N W bids to end strike via court in Chicago and Roanoke
Norfolk and Western plans to renew court efforts to end its rail clerks strike. Judge Roszkowski in Chicago and Judge Williams in Roanoke were to hear requests for injunctions. Officials declined to estimate impact or crossing of picket lines, but union sources put those involved at over 20 000.
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U. S. District Court
Stanley Roszkowski
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Roszkowski
Glen Williams
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Senate likely approves carrier as F-18 fight looms
The 82 billion nuclear powered aircraft carrier moves toward Senate passage with little opposition. Sen Gary Hart plans to offer an amendment to kill 982 million for the F-18 fighter, a contested line in the 36 billion weapons bill. The package would spend 595 million more than the administration proposed but 1.8 billion less than the House. The House already backed the carrier despite White House objections.
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Armed Services Committee
Rutherford seeks town job after police chief dismissal
Former Front Royal police chief Charles V. Rutherford urged the town council to rescind or modify the dismissal decision and to hire him in another department to protect his pension. The council voted unanimously to study an employment option for Rutherford, with a committee to pursue a suitable position by the next meeting.
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Front Royal
Charles V. Rutherford
Walter Duncan
Rutherford
Duncan
Warren County
Duncan Gibb
Gibb
Robert Traister
Charles Rutherford
William Lillard
Kermit Nichols
Eric Adamson
Town Advertises for New Police Chief in Front Royal
Town Manager Walter Duncan announced ads will run in local papers and the International Chiefs of Police magazine to hire a new police chief. The move follows the town council uphold of Duncan’s dismissal of Charles V Rutherford after his conviction on a nonfeasance charge. Captain Ira Cullers has served as acting chief since January.
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Front Royal
Walter Duncan
Duncan
Charles V. Rutherford
International Chiefs of Police
Rutherford
Ira Cullers
Exxon plans seismic drilling in Virginia forest lands
Exxon U S A moves to drill in George Washington National Forest area with 79 000 acres leased and a Seismographic Survey Corp team to blast 20 to 50 pound dynamite charges in 60 to 80 foot holes to map subsurface structures to 12 000 feet. Local counties Frederick Shenandoah plus nearby lands host the surveys as federal approvals await final sign off.
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Exxon Co
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Exxon
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Oklo
Western
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Amoco
Bob Padgett
Lands and Mineral
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National Forest
Rockingham County
Hampshire
Hardy
West Virginia
Shcharansky Trial Details Espionage Link With U S Journalist
Soviet officials outline testimony claiming Anatoly Shcharansky provided intelligence to a Western journalist linked to U S intelligence. In Kaluga, Alexander Ginzburg’s wife is ousted after shouting at a witness during anti Soviet agitation proceedings. The cases trigger international protests and a Geneva meeting between Cyrus Vance and Avital Shcharansky.
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Kaluga
Alexander Ginzburg
Shcharansky
United States
Ginzburg
Cyrus R. Vance
Geneva
Avital
Washington
Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Magomet Pirbudagov
Los Angeles Times
Robert C. Toth
Toth
Pirbudagov
Arkady Gradoboyev
Georgy Novikov
CBO Sees Optimistic Path with No Recession Ahead
Washington AP reports that CBO director Alice M. Rivlin told the House Budget Committee the economy faces ongoing trouble but is unlikely to enter a recession through 1979. Inflation outlook worsens, growth slows, aided by a $15 billion tax cut and restrained credit, per CBO analysis.
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House Budget Committee
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Brookings Institution
Barry Bosworth
The
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United States
Congress
Vance Pushes Geneva Talks Amid Soviet Strains
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance travels to Geneva to pursue nuclear arms talks despite souring Soviet relations and the arrest of dissidents Anatoly Shcharansky and Alexander Ginzburg. He plans to meet Andrei Gromyko while the U S considers protecting Minuteman missiles with a shifting silo strategy. Senator Henry M Jackson blasts current negotiating tactics as insufficient and unfair to U S security.
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Washington
Cyrus R. Vance
Soviet Union
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Alexander Ginzburg
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Shchransky
Avital
Shcharansky
Andrei A. Gromyko
Carter
Front Royal Approves 10000 For Hydroelectric Study
The Front Royal Town Council approved a 10000 grant for a study on reactivating the old hydroelectric dam to provide town electricity. The note appears in Inside Today's Star Hydroelectric Study on page 11 and mentions a Bethesda Maryland Rhythm Ballet Company performance.
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