Snow Storm Buries Area as Crews Work Clearing Roads
More than 130 state highway department snow crews in Frederick and Shenandoah Counties clear 4 to 6.5 inches of snow with graders and snowblowers. Sun expected to aid melting and crusting while winds rise from 10 to 20 mph and a light snow dusting is forecast tonight and tomorrow morning.
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George M. Stoddart
State Highway Department
Frederick
Shenandoah
National Weather Service
Charles Chilton
Virginia Digging Out After Worst Snowstorm Of Season
Virginians continue to dig out as 12 inches fell statewide and freezing temperatures threatened more snow. Highway crews cleared 43 000 miles of secondary roads while interstates and primary routes mostly opened. At least two deaths linked to the storm were reported, and the cleanup cost rose to about 2 million dollars with 5 100 workers and 3 000 plows in action.
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Sadie Farris
Goodview
Bedford County
Norfolk & Western Railway
N&w
Richmond
Highway Department
Virginia
Carter pushes slim education department bill to Congress
President Carter sent a trimmed down bill to Congress to create a new Department of Education with hopes it passes by June. The measure previously cleared the Senate but stalled in the House amid farm, American Indian and minority opposition to transferring programs. In Winchester, snow plows and chains are in use under Snow Plan B as local schools weigh openings.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Department of Education
Senate
House
Carter Aides Weigh Easing Wage Rules If Inflation Rises
Labor Secretary Ray Marshall says the administration may relax the seven percent wage guideline if inflation worsens or Congress rejects the proposed wage insurance tax credit. He remains hopeful Congress will approve the credit, making guideline adjustments unnecessary.
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Washington
Congress
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Associated Press
Carter
Virginia House Bill For Shenandoah River Degradation
Clarke County officials report a new bill from the Virginia House of Delegates proposing a three mile stretch of the Shenandoah River be degraded. The Clarke area also notes a feature on Eustace and local poetry, plus a traffic accident in Williamsport Maryland with more details on the Area News page.
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Virginia House of Delegates
Shenandoah River
Clarke County
Williamsport
Area News
Bakhtiar Vows No Surrender in Tehran Clash Over Government
Prime Minister Bakhtiar vows not to surrender to Khomeini as hundreds of thousands march in Tehran in support of Bazargan. He urges unity talks with Bazargan, while ordering the army to stay hidden unless violence erupts. Khomeini calls for mass turnout to pressure the government.
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Ayatollah Khomeini
Iran Army
Tehran
Iran
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Bakhtiar
Ayatollah
Khomeini
Bazargan
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Shah
Islamic Republic
Oil crisis feared as Iran turmoil worsens US supply
Energy Secretary James R. Schlesinger warned Iran’s oil cutoff could trigger a more serious crisis than the 1973 embargo. He cited a 70 day reserve and potential mandatory controls while ruling out rationing. States face highway fund losses if they raise speeds above 55 mph as oil use could rise.
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Washington
Iran
United States
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Carter
Schlesinger
Transportation
Brock Adams
Soviet Warn China Over Stepping Across Vietnam Border
Moscow warned Beijing to restrain its forces after reports that China sent up to 100000 troops toward Vietnam. New Times cited the Cambodian collapse as a setback for Pekin and warned of potential Soviet involvement if China retaliates.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Vietnam
New Times
Pol Pot
Cambodia
Peking
Chinam
Egypt Accepts U S Invitation to Talks
Egypt accepted an American invitation to a three way ministerial level meeting aimed at breaking the impasse in Mideast peace talks with Israel. The plan envisions talks at Camp David later this month with Egypt Israel and the United States, while no date or place was announced pending Israeli response.
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Egypt
Mideast
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Hermann Eilts
Moshe Dayan
Mustafa Khalil
Cyrus R. Vance
Camp David
Eilis
Carter
Alfred Atherton
West Bank
Gaza Strip
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