Parades honor freed hostages in New York celebration
New York welcomed home former hostages with a ticker tape parade estimated at over two million people. Mayor Koch and Police Commissioner McGuire praised the crowd as exuberant while marking end of the dramatic homecoming under clear winter skies.
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New York
Robert McGuire
Edward Koch
McGuire
Manhattan
Canyon of Heroes
Broadway
the Battery
City Hall
Kathryn Koob
Fairfax
New York City
Koch
Moorhead Kennedy Jr
Bronx
Battery
Barry Rosen
Iran
Polish Union Reports Saturday Work Pact Amid Unrest
Premier Jozef Pinkowski and labor leaders signaled a tentative five day work week agreement aimed at ending wildcat strikes in Poland. The talks also covered censorship and farmers union rights as the government warned strikers of prison terms up to ten years. Lech Walesa of Solidarity framed the talks as a unified package and noted strikes had ceased.
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Warsaw
Poland
Jozef Pinkowski
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Independent Labor Movement
Pinkowski
Farmers’ Union
Lech Walesa
Solidarity
Pricing Shake Ties To Oil Deregulation Sparks Local Hike
Charleston service station owner Dave Hall raised all grades of gasoline to 1.99 a gallon after President Reagan deregulated oil prices. He says it may draw customers or drive them away while noting prehike price was 1.40 a gallon and reporting early daily sales of 856 gallons. Local reactions include a limousine fill at 31 dollars and uncertainty over duration of higher prices.
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Charleston
W.va
Reagan
Dave Hall
Hall
Exxon
Mercer Men Charged In holding against will
Two Princeton men faced charges connected to the alleged Thursday holding against will of a member of The Way religion. Rodney Blake Conner and Phillip Howell Bevins posted $1,000 bond and were released after arraignment before Oak Hill Magistrate Thomas Aiello. A preliminary hearing is not yet scheduled. Bill Lynn said the victim was unharmed and staying in West Virginia.
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Gauley Bridge
Princeton
Rodney Blake Conner
Phillip Howell Bevins
Douglas A. Wilson
Emporia
Kaw
Wilson
Fayette County
Paul Blake
Bevins
Bill Owens Jr
Beckley
Conner
William Martin Lewis
Dublin
Blake
Birmingham
Mich
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Thomas Aiello
Bill Lynn
Charleston
The
Way
Ken Conner
Kenneth Conner Jr
Bluefield snow crew keeps sidewalks clear and men stay active
City employee Kenneth Hurt clears snow on Bluefield sidewalks while FAA forecasts sunny today and cloudy tonight as highs in the mid 30s. In a separate shot, Dick Mitchem and Charlie Flynn of St. Luke's Hospital jog year round despite the cold, wearing extra layers and staying fit through winter.
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Kenneth Hurt
Bluefield
Hurt
Hudson Street
FAA
Dick Mitchem
Charlie Flynn
St. Luke's Hospital
Key Economic Indicator Dips amid Foreseen Slump
Washington AP reports a 0.8 percent December drop in the Index of Leading Indicators, signaling a slowdown in growth after a robust late 1970s. Productivity fell 1.9 percent in Q4, with annual decline for the third year, while single family home sales slid 25 percent in 1980.
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Washington
Commerce Department
William Cox
Cox
Labor Department
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Byron Ballenger
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Mike Poster
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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