Salvadoran Leftists Seize Two Ministries in Hostage Standoff
Nearly 1,000 leftists occupied the Labor and Economy ministries in San Salvador and held 140 hostages including ministers and undersecretaries. They demanded higher wages, price controls and release of political prisoners, with talks promised by the junta. No violence reported.
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San Salvador
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Labor and Economy
Labor Ministry
Gabriel Gallegos Valdes
Maria Teresa de Avile
Economy Ministry
Manuel Jeints
Oscar Menjivar
Popular Revolutionary Bloc of
Romero
Revolutionary Bloc
Eubhary Reie
House Moves Swiftly on Fuel Aid for Needy
The House votes on a emergency measure to spend 1.35 billion dollars to help poor households pay winter heating bills. Speaker ONeill pushes rapid passage, total aid this winter reaches 1.6 billion with earlier 250 million approved, and funds would be distributed to states through local programs.
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas P. O’neill
Senate
Quick warning saves lives in Greene County gas explosion
In Stanardsville an office building explosion injured 13 after a gas line was struck by a backhoe. Klingel, a superintendent, urged everyone to evacuate minutes before the blast. Firefighters fought the blaze for hours and no deaths were reported.
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Greene County
Stanardsville
Jay Klingel
Klingel
University ‘of Virginia
Charlottesville
CC. Kurtz
Klinger
Kurtz
Calvin Coolidge Hill
Afton
J S Mathers Construction Co
Waynesboro
Spa
Adon
Virginia Tech
Gas Company
Columbia Gas Co
Virginia
Lacy Sanford
Board to probe sheriff dept spending after grand jury report
Frederick County Board of Supervisors voted to forward an inquiry into the sheriff's department to the Code Enforcement Committee. Activist Harrington Smith presented documentary evidence of alleged misuse in phone calls, fuel purchases, and vehicle maintenance. Sheriff Mauck defended himself amid disputes with Finance Committee Chair Thomas Rosenberger over spending questions and a preceding grand jury report noting some wrongdoing but not urging indictments.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Committee On Code Enforcement
Will Owings
Thomas Malcolm
Carroll Mauck
Thomas Rosenberger
Rosenberger
Mauck
Finance Committee
Ticking Time Bomb Threat Shocks Hagerstown Area
In March 1979 a phosphorus cargo threat near Hagerstown Maryland spurred an evacuation plan as White House aid was sought. EPA and local officials warned of reactive gases forming phosphene and phosphoric acid with drum metal.
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Hagerstown
Gettysburg
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Ryder
Mobil
Three Mile Island
Kings
Tom Massey
EPA
DeBari Responds To Grand Jury Report In Maryland County
Michele DeBari, former Frederick County Jail chief, disputes a special grand jury report alleging enmity between his family and Sheriff Mauck’s. He says foreman Susan Mote pressured political outcomes and questions the jury’s motives while detailing a telephone conversation from August 11 1979 and his subsequent appearances before the panel.
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Star
the Star
Michele DeBari
Frederick County
Grand Jury
DeBari
Republican Party
The
Susan Mote
Mote
Winchester
Republican Committee
Bothepublicans
Commissioner of Revenue
Lee DeBari
Clarke County race and area news wrap in weekly Clarke Compass
The Clarke Compass feature reviews Appalachian Trail rerouting. Frederick County Board of Supervisors tabled several matters due to two members being absent. A Clarke County seats and candidates wrap accompanies Area News.
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Clarke County
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