LNG Tanker El Paso Sonatrach Rescued Off Virginia Coast
The 900 foot LNG tanker El Paso Sonatrach bound from Algiers to Cove Point was disoriented off Virginia's coast. A Coast Guard search with a C 130 and an 82 foot cutter located the ship and directed it to rendezvous with a tug for inspection before entering the Chesapeake Bay. Commonwealth Natural Resources and Virginia Electric & Power Co discuss potential sale of natural gas facilities in a preliminary, nonbinding arrangement.
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Portsmouth
el Paso Sonatrach
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia
Coast Guard
Fred Maldonado
Algiers
Cove Point
Coast Guard Group
Hampton Roads
Maldonado
Cape Henry
Sand Shoal Inlet
Capes
Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Richmond
Commonwealth Natural Resources Inc
Virginia Electric & Power Co
William H. Berry
Vepco
Paul H. Riley
Commonwealth Natural Resources
Hartford Missionaries Return From Haiti Trip
Minister Francis Boudeaux said Hartford church members returned from a Haiti mission trip and later experienced diarrhea, likely from impure water. The group contacted health officials and would seek medical help, while police in 46 states urged medical attention for sect members.
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Haiti
Francis Boudeaux
Hartford City Hall
Boudeaux
Hartford
Virginia
Frederick Raids Net Four Arrests
Two Frederick County drug raids led to four arrests. At Apple Pie Ridge a six man team seized 37 marijuana plants plus seeds and paraphernalia and charged John Paul Nether and Kenneth Leroy Parrill with manufacturing marijuana with intent to distribute. At Rt 654 near the West Virginia line 186 plants seeds and scales were seized and Charles Herrell and Cynthia Eileen Johnson were charged with manufacturing marijuana with intent to distribute. All four court dates set for June 27. Investigator Robert Connolly headed the raids.
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Frederick County
Sheriff's Dept
Sheriff's Department
Apple Pie Ridge
Rt. 674
John Paul Nether
Rt. 5
Winchester
Kenneth Leroy Parrill
Rt. 654
West Virginia
Charles Herrell
Cynthia Eileen Johnson
Frederick County General District Court
Robert Connolly
Connolly
VMI Desegregation Plan Moves Forward in Virginia
Virginia Military Institute joins state colleges in good faith effort to comply with a federal desegregation settlement. Boards of Virginia State and Norfolk State to act later month. others approve with conditions. The plan aims to boost minority enrollment and research but preserves standards. A separate accident report notes Cecil Dennis Painter injured in a motorcycle collision in Winchester and driver Inga Louise Price.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
John Dalton
Virginia
Boards of Visitors
Virginia State
Norfolk State
Virginia State Board
VMI
Frank Louthan
University
Tidewater
Old Dominion
Western Virginia
Painter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Inga Louise Price
Rt. 1
Crawfish Eating Showdown Near Erwinville
Harold Picou and Wayne Kirland prepare for a high stake crawfish eat off at a dragway near Erwinville Louisiana Both contestants have each deposited 5000 dollars and the winner will claim 40000 pounds of crawfish and the prize money in the contest based on 40 pounds eaten first Kirland is noted as a 410 pound Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival champion and Picou says he earned his crown in New Orleans The event raises the stakes for the final bite
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Erwinville
Harold Picou
New Orleans
Wayne “Lumpy” Kirland
Breaux Bridge
Baton Rouge
Weather summary for Northern Valley and Virginia region
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid to upper 50s. Sunday brings highs in the 70s in the Northern Valley and mid 80s in Virginia with cooler temps in the mountains. Historical rainfall shows averages around 36.76 inches annually with peaks in 1972 and lows in 1930.
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Virginia
Deadline Extended for ASCS Feed Grain and Wheat Programs
Local growers in Warren Clarke and Frederick counties are urged to enroll by May 31 as sign up for the ASCS Feed Grain and Wheat programs extends to end of May. The wheat target price rose to 3.40 per bushel, boosting potential deficiency payments for 1978.
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Local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ALCS
ASCS
National
Warren, Clarke and
Frederick
Warren Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Front Royal Incident
Cleveland Carter of Rt 340 south of Front Royal is charged with attempted murder after a shooting at about 4 p.m. injuring his wife Betty Ann Jenkins Carter. He is held at Warren County Jail awaiting May 23 arraignment in General District Court, with investigators from the Warren County Sheriff’s Dept and state troopers assisting.
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Front Royal
Cleveland
Franklin Carter
Rt. 1
Warren County
Sheriff's Dept
Carter
Betty Ann Jenkins Carter
Sheriff's Department
Royal
Cleveland Carter
Warren County General District Court
Juvenile Babysitter Foils Break-In On Rt 671
A juvenile babysitter surprised a burglar in a Donald Moulden home on Route 671 near Clearbrook yesterday afternoon. The intruder fled after throwing a glass at the babysitter, who suffered minor facial cuts. A sheriff deputy canine team searched for the thief who escaped with a small amount of money. No arrests yet. investigation led by Sgt. Robert Sager.
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Rt. 671
Clearbrook
Frederick County
Sheriff's Dept
Donald Moulden
Sheriff's Department
Robert Sager
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Carroll K. Mauck
Melvin F. Spitler
Valley Pike Brethren Cemetery
Maurertown
Funeral Home
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Winchester Ears
Dora Lee Funk
Macedonia Church
Leavemay
Bernard F. Groves
Braddock
Weather Service
New Mexico
Texas
Maine
Virginias
Cecil Dennis Painter
Woodstock Lane
West St
Hank Ebert
Siee Ee
New Moon
Vienna
Winchester Evening Star Gass Postags
Rt. 340 South of
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Ing
Billy Chapman
Lynn Armentrout
D.A. Deavers
George Sardel
William Whitehurst
Shenandoah Valley Puller's Association, Inc
Shenandoah Vale Pullers
Ogocob
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