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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1979
Page
9
In Madrid AP reports the moderate Basque faction suspends its campaign against Spain’s tourism sector while the militant wing remains quiet. Government lines promise a pause in attacks toward police and officials as a gesture of good faith.
Lt. Gov. Charles Robb travels to Japan and China on a goodwill mission leaving Henry Howell to substitute for him at the Virginia AFL CIO convention August 10 11. Robb tapped Howell on request by state AFL CIO President Julian Carper and Robb’s press secretary Laurie Naismith. Howell longtime labor ally eyed as potential 1981 governor candidate, though not invited to speak this year. Carper said the substitution carries no political implication and is a former lieutenant governor taking the present one’s place. Major convention business includes endorsing House and Senate candidates in Virginia elections. Portsmouth Mayor Richard J. Davis and U S Senator Joseph R Biden Jr. also expected to speak.
Fragmented clue list includes a strip of pavement a starred place and a prayer variant with hints of Canali plural and fish terms. Other items mention a larch tree, a thick something and a twitching English letter. Stair part and handbook appear alongside a religious festival and a vanishing alliance. A sea lettuce lemur entry closes the list.
Cor nelius Bailey, released from a mental institution a week earlier, held a knife during a more than hour long standoff at an Oakleaf Park house. Children escaped unharmed. Bailey was disarmed and arrested on abduction charges and faces court today to determine if he should be sent back to a mental facility.
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