Virginia Adopts 700 New Laws To Shape Everyday Life
Virginia's 1974 General Assembly enacted over 700 laws effective today. They raise beer and liquor access for youths, boost state employee pay, rewrite welfare grants, advance equal pay, and create clearer landlord tenant rules. The budget totals $6.2 billion and reorganizes welfare and corrections.
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Virginia
Richmond
General Assembly
ABC
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Welfare and Corrections
Tragedy at Gulliver's Discotheque Fire Claims 24
AP reports a fatal early morning blaze at Gulliver's Restaurant near Port Chester, killing 24 young people from colleges and local towns. Investigators consider a fire origin in a store with air conditioning drawing flames into the discotheque. about 200 were present. Survivors describe thick smoke and chaotic exits as investigators, medical examiners, and officials pledge a full inquiry.
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Gulliver's
Port Chester
N.Y
Joe Parsons Jr
Stamford
Judy Grella
Bridgeport
Conn
Westchester County
Alfred DelBello
Connecticut
New York
New York City
Vincent Rathgeb
Frank R. Arbusto
Joseph F. Dzaluk
County Dist. Atty
Carl A. Vergari
Dzaluk
Bond Vote Sought for New Warren High School Project
Warren County Board of Supervisors will consider a school board resolution calling a local bond referendum to fund a new comprehensive high school on about 100 acres donated by the federal government. Also on the agenda are water system extension request, permit fee waiver, absentee district establishment, engineering consultant, right of way from Shenandoah River Estates, courthouse repairs, air conditioner funds, tax map updates, and monthly health and highway reports. An executive session to discuss personnel matters is planned at 3 15.
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Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Warren County
Virginia Public School Authority
Dungadin Civic Corporation
Dunagin Heights
Rt. 340
School Board
Shenandoah River Estates Civic Association
Gene Millar
Health Department
C.L. Ellington
Highway Department
Rainfall Trend Lifts Farmers as June Ends
The soggy June eased drought fears by boosting rainfall to normal levels. May and June brought 10.20 inches, lifting six month total to 18.51 inches, above the 18.23 average, while four month total remained 8.31, under the 10.72 average, per Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory records.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Accused Killer Says Sent On A Purpose In King Family Shooting
Marcus Wayne Chenault, 23, appeared in Atlanta City Court on murder charges for the Ebenezer Church shooting that killed Mrs. King and a deacon. He told judges he was sent “on a purpose” and had pistols, with no bond set for a Fulton County grand jury. Police noted a death list of civil rights leaders found in his Columbus apartment.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Sr
Marcus Wayne Chenault
Atlanta
Chenault
E. T. Brock
Jacob
Fulton County
Randy Bacote
Brock
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ralph David Abernathy
Dr. King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ohio
Martin Luther King Jr
Nixon Cuts Summit For Sightseeing In Minsk
President Nixon took a half day from arms talks with Brezhnev for sightseeing in Minsk after a weekend at the Black Sea. Talks yielded no progress toward a comprehensive ABM and MIRV ban. a limited pact on MIRV deployment remained a possibility. Nixon planned a Soviet TV appearance and a nationwide address after a refueling stop in Maine.
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Minsk
U.S.S.R
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Black Sea
Byelorussia
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
Brezhnev
Nixons
Simferopol
Yalta
Ziegler
Kissinger
Loring Air Force Base
Caribou
Maine
Peron's Condition Deteriorates After Sudden Worsening
In Buenos Aires President Juan D. Peron, age 78, shows sudden health decline at 10:25 as doctors disclose. Support for Mrs. Peron surfaces across Peronist factions, military, business and union leaders amid political tension.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Mrs. Peron
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Debbie Quick
Greenwich
Henry Siegel
John Inman
B.F. Peppers
J. L. Mullins
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Margaret L. Hodgson
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