Gasoline prices seen rising and stations disappearing
Tidewater dealers forecast a 15 cent gallon rise by year end 1979 and full service stations vanishing in two years if lawmakers do not curb company owned stations. Whittemore cites crude oil and labor adds to explain price range 77 to 88 cents a gallon.
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Tidewater
Charles W. Whittemore
Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Whittemore
Baby left on Roanoke doorstep found healthy by couple
Kathi Rowlison and her fiancé Charles Costigan discovered a one year old girl abandoned on their front steps. Police and social services took over as detectives search for the mother and the infant is placed in temporary foster care. The child appeared healthy with minor diaper rash and mismatched clothing.
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Roanoke
Kathi Rowlison
Charles Costigan
Ms. Rowlison
Costigan
Roanoke City
Garnett
Navy to drop gendered terms in ships and crew
The Defense Department may replace gendered language in naval terms with non gendered forms. Ships would be crewed by sailors not men and would be referred to as it. Some officers resist calling ships its, while a Washington Navy official questions the impact. The commission headed by Capt Jean F Adams will report this spring.
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Thomson
Alexandria
James McIlhaney
House of Delegates
Washington
WTOP
Alexandria Bar Association
General Assembly
Albert H. Grenadier
Bar Association
House
Senate Courts of Justice
Senate
Franklin P. Backus
Equal Rights
Richmond
Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia Senate
Tar Heel
Frank S
Commonwealth
Aubrey M. Davis Jr
Davis
Newport News
United Steelworkers
Newport News Shipbuilding
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Peninsula Shipbuilders Association
Norfolk
Navy
Naval Academy
Defense Department
Washington Navy
Herbert F Hope
Detroit
Defense
Department
Commission On Civil Rights
Labor Department
Jean F. Adams
Hope
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National Ave
Winchester
Hearing Aid Service
Valley Ave
the Star
Front Ro
Berryville
Loudoun Mutual
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Frederick County
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Cameron Street
Winchester, Virginia
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the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
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