Virginia spending limit fight fuels fall campaign issue
In Lynchburg Virginia the 1979 General Assembly rejected spending caps but Fair Taxes for Virginians led by Joseph Talbott plans to press the issue in the fall elections with all 140 legislature seats up for grabs Talbott urges candidates to pledge to curb government growth and cites a proposed constitutional amendment capping general fund spending as a measure to force debate despite a prior setback in both houses.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
Oral Assembly
Talbott
Assembly
House
S. Vance Wilkins Jr
Senate
Elliot S. Schewel
Board of Directors of
Fair Taxes For
Richmond
Schewel
California
Final Straw Divorce Filing in Salem Rouses Past Strife
John Rideout, acquitted in a high profile rape trial, reacts as Greta Rideout files for divorce two months after a reconciliation. The couple, married since 1976, have separated and reconciled repeatedly and face a welfare reimbursement hearing in April.
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Salem
Ore
John Rideout
Rideout
Greta
Marion County
Jenny
United States
Charles Burt
Dumping Plans for Contaminated Ship Water Near Atlantic
The crewed Maria Costa holds 1500 tons of pesticide contaminated water may be dumped up to 200 miles offshore after an emergency EPA permit is sought. NOAA and Coast Guard assess toxicity risks and test results indicate no pesticide in surface water but caution remains for shallow bay dumping.
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Portsmouth
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Environmental Protection Agency
Gulf Stream
Joel O’connor
O’connor
Maria Costa
Coast Guard
Espea
Cape Henry
Spain
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
O'Connor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gulf Stream Laboratories
Pensacola
Fla
NOAA
John Dalton
EPA
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Isaac Nichols
Wilkins
Orton Jones
R-Roane
Robert Nelson
D-Cabell
Charleston
West Virginia
San Francisco
Perry Hughes
San Fran
Associated Press
Cisco
Daniel Hampton
Hughes
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Loudoun St. Mall
Winchester