Sludge Pond Collapse Feared As Cleanup Proceeds
Investigators from MHSA inspected the washed out Eastover No 3 impoundment in Ages Hollow Kentucky as bulldozers, end-loaders and trucks clear millions of tons of coal waste. About 50 of 100 evacuees have returned. a funeral was held for Nellie Woolum, 65. Officials question what caused the collapse while eastover engineers assess site and records, with no clear timeline for a final report.
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Ages
Kentucky
Ages Hollow
Tom Mark
U.S. Mine Health and Safety Administration
Barbourville
Eastover Mining Co
Mark
Harlan County
Ray Venable
Nellie Woolum
Harlan
Sam Alloway
Eastover
Bill Collett
Collett
Brookside
Norman Yarbrough
Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner announce separation
The long rumored split becomes official as Elizabeth Taylor and Sen. John Warner disclose their plan to seek a legal separation after five years of marriage. spokeswoman Chen Sam notes no bitterness, divorce not immediately planned, and cites past marriages as context.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Sen
John Warner
Miss Taylor
Chen Sam
Sam
Virginia Republcan
Taylor
Irene Ford
Warner
Richmond
Warners
National Enquirer
Pittsburgh
Catherine Mellon
U.S
Virginia
WV highway deaths drop. 1981 total likely 100 below 1980
West Virginia officials report a sharp decline in highway fatalities this year, with 1981 expected to be about 100 fewer than last year’s 541. Officials credit stricter enforcement, the new drunken driving law, coal strike effects, car pooling, and reduced gasoline use.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Gary Hill
West Virginia State Police
Hill
Jack Bennett
Direcor
Governor’s Highway Safety Unit
Yale Celebrated In Prison Christmas At West Virginia Penitentiary
MORGANTOWN AP Inmates at the state penitentiary in Moundsville will have a austere Christmas with caroling decorations and a special dinner but no family visits or large parties. Warden Donald Bordenkircher outlawed gift packages due to past drug smuggling attempts. He noted mass breakouts in 1979 and cited previous wardens’ lax oversight. Christmas dinner includes baked ham mashed potatoes pumpkin pie and seasonal dishes. Drugs have been found in hollowed-out candy bars and other items.
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Morgantown
W.va
State Penitentiary
Donald Bordenkircher
Bordenkircher
Moundsville
Arch Moore
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Country Music Hall of Fame
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Christine Hess
San Jose
Calif
Hess
Stanford Medical Center
Ronald Cohen
Young Adiulla
Alae
Hlands
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Yale
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Visa MasterCard
FiQgs
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Mercer Mall
Bluefield
Logan Midway Plaza
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Dunbar Raleigh Mail
Beckley Crossroads Mall
Beckley
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Princeton
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