WTVR fires news director over false Byrd report
Don Dale, WTVR Richmond news director since 1974, is fired for airing a false Friday night report that Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. was killed in a traffic accident. The station cited a commitment to factual information and announced Ken Sroan as acting news director until a permanent replacement.
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Richmond
Wtvr TV
Harry F. Byrd Jr
I-Va
Byrd
Washington, D. C
Don Dale
Dale
WTVR
John R. Mahoney
Ken Sroan
Mahoney
Ms. Long
Dumpster thefts dubbed Crime of the Week in Columbus
Columbus police report a spate of missing bulky trash containers on the east side and near Ohio State University. Detective Cal Holt says 15 to 20 thefts since last summer amount to about 12 thousand dollars, with dumpsters ranging from four to thirty cubic yards and weighing hundreds to thousands of pounds.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cal Holt
Ohio State University
Holt
Winchester School Board OKs Five Year Vocational Plan
The Winchester Frederick and Clarke school systems received initial approval for a new five year vocational education plan. James Givens outlined goals and said January starts a state funded cycle. 324 students need undelivered special programs, 45 percent of those listed. A new supervisor and one more staff member are planned before fall, with Handley High School showing strong interest in programs and an 18 week retail selling course for seniors. The board also discussed malpractice insurance needs for practicums and appointed Betsy Brown Newlin to Frederick Douglass Elementary.
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Star
Winchester
James Givens
Winchester, Frederick and Clarke
Givens
Joint Committee For Control
Handley High School
Betsy Brown Newlin
Pamela A. Ferraro
Frederick Douglass Elementary School
Cosmonaut Spends 88 Minutes Outside Salyut 6
Soviet cosmonaut Georgi Grechko spent 88 minutes outside the Salyut 6 laboratory to confirm the main docking unit was undamaged after a failed attempt by two cosmonauts two months earlier. Yuri Romanenko joined Grechko aboard Soyuz 26, which docked to the station on December 11. The unit’s integrity clears a second team potential, though no plan is announced.
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Moscow
Georgi Grechko
Salyut-6 Space Laboratory
Tass
Grechko
Yuri Romanenko
Salyu
Vietnam says Americans will be released after capture
Paris AP reports Vietnam told the United States that three Americans aboard the 39 foot yacht seized off Hon Khoai would be freed. Deputy Foreign Minister Than Hien delivered the decision during talks on normalization with Assistant Secretary Richard Holbrooke. Names on board include Cornelia Dellenbaugh Leland Dickerman and Charles Affel.
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Paris
Vietnam
United States
Than Hien
Richard Holbrooke
State Department
Washington
U.S
South China Sea
Hon Khoai
Thailand
Brunei
Singapore
Cornelia Dellenbaugh
Vero Beach
Fla
Leland Dickerman
Flagstaff
Ariz
Charles Affel
Philadelphia
Dellenbaugh
Peace Corps
Far East
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty in Fairfax Slashing Robbery
Andrew E. Porter 19 of Landover Maryland pled guilty to maiming armed robbery abduction and using a firearm in a August Fairfax County apartment attack. Four counts were dropped in exchange for the plea sentencing set for February 17. Six men entered the apartment robbing two men and two women and slashing throats before separating the victims who escaped.
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Fairfax
Andrew E. Porter
Landover
Fairfax County
Porter
Heavy Snow Closes Schools and Delays Games in Winchester Area
Accumulations of snow settled on Winchester streets and Frederick County roads as Winchester police activated snow plan A at 11 a.m. School closings were reported in Frederick Clarke and Warren counties. Area basketball games scheduled for tonight were postponed with no new dates announced. Snow is expected to continue through today and taper off tomorrow with possible brief breaks.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Frederick
Clarke
Warren County
Fuge
Winchester-area
Weather outlook from cold storm to rain and snow
A winter storm watch extends from the northern Valley through Virginia with rain changing to snow tonight and Wednesday. Snow may be heavy in the north, with lows in the 30s and highs in the 30s to 40s. Extended forecast calls for a chance of snow or flurries Thursday, otherwise fair. Nashville reports a court ruling allowing a Bible verse on a barn roof along Interstate 24 and the sign will remain.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
Nashville, Tenn
Wilson County
John Hamblen
Mt. Juliet
Transportation Deparment
Eddie Shaw
Middle Atlantic States
Great Lakes
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