Oil Slick Drifts Toward Cape Hatteras After Ship Collision
The 5 mile oil slick from the Republica de Colombia and Trans Hawaii collision drifts northeast toward Cape Hatteras National Seashore while Coast Guard tugs seek to separate the ships. One missing crewman is presumed dead. 4 injured were evacuated to a hospital in Elizabeth City.
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Portsmouth
Coast Guard
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Atlantic
Republica de Colombia
Trans-Hawaii
Elizabeth City
N. C
Cape Hatteras
Hatteras
New York
Colombia
Quang Tri Recaptured By S Viets
South Vietnamese forces retook Quang Tri City ending North Vietnam's occupation of the provincial capital. Marines controlled the Citadel at 5 p.m. as fighting continued near the province headquarters. Typhoon Flossie disrupted air support while US B52s conducted multiple strikes around the area.
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Saigon
Quang Tri
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
de Viet
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Tien Phuoc
da Nang
Survey Finds Water and Sewer Top Frederick County Problem
Frederick County residents in a March survey by the Co-Operative Extension Service named water and sewer disposal systems as the leading issue. Planned growth and higher taxes followed, with discussions of a county wide plan and possible future community meetings.
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Frederick County
John T. Wolfe
House Approves Largest Defense Bill Since World War II
The House passed a 74.6 billion dollar defense bill 322 to 40, sending it to the Senate, and rejected a 208 to 160 amendment to cut off war funding. Debate also rejected a measure to end KP duty in four months, aiming to maintain an all-volunteer force by next June.
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Washington
House
Senate
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Joseph P. Addabbo
Dn.y
House Armed Services Committee
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Addabbo
U.S
Indochina
Hanoi
Appropriations Committee
Kingsdown Plant to Locate in Winchester Facility
Kingsdown, Inc. of Mebane North Carolina, a leading bedding producer, announced through the Division of Industrial Development that a new 40 000 square foot manufacturing facility will be built in Winchester's Stine Industrial Park on a five acre site. Groundbreaking is planned soon and production is expected to start around year’s end. The plant will employ about 35 workers plus office staff.
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Kingsdown, Inc
Mebane N.C
New York
Atlanta
Division of
Industrial Development
Winchester
George Ratterman
Kingsdown
Stine
McGovern Urges End to Wage Price Controls Policy
George McGovern proposed ending Nixon wage price controls and replacing them with voluntary guidelines and a presidential anti violation board. He urged Nixon to campaign publicly and criticized current inflationary policies while backing a shift from military to civilian spending to spur employment. Kennedy and McGovern spoke in New York and Connecticut attacking Nixon as Klein called McGovern’s tactics desperate.
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Portland
Maine
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
Amended Arms Pact Approved by Senate in SALT Vote
The Senate advanced a five year U S Soviet arms accord after an 88 to 2 vote sending the amended resolution to a House conference. The Jackson equality amendment seeks parity in intercontinental weapons and may survive the conference on a future treaty.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Soviet Union
Nixon
Moscow
U.S
Henry M. Jackson
Senate House
Jackson
White House
Trucker fined and jailed for high speed chase in Williamsburg
A tractor trailer driver, Joan Burley Jeffries Jr., 26, was fined 1250 and sentenced to 33 months in jail after a Richmond to Williamsburg chase August 19. He lost his license for 4 1/2 years and faced charges including hit and run with property damage and assault.
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Williamsburg
Richmond
Joan Burley Jeffries, Jr
Donald R. Taylor
Williamsburg - James City
Jeffries
Taylor
Thurston Motor Lines Inc
Henrico County
Golden Horseshoe
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Miguel Antonio Darrago
Brian Herbert Sandford
Cristchurch Cathedral
Cristchurch
New Zealand
S. Viets
Wolfe
County Board of Supervisors
Crief
Melenie Babb
C.E. Babb
Valley Ave
Channel 4
My Son
Hawaii
Melenie
Robert M. Babb, Jr
Handley High School
George Snider, Jr
Cynthia Higgs Goode
Bonnie Billmyer
Linda Matera
Charlie Sims
Theodore Duffy
Carolyn Wolfe Maccubbin
Waterbury
Herb Klein
New York City
Kennedy
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