Arson Suspect Jailed After Fatal Harrisonburg Fire
Elmer Vernon Johnson 57, jailed on murder and arson charges after a five alarm fire in Harrisonburg killed Bridewater firefighter Lawrence Caracofe and injured three others. Johnson, held on 10 000 bond per charge, had prior arson convictions from 1973. The fire began in Jesse's Quick Lunch, spreading to a jewelry store and a vacant building.
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Harrisonburg
Commonwealth
David I. Walsh
Elmer Vernon Johnson
Rockingham County
Johnson
Walsh
F and S
Bridewater
Lawrence E. Caracofe
Court Square
Jesse
Caracore
Gus Pappas
West Virginia gasoline dealers approve July 1 strike
A spokesman for the Gasoline Dealers Association says most West Virginia station owners will join a statewide strike starting July 1. More than 600 stations are expected to close, with dealers blaming frozen profit margins and ignored pleas for higher incomes.
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Charleston
W.va
Gasoline Dealers Association
Marvin Gray
Gray
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
White House
Jeff Herholdt
State Fuel and Energy Office
Herholdt
Household Auction Items Display Broad Range of Goods
A public sale scheduled for Saturday June 23 1979 at 10:00 A.M. lists appliances furniture and misc items. Included are a Whirlpool frost free refrigerator a Tappan gas range a color TV a sewing machine a piano bench a stereo set and a washer and dryer plus home decor tools and linens. Several large curtain drapes and rugs are part of the sale along with garden tools and bicycles.
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Norge Ges
Singer Trendie
R&d
Bethel Lutheran Church
Route 522
Albinon
Delco
Building Fund
Fat pets mirror owners overweight says veterinarian
Dr. Donald Bone of Elgin Illinois notes that most overweight dogs follow their owners eating habits. He estimates 30 percent of his dog and cat patients at Tri City Animal Hospital are overweight and cites lack of exercise as a cause. The American Animal Hospital Association survey finds wide concern about malnutrition in dogs and cats.
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Chicago
American Animal Hospital Association
Donald Bone
Bone
Elgin
Ill
Tri-City
Association
County building fire damages walls windows and interior
Firefighters reported scorch on exterior walls of the county building housing the school board welfare planning and zoning and public works offices. Some windows were broken and interior areas sustained smoke damage.
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Welfare, Planning and Zoning and Public Works
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James Schlesinger
Washington
Schlesinger
Jacob Huffman
Pappas
Barton
Maryland
Route 36
Utah Street
St. Gabriel's Catholic Church
Helen McPartland
Wright
Frostburg
Blanche Vernon
Woodland Ave
Winchester
Duncan Phyte
Roscoe E. Roe
Cheries
Duvall Auctioneer
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Charles Percy
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Kennedy
Blaze
the Star
Front Royal
Back Mountain
Frederick County
Nye and Transportation Commission of
Virginia
Department of Highways and Transportation District
Route 11
Commerce Road
Staunton
Edinburg
J. W. Chiles
Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation
Box 278
State Highway and Transportation Commission of Virginia
Corning
Pete
Old Dominion Savings & Loan
Coming Ware
U.S
Purcellville
Waynesboro
Dominion Savings & Loan
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