China mourns death of Premier Chou En-lai in Beijing
AP report details China's week of mourning for Premier Chou En-lai who died at 78 after a heart attack and cancer. Teng Hsiao-ping is seen as likely premier successor while Wang Hung-wen may inherit Chou's party mantle. Funeral set for Jan. 15 with Mao presiding.
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Byrd Enters 1976 Presidential Race in West Virginia
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia announces his candidacy for the 1976 Democratic nomination. He will file for the West Virginia primary May 11 and may run in other states, aiming to be seen as more than a favorite son. Byrd bills himself as a potential darkhorse in a brokered convention, while continuing his Senate duties as majority whip. He joins ten others already running. Mathias seeks removal from Massachusetts ballot but continues campaigning. Reagan amplifies GOP challenge as Ford faces budget critique.
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Robert C. Byrd
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Blaze Destroys Old Unisil Co Plant Crushing Building
A noon fire destroyed the old rock crushing structure at the Unisil Co plant south of Gore. No injuries were reported as Gore Gainesboro Wardensville and Winchester fire units battled the blaze. Cause was not immediately known.
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Computer Snafu Triggers Spate of Misaddressed Thank You Letters
A Chicago hotel sent thousands of letters to a wrong mailing list causing about a thousand couples to rethink their marriages. The Oxford House mixed a 4 000 resident list with a holiday thank you note leading to divorces and calls to manager Jerome Belanger who apologized and warned some may seek legal help.
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Belanger
Chou En-lai Death Shapes China's Leadership Transition
The death of Premier Chou En-lai from cancer leaves China to a leadership likely to hinge on Teng Hsiao-ping who consolidates power amid an aging Politburo. Chang Chun-chiao, once radical Shanghai ally, remains a key figure as the system eyes a transitional era.
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Chou Enlai Outlines End Century Socialist State Vision
Chou Enlai at age 78 set a goal to shape a powerful modern socialist state by century's end as a test of his legacy to the Chinese Revolution. He spoke at the National People's Congress about a year ago, while helping assemble a collective leadership to succeed Mao Tse-tung.
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Frederick Man Sought in Slaying
Frederick police are searching for Robert Lee Turner 63 of Frederick Maryland suspected of entering an ex girlfriend’s home and shooting four people one fatally in Frederick County Turner is described as 5 8 with a limp and a left middle finger amputated tailing a turquoise blue 1963 64 Chevy pickup with Virginia plates Police urge anyone with information to call 301 663 6161
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Soviet Kresta II cruiser nears West Africa as Angola area eyed
A Soviet guided missile cruiser, the Kresta II, is reported south of the West African coast after leaving the Mediterranean. Pentagon sources say it may reach Conakry, Guinea, this weekend, with none of officials sure if it will stop or head toward Angola to join a destroyer and two other Russian ships already in those waters.
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Chicago Train Crash Injures Scores on CTA Lines
A rear-end collision on the Northwest Side between a halted six-car A train and a four-car B train at Addison Street injured scores of the roughly 600 aboard. Hospitals treated over 100. about six serious. Four people freed from wreckage. Deputy reports no deaths.
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Inside Today's Star A new look for Star Tannery gathering place
A community hub in Star Tannery receives a refreshed appearance signaling a new lifestyle. The feature profiles Dorothy McCann Rice, long time deputy treasurer of Frederick County, on the Area Page.
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