West Virginia Seeks 3 Percent Share for Sunday Track Racing
Charles Town Turf Club resumes Feb 16 under an accord with the state and Shenandoah/Kenton. Gov Rockefeller and leaders back a bill letting Jefferson County voters decide on Sunday racing. State will pay salaries of some track officials and take a 3 percent share of Sunday proceeds, down from 5.75 percent on weekdays.
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Charleston
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Charles Town Turf Club
Shenandoah Downs Corp
Kenton Corp
Jay Rockefeller
Jefferson County
Senate
Racing Commission
William Watson
Alvin S. Trenk
Shenandoah Corp
Trenk
Harrisburg
Rockefeller
Charles Town
Harsh Winter Weather Slams Nation In Snow Ice Storms
Snow and freezing rain swept the Great Lakes and parts of Ohio Michigan Indiana West Virginia and the Carolinas as a new spate of winter storms forced school closings. A bus crash near Columbus Indiana injured 29 en route to a church camp in Florida with two hospitalized. National Guard halted road clearing in Missouri amid ice and snow and a derailment near St. Joseph. Temperatures rose Friday followed by a flash flood watch in southeast Missouri. Northern Illinois and Chicago faced more snow and freezing rain with forecasters predicting additional accumulation. Gov James Thompson asked President Carter for federal cleanup aid and $10 million.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
West Virginia
Carolinas
Columbus
Ind
St. Joseph
Missouri
Illinois
Chicago
Virginia highway funding may boost urban areas and curb suburban cuts
The Senate Transportation Committee approved a Michie bill to shift 10 million to pave unpaved roads and raise urban and county funds. Clarke Frederick Warren allocations would rise, Front Royal and Winchester gain, while Fairfax and other suburbs face losses under the plan.
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Richmond
Senate Transporation Committee
del. Thomas J. Michie Jr
Charlottesville
Fairfax County
Highway Department
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Michie
Front Royal
Winchester
Mitchie
Senate
Freezing rain warning and mixed precipitation in Virginia and North Valley
Northern Valley and central Virginia forecast freezing rain and sleet with icy roads today. Highs in the 30s, rain tonight, then a milder Sunday with wind. Extended Virginia outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and flurries in the mountains with highs in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Rainfall totals and past weather figures are also noted.
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Northern Valley
Virginia
National Weather Service
Two Virginia legislators vote to block ERA debate in House
Delegates Raymond Guest and Alson Smith joined the majority to deny full House consideration of the Equal Rights Amendment. The vote to bypass committee scrutiny failed 52 to 42, with Dorothy McDiarmid urging a committee of the whole. House procedural chairman Warren White warned such bypass could spark chaos and keep ERA from a vote this session.
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Star
Richmond
Raymond R
Andy) Guest Jr
Front Royal
Alson H. Smith Jr
Winchester
House of Delegates
Dorothy McDiarmid
Dvienna
House Privileges and Elections Committee
Warren White
Norfolk
General Assembly
Estes
White
Guest
Smith
Smith to Chair Demo Reception Planning Committee
Richmond Democrats name Delegate Alson H. Smith Jr. as chairman of the planning committee for a reception honoring state Democratic officials. He will work with Sen. Hunter B. Andrews to organize the Feb 1 event honoring Speaker John Warren Cooke Lt Gov Charles S Robb and new state Democratic chairman Richard J. Davis of Portsmouth.
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Richmond
Alson H. Smith Jr
Dwinchester
Smith
Hunter B. Andrews
Hampton
John Warren Cooke
Charles S
Chuck) Robb
Richard J. Davis
Portsmouth
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Carter
By Ellen Layman
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Clara Mae Spaid
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Strate
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U.s.dept. of Commerce
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Connecticut
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ERA
House
McDiarmid
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Braddock
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Clarke, Frederick, and Winchester
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