Medallions Planned for Humphrey and Balloon Pioneers
The House authorized striking gold medallions honoring Hubert H. Humphrey and the three men who crossed the Atlantic in a helium balloon. The Humphrey medallion would go to Muriel Humphrey. Balloonists Ben Abruzzo Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman, residents of New Mexico, made the first successful helium balloon Atlantic crossing in 1978.
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Cowboys Gather for Salute to John Wayne on ABC
Hollywood AP reports 50 screen cowboys join an ABC special to honor John Wayne while Wayne, hospitalized with cancer at UCLA Medical Center, is saluted in song with Roy Rogers Dale Evans and the Sons of the Pioneers as a campfire scene frames a Wayne portrait.
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Justus to Testify in Georgia as Death Sentence Is Reviewed
In Christiansburg Montgomery County Justus will be brought to Georgia to testify in a Goins case while his Virginia capital sentence is reviewed. He was convicted of October murder during rape and faces possible death in the electric chair.
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Devore
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Frank M. Moses
Robert Spessard Jr
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Alexander Redford to co star in Brubaker film
Actress Jane Alexander will co star with Robert Red ford in a 20th Century Fox drama about a reform minded prison warden. Filming will begin in central Ohio this week where production is already underway per Fox spokesman Jack Hirshberg.
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Gas and legal briefs across Virginia and Fairfax
Gas survey predicts easy fueling across interstates with over 90 percent of stations open Saturday and 56 percent Sunday while Danville’s picketing ordinance is upheld against a free expression suit. Croatan Books Inc. sues Fairfax County for harassment seeking 550000 damages related to police raids and seized materials.
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Croatan Books Inc
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Senate OKs Byrd Proposal to Expand Coal Use
The Senate approved a Byrd Huddleston bill urging the president to submit within 60 days a plan to expand coal usage to cut oil imports. Byrd touted American coal deposits as a long term solution and called for modern technology to turn coal into clean-burning fuels.
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