Roanoke Layoffs Hit 130 Workers Across Firms
AP dispatches report 130 Roanoke workers facing layoffs as Norfolk & Western cuts 90 jobs at its Roanoke shop and Ingersol Rand furloughs 38 of 600. Separate items note Virginia high risk auto insurance rate hikes and seafood contamination controls.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Ingersol Rand
Richmond
Virginia
John G. Day
Virginia Automobile
State Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Students Experience Life of Jews in Russia Lock-In
About 100 Jewish high school students will be locked in the Jewish Community Center in Louisville overnight to simulate life in the Soviet Union. They will be interrogated by KGB agents perform menial tasks and need exit visas to leave. A Moscow teen will join by phone and a speaker on Soviet Jewish persecution will address them.
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Louisville, Ky
Russia
Moscow
Cathy Schuster
Virginia unemployment rises to 5.3 percent in December
Virginia officials say the 0.3 point December rise was expected as industries curb activity and crop processing ends. statewide jobless total reaches 119,800 while Richmond area lowers to 3.4 percent and Newport News, Roanoke see declines amid regional shifts.
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Richmond
Virginia
Newport News
Roanoke
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth
VEC
Tug of War Over Extradition Between Virginia Michigan
Virginia Governor Godwin and Michigan Governor Milliken clash over extradition of Alfred Odell Martin a 27 year old felon who fled Martinsville and later sought asylum in Detroit. Martin faces a grand larceny charge in Virginia and formerly served part of a marijuana sentence. Milliken has refused to extradite citing humane treatment.
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Richmond
Martinsville
Virginia
Michigan
William G Milliken
Odell
Tomcat
Martin
Detroit
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Milliken
Godwin
Commonwealth
Atty
J. Randolph Smith Jr
Arson Suspects Detained After Fatal Shamokin Motel Fire
Police say Dietman and Primerano drank at the hotel bar before the blaze that killed John Luckens and injured others. Fire Marshal Slotter cites smoking in bed as the cause. Dietman hospitalized after a fall while rescuing Luckens. nine dead, extensive damage estimated at 400000. two suspects jailed without bail ahead of Friday hearing.
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Barry Slotter
Shamokin
Slotter
Dietman
John Luckens
Luckens
Motor Inn
Northumberland County
Primerano
Council Sets Two Day Open City Meeting
The City Council schedules a two day session in Rouss City Hall. On Monday at 3 p.m. a recommendation concerning Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be heard. Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. discuss a proposed baseball diamond and consider a year end mayoral report and Post Office resolution. Both meetings are open to the public.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Old City
Rouss City Hall
Juvenile Apprehended in $3,000 Woodstock Lane Hit-and-Run
Winchester police arraigned a juvenile over a hit-and-run that damaged two Pine Street cars by about $3,000. Patrolman R G Williams pursued the case after his shift, locating the suspect in Green Acres and making the arrest.
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Star
Woodstock Lane
James Hess
Pine St
Woodstock
Two Auto Crashes Injure Two Near Winchester
Two people were treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital after separate auto accidents east of Winchester. State police cited slippery roads and ice on Fox Drive Extended and Rt 641 as causes. Dawn Snow from Stephens City and Thomas Snow and Timothy Metz, both of Stephens City, were involved.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Berkeley Springs
W. Vaman
Rt. 739
Fox Drive
Weather Summary Northern Valley and Virginia Outlook
Cloudy with snow possible tonight then snow and cold Sunday in the Northern Valley with highs in the 20s to 30s. Virginia forecast shows snow likely west tonight with lighter snow or rain southeast, and cold highs in the 30s to 40s. Extended period calls for early snow then clearing, with very cold lows.
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Virginia
Madison College to become James Madison University
Harrisonburg AP report notes a name change bill in the 1977 General Assembly aims to rewrite Madison College as James Madison University. If approved the change would take effect July 1, reflecting decades of growth and support from alumni students faculty and administrators.
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Harrisonburg
Madison College
James Madison University
Ray Sonner
Madison
The
State Normal and Industrial School For Women
State Normal School For Women
State Teachers College At
James Madison
Humphrey to Undergo Fourth Cancer Treatment
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota will enter Bethesda Naval Medical Center for his fourth treatment in a pilot program using strong chemicals to prevent bladder cancer recurrence. The therapy was planned by doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York, where he previously had bladder cancer operated on in October.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medical Center
New York
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