China Drives Rural Reform Campaign Toward 1980 Grain Goal
China launches a nationwide rural development drive sending about one million activists to the countryside to boost grain output toward 400 million tons by 1980. The plan aims at basic mechanization and stronger rural party leadership while promoting larger collective ownership through communes and brigades.
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New York Times AP Dispatch Overview
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Ammonia Train Derailment Evacuates Cantonment Community
About 25 injured and 700 evacuated after a tank car ruptured and ammonia gas spread north of Cantonment Florida. Sgt Jim Edson said evacuees were housed in two schools and a few churches overnight while hospital treatment continued.
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Virginia Proposes Temporary SST Flights at Dulles
Virginia plans a conditional trial allowing Concorde SST landings at Dulles International Airport for about six months. The move follows an environmental impact study with the Environmental Council of Virginia noting inconclusive results. Public hearing in Washington will weigh arguments for and against the Dulles flights before final approval.
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Governor rushes Kepone contamination assessment in James River
Governor Mills Godwin announced state and federal officials are accelerating studies to measure Kepone contamination in the lower James River Basin and determine acceptable environmental levels. He said EPA chief Russell Train affirmed it as a priority and urged rapid action.
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Fatality on Mountain State roads marks New Year weekend
One person died during the 102 hour New Year holiday drive period on Mountain State highways. Jake Baker, 45, of Moorefield, was struck by a car on U S 220 near his home Saturday. The vehicle was operated by sheriff's deputy Carl Myers.
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Weather Forecast Northern Valley and Extended Outlook
Clear and cold tonight with lows mid teens to around 20. Tuesday partly cloudy with highs upper 30s to low 40s, near zero precipitation. Extended outlook shows a chance of snow Thursday and rain in Southeast Virginia, clearing and turning colder Friday with daytime highs in the 30s to low 40s. Averages and rainfall totals from prior years are noted.
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Copper mine closure paralyzes Eilat trapping tourists
About 5 000 tourists, mainly foreigners, are stranded in Eilat as miners strike closes the Timna copper mines and the town shutters shops, schools and transport. The Timna mines have operated since King Solomon's era but were shut due to a $9 million loss, with tourism and the port sustaining the economy.
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Calls for honoring agreement and Geneva renewal
The document urges the US to uphold a memorandum of agreement including a veto on cones in UN resolutions 242 and 338. It rejects transferring peace talks to the Security Council, calls for renewing the Geneva peace conference, states Israel will not negotiate with the PLO, and warns it would not attend if the PLO is invited.
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Food convoy blocked as Beirut camps face blockade
Christian militiamen halted a food convoy to the Jisr el Basha and Tal Zaatar Palestinian refugee camps at Beirut’s northeastern approaches. Muslim leaders set a sundown deadline for the government to lift the blockade, threatening to use force to deliver flour rice sugar and powdered milk.
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Yasir Arafat
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