Down to the Wire Assembly Sessions in Richmond
Both chambers of the General Assembly meet in late sessions to finish action on bills by tonight's deadline. The House aims to complete its measures while the Senate races to finish its own agenda.
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Richmond, Va
Eee General Assembly
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Mills Godwin
General Assembly
Godwin
House Commerce & Labor Committee
Virginia
del. James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Senate Finance Committee
Mixed breed puppy seeks home at Warren County shelter
A female mixed breed puppy and her brother were left behind when their owners moved away. They are at the Warren County Humane Society Shelter on Rt. 618 off Rt. 619 Fork District, open daily 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. Adoption costs include a $5 donation, a Warren County dog tag, and required shots. Shelter contact 635-4734.
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Warren County Humane Society
Warren County
Rt. 619
Fork
Virginia Jobless Rate Remains Below National Peak
The Virginia Employment Commission notes unemployment stayed well under the 8.2 percent national rate in January. It forecasts the state rate staying below the national level though rising to around 5 to 6 percent for several months. Layoffs mainly hit apparel, textiles, synthetic fibers, furniture and construction, with hours cut at many firms. Hardest hit were the Valley of Virginia and the Piedmont in the Southside, while northern Virginia remained relatively spared.
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WEC
Virginia
Tidewater
Commission
VEC
Valley of
Piedmont
Brennan Resignation Clears Way for Dunlop Nomination
Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan resigns effective mid March clearing the path for Harvard economist John T. Dunlop to be President Ford's pick for labor secretary. Dunlop, known mediator in construction disputes, would bring a strong policy voice to the department.
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Washington
Peter J. Brennan
John T. Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Dunlop
Harvard
Ford
White House
Brennan
New York
Building and Construction Trades Council
Labor Department
George P. Shultz
Nixon
Ireland
Richard M. Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Woman slain and buried in cement in Orange County case
Nancy Fuller Atwater, 50, wife of a Wrigley executive, was bludgeoned to death and her body stuffed into a steel drum filled with cement. A Glendale male nurse, Daniel Garbis Bedelian, 40, was booked for murder after investigators traced the body to a wrecking yard near Corona Del Mar.
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Los Angeles
Wrigley
Nancy Fuller Atwater
Corona del Mar
Atwater
A.G. Atwater Sr
Atwater Sr
P.K. Wrigley
William Wrigley
Daniel Garbis Bedelian
Glendale
Newport Beach
Richard Hamilton
Hamilton
Los Angeles County
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House General Laws Committee
del. Thomas Moss
Norfolk
del. J. Marshall Coleman
R Staunton
Moss
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Pat Perkinson
Del
Walther B. Fidler
Sharpes
Staunton River
Southside Electric Cooperative
Assembly
William B. Hopkins
Droanoke
Susan Burke
Cement
Charles W. Peale
America
Hours Corp
Martingville, Virginia
Plandard
Wardensville, W. Va. War Memorial
Cadillac
Wardensville
Stuart M.perry
Winchester Rt. 50
Are
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Volkswagen
Volkswagen of America, Inc
Godfrey
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