Soweto Protest Ends in Deaths and Arrests in Johannesburg
Police shot and killed one black and wounded another during student protests in Soweto over detention of leaders. About 130 protesters arrested in central Johannesburg as demonstrations continued amid riot-control actions and use of tear gas.
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Pretoria
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W. H. Kotze
Kotze
Soweto Students’ Representative Council
Witwatersrand University
Southern Drought Threatens Georgia Crops And Livestock
A two month southern drought parches land and crops, risking millions in losses. Georgia corn may fall by 65 percent, soybeans down from last year, and cattlemen face a $100 million hit as calves sell thinner.
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Alabama
Virginia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cattlemen’s Association
Florida
National Weather Service
South Carolina
North Carolina
Louisiana
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Gas Shortage May Be as Bad as Last Winter
WASHINGTON AP The Federal Power Commission warned that next winter's natural gas shortage could be as severe as last winter even with normal weather. Factors include weather, emergency gas sales, and customers switching fuels.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
FPC
American Gas Association
Wells Pollution Regs Considered for Frederick County Wells
Frederick County officials will hear an ordinance to regulate well drilling after health officials warned improper installation causes contaminated drinking water. The draft would require casing and grouting on all wells, with distinctions among Class I II III, and parallels with nearby counties already mandating grouting.
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Star
Frederick County
Frederick County Health Department
Health Department
Herbert Sluder
Ed Shirley
Shirley
Loudoun
Fairfax
Sluder
Virginia Water Well Association
Neutron bomb debate as Senate weighs weapons option
The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected a bid to ban neutron bomb production and approved a 10.4 billion public works and energy research bill funding nuclear weapons research. The panel also backed continued Clinch River breeder reactor funding and cut eight water projects, with decisions linked to Carter administration policy and NATO deployments in Europe.
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U.S
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
Public Works and Energy Research
House
NATO
Europe
Hatfield
Congress
Carter
Clinch River
Oak Ridge Tenn
White House
Energy Committee
Appropriations Committee
Senate Energy Committee
House of Representatives
UVa Faces 10000 Repair Bill After Dorm Vandalism
University of Virginia faces a 10000 repair bill for damage in freshman dormitories from a month end vandalism spree. About 25 students identified as vandals were told to pay their share before next fall enrollment. officials may impose a dorm damage fee in the future.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Shanholtz Convicted in Manslaughter and Sentenced
William Elsworth Shanholtz Jr was found guilty of manslaughter and received a 10 year sentence from a Winchester Circuit Court jury in the hammer death of Freddie Gene Lawson. The report appears in Inside Today's Star on page 17.
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Hammer
Freddie Gene Lawson
Winchester
Wayside Theatre
Middletown
Spectator
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