Girl Sentenced in Islander Motel Murder Case
A South Carolina girl, Deana Marie Cox, 16 at the time, was sentenced to one year as an accessory after the fact to the murder of Swain H. Graham, 65, the Islander motel night manager on Gwynn's Island. Lanny Lorance and David McDonald were convicted of murder. all three were from the Anderson area.
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Williamsburg
S.C
Mathews County
Carrie Pais Dave
Williamsburg-James City County
Robert T. Armistead
R. Bruce Long
Miss Davis
North Carolina
Deana Marie Cox
Lanny Lorance
David McDonald
Anderson
Swain H. Graham
Islander
Gwynn’s Island
Lorance
McDonald
Miss Cox
Governors Name Dalton Chairman for Coming Year
At the Southern Governors Conference in New Orleans the group blocked a windfall profits tax earmark for energy aid to low income or fixed income households and watered down a plan to abolish the Department of Energy. Virginia Governor John Dalton was named chairman and Puerto Rico Governor Carlos Romero Barcelo vice chairman as 14 of 19 governors attended.
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New Orleans
Department of Ene
Congress
Department of Energy
Energy
Charles Duncan
Edwards
Texas
William P. Clements Jr
Puerto Rico
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Nigh
Virginia
John Dalton
Gov. Romero
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Dalton
Williamsburg
Public Service Property Values Rise Across Virginia in 1979
The State Corporation Commission reports a 28 percent increase in assessed public service property values statewide from 1978 to 1979, led by Louisa County’s 77 percent surge due to Virginia Electric and Power’s North Anna plant. Richmond tops cities with 291.4 million in public service assessment.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Louisa County
Virginia Electric
North Anna
Louisa
Public Service
Samuel C. Burrus
Vepco
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Jve
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John Herring Ltd
South Braddock Street
Winchester
Joe Masteroff
Jerry Bock
Sheldon Harnick
Shenandoah
Children’s Theatre
The
Herald Arien
the Man
Shenandoah College & Conservatory of “Music
Carlisle Floyd
Randolph Mauldin
Washington Opera
Susannah and the Elders
Hills
Tennessee
Harold Herman
Tevye
Joseph Stein
Hugh Wheeler
Shirley Jackson
DOE
Duncan
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
George Nigh
Oklahoma
Clements
Gov. Clements
Departments of Health, Education and Welfare
Housing and Urban Development
Robison Advertising Service
Sheaffer
P.O. Box
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