Shovels Used to Free Chicago's Snow Bound Commuter System
Chicago transit crews used shovels to clear tracks as the CTA bought 2100 shovels and 600 ice scrapers amid 20 inches of snow. The storm caused deaths, closed roads, and halted shipments across multiple states while airports and mills struggled to resume operations.
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O’hare
Gary
Ind
U.S. Steel
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Miller Brewing Co
Milwaukee
Don Hinman
State Disaster Office
National Guard
Okla
Judge Looks to Move Royall Trial Outside Virginia
A federal judge tentatively favors transferring the bank fraud trial of former Richmond councilman Ray mond D. Royall to another state due to extensive publicity. Royall, charged with false statements to secure loans, is to be tried separately on two tax counts, with Elkins West Virginia a possible site. The case follows his staged boating disappearance and later surrender to authorities.
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Raymond D. Royall
Royall
FBI
St. Louis
Robert R. Merhige Jr
Royal
Merhige
Elkins
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Weather Summary for Tomorrow and Weekend Forecast
The forecast shows cloudy and cold conditions across the region with highs in the 30s and lows in the teens to 30s. Virginia expects mostly sunny to windy and colder weather, with a chance of snow or mixed precip Friday southwest. The extended outlook calls for scattered rain Saturday, fair Sunday, and cooler temps Monday.
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National Weather Service
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Minnesota
McCarthy to Speak at Front Royal Chamber Dinner
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy will be the keynote at the 34th annual Front Royal Warren County Chamber meeting on January 25. Social hour starts at 6:30 p.m. with a 7:15 p.m. buffet, followed by the annual meeting and officer installations for 1979. Charles M. Huber M D was elected Chamber president for 1979.
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Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission
E. Sixth St
IBM
R. Edward Duncan
Duncan
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Artex
Eugene J. McCarthy
United States
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce of
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Evelyn Payne
John F. Ewell
Charles M. Huber
Huber
Medical College of Virginia
Northern Virginia Medical Society
Calvary Episcopal Church
Plea Change In Sandy Mobile Court Break-In Case
Wayne F Ruffner pled guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court to the July 24 break-in at a trailer in Sandy s Mobile Court near Double Tollgate. A presentence report was ordered and sentencing delayed to February 7 by Judge Robert K Woltz.
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Wayne F. Ruffner
Sandy
Double Tollgate
Frederick County
Robert K. Woltz
Linda Marie Nicholson
David J. Thompson
Richard Dillon
John Bracken
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