Gas shortages ease as July supply restarts in Virginia
The state reports gas lines ending after a July pullback and expects 24 hours to bring full relief if needed. Northern Virginia faces no extra allocations for August while tourism, a key industry, faces a potential $250,000 loss from fears of shortages. The governor promotes tourism via TV spots and vacations at Camp Pendleton and Virginia Beach.
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Virginia
Age Service
Camp Pendleton
Virginia Beach
Virginia governor trip yields big bonus for state
The 19 day foreign trade mission to the Far East produced expected orders worth about 3.5 to 4 million for Virginia products led by Shenandoah Valley poultry. Original travel costs were 60 thousand dollars but were trimmed to 36 thousand with reductions from China and attendees sharing expenses. The trip is now seen as a larger bonus for Virginia despite prior criticism over travel.
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Far East
Virginia
Japan
Shenandoah Valley
Dalton
People’s Republic of China
Peking
Editor Letters Critique Police Tactics and County Policy
Readers critique police use of force and district leadership calling for oversight and investigation. They urge housing reforms for offenders, county farm labor as punishment, and insist on using old county buildings to ease taxes while supporting jail reforms and juvenile handling.
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the Star
Milton Robertson
Front Royal Police Dept
Dennis Smedley
Eeene Smedley
Robertson
Smedley
Frederick County
Significance of the Great Upheaval in 1979
A reflective column criticizes President Carter's late July Great Upheaval. It argues the timing wasted potential reform, notes cabinet reshuffles and partisan resistance, and questions the lasting impact on political image and stability. Kate Jordan and staff comment on governance and theater like political stagecraft.
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Universal Press Syndicate
Ashington
Macbeth
Congress
Carter
Rosalynn Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Jody Powell
Mr. Carter
Ham Jordan
Turbulent 1980 Outlook Amid Volcker Pick and Tax Debate
The piece surveys the unsettled path of U S monetary policy as Paul Volcker is named Fed chair while faces over high interest rates recession and inflation. It notes Reuss opposition to tight money, Miller stance on recession, looming tax cuts, SALT II and deficit risks, and hints at windfall tax via oil profits to ease Social Security payroll tax.
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N.Y. Times Service
Carter
Paul Volcker
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Volcker
Henry Reuss
Wisconsin
House Banking Committee
G. William Miller
Mr. Volcker
Sidewalk Summit of Nixon Onassis Garbo Imagined
Russell Baker imagines Nixon moving to Manhattan prompting a street view of a fictional meeting with Jacqueline Onassis Greta Garbo and the former president among bagels on the Upper East Side A humorous vignette plays with mistaken identities and pop culture icons in a light observational tone.
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New York Times
Richard Nixon
Manhattan
Jacqueline Onassis
Greta Garbo
Madison Avenue
Upper East
Mrs. Onassis
Onassis
Mr. Nixon
Puss
Cyan
Patton
George C. Scott
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