Firemen Plan How to Cope with Shortages
Frederick County fire companies staged emergency plans for blackout response during possible Potomac Edison curtailments. Generators will back up Polly's Cab dispatch and the base station, with volunteers adapting home monitors and station sleep plans to maintain alerts.
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Carter summons congressional leaders over coal strike
President Carter calls seven senators and five House members, plus governors of West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania and Ohio to the White House as talks falter in the 80 day coal strike. Administration hints at stronger action and possible legislation to force a settlement amid mounting economic pressure.
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Family of Banks Plan Emerges From Financial General
Financial General Bankshares Inc a $2.2 billion holding company controlling Shenandoah Valley National Bank begins a family of banks plan to operate across Virginia Maryland and DC without interstate banking bans. The move could unify six local banks under a common name credit card and services while SVNB is excluded. Trading of Financial General stock resumed on the American Stock Exchange after a halt for an investigation.
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Virginia SCC orders Potomac Edison curtail 10 percent use
The Virginia State Corporation Commission directs Potomac Edison to cut electricity use by 10 percent for its industrial and commercial customers with broader curtailment rules for utilities as coal reserves drop. Maryland and West Virginia prepare parallel steps, residential customers excluded.
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Budget Debate Begins In Virginia House Of Delegates
The Virginia House debated the $9.1 billion two year budget with about $3.6 billion for education from kindergarten through university. Gov Mills Godwin left the bill, Gov John Dalton suggested changes, and the Appropriations Committee worked 19 straight days with public hearings but few amendments. The panel added $76 million to the budget including $34.1 million from Dalton’s revenue revisions for the two year period starting in July.
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Handley and Warren County win in Northwestern District
Handley and Warren County advanced in the Northwestern District basketball tournament first round games last night. Details and photos are in the Sports Section. Anthony Gallo received a 15 year sentence in a Frederick County bank robbery case from last August. The Vocational Technical School in Warren County was dedicated yesterday.
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Frederick County
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