Nine Drowned as Rochester Flood Rages and Deluge
Seven inches of rain in under six hours flooded southeast Rochester. Police fear nine drownings with several missing. Three wheelchair patients and a nurse's aide were found in a flooded basement elevator as the disaster unfolded.
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Paul Belau
Inflation Seen Pushing 7.2 Percent This Year in U S
The administration warned of a 7.2 percent rise in consumer prices this year driven by food costs and a weaker dollar. Food prices are expected to climb 8 to 10 percent as groceries for a three person family rise by about 191 dollars annually, with mixed outlook for 1979.
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G. William Miller
Secret Ballots Violated Law Says Attorney General
Winchester council secret ballots at the reorganizational meeting violated the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, per the Attorney General. Ballots elected vice president and vice mayor along party lines, with no city attorney present to advise. Leaders include Mayor Bell and Council members Mote Kern Garber Kremer Pine Robinson Smallwood Jones Zuckerman Shendon Gore and Effie Davis.
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Sue Steward
Star
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Donald Smallwood
Richard Kern
Attorney General
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Wendell Seldon
William Mote
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Garber
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Charles Pine Jr
Delmer Robinson Jr
S. Pannill Jones
Charles Zuckerman
William Shendon
Effie Davis
Ronald Gore
Stewart Bell
Adventurer Jamie Besso Fights Addiction and Oceanic Feats
Jamie Besso, a 35 year old adventurer, battles terminal illness and a booze binge era before turning to solo sailing. He plans a 600 mile trek from Tar River NC to Connecticut via the Atlantic, survives shark encounters and a 1000 mile Bermuda Triangle voyage, while coping with years of drinking and two near fatal self harm attempts.
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Beiruts Panic as Israeli Jets Trail Overhead
Seven Israeli warplanes roared over Beirut in a warning to Syria and in support of Lebanon s Christians under siege. The jets triggered panic while Damascus forces pound the capital. Israel pledged not to let Christians be annihilated in Lebanon.
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Eliahu ben-Eliassar
Menachem Begin
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Clarke County name debate on spelling tradition
Clarke Compass examines the history of the spelling and misspelling of Clarke County's name amid this week's column. A West Virginia man died yesterday at the Unisil plant near Gore after being trapped in a sand silo.
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Clarke Compass
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