No fault insurance clash heats Virginia General Assembly
Virginia lawmakers reopen the no fault auto insurance debate as the House committee reviews a composite bill from five proposals. The plan would set minimum benefits and a suit threshold, with critics saying it won’t curb lawsuits or premiums. A separate focus is on the death penalty and a broad criminal code revision.
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United Way in Front Royal Schedules Two Meetings
The Front Royal Warren County United Way will hold a board of directors meeting at 7 30 p m and a general membership meeting at 8 p m on January 20 in the Lynn Care Center. Members are urged to attend, a spokesman said.
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Veteran officer aids to overpower stowaway on Eastern flight
A 20 year Philadelphia police veteran helped subdue a stowaway who allegedly attempted hijacking on an Eastern Airlines 727. John Warburton, 47, returning from the Super Bowl, helped restrain Laughlin Wright, 46, of Atlanta after a passenger banged on the cabin door with a sack of walnuts. The flight diverted to Dulles Airport and Wright was charged with air piracy.
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Eastern Airlines
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San Juan
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Laughlin Wright
Atlanta
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Wright
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Eastern
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Miami
Byrd Warns Ford Deficit Plan May Deepen Red Ink
Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr criticized President Ford's antirecession proposals, saying they could worsen federal deficits unless paired with spending cuts. Byrd urged careful study of each measure before decisions, stressing tax cuts must accompany spending restraint for real recovery. The article also notes a separate hijacking incident aboard a flight to Philadelphia ending at 9:35 PM after a four hour, 27 minute delay.
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Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Ford
Byrd
Blizzard Delivers Record Snow and Cold Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a weekend blizzard buried parts of the Midwest and spread snow to the Northeast. Temperatures fell to teens from Alabama to the Deep South, with heavy warnings canceled in New York and New England. Minnesota and Iowa tally major losses in livestock and lives, while widespread travel disruptions and drifts defined the storm.
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Omaha
Highway Patrol
John Graff
National Weather Service
Minneapolis
Michigan Family of 7 Victims in Va Crash
Seven members of a Detroit area family were killed when their twin engine private plane crashed into a Virginia mountain during a snowstorm. Pilot Dr Paul Jatkoe from Farmington Hills and his wife Marie, plus children Susan Karen Elizabeth Paul and Michael, and Mrs Agnes Jatkoe, were identified by Michigan State Police. They were returning from a Bahamas vacation when the crash occurred near Cobblern Virginia. Rescue teams found the wreckage after locating the emergency beacon early Monday amid continuing snowfall.
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Paul B. Jatkoe
Farmington Hills
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Susan
Karen
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Paul
Michael
Jatkoe
Agnes Jatkoe
Bahamas
Virginia
Wise
Tri-Cities
Bristol
Virginia-Tennessee
Chimney Fire at Whitacre Residence Reported in Frederick County
Chimney fire at the Daniel Gano residence in Whitacre Frederick County called in by Chimney Fire Gainesboro Fire Company at 7 13 a m. Fire confined to the flue with no spread reported by firemen.
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