PLO Spokesman Slain in London by Suspected Extremists
Arab extremists are suspected in the shooting of Said Hammami, a London based PLO spokesman and ally of Yasir Arafat. Four men fled the Arab League office basement after the attack. In Beirut, PLO leaders called Hammami a martyr and vowed punishment for the killers. A second Arab assassination in London in four days was reported nearby.
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Associated Press
Palestine Liberation Organization
London
Hammami
PLO
Yasir Arafat
Israel
Scotland Yard
Arab League
Beirut
Arafat
al Fatah
Sinai Peninsula
United Nations
U.N
Rafah
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Two Schools Recommended For Frederick County
State educators propose a Middletown kindergarten to fifth grade campus and a Gore Gainesboro school replacing two northwestern Frederick County elementary schools. A second option suggests enlarging current schools. The Kline School would house the county school administration offices. No timetable or formal action yet.
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Star
Middletown
Gore - Gainesboro
Frederick County
Gore-Gainesboro
Kline School
Frederick County Junior High School
Kline
Frederick County Junior High
James Wood
County School Board
Virginia Senate race heats up with Warner and DuVal entries
Former Navy secretary John W. Warner launches a Virginia bid for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination touring Norfolk Richmond and Roanoke with Elizabeth Taylor and aides. State Sen. Clive DuVal announces his Democratic run from Norfolk Richmond and Roanoke praising human rights and open government as he joins other contenders for the convention nomination.
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Associated Press
John W. Warner
Navy
U.S. Senate
Warner
Elizabeth Taylor
Virginia
Norfolk
GOP
Miss Taylor
Richmond
Roanoke
Alexandria
Middleburg
Clive DuVal
Fairfax
Jefferson
General Assembly
DuVal
William L. Scott
Scott
Andrew Miller
Hunter Andrews
Hampton
Rufus Phillips
Frederick Babson
Virginia Beach
Flora Crater
Page
Frederick County weighs new zoning to balance growth and landowner rights
A Frederick County joint session of the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors debated roads and five acre lots as growth accelerates. They discussed a new zoning category to relax road requirements for rural hillside parcels and curb expansion costs while preserving controls. A March report with recommendations is planned alongside a school growth need for Middletown and Gainesboro Gore areas.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors Yesteray
Frederick County
Middletown
Gainesboro-Gore
Oo Frederick County
Board and Planning Commission
Ron Berg
Winchester
Gainesboro
Raymond Fish
Fish
D Day memories honored by Carter and Giscard at Omaha Beach
President Carter and French President Valery Giscard d Estaing laid wreaths at a Normandy cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach and reflected on Allied sacrifice. Carter cited 9,386 Americans buried there and pledged Europe’s freedom will be safeguarded, as both leaders stressed lasting Franco American partnership. The day included a ceremony with U S First Infantry Division troops and French representatives before visits to Bayeux.
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Omaha Beach
France
Carter
Europe
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Giscard d'Estaing
Normandy
Paris
Giscard d’Estaing
Germany
U.S. First Infantry Division
D-Day
American Legion
Subpoena Row Clouds Park Testimony Deal
South Korea cites risk to the U S South Korea accord as House ethics committee issues its own subpoena for Tongsun Park to testify in U S court on influence buying. Park insists he will testify only in a U S court and not before a U S government agency.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S. House
U.S
South Korean
Tongsun Park
Park Tong Jin
Park
House Ethics Committee
United States
Local politicians focus on reelection as filing nears
With the filing deadline approaching for upcoming municipal elections several area politicians announce their intentions to run or not to run for reelection. An area election roundup is featured on page 2.
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Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Sinai
Boston Herald American
White House
Sadat
Negev Desert
Rafah Salient
George M. Stoddart
and Susan Hodges
Jimmy Carter
John
Warner, DuVal
Needlecrafts of
North
North Braddock Street
Pappagallo Shoe and Boot Sale
Worth's
J Miles Cary
Shenandoah River
Dollar Sears
Frankfurt
Zurich
Milan
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
Giscard
Bayeux
English Channel
Eeenen
Clarke Compass
Clarke County
Rt. 50
Winchester City
Area News
Abby
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