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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1978
Page
2
The Senate General Laws Committee voted 9 to 6 to send the pari mutuel betting bill to the Senate floor amid resistance to further amendments. Two tightening amendments were approved restricting legislators from owning or aiding tracks and requiring public hearings on license actions.
In Richmond the Senate General Laws Committee killed a House bill by a 9-6 margin after debate over requiring itemized funeral costs. Del. George Grayson of Williamsburg pressed to hold the bill until 1979 to pre empt upcoming federal funeral industry rules, but the committee carried it over with no amendments. Senator William A. Truban backed bringing it to the full Senate for debate, though he plans to vote against it there. An accident in Winchester sent Rudolf of Yellow Spring, West Virginia, to hospital.
Five cavers from St. Louis were trapped by rising water in Old Schoolhouse Cave near Waterloo Illinois for two days. Doctors say they suffered exposure cold and fear but escaped with minor injuries after a lengthy rescue.
The entry lists scattered times and names like MEMEMn Fd and DUPRE URGE with cryptic notes and a Weather Conjecture section. It outlines a 31 day pattern of conditions including windy cold snow unsettled and mild with partial cloudiness.
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