Caribbean Warships Hold 12 Day Training Exercise
The Navy confirms sixteen warships, including the carrier Forrestal and the Spruance destroyer, are in the Caribbean for a long planned 12 day drill. About 10,000 extra sailors participate in anti air and anti submarine warfare training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Navy
Caribbean
Carter
Cuba
U.S
Forrestal
Mayport
Fla
Atlantic
Spruance
Philadelphia
Washington
Key West
Key West Naval Air Station
Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron 33
George E. R. Kinnear
Atlantic Fleet Naval Air Force
Gulf of Mexico
Adm
Harry D. Train II
Atlantic Fleet
Mediterranean
Illegally Monitored Calls Suspected at Powhatan Center
Virginia State Police probe allegations that a trooper and Department of Corrections staff secretly monitored telephone calls on Powhatan Correctional Center switchboards. Investigators say guards reported officials used calls to gather data on employees, with arrests linked to the information. Prison officials declined comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia State Police
Department of Corrections
Powhatan
Jay Cochran Jr
State Police
Cochran
Corrections Department
Four Abandon Balloon Flight in Storm Snow
Severe storms and heavy snow forced four balloon adventurers to abort their transcontinental flight. The crew descended near Spencerville Ohio after a dangerous in flight scare. one passenger Vera Simons suffered a broken leg and was listed in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencerville
Ohio
Earth
Randy Birch
Nbc-Tv
Rudolph Engelmann
Boulder
Colo
St. Rita’s Medical Center
Lima
Vera Simons
Fred Hyde
Prairie Village
Kan
Ohio City
Tillamook
Ore
Lesley Edwards
Weather Service Corp
Bedford
Mass
Birch
Weather Outlook For Virginia And Northern Valley
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions in the Northern Valley with a chance of evening thunderstorms and gusty winds. Virginia may see thunderstorms, heavy rain at times, and then partial clearing by Wednesday with highs mainly in the 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
National Weather Service
Atlantic Coast
Midwest
Great Lakes
Northern Plains
Pacific Coast
Public hearing on workmen's comp self-insurers regulation
State Corporation Commission hearing examiner will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. October 18, 1979 in Richmond Virginia. Case 20194 concerns adoption and issuance of a regulation governing group self-insurers of workmen's compensation insurance. The proposed regulation, prepared by the Bureau of Insurance, is on file for examination in the Clerk's Office Blanton Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Corporation Commission
Blanton
Richmond
Virginia
Bureau of Insurance
Clerk's Office of State Corporation Commission
Blanton Building
Virginians React to Carter Cuba Speech Draws Mixed Views
U S Senator John Warner and Rep William Whitehurst criticize President Carter for not going far enough while Rep Robert Daniel calls the speech unacceptable. Warner warns the Soviets view the U S as military equals and blames policy choices for weakening strength, with local thefts also noted in Winchester and Handley areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Cuba
U.S
John Warner
Rva
William Whitehurst
Robert Daniel
Daniel
Geri
Warner
United States
Caribbean
Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Guantanamo Bay
William R. Smedberg IV
Cruiser-Destroyer Group 12
Guantanamo
Free World
Guantanamo Bay Naval Staon
Fidel Castro
Pope John Paul II
Boston
Logan
Ternational Airport
Humberto Cardinal Medeiros
Department of State Police
Winchester-Frederick County
Republican Women’s Club
Winchester Golf Club
Repres
Henry P. Kern Jr
Kern
Yeerste Saat
Vostaso Ooo Ees
National
Arer
Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of Commerce
Alka-Seltzer
Kodak
General Mills Wheaties
Charismatic Bible Service
First Assembly OF God Church Fellowship
Pleasant Valley Road
Allen Barley
Mike Lineberg
W. Boscawen St
Handley High School
Barley
Handley
Frederick County
Angelo Funkhouser
Home Rowen Cenaey
John R. Riley
Planning Commission
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!