Alaska Oil Pipeline Opens Quietly With Oil Flow Begin
The 800 mile trans Alaska pipeline starts operations at 2 p.m. EDT signaling the start of shipments of 1.2 million barrels daily. Alyeska CEO William Darch calls it a good job as $7.7 billion construction nears completion from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez with $4 billion in wells.
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Stabbing Outside Frederick County Court House
Mrs. Evelyn B. Robinson of Brill's Trailer Court was stabbed repeatedly near the Frederick County Court House around 10:30 a.m. Larry Keith Robinson, 26, of Washington Ave., is charged with felonious assault with intent to kill and is held on $50,000 bond. Robinson was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital for treatment and the extent of injuries was not yet known.
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Frederick County Court House
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Winchester-Frederick County
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Supreme Court rules states not required to fund elective abortions
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Constitution and federal law do not require states to pay for abortions when mothers lives are not endangered. The decision covers Connecticut and Pennsylvania cases, upholding that welfare programs may fund childbirth but need not cover abortions. Justice Powell authored the majority. justices Marshall Brennan Blackmun dissented.
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Pennsylvania
High Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Warren E. Burger
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
John Paul Stevens
Thurgood Marshall
William J
Amin Said Missing Amid Uganda Leader’s Assassination Attempt
Nairobi based AP reports President Idi Amin is missing after a weekend assassination attempt. Kampala officials denied the report by phone. An unidentified Ugandan at Amin’s Entebbe residence could not confirm his whereabouts.
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Idi Amin
Uganda
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Entebbe
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Mustafa Adrisi
Adrisi
Shuttle Completes First Manned Test Flight at Edwards
NASA officials praised the Enterprise after its 54 minute manned test atop a Boeing 747 at Edwards Air Force Base California The test aimed to validate control and guidance systems with four planned manned flights before potential first orbit in March 1979 from Cape Canaveral and operations in 1980.
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Fred Haise Jr
Astronaut Corps
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Jail Could Be Turning Point for Drug-Linked Crime Ex-Con
Star Staff Writer Robert recounts a 19th birthday behind bars after a breaking and entering conviction tied to drugs. He vows to stay straight, pursue work and night school, and avoid relapse, noting jail’s lack of correction and the lure of revenge. He admits a history of theft, hijacking, and drug profits funded by crime.
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Virginia Gov approves 4.8 percent state employee pay raise
Gov Mills Godwin said Virginia will fund an across the board 4.8% pay raise for about 65 000 state workers on July 1. He credited improved revenues and expenditure cuts, noting a prior $22.8 million potential deficit turned into a surplus of $68.5 million with additional savings. The $33.6 million cost covers the upcoming fiscal year.
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Mills Godwin
Virginia
General Assembly
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Godwin
Carter Sees Welfare as Barrier to Family Unity in Interview
President Carter argues welfare laws often support a divided family and mobility and changing social values disrupt the American family. He favors tax parity for working married couples, supports after school programs, and says his granddaughter brings him joy while Rosalynn remains a working mother.
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Carter
Associated Press
Warren Memorial Hospital Construction Approaches Start
Wire from Warren reports construction soon begins on the new Warren Memorial Hospital. Details and a graphic of the proposed facility are featured in today’s paper along with updates on Clarke County wool sales and related area news.
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Warren Memorial Hospital
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