Top Virginia stories of the year across politics and tragedy
The piece lists the year’s top stories including Senator Byrd’s victory across Virginia counties and districts, a fatal August crash involving Boy Scouts near Paris, a March fatal plane crash near Winchester, a January grocer murder conviction and appeal, the Winchester congressional race and Robinson’s victory, Truban’s Senate win, a high profile abduction murder case, a severe November thunderstorm with floods, and the opening of Lord Fairfax Community College near Middletown with initial enrollment and plans.
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Byrd
Virginia
George C. Rawlings, Jr
Fredericksburg
Ray Garland
Roanoke
Senate
Paris
Lord Fairfax Community College
Middletown
Lord Fairfax
Russians Commute Sentences In Hijacking Case
The Moscow appeals court reduced several sentences for hijacking suspects including Iosif Mendelyevich to 12 years and Ari Khnoch to 10 years while upholding others. Kuznetsov and Dymshits receive strict regime confinement with limited food and visitors. Andrei Sakharov attended the Moscow hearing as defense lawyers argued exceptional circumstances.
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Kuznetsov
Dymshits
Iosif Mendelyevich
Ari Khnokh
Anatoly Altman
Sylvia Zalmanson
Israel Zalmanson
Aléxei Murzhenko
Israel
Israel rock slide kills 20 at frontier camp near Dead Sea
In Israel two miles from the Jordan border a sandstone edge collapsed into a mess hall killing 19 soldiers and one civilian and injuring 10. An investigation was ordered and sabotage ruled out as a natural disaster.
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Great North Mountain
Winchester
Pinnacle Rock
Alexandria
Rock Slide Kills
Israel
Tel Aviv
Dead Sea
Aster
Hakikar
Danian
Haim Barlew
Lebanon
Avivim
Kiryat Shmona
Upper
Galillee
U.N. Security Council
Council
Shabbatai Rosen
U.N
Beirut
Hyden Mine Disaster Kills 38 in Kentucky
Gov. Louie B. Nunn set up a temporary HQ near the Hyden mine as 38 miners die in a linked No 15 and No 16 pit blast. Federal and state probes begin while rescuers fight carbon monoxide. Relatives throng the scene and a makeshift morgue is set up at the Hyden grade school.
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Louie B. Nunn
Frankfort
White House
Nunn
Hyden
No. 15
No. 16
U.S. Bureau of Mines
H. N. Kirkpatrick
Western Kentucky Coal Co
Clay
Straight Creek
Bell County
Leslie County
George Wooton
Wall Street trades lower as yearend caution persists
The Dow drops to 839.75 amid brisk trade with declines edging gains on the NYSE. Analysts cite high turnover and large block trades as institutions adjust portfolios for yearend reports. Commerce data show sluggish 1971 capital spending but Stans predicts offsets from housing, local expenditures, and consumer spending.
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New York Stock Exchange
Commerce Department
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Grumman Corp
American Telephone & Telegraph
Occidental Petroleum
General Cable
Ethyl] Corp
Federal National Mortgage
GOP Lodge Dance Tonight in Clarke County
The Old Fredericktown Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police hosts a New Year's Eve Dance at its Lodge Hall in Clarke County. The event starts at 9 p.m. for members and guests.
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Fredericktown
The
Fraternal Order of Police
Clarke County
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Finley Coal Co
Number 15
James Lee Fielding
Staunton
Memorial Hospital
Alexandria-Fairfax
Goshen
Lexington
Richmond
Lawrence Edward Wadsworth
E. Cork St
Gary Wayne Jones
Jones
J. Kenneth Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Murat Williams
Madison County
John O. Marsh, Jr
Strasburg
Robinson
Winchester - Frederick - Clarke
William A. Truban
Woodstock
Truban
Shenandoah County
Frederick County
Strong
del. F.L. Largent, Jr
Winfield Smoot
White Post
Beulah Mae Smedley
Rt. 1
Smoot
Carpers Valley Golf Club
Izaak Walton Lake
Frederick, Clarke, Page, Rappahannock
Fauquier
Shenandoah
Warren
Russia
Yuri Fyodorov
Boris Penson
Mendel Bodny
Murzhenko
Fyodorov
Leningrad
Moscow
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet Union
Amman
Ress Hall
Wall Street
New York
GOP
Winchester Evening Star
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