Eight Die as Savage Rainstorm Strikes Southern California
A brutal rainstorm battered Southern California causing at least eight deaths and leaving more than 400 homeless. Rescue crews searched for nine missing people including three children after Hidden Springs village was washed away. The storm dropped over a foot of rain in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains with winds up to 92 mph and caused millions in damages.
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Vance Says Border Crossing Would Trigger New US Response
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said the Soviet Union assured the United States that Cuban and Ethiopian troops would not move from Ogaden in Ethiopia into Somalia. He stressed the US would not supply arms to either side while hostilities stay in Ogaden and urged a cease fire with Soviet and Cuban withdrawal.
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Soviet Union
United States
Ogaden
Ethiopia
Somalia
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
State Department
Moscow
Explosion in Sullivan Kills Four In Fire After Gas Blast
Four people died and twelve were injured in Sullivan Indiana as an explosion and fire destroyed three buildings a candle shop dress shop and a bakery. Authorities believe a backhoe strike on a gas line may have triggered the blast and are continuing searches for missing workers.
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Sullivan
Ind
Dale Mullikin
Miners Battle Wage Fight May Stretch Into March
East and Midwest utility officials fear a prolonged miners strike as UMW negotiators clash with Bituminous Coal Operators Association over a tentative pact. The council votes 33-3 against sending the agreement to members. leaders warn ratification is unlikely without changes. If no deal, negotiations will continue, with rank-and-file ratification likely taking at least 10 days and a strike possibly lasting into March. The dispute centers on penalties for absentees and wildcat strikes and a $2.35 hourly wage rise over three years.
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East
Midwest
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Arnold Miller
Miller
the Bargaining Council
Litter-control bill split delegates in Virginia House
In Richmond delegates Alson Smith Jr. and Raymond Guest Jr. joined efforts to overturn Loudoun and Fairfax County throwaway can bottle bans. The vote moved the bill to the Senate as some lawmakers warned of unknowns in testing such controls.
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Alson H. Smith Jr
Winchester
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Front Royal
House of Delegates
Loudoun
Fairfax Counties
Warren E. Barry
Springfield
Fairfax
Barry
Ray Garland
Virginia
David G. Brickley
Woodbridge
Earl E. Bell
Hamilton
Brickley
Senate
Smith
Guest
Kenneth R. Plum
Reston
House
State Board of Behavioral Sciences
Garland
Will Dublin
Reliance
Dublin
Lee Anne
Potomac Edison Hikes Rates as Coal Strike Drains Power
The State Corporation Commission approved a temporary fuel adjustment to cover Potomac Edison's cost of buying power from neighboring utilities during the United Mine Workers strike. PE expects reserves to fall to about 30 days, prompting voluntary conservation steps from businesses and individuals. The adjustment will start today and end when the strike ends, with a separate permanent rate request of 3.8 million dollars annually still pending.
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Star
Potomac Edison
State Corporation Commission
United Mine Workers
Paul Horst
Front Royal Police Fristoe Pleads Innocent
Front Royal secretary Joan Fristoe pleaded innocent to feloniously misappropriating public funds in her custody dating July 9 1974 to December 28 1976. She faces trial May 26. Chief Charles Rutherford Sgt Donald Burke also faced charges. hearings set and motions filed.
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Front Royal
Joan Fristoe
Miss Fristoe
Charles V. Rutherford
Sgt
Donald Burke
Rutherford
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Duncan Gibb
Geoffrey Cole
Cole
James Wood Wrestlers Lose Commonwealth Bid
James Wood saw its hopes of capturing the Commonwealth District wrestling title slide to third place at best. Three area high schools were in basketball action last night with details promised in today's Sports pages. IRS notices and area churches announce Sunday programs on Page 15.
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