, demands safe contents in a brown bag with a .22 pistol, then bolts as customers remain unaware. Other incidents include a Fruitland Maryland robbery and two in Fredericksburg and Warrenton in late March and early April.
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Star
Winchester
Weems Lane
A&p
Virginia
Maryland
A&ps
Fruitland
Fredericksburg
Warrenton
Gary Hartman
Hartman
James Wood High to Stage First Dinner Theatre
James Wood High School groups the Home Economics class and Drama Club to present the first James Wood Dinner Theatre this Friday and Saturday. Details on Spectator Page. read event photos on Area News Page.
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James Wood High School
James Wood
Spectator
Sun Day plans unveiled as solar energy push grows
A diverse coalition promotes Sun Day on May 3 to back solar energy. Solar Action Inc. sponsors the one time event with about 150000 dollars from individual contributors. The effort aims to educate consumers and urge federal support for solar research and alternatives. Kathleen O'Reilly of the Consumer Federation of America voices optimism on consumer education amid rapid tech progress.
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Sun Day
Allison Freeman
Solar Action Inc
Washington, D.C
Freeman
Council On Environmental Quality
Council
United States
Kathleen O'Reilly
Consumer Federation of America
Sun Day Group
Miller Seeks Senate Bid in Virginia Mass Meetings
Former Attorney General Andrew Miller leads in Virginia Democratic mass meeting tallies with 1,004 of 1,398 votes cited by his headquarters. State party totals show 805 for Miller with several rivals including Clive DuVal and Conoly Phillips gaining support. Phillips frames his campaign as a Christian business platform aiming to overhaul the party.
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Richmond
Andrew Miller
U.S. Senate
Miller
William L. Scott
Clive DuVal
Fairfax
Norfolk City
Conoly Phillips
DuVal
Phillips
Rufus Phillips
Carrington Williams
Falls Church
Hunter Andrews
Hampton
Frederick Babson
Virginia Beach
Flora Crater
GOP
Richard Obenshain
Linwood Holton
Navy
John Warner
Nathan Miller
Condly Phillips
Williamsburg
Automobile Dealer
Democratic Party
Suit Filed Against Clarke County Planning Officials
John Starnas and Harry Hicks of White Post file a federal civil suit in the Western District seeking 350000 in compensatory and punitive damages against six Clarke County Planning Commission members and the former zoning administrator. The suit alleges civil rights violations over the rejection of a 15 lot subdivision on a 168 acre tract near White Post citing soil and septic concerns. The action follows an August ruling with five officials voting to reject and one abstaining, and an appeal filed in Clarke County Circuit Court last fall. The complaint will be amended to include a 9 lot Buckley subdivision review.
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Berryville
John Starnas
Harry Hicks
White Post
Clarke County Planning Commission
Michael Bryan
Starnas
U.S. District Court
Western
Kenneth Gilpin Jr
Floyd Dominy
Charles Kackley
James York
William Cross
Eustace Jackson
David Donovan
Bryan
Planning Commission
Sfarnas’ and
Hicks
Sfarnas and Hicks
Rt. 340
Sfarnas
Sfarnas and
County Health Department
Highway Department
Gilpin
Kackley
Cross
York
Jackson
Deminy
Clarke County
Robert Buckley
Commission
Buckley
Health Department
Researchers Link Obesity to Diabetes at NIH Lab
In a Bethesda lab, scientists describe a fat diabetic mouse illustrating insulin receptor dysfunction. The study emphasizes cell surface receptors as active factors in diabetes and obesity, with implications for breast cancer and other diseases.
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Bethesda
Jesse Roth
National Institutes of Health
Roth
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases
Institute
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By Sue Steward
Hans Standteiner
Carol Mulrooney
Modesto
Gregory Anderson
San Jose
Inside Today
Frederick County
Area
Serene
Area News
Abby
Associated Press
Pat O'Connor
Andy Miller
Candy Phillips
O'Connor
Lord
God
Star Color
J. Miles Cary
Jimmy Huffman
Stephens City
Clarke Planners
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