Roanoke restaurant brawl leaves customers shaken
Six young men attacked patrons at Maurice's Country Corner on U S 221 late Friday. They entered as if to play pool then struck customers with cues, causing hundreds of dollars in damage but no serious injuries. Police seek the six suspects in their late teens to early 20s.
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Roanoke County
J. A. Camden
Maurice
U. S
Camden
Mathews
Coast Guard
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Bay
Frederick Teachers Prepare for 1976-77 School Start
Frederick County Public Schools conduct pre school conferences for 1976 77 session beginning August 30. Administrators met for all day discussions on new policies and instructional changes. About 35 new teachers receive Monday orientation under James V Hutton Jr. and the staff. Marilyn Van Derbur speaks Tuesday at James Wood High School for an all day in service session.
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Frederick County
James V. Hutton
James Wood High School
Marilyn van
Governor Brown Considers Family Farm Project in Colusa County
Governor Edmund Brown Jr is weighing a move into farming on ancestral land in Colusa County northern California. Aides say he might build a weekend house and start a test farming operation using young workers. The 2760 acre property was settled by Brown ancestors in 1852 and is owned by his father his uncle and partners.
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Calif
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Colusa County
Edmund Brown Sr
Gray Davis
Brown
Los Angeles
Harold Brown
San Francisco
Kissinger influenced rewrite of NIE on Soviet MIRV progress
Lt. Gen. Daniel C. Graham says a National Intelligence Estimate on Soviet missile head development was rewritten after Henry Kissinger disagreed with its conclusions. Graham recalls Kissinger pressed for acknowledging faster MIRV progress to bolster arguing for SALT limits, while a Kissinger associate disputed the portrayal of events. The NIE incident occurred in late 1969 or early 1970 amid debates on U S Soviet arms control and MIRV capabilities.
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Daniel C. Graham
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Kissinger
CIA
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Graham
The
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CLA
Strategic Review
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Russia
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Bus Drivers and Mechanics Strike in Southern California
Union and management clash as 4 700 drivers and 1 100 mechanics walk off in four counties disrupting service for 750 000 commuters. In San Francisco 1 800 transit workers approve a new contract 789 to 574 after threats of city service shutdowns. The pact raises wages to 7 46 per hour for drivers with a 57 cent raise.
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Southern California
San Francisco
Earl R. Clark
Edmund G. Brown Jr
RTD
Jack R. Gilstrap
Board of Supervisors
Make-Believe War Draws 200 History Buffs in Ohio
About 200 history enthusiasts in Alliance staged a medieval mock war on a hilltop farm as part of the Pensic War by the Society for Creative Anachronism. The Middle Kingdom defeated the Eastern Kingdom in a weekend event featuring jousts archery and court, with safety taped weapons and bruises common.
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Alliance
Ohio
Middle Kingdom
the Society For Creative Anachronism
Patterson Arrested in Front Royal on Parole Violation
Warren County Sheriff's Dept. arrests Granville L. Patterson 23 of Raleigh North Carolina on a parole violation tied to an armed robbery charge. He was picked up at the Warren County Fairgrounds by Front Royal police and deputies and is awaiting extradition proceedings.
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Warren County Sheriff's Dept
Granville L. Patterson
Raleigh
N.C
Patterson
Warren County Fairgrounds
Chapman
William Farrell
Front Royal Police Department
George Sardelis
Robert Jett
Rudolph Morneault
Five Dollar Bill Triggers Police Alert In 1950s Series
Deputies in Frederick County searched for a counterfeit five dollar bill passed at Tastee Freez on Martinsburg Pike. The bill lacked In God We Trust but a sheriff's spokesman said the 1950s series did not carry that legend, explaining the confusion.
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Frederick County
Martinsburg Pike
Sheriff's Department
Nixon backs Ford Carter debate idea at GOP gathering
San Clemente California AP reports former President Richard Nixon believes a Ford Carter debate is a good idea. Delegates who met Nixon say he watched the Kansas City convention on TV and stressed that any debate requires thorough preparation.
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Calif
Richard Nixon
Ford
Jimmy Carter
GOP
Nixon
Jussef Galib
Puerto Rico
Kansas City, Mo
Galile
John F. Kennedy
Weather outlook for Northern Valley and Virginia
Fair and mild tonight with 60s to 70s. Tuesday mostly sunny with 80s. Extended outlook through Friday is fair with around 80s highs and 50s to 60s lows. August rainfall totaling 4.95 inches this year. historical averages provided. Moon phases listed. conjectured weather pattern for month outlined.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Three Saturday Fire Calls Burden Winchester Firemen
Three fire incidents stretched Winchester firefighters on Saturday. At 3:58 p.m. a Volkswagen Rabbit burned at 604 S Kent St after a ruptured gas tank, with no injuries. A brush fire on Ricketts Drive was extinguished at 8:11 p.m. Earlier, at 2:13 p.m., a false alarm at Winchester Gardens Apartment prompted all units to respond.
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S. Kent St
Ricketts Drive
Winchester Gardens
Governor Ralph Carr Honored for Refuge Action
Denver AP reports the late Governor Ralph L. Carr honored for offering refuge to Japanese-Americans during World War II. Japanese Ambassador Fumihiko Togo praised Carr’s enduring justice and demonstrated democracy.
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Denver
Ralph L. Carr
Colorado
Fumihiko Togo
Carr
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