Vandals damage Montcalm High School in break-in
Montcalm High School suffered about 20000 dollars in damage after vandals smashed a back door window and disabled the alarm. A VCR camera and seven tape recorders were stolen as police pursued suspects but made no arrests. Principal Gene Lee urged fencing and a security guard while noting repeated break-ins this year.
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Montcalm
Montcalm High School
John Rapp
Princeton
Gene Lee
Lee
Vote fraud charged as election workers walk out
Manila AP report says thirty computer operators quit the government election commission alleging falsified tallies in the Marcos Aquino vote. An observer group accuses Marcos partisans of vote buying and ballot tampering amid competing tallies as Namfrel shows Aquino leading.
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Manila
Philippines
Election Commission
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Corazon Aquino
Marcos
National Movement For Free Elections
Namfrel
Aquino
Casino gambling dead as House leaders say no push
Charleston AP report says casino gambling is effectively dead this year due to no push from Governor Arch Moore. House Speaker Jaspeh Albright cites lack of gubernatorial effort. committee chairman Jim Humphreys pulled a constitutional amendment from the agenda after mail opposed it 20 to 1. Moore says he did State of the State address but offered no backing for the measure.
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Charleston
House
Jaspeh Albright
House Constitional Revision Committee
Jim Humphreys
D-Kanawha
Albright
Arch Moore
Moore
Casino
Helicopter Attends Alberta Train Collision Cleanup
A helicopter dumps water on the scorched wreckage of a head on train crash near Hinton Alberta as firefighters survey debris. Officials say cleanup could take a week and that the scene includes a passenger and a freight train involved in the collision.
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Hinton
Alberta
West Virginia officials project upbeat economy outlook
Monday brings cloudy skies with late snow in the afternoon. High near 32, low 22 with 3 to 6 inches of snow expected by Tuesday afternoon. Weather A-10 notes a generally optimistic tone at public speaking events despite occasional caution about economic prospects.
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West Virginia
Virginia House OKs conflict of interest voting revision
The Virginia House of Delegates approved a conflict of interest voting revision 95 to 5 to clarify when officials should not vote. It lowers the maximum penalty to 500 dollars for voting on matters with a conflict, preserves bribery penalties, and allows debate with disclosed interests. A December 1984 Supreme Court decision spurred the rewrite.
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House of Delegates
Virginia Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Virginia
Starting over after head injury changes life in McDowell County
Ricky Whalford, 27, survived a Jeep crash on March 25, 1984 near Welch, was comatose for two weeks, and faced severe language and mobility loss. After hospitalization in Charleston, he moved to Lewis Bay in Massachusetts for full rehabilitation. Two years later he requires ongoing speech therapy at Bluefield Community Hospital. The Wholfords praise improved head injury treatment and support the New Medico Head Injury System.
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Virginia Avenue
Welch
Premier
McDowell County
Wholford
West Virginia
Lewis Bay
Massachusetts
Ricky
Bluefield Community Hospital
Medico
West Virginia right to work issue tied to Mack move
West Virginia faces debate over a right to work law after Mack Truck chose South Carolina for a new plant. Officials disagree on necessity, with Lysander Dudley arguing it aids economic development, while Gov. Arch Moore dismisses the topic as political dialogue amid ongoing Mack coverage in Mercer County.
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Mack Truck Co
Mercer County
Mack Truck
South Carolina
Charleston
Mack
Lysander Dudley
Governor's Office of Economic Development
Senate Committee On Economic Development
Dudley
Arch Moore
Moore
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