Weather shifts to cooler end of week in West Virginia
West Virginia faces showers and thunderstorms ending from the west today with cooler highs in the 50s. Tonight clears and cools to upper 20s to low 30s, then sunny with mid 50s to mid 60s Tuesday. Occasional rain ends today with highs mainly in the 60s. Partly cloudy tonight with upper 30s to low 40s. Tuesday will be fair but cooler, highs in the 60s. Astronauts plan a six week test aboard the space shuttle Columbia starting Monday, with a tentative November maiden launch date viewed as unlikely by officials. Cambodian forces loyal to Pol Pot clash with rivals along the Thai-C Cambodian border, claiming Poipet is back under their control. Ugandan secret police killed four journalists shot while attempting to enter Uganda. Pan American World Airways and its flight attendants union reached a tentative labor agreement ending a brief Europe flight disruption. Condemned killer Joan Louis Evans, who escaped death last week, seeks appeal on constitutional grounds.
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Tanzanian Forces Face Ugandan Resistance Near Kampala
Tanzanian troops pounding southern approaches to Kampala met unexpected Ugandan resistance from fresh troops, exile sources say, as heavy shelling shook Old Kampala and Mengo Hills. About 7,000 invaders linger near the city outskirts while commanders probe for traps before a final assault.
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Kampala
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Libya
Saa
Eolas
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Uganda
Entebbe
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Not A Hero By Maryanne Stevens
Rick Compton recalls the dynamite truck blast with memory gaps as bystanders describe a veteran-like response. He stopped the truck, alerted neighbors, and helped evacuate as the fire spread, receiving thanks from residents and a governor’s note. Cleanup continued with Keystone and Region One officials coordinating insurance support for over 150 affected homes.
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Maryanne Stevens
Daily Telegraph
Rick Compton
Compton
Keystone
Mosel Perdue
Perdue
Aetna Insurance
Austin Powder Co
Last rites for Three Mile Island. Harrisburg vigil and shutdown efforts continue
Demonstrators held up signs on the Capitol steps demanding burial of the crippled Three Mile Island plant while engineers at the site pursued a cold shutdown, a process officials say may take five more days. The piece notes protests from Three Mile Alert and the broader national attention, as well as potential rate impacts and ongoing NRC credibility questions.
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William Vastine
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Mel Ed
Vastine
Germany
Gas prices may top $1 a gallon by late 1981 says Schlesinger
Washington AP report says Energy Secretary James Schlesinger warned gasoline prices could reach or exceed $1 a gallon by late 1981 as decontrol of domestic oil prices proceeds. Senator Henry Jackson echoed concerns while oil industry official Charles DiBona pledged revenues from decontrol would fund new U.S. oil production.
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ABC
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Henry) Jackson
Congress
Powerless Man Builds Self Sufficient Home In West Virginia
Tom DeCesar, a 28 year old part time carpenter from Philadelphia, lives in a dilapidated wooden shack on Hix Route in Hinton West Virginia. He seeks total energy independence by powering his home with a window solar cell and a giant rechargeable battery, living without electricity from Vepco. He plans to keep underground power lines and manage with radio lights and perhaps a refrigerator. He owns land he hopes to turn into a ranch and lives with a dog a cat and one horse.
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Daily Telegraph
Tom DeCesar
Hinton
Vepco
West Virginia
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Mountain
Millersville College
Philadelpia
Highway Commission
Hix Road
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