Howell says friendship with Carter could speed state aid
Wayneboro and Norfolk report Henry Howell vows intervention with the president to secure quicker federal help for Virginia as governor. He promises an excellent working relationship with the General Assembly and support for ERA ratification and education funding.
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John Dalton
Virginia
Potomac River
Washington Monument
Howell
Virginia General Assembly
Charles Robb
Armor
Edward Lane
FBI Steps Up Hoffa Disappearance Inquiry in Detroit
The FBI intensifies efforts two years after James R. Hoffa vanished from a suburban Detroit restaurant parking lot. Investigators seek interviews with former Nixon aides to probe any link between his parole and disappearance, and to press potential witnesses. Hoffa is presumed dead and body unrecovered.
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Teamster Union
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Teamster
Frank Fitzsimmons
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Radio Club Helps in Johnstown Aid Effort
Shenandoah Radio Club members aided the Johnstown disaster response coordinating communications for the Pennsylvania state government from the Army National Guard armory. Club operators from Maryland to Virginia provided transmitting power while Mercy Hospital units maintained links with mobile medical units and field stations.
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Cartier
Ron Lee
Capon Bridge
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Louis Eye
Middletown
U.S. Army National Guard
Johnstown-Cambria County
Mercy Hospital
Robert Matula
876Th Engineers Battalion
Army National Guard
Guard
ARCO Lowers Tariff to Prevent North Slope Oil Delay
ARCO said it will file a reduced tariff with the Interstate Commerce Commission to avoid delaying the first tanker load of North Slope oil to West Coast refineries. Exxon and British Petroleum followed with amended rates. remaining partners expected to do so. The move preserves the planned Valdez tanker sailing for Monday or Tuesday.
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British Petroleum
Valdez
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Why drought aid was rejected weighs on Virginia counties
Gov. Mills E. Godwin says two state officials will travel to Washington to probe why 11 Virginia counties were denied federal drought assistance and to check on applications in 15 more. He notes the USDA promised to send its recommendation to the Disaster Administration on Monday.
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Mills E. Godwin
Washington
Virginia
Wayne A. Whitham
George L. Jones
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Wampler Ties Knot in Bristol Ceremony
U S Congressman William C. Wampler and Mrs. Lee McCall Frackelton wed Friday morning at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Bristol Virginia. It is the second marriage for both. Wampler has represented Virginia's 9th District in Congress since 1966.
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Bristol
William C. Wampler
R-Va
Lee McCall Frackelton
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Wampler
Virginia
Weather roundup for Northern Valley and Virginia
Cloudy morning with a rise to partly sunny in the afternoon and 80s to mid 80s. Virginia sees showers ending, then partly sunny with 80s, extended into Sunday. Extended outlook shows a chance of showers Monday and Tuesday, clearing Wednesday with highs in the 80s to around 90 and 60s to 70s at night. Rainfall figures for the past 24 hours and monthly and yearly totals are listed, noting 1972 as the highest annual rainfall in 62 years and 1930 as the lowest.
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Virginia
Volunteers Lend Skills To Rebuilding Johnstown
Hundreds of weekend volunteers move into flood scarred Johnstown to aid cleanup and rebuilding. Electricians from Pittsburgh and Beaver County arrive as Catholic youth groups come from Philadelphia. Patricia Harris tours damaged sites and pledges federal aid, while 65 confirmed dead and 42 missing loom over the disaster zone. Five 50 member search parties comb debris along Conemaugh River and Black Lick Creek as relief workers focus on Seward and Windber.
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Pittsburgh
Beaver County
Philadelphia
Stephen Mandes
Southern Alleghenies Commission
Civil Defense
Mandes
Patricia Harris
Housing and Urban Development
Cambria
Harris
Johnstown Tribune- Democrat
Conemaugh River
Black Lick Creek
Westmoreland County
Seward
Windber
Warrant Issued in Winchester Gun Firing Incident
A warrant is issued for Clifford Stieringer age 23 of Winchester on charges of felonious shooting into an occupied dwelling. Police say he fired into a Randolf Combs van and into Combs apartment at Winchester Garden Apartments around 12 52 a m Friday. No injuries reported and damage limited to a window break and severed phone lines.
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Winchester
Stieringer
Randolf Combs
Combs
Winchester Garden Apartments
Emergency feed program details for farmers
Mrs McClure explains that farmers will have their available hay pasture barley and oats counted against immediate grain needs. Corn used as feed will also be deducted. The FDAA approves a one month program and only county committees administer it. Any extension requires FDAA approval.
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