Virginia forecasts gas shortages hit Danville area hardest
Virginia energy chief Louis Lawson Jr warns winter gas supplies will be 15 percent below last winter, with the Danville area expected to bear the heaviest impact as industrial consumers struggle to keep operations running. The note comes at an Madison College executives seminar in Harrisonburg.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Danville
Louis Lawson Jr
State Energy Office
Madison College
New High School Plans Face Delays Amid Site Battles
The school board moved to build a new senior high school for grades 11 and 12 while renovating James Wood High for grades 9 and 10. They approved renovation bids, considered multiple sites, and faced water sewer costs and local opposition. An option on land was extended as deadlines loomed for purchase and funding.
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James Wood
James Wood High School
Rt. 50 West
C.L. Robinson Corp
Howard Shockey and Sons
Rt. 739
Apple Pie Ridge
Board of Supervisors
Soviet Venera 9 and 10 Near Venus for Landing Tests
Two Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 and Venera 10 approach Venus with expectations of cloud orbit and probe drop to the hot dense atmosphere. American intelligence notes a heavier, balloon equipped craft possibly used for soft landings, with precedents from Venera 7 and 8.
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New York
Venus
Mars
Moscow
Dutch industrialist Tiede Herrema held in Monasterevin kidnapping
Police and troops storm a two story Monasterevin house where Dutch industrialist Tiede Herrema is held by IRA suspects Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle. Shots are exchanged but no injuries reported. Negotiations continue as Justice Minister Cooney travels to the scene.
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Monasterevin
Ireland
Dublin
Tiede Herrema
John Fleming
Special
Herrema
Mary Dwyer
St. Evans
Dr. Herrema
Patrick Cooney
Weather Outlook Warm With Sunny Midweek
The Northern Valley clocked unseasonably warm conditions with tonight’s lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s and tomorrow’s highs near 80. Wednesday stays sunny with mid 70s to low 80s, followed by a fair extended stretch into Saturday with 70s and 40s to mid 50s nights. Rainfall for the past 24 hours was none. October totals stand at 4.71 inches.
Aid funds rise at Shenandoah as federal and state programs expand
Happ cited increased overall aid for 1976-77 with more federal work study and state funds. Freshmen to juniors may apply this year. Virginia Tuition Assistance loans require staying in state. Shenandoah’s aid totals about 777 042 with 94 000 from state programs and 137 450 from local banks.
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Happ
Shenandoah
Virginia
Ford Cancels Appointments With Fever Keeps Low Activity
President Ford remains at the White House for a second day due to fever from a sinus infection and cold. He is on antibiotics and rest under Dr. Lukash orders while continuing light activities and maintaining normal vital signs.
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Washington
Ford
Ron Nessen
White House
William Lukash
Nessen
Lukash
Mayo son of Warren natives pleads guilty in 1969 case
Preston Michael Mayo pled guilty April 30 1969 and was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. He was then moved to Prince William County to face auto theft charges and jailed in Warren awaiting trial. He wrote a remorseful letter to the woman he robbed on November 11 1968.
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Mayo
Williams
Prince William County
Warren County
Rocky Lane
Preston Mayo
Preston Michael Mayo
Southwestern State Hospital
Front Royal
Fairfax County
Cemetery Enlarged at Culpeper with Private Gift
Culpeper National Cemetery gains 10 percent more land after a donation from Joe H. Gardner of Bingham and Taylor Corp. The land was presented by Mrs. Gardner on behalf of her husband and becomes part of the VA managed cemetery noted for its historic significance and veteran burials dating to 1863.
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Culpeper
Culpeper National Cemetery
Joe H. Gardner
Bingham & Taylor Corp
Virginia
Gardner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard L. Roudebush
Veterans’ Affairs
Roudebush
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