Rally Round Robinson with Gov Godwin set for Friday
Virginia Governor Mills Godwin will speak at the Rally Round Robinson in Winchester to back Rep. J Kenneth Robinson for reelection. The event at the War Memorial Building includes a free barbecue, music, and remarks by local officials. Earlier Friday Robinson meets with citizens at the Winchester Post Office and speaks at James Wood High School and Lord Fairfax Community College.
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Robinson
Winchester Post Office
James Wood High School
Lord Fairfax Community College
Middletown
WFFV
Gov. Godwin
Rep. Robinson
Handley High School
Nixon Undergoes Surgery To Stop Leg Clot Travel
Former President Richard Nixon had an hour long operation at Memorial Hospital Medical Center of Long Beach to place a permanent clip on a leg vein to halt a blood clot that threatened to travel to his heart or lungs. Doctors called his condition stable and said he should remain hospitalized about a week, then four to six weeks of home recovery.
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Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eldon Hickman
Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Hickman
Pat
John C. Lungren
Julie
Tricia
Lungren
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Supreme Court agrees to hear first death sentence case since 1972
The high court will hear a North Carolina appeal challenging a death sentence for murder. The case could limit impact to North Carolina or affect the death penalty nationwide, depending on the ruling. The 1972 decision ruled jury discretion in capital cases unconstitutional, prompting state reforms and numerous death sentences nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
North Carolina
North Carolina Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Sandy and Cole decline bid for chairmanship at large
Frederick County Board of Supervisors leaders Raymond C. Sandy and Dennis Cole said they will not seek the chairmanship at large under the current referendum. The pair discussed the proposed shift to one supervisor per district with a chairman elected by all voters. Sandy opposes the change while Cole supports redistricting if needed for a larger board. Local districts Opequon and Stonewall are represented by Sandy and Cole respectively.
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Frederick
Cole
John Pickeral
Sandy
Stonewall
Clearbrook
Brucetown
Opequon
Middletown
Stephens City
Donald Hodgson
Robert Russell
Richard Madigan
Convicts Hold Hostages in Scheveningen Prison Chapel
Four armed prisoners at Scheveningen penitentiary continue to hold 16 hostages including a priest and guards. They released the last of four children and a couple, while negotiations and a prisoner’s walkie talkie talks show tension. Palestinian hijacker Adnan Ahmad Nuri threatens to kill unless allied with another convict, Sami Tamimah, who resists entry.
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Scheveningen
Hague
Netherlands
Adnan Ahmad Nuri
Guusse de Nie
Justice Ministry
Nuri
Sami Houssin Tamimah
Tamimah
Ford defends economic programs amid sharp indicators
President Ford defended current economic programs as sound and open to suggestions to combat inflation and recession. In a White House press center briefing he acknowledged ongoing problems despite the leading indicators showing the steepest one month drop in 23 years.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Decline in Most Areas of Virginia Economy
The College of William and Mary Bureau of Business Research reports September declines across Virginia’s economy led by a 60 percent drop in building permits from 1973. Through the first three quarters permits are down 25.8 percent, with inflation, high construction costs and tight mortgage money blamed. Bank debits rose 11.7 percent, while new car registrations remained healthier despite September declines.
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Williamsburg
Virginia
College of William & Mary’s
Bureau of Business Research
Kissinger Declares U S End of Cold War Nonalignment Opposition
Secretary Kissinger says the United States now accepts nonalignment and aims for a world of independent states. He cited India's Jawaharlal Nehru as an influence and noted closer talks with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Foreign Minister Y B Chavan. Ford may visit India, though no date is set.
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India
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
America
Soviet Union
Kssinger
Indian Council of Foreign Affairs
Kissinger
Washington
Jawaharlal Nehru
Indira Gandhi
Y.B. Chavan
U.S
Daniel P. Moynihan
Ford
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John Sawhill
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Andrew E. Gibson
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New Energy Research and Development Agency
Bill Anders
New
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Dixy Lee Ray
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