Gasoline Shortages Eased as Virginia Adopts Relaxed Federal Rules
Virginia will release emergency fuel supplies under relaxed federal rules starting Friday and continuing through May. Norman McTague says Virginia will participate to help stations, with up to 50 percent distributed before the 20th of each month and the rest after. Industry officials warn shortages could affect tourist areas like Virginia Beach.
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Richmond
Federal Energy Department
Virginia
Norman McTague
Virginia Office of Emergency and Energy Service
McTague
James Heizer
The
Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association
Energy Department
Department of Energy
Heizer
Virginia Beach
Justice White Split with Media Over Libel Ruling Impact
Justice Byron R White contours the Supreme Court decision on libel law and finds himself at odds with many in the news media over the ruling. The 6 3 majority led by White shaped the constitutional standard while critics question its practical effects on reporting.
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Washington
Byron R. White
Supreme Court
CBS
W.H. Hornby
The
Denver Post
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Burger Court
James Goodale
New York Times
Tape Admitted Tape Admitted
A federal judge allowed the Interior Department to admit a 16 minute videotape of Virginia coalfields into evidence in a strip mine case. The tape filmed from a helicopter in March shows benches streams and landslides with no location given. The judge reserved ruling on showing the tape and did not allow accompanying narration.
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Big Stone Gap
U.S. Interior Department
Virginia
Interior
U.S
Glen Williams
Ronnie Vicars
John Dalton
Williams
Mark Squillace
Frederick Clarke Beef Show Tonight Brings 4-H Youths to the Ring
Randy Orndorff 16, grand prize winner last year, aims for another ribbon with two 1250 pound Charolais at the 8 p.m. Farmers Livestock Exchange event. The sale follows Friday at 10 a.m. with James Wood High School FFA member and Mt. Airy 4-H youth among rivals.
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Randy Orndorff
Clarke-Frederick
Randy
Albert McDonald
Frederick County
Gary DeOms
Lester Ritenour
Jason McDonald
Roy McDonald
Star
Orndorff
4-H
Frederick
Clarke County
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Mt. Airy 4-H
James Wood High School
Future Farmers of America
Weather forecast summary for Northern Valley and Virginia
Sunny and warm with highs in the 60s and 70s across Northern Valley and Virginia. Clear tonight, cool with lows in the 30s to 40s. Extended forecast calls for fair, warmer weekend with a chance of Monday showers and weekend highs near 70. Rainfall data noted for past months and general climate figures included.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
National Weather Service
State Police Deny Warning In Louisa County Attack
Virginia State Police denied receiving advance warning of the December assault on elderly Louisa County couple Joseph and Virginia Conley despite claims by Patricia Jones that she warned authorities last November. Sheriff Henry Kennon said Jones has been relocated for safety and a Washington source cited and unnamed in the story suggests a warning was possible but officials would not confirm.
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Virginia
Louisa County
1St Division
E.R. Keister
Patricia Jones
Miss Jones
Washington
Kennon
Conley House
Sheriff's Department
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