Senate Canal Debate Opens Amid Parley and Broadcast
In Washington the Panama Canal debate opens with heated rhetoric and procedural maneuvering. More than 30 senators attend at first. floor attendance falls to fewer than 10 as sessions stretch. NPR broadcasts mark a first for live Senate proceedings.
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
James Allen
D-Ala
Paul Laxalt
Nev
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Frank Church
D-Idaho
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Panama
Robert Griffin
D-Mich
John Sparkman
Dala
Frederick County School Board Row Over Appointments
Koontz called Costello out of order and said a May 6 1975 letter from the state attorney general supports a principal’s right to sit on the school board. The AG opinion says board employees must abstain from voting when supervisors appoint school board members, but in Frederick County the supervisors do not appoint school board members.
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Frederick County School Budget Sees $7.5 Million Approval
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 2 to approve a $7.5 million funding level for a new 11th and 12th grade high school. Some members argued inflation raised costs to $8.2 million, while others defended the lower figure citing a February 1977 minutes.
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Frederick County Board Moves to Rescind Subdivision Ordinance
Frederick County Board of Supervisors on a 5-0 vote with Kenneth Stiles abstaining signaled its intent to rescind amendments to the subdivision ordinance addressing large-lot subdivisions amid a pending lawsuit by George Cornwell. Planning commission to report in 60 days. Winchester review possible. Two public hearings required before any action. process expected to take at least 60 days.
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Potomac Edison seeks temporary surcharge approval
Potomac Edison appealed to the State Corporation Commission after failing to win mandatory conservation from Gov. John Dalton. The company requested a temporary surcharge of 0.4 cents per kilowatt hour to cover emergency costs, while SCC counsel urged 0.2 cents. Hearings noted coal shortages, severe winter weather, and extensive purchases of external energy to meet demand.
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John Dalton
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SCC
Potomac Edison
John W. Riely
Riely
Virginia
Richard Rogers Jr
Donald Owens
Attorney General’s Office
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War Criminal Kappler Dies in West Germany
Herbert Kappler, convicted for ordering the Ardeatine Caves massacre, died of stomach cancer at his wife's home in Soltau West Germany. He had fled a Italian prison hospital five months earlier with his wife amid controversy over extradition requests. He was 70.
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Germany
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Energy emergencies spread as coal stockpiles dwindle
Declared energy emergencies rise in Indiana and West Virginia as coal reserves drop toward 30 days. Utilities plan mandatory cuts and widespread conservation while miners resist a contract linking absenteeism penalties and fund deductions to wildcat strikes amid broader regional power-sharing talks.
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Food Shortages Unlikely From Farmers Strike
Lee McGuire, an eastern Washington wheat grower near Spokane, backs the strike’s call for production cutbacks to lift prices. Most farmers and bankers applaud the protest, but Agriculture Department forecasts and broad reports suggest farmers will harvest full crops, keeping surpluses and little risk of shortages or big consumer price hikes. The movement, born from falling farm incomes and debts, features tractor protests and Washington lobbying, with Carter administration showing sympathy but opposing government action at present.
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Watermelon Park shooting victims featured in Clarke Compass
An interview with the three victims of last summer’s Watermelon Park Bluegrass Festival shooting is the centerpiece of Clarke Compass. Front Royal Police Dept. problems flagged on Page 15. William Clarence Perez pleads innocent to charges in his stepfather’s death.
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