Former U S Chamber Chief Dead
Clem Dixon Johnston, 82, former president of the U S and Virginia chambers of commerce, died Tuesday in Roanoke. He founded Roanoke Public Warehouse in 1926 and ran six wholesale grocers in southwest Virginia and West Virginia, later managing his Roanoke farm Blue Hills and wintering on a freighter visiting ports in the Middle and Far East.
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Roanoke
Clem Dixon Johnston
U.S. and
Virginia Chambers of Commerce
Johnston
Saudi naval chief sent home after assault charges dropped
Mohammad Anwar Al-Aqeeb, a 6-foot-7 Saudi naval official, was flown back to Saudi Arabia after a Norfolk court dropped three felony counts at U S Navy and Saudi request. The victim, a Navy enlisted man at Little Creek, said he was threatened and assaulted in an Ocean View apartment before escaping and seeking medical care.
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Mohammad Anwar Al-Aqeeb
Norfolk General District Court
U.S. Navy
Saudi Arabia
Commonwealth
Lawrence C. Lawless
Al-Ageeb
Little Creek Amphibious Base
Washin
Lawless
Al-Aqeel
Ocean View
East Ocean View Avenue
Al-Aqeeli
Chicago Desegregation Fight Looms Openly in Court
Federal action looms as Chicago school officials face a 40 year charge of minority student discrimination. HEW urges a desegregation suit with possible mandatory busing, while Mayor Byrne backs the board’s plan and President Carter weighs political costs.
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Afl-Cio
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
George Meany
Kirkland
Labor Federation
Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
Patricia Roberts Harris
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Justice Department
Carter
Jane Byrne
Byrne
HEW
Office of Civil Rights
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