Robbery At Crossroad Grocery Nets About 250 Dollars
Night-time store heist at Kinsey's Crossroad Grocery near Front Royal. Two unknown white males robbed the store of about 250 dollars, shot night attendant Kenneth O. Webb in the shoulder, and relieved customer Harold L. Wade of cash from his wallet, which was later returned. Webb was hospitalized and listed in satisfactory condition. Police describe one suspect as a slender white male with blond hair wearing an Army fatigues jacket.
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Harold L. Wade
Craigville
Wade
Air Force
Warren Memorial Hospital
Hurst Named Executive Director Of Virginia Crime Commission
Detective Lt. Lewis W. Hurst of Norfolk police is appointed chief of the Virginia State Crime Commission, succeeding Harold E. Seyller who resigns to enter private business in Washington. The 42 year old narcotics officer will take the post after May 15 and leads a panel created in 1972 to study organized crime in Virginia.
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Richmond
Lewis W. Hurst
Norfolk Police Department
Virginia State Crime Commission
Hurst
Norfolk
Harold E. Seyller
Washington, D. C
Seyller
Internal Revenue Service
Virginia
Commission
Walker
Crime Commission
Sheriff Has No Comment On Courthouse Pickets
Front Royal Warren County sheriff Gary Keyser offered no comment on the courthouse pickets led by Phillip Allen Henry’s family. The group protests at the Warren County Courthouse seeking changes in the sheriff’s office and the commonwealth attorney while continuing a three day vigil. Henry recently received a one year perjury sentence and was reportedly moved from the jail today.
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Warren County
Front Royal
Philip Henry
Gary Keyser
Phillip Allen Henry
Commonwealth Attorney
Main St
Court House
Sheriff’s Office
Wage-Price Bill Faces Doubt Amid Easter Recess
Conferees reach a compromise extending presidential power for wage-price controls but House Republicans oppose it and Congress adjourns for Easter. President Nixon’s authority expires April 30. Senate filibuster and voter registration debate loom large as lawmakers weigh inflation tactics. Separately in Falls Church Fairfax County officials fight a gasoline leak from an underground tank at Seven Corners affecting Woodward and Lothrop and local sewers draining to Long Branch Creek.
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Senate
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Congress
House Conference Committee
Bob Packwood
Oregon
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Robert Byrd
Falls Church
Fairfax County
Seven Corners
Woodward and Lothrop Department Store
Long Branch Creek
Oil Spillage Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds a Florida oil spill liability law, allowing strict liability for damages from oil handling or drilling operations and ships involved. The ruling, written by Justice Douglas, confirms state authority to impose full liability for spill damage in territorial waters.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Florida
Nixon to Send Aides to Testify in Watergate Hearings
President Nixon agreed to have White House aides testify publicly under oath as Senate investigators press for hearings beginning May 15. The move follows his new outside inquiry into Watergate and reports that James McCord began detailing the case to a Senate panel and a federal grand jury. Nixon said no officials are exempt from prosecution and that he has suspended or fired staff tied to indictments.
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Nixon
White House
Senate
James McCord
McCord
Reelection Committee
Democratic Party
Democratic National
Robert S. Strauss
Richard G. Kleindienst
Henry Petersen
Ronald L. Ziegler
California
John W. Dean III
Watergate Building
Dean
G. Gordon Liddy
President Removes Limits on Oil Imports
President Nixon unveils a broad energy plan to end fuel shortages by allowing major oil imports without extra tariffs and phasing in tariff-free supplies over seven years. He also seeks deregulation of new natural gas prices and tripling offshore leasing through 1979 with a Santa Barbara oil sanctuary proposal.
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Nixon
Congress
U.S
Federal Power Commission
Secretary of the Interior
FPC
Interior Department
Channel Islands
Santa Barbara
Calif
Spring Cold and Floods Hit Fruit Crops Nationwide
The Associated Press reports that spring cold spells and record rains damaged fruit crops across multiple states led by Mississippi where nearly half a million acres are under water. Peaches and apples suffered as temperatures plunged to the teens, while Illinois Virginia Alabama and Michigan saw significant losses in peaches apples strawberries and cherries. Officials warn higher prices and extensive agricultural losses as farmers face lingering flooding and delayed or ruined plantings.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Cooperative Extension Service
Ississippi State University
Ray Converse
State Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Converse
State University Extension Service
Chilton County
Ala
John Sparkman
Earl Butz
Illinois Crop Reporting Service
Illinois
Virginia
Ross Byers
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Arkansas
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Sooners Forfeit 9 Grid Victories Over Transcript Irregularities
Oklahoma will forfeit nine football victories including the Sugar Bowl win over Penn State due to recruiting and transcript irregularities. Freshman Kerry Jackson and Mike Phillips had their transcripts tampered with, and offensive line coach Bill Michael resigned after admitting knowledge of the issues. Only wins over Kansas State Iowa State and Nebraska remain.
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Walker
Jackson
Mike Phillips
Houston
Michael
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