January 1979 Weather Recap and Outlook
The article notes a winter of repeated rain and cold snaps in January 1979 with sleet snow and high winds. Forecasters warn of another precipitation event possibly turning to snow with a 50 percent chance for the Shenandoah Valley. Temperatures stay around 40F, with 30s expected overnight. January 1978 and 1979 rainfall comparisons are discussed, highlighting snow removal challenges and differing precipitation types.
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Star
Shenandoah Valley
National Weather Service
Benin
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Mayank
Carter Aims Budget Push As Inflation Tops Agenda
President Carter prepares a State of the Union focused on combating inflation. He unveils a lean budget of 532 billion with a 29 billion deficit and seeks wage insurance, hospital cost containment, welfare revision, and looser trucking regulation to cool prices while pledging NATO and SALT negotiations context.
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Carter
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White House
NATO
Soviet Union
Senate
Taiwan
Army Urges Defense of Bakhtiar Government Against Khomeini Move
Iran's military chief urged the 430,000 strong army to defend Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar's government against Ayatollah Khomeini's bid to replace it with an Islamic regime. General Abbas Gharbaghi vowed the military would back the legal government despite Khomeini's planned return from exile.
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Iran
Shahpour Bakhtiar
Ayatullah Khomeini
Abbas Gharbaghi
Bakhtiar
Gharbaghi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Rezagieh
Kayhan
Khomeini
Shah
France
Islamic Republic
National Front
Assadullah Mobashari
Theyayatullah
Carter seeks extra funds for Selective Service budget
The Carter administration proposes 11.5 million dollars for Selective Service in the new budget to boost wartime manpower. Acting director Robert E. Shuck says the extra money would strengthen readiness under Pentagon plans for a European war, with draft targets of 100000 in two months and 650000 in six months. The draft was suspended five years ago.
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Congress
House
Thomas P. O’neill
White House
Robert Michel
Illinois
Washington
Europe
Selective Service
Robert E. Shuck
Pentagon
Juveniles Charged After Vehicle Chase and Crash
Two Front Royal youths were apprehended by Winchester police after a chase in a stolen car ended in a crash. The brief notes the juveniles were charged and the story appears on the Area News page with photo.
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Winchester
Area News
Ieee
PLO Blames Israel Over Abu Hassan Assassination in Beirut
The Palestine Liberation Organization accuses Israel of remote controlled bombing that killed Abu Hassan Ali Hassan Salameh a top PLO security chief and linked to the Munich Olympic attack. Israeli bases in southeast Lebanon fired Katyusha rockets at northern Galilee with no casualties.
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Lebanon
The
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel Today
Abu Hassan
Tel Aviv
Galilee
Aplosan
Ali Hassan Salameh
PLO
Yasser Arafat
al Fatah
Arafat
Georgina Rizk
Hassan
Abu Daoud
Eee Liberation Organization
Fatah
Virginia General Assembly Highlights Monday Actions
In Richmond the House killed a bill raising the minimum age for carry-out beer sales from 18 to 19 by 52 to 44. It passed a measure barring oil producers from opening more company-operated gas stations 67 to 23. The House approved exempting church day care centers from licensing 77 to 26 and sent it to the Senate. The House tentatively approved granting university status to Radford, Virginia State and Norfolk State. The Senate backed keeping retirement benefits for judges after removal for misconduct. A Senate panel refused floor action on coastal local autonomy. A Senate resolution sought a committee to study strict state spending limits.
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Virginia General Assembly
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Virginia
Senate
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Virginia State
Norfolk State
Changes in Food Stamp Laws High Income Persons Taken off the Rolls
The Star reports a shift in food stamp rules aimed at removing high earners from eligibility while expanding aid for low income residents. Clarke Frederick Warren counties and Winchester issue about 2300 stamps monthly, totaling over $1 million annually with roughly one third recovered.
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Winchester
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
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