Virginia GOP Convention Opens in Richmond Coliseum
More than 9,000 Virginia Republicans converge on the Richmond Coliseum to nominate a U S Senate candidate among four contenders Richard Obenshain Linwood Holton John Warner and Nathan Miller. Holton leads the field with first ballot backing while Warner Obenshain and Miller compete for momentum as the convention could span multiple ballots and hours.
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South Carolina
James B. Edwards
John Dalton
McMath
Richmond
Elizabeth Taylor
Price Report Improves Inflation Outlook
The government reports May wholesale prices rose 0.7 percent, half the April gain, with food prices up but at the year’s smallest increase. Unemployment rose to 6.1 percent as employment grew 310,000, and the labor force topped 100 million.
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Washington
Labor Department
Carter
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Robert Strauss
Scott predicts conservative wins in Virginia Senate race
Retiring U S Senator William L Scott says Virginians will elect a conservative to replace him. He expects a Republican to win and notes Virginia is a conservative state. He did not endorse any of the four GOP Senate hopefuls at his news conference ahead of the state convention.
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Coliseum
McMath
Bill Brock
Tennessee
Richmond
U. S
William L. Scott
Virginia
John N. Dalton
Dalton
Three Killings Hit Madrid Ambassador and Baltimore Hospital
In Madrid, three Armenian militants killed the Turkish ambassador Zeki Kuneralp’s wife Nekla Balcioglu and two others when they opened fire on the ambassador's Mercedes at a stoplight near the Prado. A Spaniard chauffeur died. a witness said a red Ford Fiesta may have carried the attackers. In Baltimore, police probe mercy killings of terminal patients at Maryland General Hospital, focusing on deaths in a special care unit.
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Madrid
Spain
Zeki Kuneralp
Prado Museum
Baltimore
Dennis S. Hill
Maryland General Hospital
Nekla
Basir G. Balcioglu
Officials Face Liability Suits Over Zoning Decisions
A federal civil suit charging discrimination and denial of equal rights was filed last month in Harrisonburg against six Clarke County Planning Commission members over a nine lot subdivision denial on Rt. 340 near White Post. The case seeks 350000 in damages and names Kenneth Gilpin Floyd Dominy James York Charles Kackley William Cross and David Donovan. The article notes county officials examine public officials liability insurance as budgets discuss coverage and mentions tighter Piedmont zoning to curb suburban sprawl.
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Planning Commission
Kenneth Gilpin
Floyd Dominy
James York
Charles Kackley
William Cross
David Donovan
Clarke
Starnas
Hicks
Bryan
Harrisonburg
U.S. District Court
Clarke County
Boyce
Berryville
Piedmont
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Albemarle County
Loudoun County
Country Roads feature examines biological bug control
The weekly Country Roads section highlights biological methods to control insects. The piece appears on Page 9 with accompanying visuals.
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