Special Grand Jury Opens Probe Into Front Royal Police
A seven member special grand jury was empaneled by Judge Duncan C. Gibb in Front Royal to investigate alleged excessive force by Front Royal Police Department officers. The panel will focus on a Feb 24 incident at the Hideaway Lounge involving Officers Hoffmann Jenkins Smedley and Windle and may hear other related testimony.
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Front Royal
Duncan C. Gibb
Donn Hoffmann
Les Jenkins
Dennis Smedley
Kevin Windle
Lester F. Mauck
Michael Ordower
Alice E. Baltimore
Katherine D. Ward
Charles F. Lambersky
Mary Rikers Johnson
Dorothy McCauley
Gibb
Commonwealth
Senate votes Carter new energy powers
The Senate approved a plan giving President Carter power to combat fuel shortages including fuel saving targets and potential bans on home gas hoarding. The measure awaits House action with Democrats proposing a more strict driveless day option. limits on weekend station closures and gasohol curtailments are set.
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Senate
Carter
House
Congress
William Armstrong
R-Corp
Bennett Johnston
Dla
Gas-67 Cents a Gallon At Elite Washington Pumps
Washington reports two aging gasoline pumps offer unleaded at 67 cents a gallon. Top congressional leaders plus Capitol officials access the station near the Senate garage, while regular senators are barred.
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Congress
Senate
Washington Post
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Jim Wright Jr
Dtexas
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
George M. White
Capitol
Edmund L. Henshaw Jr
U.S. Capitol
American Automobile Association
Elliot Carroll
O'Neill
DC-10 Grounding Shocks Airlines Nationwide
The FAA grounded all 138 DC-10s triggering flight cancellations and widespread disruption. Airlines including United Continental American and Lufthansa halted DC-10s, shifted passengers to other aircraft, and faced limited spare capacity as managers scrambled to rebook and reroute amid the order and related court action.
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Federal Aviation Administration
United Airlines
New York
Chicago
McDonnell Douglas Corp
U S
Aubrey E. Robinson Jr
FAA
Robinson
Washington
Lufthansa German Airlines
Minneapolis
Roy Erickson
Northwest Orient
Erickson
Northwest
Petersburg Man Lying Between Tracks Survives Freight Train
A 44 year old Petersburg man, James Love, passed out between tracks at Bootleg crossing and was run over by a 47 car Seaboard Coast Line freight train. He was not heard by the engineer and survived unharmed. He faces a charge of being drunk in public.
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Petersburg
James Love
Seaboard Coast Line
D.E. Hamilton
Love
Hamilton
Hairline crack blamed for grounding DC-10s
An American Airlines maintenance official tied a two inch hairline crack in an engine-pylon lip to the grounding of DC-10s at San Francisco International Airport. The crack was found on two planes after FAA visual checks missed it, and officials say dye verification may have been needed. Dean Agin identified the crack and noted the first DC-10 was found Monday night.
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Tom Wheeler
Oakland
Joe Daley
Continental Airlines
Los Angeles
FAA
David Frailey
American Airlines
New York
San Francisco
San Francisco International
Dean Agin
Newark
Chicago
Agin
O'Hare International
Pope Joins Huge Outdoor Mass As Voices Rise
Pope John Paul II, hoarse yet singing, addressed about 500000 worshippers at Jasna Gora in Czestochowa. He urged Latin learning and thanked youths as Mass continued at the monastery walls before a cathedral crowd.
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Czestochowa
Poland
John Paul II
Jasna Gora
Riley seeks GOP sheriff nomination in Frederick County
Former sheriff sergeant Lewis Riley says he has backing to win the Republican nomination for sheriff next Monday. An interview appears on the Area News page. Cap and gown photos show Handley High School Class of 1979. Thirteen James Wood High School students named Anderson scholars to study agriculture at VPI and SU.
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Handley High School
James Wood High School
Anderson
VPI & SU
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