Bond Issue to Save Historic Virginia Sites
Virginia legislator Del. Raymond E. Vickery Jr. proposed a $15 million Bicentennial Heritage Trust to acquire historic and environmental areas in danger. He urged a November referendum despite a weak economy, arguing voters would approve the modest bond if adequately explained. The plan targets sites tied to Virginia's heritage and tourism.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
del. Raymond ‘E. Vickery Jr
Fairfax
Vickery
Virginia
The
Conservation Council
State Commission of Outdoor Recreation
Outdoor Recreation Commission
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Department of Conservation and Economic
Virginia Travel Council
Nature Conservancy
Virginia Wildlife Federation
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Ira M. Lechner
D-Arlington
Mills Godwin
Colorful NASA cloud test lights East Coast skies
WALLOPS ISLAND Va AP NASA released colored chemical clouds from a rocket to study upper atmosphere. The spectacle spread along the East Coast Friday night, drawing observers and interest from coastal communities and scientists alike.
New York City Faces Deepening Budget Crisis and Cuts
New York state Emergency Financial Control Board junked NYC three year plan and drafts a new one that could mean nearly 1 billion dollars in cuts. Mayor Beame reports the deficit has widened to 814 million, up 90 million in two months as 38 000 city jobs are eliminated and services including firehouses police and sanitation are curtailed. The mayor cites welfare health insurance electricity and fuel cost increases and reduced revenues as the main causes while federal projects add pressure.
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Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Richmond
Godwin
Virginia
State Board of Education
Vincent J. Thomas
Norfolk
Amtrak
Roanoke
Ford
Mountaineer
Cincinnati
James Whitcomb Riley
Newport News
State Corporation Commission
Appalachian Power Co
Apco
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Farmington Country Club
Joseph H. McConnell
Frank L. Hereford Jr
Country Club
Hereford
Farmington
New York
Emergency Financial Control Board
New York City
Hugh L. Carey
Abraham D. Beame
Beame
Carey
Twin Engine Plane Missing In Pocahontas County Search
A fledgling private twin engine aircraft carrying three Wemco Crain Manufacturing Co. employees disappeared after departing Florida for Pittsburgh. Rescue teams tracked the wreckage in the Appalachians, with authorities confirming two DNR pilots died in the storm near Hendricks. Autopsies were performed in Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas County
Florida
Pittsburgh
Wemco Crain Manufacturing Co
Nick Courtney
Robert Baker
Bill Finigan
Palatka
Fla
Appalachians
West Virginia
Louisa Approves Vermiculite Strip Mining Rezoning
Louisa County supervisors vote 5-1 to reconfirm rezoning 1000 acres for open pit vermiculite mining by W R Grace & Co. HGSI vows to challenge the action in federal court as Grace notes a $10 000 per acre reclamation bond.
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Louisa
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
W.R. Grace & Co
Historic Green Springs, Inc
HGSI
Richmond
William §. Smith
W.R. Grace
Grace
William Perkins
Green Springs
Louisa County
Murder charges dropped after speedy trial ruling
In Richmond, the L A attorney says a decision on next steps will occur after reading the 4th Circuit ruling dismissing murder charges against former Army captain Dr. Jeffrey R. MacDonald for the slayings of his wife and two daughters. The court found a 442 year delay violated the speedy trial guarantee.
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Richmond
John D. Butzner
McNamara
4Th Circuit
U. S. Supreme Court
MacDonald
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Justice Department
Army
Ven
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Maurice R. Longerbeam
Maurice Reynolds Longerbeam
Berryville
V.A
Washington, D.C
Longerbeam
Clarke County
Mae Feltner Longerbeam
Gilbert J. Longerbeam
Gloria L. Edmunds
Colle Hill Cemetery
Daryl E. Maxwell
Nellie B. Larrick Cline
Nellie B. Larrick
Cline
Lewis
Grace) Dinkle
Winchester
Woodstock
Schaeffer Funeral Home Chapel
Petersburg
W. Va
Doyle Payne
Mount Hebron
Grant Memorial Hospital
Anna E. Coffman
Amherst St
Coffman
Stephenson
Walter J
Bessie Gruber Anderson
Centenary United Church of Christ
Johnnie
Hilda) Kirk
Harry Anderson
Mary Anderson Alexander
Jones Funeral Home
George H. Stein
Harold M. Bageant
Kirby L. Hepner Jr
C. Courtney Taylor
Lawrence A. Burke
Frederick L. McKee
William E. Fauver
Ross Tucker
Daisy Shirley
Frye Service
Gretna Fawcett Frye
Mt Falls
Omps Funeral Home, Inc
Charles L. Lesemann
Charles T Bockhouse
St. John's Cemetery
W. Eugene Larrick
Charles Hammack
Winfred Ashwood
Kenneth Wright
Maynard Brewer
Ray Allamong
St. John’s Lutheran Church
John M. Hambleton, Jr
John M. Hambleton Jr
Rt. 7
Berryville Pike
W.va
John M. Hambleton Sr
Leanna Crites Hambleton
Sylvia Hambleton
Lisa Hambleton
Kelly Hambleton
Steve
Douglas Hambleton
Mr Hambleton
Denny's Furniture
Chambers Funeral Home Chapel
Moorefield
Laurean R. Smith
Critestown
Riggs
Fitzhugh Cleveland Peer
Fitzhugh Cleveland Peer Jr
Star Route
Maurertown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mr. Peer
van Buren Furnace
Fitzhugh C. Peer
Eula Brill Peer
St. James Lutheran Church
Star Tanner
Barbara Frederick
Front Royal
Esther Mowrey
Middletown
Nancy Peer
Vincent Peer
Thurston
Alexander Peer
James Peer
Dellinger Funeral Home
Roger Combs
Larry Cook
Sugar Hill Cemetery
James Conner
Stewart Keller
Roy Korndorff
Jack Starry
Delbert Brill
Charles Lineweaver
Elnora Virginia Johnson
Freemont St
Rappahannock County
Charles Phillips
Sallie Chunn Phillips
Guildfield Baptist Church
Bird and Bears Club
Well Wishers Club
Second National
Beckton Association
Clarence Henry Johnson
Sarah Gibert
Bertha V. Nickens
Charlestown
Elizabeth J. McDaniel
Boyce
Edmonia P. Birdsong
John R Phillips
Baltimore
Francis Pendleton
Russell Roberts
William Stewart
Germain Ford
Harrison Bean
Boyd Brown
John H. Enders
Conservation Council of Virginia
George Rust
San Francisco
Associated Press
OLD Dominion Savings and Loan Association
Federal Home Loan
N.Y
DNR
Raymond Eye
Elizabeth Nolting
S. District Court
F. T. Dupree Jr
Fayetteville
J. Braxton Craven
Cra
Swimley
Winchester's
E. Piccadilly St
AJGA
Henry Block
S. Loudoui
E. Main
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