Washington Faces Potential 10 Million Bicentennial Visitors
A private survey by the U S Travel Data Center predicts 27 million Americans may visit Washington in 1976, with 14 million weekend visitors and 13 million vacationers, far above government projections and drawing mixed official reaction. Williamsburg also seen surge to 17.6 million in 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Richard Hite
Interior Department
D.C
Hite
Wayne Kennedy
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Williamsburg
Argentina in crisis as attackers target officials and students
President Isabel Martinez de Peron called an emergency National Defense Council meeting as a wave of political assassinations gripped Argentina. Retired general Jorge Caceres Monte and his wife were killed near Parana Province by leftist ex tremists, while nine corpses identified as Peruvian and Bolivian students were found at the University of Cordoba after a rooming house raid by right wing terrorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Isabel Martinez de Peron
Argentina
National Defense Council
Jorge Caceres Monte
Parana
Cordoba
University of Cordoba
Wisdom of Raid Debated In Israel Over Lebanon Strikes
In Jerusalem a public debate centers on the timing and value of Israeli air strikes on Lebanon. Haaretz and another major Hebrew paper editorialized against the raids which allegedly killed 75 and wounded 120 in Lebanon. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting as international criticism mounted.
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Jerusalem
Lebanon
United Nations Security Council
Israel
Court Rules in West Virginia Suit Over Textbooks
The Fourth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling allowing Kanawha County public schools to use a series of textbooks labeled obscene by parents. The court found no establishment clause violation and noted the case lacked substantial expert testimony supporting the complaints.
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Richmond
Hall
Gary
Shonet Williams
Williams
Kanawha County
Blacksburg Shooting Leaves Three Dead In Rampage
Victims included Virginia Tech horticulture professor Fred Dreiling and his wife Joan, with Gregory Lugar killed by police after a dawn manhunt. Wounded ranged from fellow officer James Epperly to student Henry Moon, who described the attack after hospital treatment. Police charged John Robert Collins and Art Fuller with related crimes as they pursued leads across Roanoke, Salem, and Christiansburg.
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Blacksburg
Henry Moon
Virginia Tech
Moon
Fred Dreiling
Joan
Gregory Lugar
Roanoke
Dreilings
Lugar
State
Montgomery County
Virginia University
John Robert Collins
Salem
Art Fuller
Collins
Fuller
Lugar and Collins
Here
Dreiling
FBI
Roanoke County
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Lamar Sloan Ford
Roy Shell
Haaretz
W.va
Carol Ruth Dreiling
James Epperly
Christiansburg
Louis Barbour
State Highway Department
Johnny Nunley
Sugar
Miss Dresling
Barbour
Miss Dreiling
Nunley
Montgomery County Hospital
Roanoke General District Court
George B. Dillard
Dillard
Burrell Memorial Hospital
Beetle Bailey
Flapets
Andy Capp
Onaay
Blondie
Snuffy Smith
Doonesbury
Rex Morgan, M.D
Naomi E. Stout
Winchester
Carper's Valley
P. E. Malone
Thurman Ballenger
Executrix
Charles R. Duvall
South End
South Church St. Ext
Berryville
National Cash Register
Pinnacle Meat
Toledo
AUCT
Soonemp Workshop
Seaalanaaietan, Ve
White Hall
E.W. Clark
Shell's Auction, Inc
Hwy. No
South Strasburg
Riverton
SUN
Heart Beck
Strasburg
Waterbury Dock
Carnival
Peer
Cycer
Limestone
Stuart M. Perry
Berryville Rt
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