Richmond Prepares as 1978 Virginia General Assembly Opens
Richmond readies for the 1978 Virginia General Assembly with noon opening and Capitol preparations. Frank Nolen replaces J Marshall Coleman in the Senate. three delegates depart, seating charts pending. Inauguration bleachers sit icy and uncomfortable as John N Dalton Charles Robb and Coleman await ceremonies.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Capitol
Senate
Frank Nolen
J. Marshall Coleman
Edward E. Lane
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Lewis A. McMurran Jr
Newport News
Lane
Coleman
Thomson
McMurran
John N. Dalton
Charles S. Robb
Capitol Square
Godwin Bids Farewell in Virginia Budget Address
Gov. Mills Godwin delivered his eighth and final state of the commonwealth address to the Virginia General Assembly. He praised past progress, outlined a $9.12 billion budget with no new programs or tax increases, and stressed continuity as John Dalton prepares to take office.
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Virginia
Mills Godwin
Capitol
General Assembly
Godwin
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Commonwealth
Assembly
John Dalton
Ship of State
Potomac Edison Maintains Power Cutback Across Region
Potomac Edison keeps a mandatory three percent voltage cutback in effect as seven generating units remain out of order due to adverse weather. The 500 kV line near Martinsburg is restored, and power is sourced from neighboring facilities to avoid blackouts, with Lone Oak subdivision briefly affected. Unemployment fell to 6.4 percent in December with 480,000 jobs added.
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Potomac Edison
C. Irvine Cather Jr
Southern Division
Shenandoah Valley
Cather
P.E. Company
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Park Agrees to Tell Everything in Korean Slush Fund Case
Seoul AP report says Tongsun Park signed a memorandum agreeing to answer US Justice Department investigators and U.S. courts about his dealings with Congress members. He may testify in Seoul or American courts and will undergo lie detector questioning in Washington within about 10 days.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S. Congress
U.S
Benjamin Civiletti
Farm Has Survived and Prospered Since 1775
Westtown New York a seventh generation Lain family runs a Century Farm started by ancestors in 1775 near Orange County. The piece notes long term survival amid land development taxes and urban draw while highlighting the family line from William Lain to Milton Arthur Lain III and six children. The article cites 1968 667 dairy farms in the county now 284 and mentions other Century Farm winners and remarks by Agriculture Commissioner Roger Barber.
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New York
Lain
Milton Arthur Lain
William Lain
Phyllis
Century Farm
Syracuse
New York State
Agricultural Society
Robert
Janet Blitz
Plainville
Onondaga County
Roger
Kathryn Fulkerson
Dundee
Yates County
Foster
Elanor Shimel
Lee
Paulette
Orleans
Jefferson County
Roger Barber
State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets
Orange County
William Prendergast
Cooperative Extension Service
Middletown
Winchester Rotary Club to Hear Marsh Jr Speaker
Former presidential adviser John C. Marsh Jr. will address a Winchester Rotary Club meeting tomorrow. The same issue notes Berryville housing ordinance talks at the City Council last night and a Berryville Town Council discussion on merging police and sheriff departments.
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City Council
Winchester
Berryville
Ois
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Harrisonburg
Star
Nolen
Rt. 1
Grottoes
House of Delegates
Ian
Nan
Gartlan
Hirst
Holland
Manns
Marye
Parkerson
Schewel
Townsend
Truban
Waddell
Walker
Willey
Yeatts
Potomac Edison Co
Lone Oak Subdivision
Washington
Park
Cairo
Egypt
Israel
Sinai Peninsula
Ezer Weizman
Jerusalem
Aswan
Anwar Sadat
Mohammed Abdel Ghany Gamas
Weizman
Sadat
Gamasy
Harold Faber
Fort George Club
Pappagallo
David
Lebbeus Lathrop Lain
Page
Milton Arthur Lain 3d
Westtown
N.Y
Jonathan
Milton
Stephen
Jeremy Milman
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