Confession Heard in Roanoke Court Hearing
John Robert Collins admitted planning to shoot and rob two Roanoke area employees, one killed, in last December’s attack. A motion to suppress the confession was argued as two more witnesses are set to testify, though Collins withdrew the confession saying he was too intoxicated to recall events.
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Roanoke
John Robert Collins
Roanoke Dre
Collins
Robert J. Rogers
Richmond
Chesterfield County
Thomas Paul Donner
Chesterfield
Donner
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
John E. Dillard
Birmingham
Ala
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Treasury Department
Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
National Association of Court Administration
Philadelphia
Bellevue-Stafford
Association
Omni International
Bellevue
Kathy Young
Vorster Declares No Crisis Amid South Africa Unrest
Prime Minister John Vorster told a National party gathering the nation faces problems but not a crisis. He blamed critics of apartheid for fueling violence as Soweto deaths reach 287, and urged unity against oppression under white rule. Chief Buthelezi urged blacks to unite for liberation. Police Minister Ter cautioned a tense situation to foreign reporters.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
John Vorster
Vorster
National Party
Soweto
Gatsha Buthelezi
Buthelezi
James Ter
Clarke County Fair Closes Tonight With Fireworks
Clarke Fair ends tonight at 10 30 after fireworks. Western horse show runs all day. A 3 pm tractor pull and 2 to 5 pm carnival ride discounts. Raritan Club chicken barbecue at 5 pm. At 7 pm a traditional New England horse pulling contest at the grandstands followed by more entertainment.
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Star
Berryville
Clarke County
Raritan Club
New England
David F. Childs
Childs
Ed Gagnon
Raquel
Jennifer Barry
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Dan Payne
Lynn Stewart
FFA
Tax Change Will Save 134 Million a Year in Capital Gains
Treasury will save 134 million annually from a capital gains tax change. Conferees raise holding period to nine months in 1977 and 12 months in 1978, and boost deductible capital losses from 1000 to 2000 in 1977 and 3000 in 1978. The package also shifts projected revenues and drops some credits.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
U.S. Treasury
House
Two Vending Machines Entered in Winchester incident
Winchester police investigate two vending machine breakins. At Amherst Gulf service station on Amherst St a machine forced open last night but emptied earlier. nothing stolen. At Winchester Armory a machine inside the building was forced open and $1.10 taken. report logged at 10 a.m. yesterday.
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W.H. Emmart
Paper Mill Rd
Winchester
Ave
Kern St
Winchester Garden Apartments
Amherst Gulf Service Station
Amherst St
Winchester Armory
Weather outlook with clearing and warm conditions
Northern Valley shows continued warmth with tonight’s showers and thunderstorms likely and lows in the 60s. Sunday remains warm with upper 70s to 80s, humidity easing slightly. Extended period through Wednesday features possible showers, then fair start with mid to upper 80s and nights in the 50s and 60s.
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Virginia
Two Die in Virginia Beach Auto Collision
Two people from Norfolk died from massive head injuries in a two car crash in Virginia Beach. The driver of the other vehicle, James Lester Divine, 21, also of Norfolk, faces two counts of manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
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Virginia Beach
Kirk Douglas Moon
Deborah Sharon Whiteside
Norfolk
James Lester Divine
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Ene
Omds Guneral
Willie R. Armel
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Robert Wilson
Bernard F. Groves
S. Braddock
Neva DeHaven Adams
Detroit
Joe Lach
Dick Kowalski
Bill BY
Colege
4-H
Jan Silman
Corey Childs
Brenda Chapman
Lee-Jackson Motor Inn
U.S
I-81
Fairfield Galleries
Brucetown
Clearbrook
H.P. Dayton
W.D. Orndorff
Delbert Cain
Gulf Coast
Texas
New Mexico
Clarke Fair
Andrew Miller
J. Kenneth Robinson
Miller
Robinson
W. Va
Labor Day
Arwood’s Antiques
W. Frank Artrip
Leote M. Artrip
Frederick County
Rthouse
Opequon
Front Royal Road
W. F. Artrip, Jr
Juanita A. Evans
Cecil F. Ai
Virginia Sn Zida Kibler
Floyd M. Artrip
Howard K. Dawkins
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