Carter to Send Top U S Aide to Cairo Peace Talks
President Carter announced Assistant Secretary of State Alfred L. Atherton will head the U S delegation to a Cairo peace conference set for December 13. He called recent Arab-Israeli contacts a historic breakthrough and urged direct negotiations among Egypt Israel and other states.
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Dalton Won't Say If He'll Name Farmer Governor
Governor John Dalton told about 700 Virginia Farm Bureau members that Virginians will have a farmer as governor while declining to say whether he would name a farmer as Agriculture and Commerce commissioner. He urged more funding for agricultural research and backing for a Virginia Tech animal sciences building and a regional veterinary school.
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Ereor
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Virginia Tech
Virginia
Animal Sciences
Hampton Roads Longshoremen Ratify Contract
Hampton Roads longshoremen voted 1,000 to 708 to ratify new contracts ending a nine week dock workers strike against containerized cargo. The ILA disclosed secret voting after two container ships docked at Norfolk International Terminals signaling an end to the dispute. The strike had crippled ports from Maine to Texas and cost Virginia about $12 million in revenues since October 1.
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House Rejects Another Abortion Compromise
The House rejects a new compromise on government paid abortions WHILE Senate opposition grows to funding Labor and Health, Education and Welfare. Temporary funding runs out tonight, and the stalemate risks department payrolls for 240,000 workers.
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D-Ark
Edward Brooke
R Mass
Clarke County Expected to Name County Administrator Today
Clarke County supervisors meet this afternoon with an applicant for county administrator as a decision is anticipated after lunch. The post created last summer covers county administration civil defense zoning and clerical work with a 16000 year salary.
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Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Eustace Jackson
Jim Wood
County Board of Supervisors
Soviets to skip Cairo talks amid Middle East diplomacy
The Soviet Union backs Arab opponents of Sadat's Cairo meeting with Israel and will not attend. Israel rejects Waldheim’s plan for a neutral site conference. The U.S. plans to attend but has not named a delegate. Libya Algeria Iraq plan rival summits as Syria and the PLO show interest in Waldheim’s idea.
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Anwar Sadat
Israel
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Moscow
Washington
Syria
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sadat
Geneva
Libya
Algeria
Tripoli
Iraq
Baghdad
Philip C. Habib
Alfred L. Atherton Jr
Near East
Mena House
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai-shek
Divisions Stall National Energy Bill Progress
Washington AP reports that Congress may fail to finish a national energy bill this year due to deep rifts on natural gas pricing and the crude oil tax. House backs price controls on gas at higher levels, while the Senate favors deregulation for newly discovered gas. no near compromise is seen.
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Senate
Thomas Ashley
Ohio
Star All-Area Football Team Revealed
The Star publishes its annual All-Area Football Team on page 12 with selections from local high schools. Downtown traffic congestion story and gas-leak concerns appear on area pages, while a local theatre review runs on the Spectator Page.
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