Disease Van Remains Unlocated
Police chase a white van whose occupants may carry a bacterial infection causing severe diarrhea. Two of the three women and 13 children in the group have died, with a third child in critical condition at the University of Virginia hospital. Sightings span Harrisonburg, Woodstock, Nashville, and Rockingham as authorities urge the group to seek medical help.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Woodstock
Nashville
Martin
Donald Turner
Turner
Hartford
Here
Grayson Miller
University Hospital
Miller
Sarah Holloway
St. Francis Hospital
Holloway
Leonard Holloway
Hoskins
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Pitts
Nickima D. Pitts
John Hoskins
Lucille Joyner Pitts
Richard A. Pringle
Pringle
Church of Christ Jesus
Clarence C. White Jr
White
MP Reported Planning to Hijack Plane
A 21 year old Army MP reportedly planned to hijack a plane to New York after stealing an M 16 rifle with 100 rounds a .45 pistol with 50 rounds a bayonet and a gas mask from Fort A P Hill. He drove north on I 95 in a gold 1973 Mercury telephoned his roommate and left. Authorities followed but lost him and the gun inventory was short.
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Bowling Green
New York
Fort A. P. Hill
Army
John G. McCarthy
U.S. Army
McCarthy
Washington
A. P. Hill
Fredericksburg
Doctors’ earnings rise beyond other professions
A New Jersey ophthalmologist recalls near six figure income while noting it buys less comfort than expected. A 1976 Council on Wage and Price Stability report shows physicians median net income around 62 800, about twice lawyers or dentists, with rising costs like office, staff, equipment, drugs, and malpractice insurance offsetting earnings.
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Y. Times
New Jersey
Council On Wage and Price Stability
French paratroopers join Kolwezi action in Zaire crisis
Belgium reports French Foreign Legion paratroopers entered Kolwezi to aid Zaire in repelling rebels. Belgians plan a rescue operation for 2,500+ foreigners from Kamina base with 1,000 to 1,200 Belgian soldiers possible, while Paris underscores humanitarian aims.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Belgium
French Foreign Legion
Kolwezi
Shaba
Paris
Leo Tindemans
Brussels
Kamina
Tindemans
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Jean Baptiste Mpondo
Congolese National Liberation Front
Michel van Assel
Louis de Guiringaud
Mutshatsha
Mobutu Sese Seko
France
United States
Britain
Morocco
Dominicans Resume Vote Count Amid Rivalry Across Party Lines
In the Dominican Republic the Central Electoral Board resumed tallying presidential votes after a halt sparked by a reported coup rumor. Antonio Guzman of the PRD challenged President Joaquin Balaguer, who pledged to step down if another candidate won. Balaguer claimed a lead of about 180,000 votes, while Guzman’s running mate vowed to defend Dominican voters’ rights. The count could take two weeks to finalize.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Antonio Guzman
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
Central Electoral Board
Guzman
The
Republic
Reform Party
Jacobo Majluta
PRD
Marlow Resigns Warren County Attorney Post
Hubert Marlow Jr. resigns as Warren County attorney effective June 30, with potential tiller as-needed work until a replacement is found. The resignation follows a heated board meeting over a subdivision plat dispute involving Ben Phelps on Aspen Hill Arm Farms.
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Marlow
Warren County
Star
Front Royal
Hubert Marlow Jr
Warren County Board of Supervisors
John Marlow
Hubert Marlow
Aspen Hill Arm Farms
Rt. 643
Ben Phelps
Hearing July 10 On Gas Rate Hike
The State Corporation Commission schedules a July 10 public hearing at 10 a.m. on a $2.27 million rate increase request by Columbia Gas of Virginia. Columbia serves about 40 000 customers in a 13 county area from Giles to Fauquier.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Columbia Gas
Virginia
Columbia
Giles County
Fauquier County
SCC
Population in Middletown to double by 2000
Middletown area population is expected to double by the year 2000. The story on the Area News Page 15 provides details. The Preakness Page 16 centers on a anticipated shootout between Affirmed and Alydar.
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Middletown
Area News Page
Affirmed
Alydar
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Rife
Readings
PTA
RIF, Inc
Dick Blackwell
Nancy Smart
Terence L. Cooper
Council
Carter
Congress
Serene Orcas Nonais
Electoral Board
Manuel Joaquin Castillo
Cyrus Vance
By Susan Burke
Staige Miller
George Baggarly
James Wetzel
Wilson Burke
Phelps
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