Train Crash Still Fresh In Conductor Bailey's Memory
Bailey recalls the 1978 Crescent wreck near Elma Nelson County as Amtrak revived the route. Six killed and 60-plus injured when the train left the track at 80 mph. He aided passengers, helped rescue crews, and later stayed with Southern Railway before becoming a freight conductor.
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Lynchburg
Leo A. Bailey
Crescent
Aoe
Alexandria
Bailey
Monroe
Nelson County
Elma
M Yard
Southern Railway
The
Amtrak
ERA Debate Frames ERA as Family Threat in Virginia
AP report from Lynchburg notes Phyllis Schlafly and Rev. Jerry Falwell portraying the Equal Rights Amendment as dangerous to families. Schlafly criticizes the six year push and a three year extension while Falwell calls it a holy war. both urge continued Stop ERA efforts and oppose court rulings on rescinding ratifications.
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Falwell
Schlafly
Murder Suspects Arrested in Bethesda Killing
Montgomery County police say three men Ronald Lee Henderson Larry Richard Henderson and Richard LaVerne Rouse were arrested after a Sunday home invasion that killed Din Chia Wang a 30 year old caretaker at a residence in the 7100 block of Armat Drive Betoo Wang worked there and lived with his wife and child Police expect extradition as investigators call the incidents related DC police report initial charges include unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and fugitive warrants for the suspects
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Rockville, Md
Montgomery County
Bethesda
Ronald Lee Henderson
Baltimore
Larry Richard Henderson
Richard LaVerne Rouse
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
Din Chia Wang
Taiwan
Wang
Armat Drive
Betoo
D.C
Ronald Henderson
Richard Rouse
Larry Henderson
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Tomlin
Haynes
Atlanta
University of Virginia Hospital
Era
Sion
Schafly
Uncle Sam
U.S
Tehran
U.S.A
S.M.L
Breckenridge
Wherttie New
Ec Oerd Dept
Leggett
Chester
Levi's
Legend’s
Loudoun Street Mail
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