Minister Persuades Veteran to Surrender
A Florida minister helped Marine vet Robert Knuck Jr surrender after taking his sister and her son hostage following a shooting at a relative’s home. Knuck released the woman and child, handed over a rifle, and surrendered as police surrounded the scene. an officer was shot during the incident and was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Miami Springs
Fla
Amor Steffen
Robert Knuck Jr
Knuck
Donna
William Keller
Elsie Eaton
Tampa
Steffen
Circuit Court
Francis X. Knuck
Gene Duffy
Robert Knuck
Miramar
Middle East 'a powder keg' says freed American colonel
Col. Ernest R. Morgan, 43, describes the Middle East as a powder keg and discusses his abduction by Lebanese terrorists last June near Beirut. He recalls captors misidentifying him as a CIA figure, his life as a hostage, and his eventual release after ransom demands were met. Morgan defended US policy against paying ransom and spoke at Virginia State College.
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Middle East
Petersburg
Ernest R. Morgan
Mideast
Morgan
Christiansburg
Virginia State Bar
William T. Winder
Winder
Virginia
9Th District Committee of the
State Bar
Montgomery County
County Board of Supervisors
U. S
Virginia State College
Virginia State
Virginia utility skepticism meets proposed rate laws
Virginia Electric and Power Co president T Justin Moore Jr questions chances of lower electricity prices from a legislative subcommittee interim report. The panel urged changes to the fuel adjustment clause and mandatory SCC approvals for new projects and fuel contracts to curb rising costs.
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Virginia Electric & Power Co
T. Justin Moore Jr
Moore
Virginia
General Assembly
Peter K. Babalas
Norfolk
Vepco
Babalas
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Dalton Attacks Buddy System in Virginia Politics
Virginia Lt. Gov. John Dalton criticizes Democratic control of judicial selections and the State Corporation Commission as the party rules with a “buddy system.” He speaks at a GOP event in Newport News while urging reform of the selection process. In Texas, John Connally urges cautious media coverage of national issues amid big business concerns. Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo, discharged from hospital after a hip injury, campaigns for a second term at a high-dollar Democratic fundraiser.
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Newport News
Virginia
John Dalton
General Assembly
Dalton
State Corporation Commission
John Warley
House of Delegates
Judicial
SCC
Democratic Party
Houston
John Connally
Texas Association of Broadcasters
U.S. Treasury
California
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Rizzo
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Nassau, Bahamas
Ali
Progressive Liberal Party
Elisha Obed
OLD Dominion Kitchen & Bath Supply
S. Loudoun St
Ronald Knuck
Pam Halstead
Ronald
Beirut
Pakistan
Turkey
Palestine Liberation Group
General Command
Central Intelligence Agency
Bar
Associated Press
J. Harry Michael
Charlottesville
West General Electric
Price
Iteory
E. Boscawen St
Winchester
Baker Lane
Rad
Weems Lane
Our
Bryarly & Louthan Inc
Insuran
Connally
Mayor Rizzo
Harry II
NGS
Armstrong
NORT
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