Freshman Arrested in Radford Dorm Fire
Nelson Berry a 19 year old Virginia Tech freshman from Vienna was charged with night arson in the Muse Hall fire at Radford College on January 22. He was released on $10000 bond. Police suspect two others involved but no further arrests. The blaze damaged the 12th floor lounge kitchen and six rooms with no injuries.
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Radford
Virginia Tech
Radford College
Nelson Berry
Vienna
Berry
Muse Hall
Firefighter Commutes 360 Miles Each Way For Job
Robert Welz, a Dade County fire department driver, travels 360 miles round trip to work a 24 hour shift from 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. He moved his wife and three children to a 15 acre pineywoods plot near Gainesville last summer and endures a seven hour drive each way for the job saying he enjoys driving and considers the schedule worthwhile.
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Miami
Robert Welz
Dade County
Welz
Goren Bridge Deal Defended for Four Hearts
East-West cooperation defeats South's four heart contract after Stayman inquiry. North's distribution prompts a four heart bid. defense uses trump echo to signal odd trump count and force club ruff, denying declarer two more tricks and leaving East with a winning ruff.
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South
North
West
Declarer
East
Losin
State Senate Hearing Defends SCC Power Rights
SCC Chairman Preston C. Shannon rejects a bill to transfer most motor carrier regulation from the State Corporation Commission to a Department of Transportation. He argues the plan would duplicate duties, add red tape, and harm efficiency. The testimony comes as a Virginia panel debates restructuring state governance.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Preston C. Shannon
Virginia Senate
The
Commission On State
Commission
Assembly
Shannon
Department of Transportation
Ohio Stores Struggle as Blizzard Blasts Midwest
Ohio stores lack beer bread and milk while shoppers persevere in snow. Farmers fear cattle losses from power outages. dairy herds suffer as milking stops. Officials project farm losses surpassing 48 to 60 million dollars as delivery and milking halt across the region. Red Cross supplies bread by helicopter. a Mount Vernon grocer sold 1,000 loaves in two hours.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Midwest
Clark County Red Cross
National Guard
Mount Vernon
Norfolk Tops Virginia Dropout Rates in 1976 77
Virginia's Department of Education reports Norfolk has the highest dropout rate at 13.3 percent for 1976 77, with statewide dropouts totaling 21 716, up 1 704 from the prior year. Other high rates include Roanoke 10.5 and Richmond 10.0. Arlington 1.5 and Fairfax 1.8 percent remain lowest.
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Richmond
State Department of Education
Norfolk
Department
Virginia
Roanoke
Charlottesville
Greene County
Wise County
New Kent County
Arlington County
Fairfax County
Humphrey to join Foreign Relations Committee in Senate
Muriel Humphrey will sit on the U S Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Governmental Affairs Committee. The Senate Democratic steering committee approved the appointments Thursday and the full Senate is expected to confirm after she is sworn in, likely in early February. Her late husband Hubert Humphrey was a long-time member of the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
Muriel Humphrey
U.S. Senate
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
Humphrey
Hubert
Bank of England Cuts Interest Rate To Ease Economy
The Bank of England reduced its lending rate from 7 to 6 2 percent in a cautious move to ease economic pressure. The Winchester-Frederick County Health Department relocated to 150 Commercial St.
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Bank of England
Winchester-Frederick County
Rita Hayworth Divorced From Aly Khan After Short Marriage
Nevada divorce granted to Rita Hayworth from Aly Khan, separation followed a short French Mediterranean marriage in 1949. Twenty-five officers enrolled in the annual Winchester Police School.
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Rita Hayworth
Nevada
Aly Khan
Hayworth
Khan
Winchester Police School
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Chapman Motor Co., Inc
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York County
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Richard Burton
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