Tug Valley Dissidents End Work Stoppage After Meeting
About 125 Tug Valley residents from a citizen action group halted the work stoppage at a Williamson Presbyterian church. They planned another meeting to seek new relief measures, with White House contact indicating the protest was not officially coordinated. The group seeks flood relief aid including 15 000 for homeowners and 25 000 for merchants, plus lower SBA loan rates.
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Frank P. Jarrell
Daily Telegraph
Tug Valley
Williamson
Seth Stoker
White House
Joyce Stark
Staker
Citizens’ Committee
Stark
Midge Costanza
FDAA Defends Williamson Flood Relief Efforts
A Federal Disaster Assistance Administration spokesman said relief work at the Tug Valley Recovery Center in Williamson is moving at maximum speed given West Virginia terrain. He noted nearly 200 HUD employees in the field, replacements for absences, and reports that residents feel helped by relief centers and the federal presence. FDAA will continue supervision to ensure no one is left uncared-for.
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Daily Telegraph
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Tug Valley
Williamson
Hank Selib
FDAA
West Virginia
Selib
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Bluefield Man Dies In Single Vehicle Crash
State police investigate a fatal single vehicle wreck that killed Bobby Ray Nester, 30, of Bluefield. The 1975 GMC van lost control two miles outside Bluewell on Route 52, hitting a tree near Pinacle Mountain by Pinacle Rock State Park. No passengers were present. witnesses say he was alive on impact.
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Daily Telegraph Star
Princeton
Bluefield
Bobby Ray Nester
Rt. 4
McDowell County
Welch
McDowell State
Mercer County
Bramwell
Pinacle Mountain
Pinacle Rock State Park
Nester
U. S
Bill Cundiff
Pinnacle Rock
Rt. 52
Carter seeks nine percent ceiling on hospital bill increases
President Carter asks Congress to cap hospital cost growth, aiming to save about 2 billion in the first year and 9.5 billion in 1980. The plan would limit annual hospital bill increases to nine percent, with possible loopholes lifting it to about ten percent.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Capitol Hill
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano, Jr
Blue Cross
U.S
Califano
White House
Health overhaul forms new state Health Department in West Virginia
Gov. Rockefeller signed a four-bill package creating a centralized Health Department to consolidate Health and Mental Health and bring all state health services under one umbrella. The plan includes a need for a director with medical or public health credentials and a formal search committee led by Erik Farag.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jay Rockefeller
House of Delegates
State Department of Health
Departments of Health and Mental Health
Department of Mental Health
Department of Public Institutions
Cere
Mony
State Health Pallning and Development Agency
Health Department
Rockefeller
Erik Farag
Department of Health
N. H. Dyer
Mildred Mitchell Bateman
High Seas Block Attempts To Stop North Sea Oil Spill
In Norway the Bravo rig spill worsened as calm then gale winds hindered capping efforts. 49 000 gallons of crude per hour pour into a 20 mile by 3 mile slick, threatening Ekofisk sea life and Norwegian coastlines.
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Stavanger
Norway
North Sea
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
Okla
Ekofisk
Red
Adair
Houston
Tex
Boots Hansen
Richard Hattenberg
Phillips
Jutland
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Mingo County
Tug
Jim Bartlett
Mingo
Boone
Logan
Wayne
Pike
Martin
Kentucky
Dan Fields
West Virginia Coal Association
Williamson Presbyterian Church
Tug Group
Small Business Administration
Nick Joe Rahall
D-4th
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Coalfield
Rahall
Lafayette
Carroll Conques
HEW
Consumer Price Index
Mountain State
Odell Huffman
D-Mercer
Senate Health Committee
Jack Canfield
Ohanawha
House Government Organization Committee
Jackie'’ Withrow
D-Raleigh
House Health and Welfare Committee
China
Hua Kuo-feng
Mao
Norwegian Metereological Institute
Stroy
Kjetil Folme
Folme
Hansen and
Hattenberg
Tudo
Red Adair Oil Well Fire and Blowout Prevention Co
Britain
Fred Holliday
Opr
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