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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1979
Page
13
NBC aired 43 minute Jonestown tape showing Rev. Jim Jones urging followers to take the potion as chaos erupts after Rep. Leo Ryan and others are killed in Guyana. Transcript captures Jones promising a guided mass death and instructs to die with dignity and rest for the children.
The memoir Beyond Reason by Margaret Trudeau is a publishing blockbuster a month before release with orders for well over 20 000 copies at 12.95. International interest and lucrative rights from Stern Paris Match Daily Express and Simon and Schuster are noted, while an aborted TV interview sparked legal and royalty concerns.
Two Richmond lawyers may file in federal court to challenge 1979 revisions to Virginia bingo laws that cap commercial parlor operations at twice weekly while nonprofit halls may run seven nights a week. The changes, effective July 1, affect a $50 million per year industry and target abuses tied to commercial parlors.
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