Appalachian Power seeks $14.3 million emergency rate rise in Virginia
APCo asked the Virginia SCC for a $14.3 million emergency rate hike, arguing temporary relief is needed as its finances deteriorate. Senators urged denial for full hearings later, noting past rural electrification benefits and potential cross-state refunds. Residential bills could rise about $1.77 to $2.22 monthly depending on usage.
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Apco
Virginia
Richmond
Appalachian Power Co
State Corporation Commission
SCC
John W. Vaughan
Commission
Vaughan
Madison E. Marye
Shawsville
Virgil Goode Jr
Rocky Mount
West Virginia
Goode
Carter Becomes Demo Nominee
Jimmy Carter swept to the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination at the convention in New York, with Ohio's 132 delegates propelling him to 1,559 votes. He rose from an unknown to a nationally backed outsider who challenged party power as he awaited naming a vice presidential pick.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
Ohio
Carter
Americana
Madison Square Garden
U N Stalemated On Israeli Raid and Hijacking
The U N Security Council failed to condemn either Israel or hijacking over Israel’s July rescue of hostages in Uganda. A U S Britain draft to condemn hijackers failed with six yes votes, two abstentions, seven nonparticipants. An African draft condemning the raid also failed, blocked by an American veto, while debates centered on alleged Israeli sovereignty violations. The incident involved Israeli commandos freeing more than 100 Air France passengers diverted to Uganda by hijackers.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Uganda
Council
Air France
United States
Britain
Entebbe
U.S
William W. Scranton
Scotia Recovery Teams Stalled by Concrete Seal
In Kentucky, three rescue teams began efforts to reach 11 miners entombed in Scotia Coal Co No 1 mine since March. A four foot concrete seal 300 feet inside the mouth halted progress. officials expect at least 60 days to reach the bodies. The operation will continue round the clock.
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Strat Dou TH
Oven Fork
Scotia Coal Co
Jack Crawford
Federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Crawford
MESA
Rescue effort storms mine as families demand truth
The Mes a coal collapse rescue entered its second day with five teams inside the mine. Officials reported air readings of four to seven percent oxygen and forty percent plus methane as families mourned and demanded clearer handling of the incident.
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Loretta Barker
Mesa
Crawford
Kenneth Owens
Resue
Syrians Begin Sidon Pullback
Syrian troops and tanks started pulling back from hills above Sidon as talks with Palestinian guerrillas appear to loom. Jalloud met in Beirut with a proposal for a high level Palestinian-Syrian session while Arafat may travel to Damascus for reconciliation efforts.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Sidon
Syria
Abdul Salam Jalloud
Arab League
Cairo
Beirut Radio
Yasir Arafat
Damascus
Court Postpones Review of Contempt Fine Against UMW
An appeals court postponed examining a $736,000 contempt fine against the United Mine Workers Union until the Carbon Fuel Company main suit is decided. The Fourth Circuit noted the appeal is premature and tied to ongoing West Virginia mining stoppages from 1968 to 1973.
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United Mine Workers Union
District Court
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Abingdon
Carbon Fuel
U. S
Carbon
West Virginia
Union
Charleston
UMW
District 17
UMW International
Longtime District 10 Engineer Schulte Dies at 47
Harry F. Schulte Jr. district engineer for West Virginia Department of Highways District 10 in Princeton died after an apparent heart attack while attending a Concord He Men outing in Glenwood Park. He was 47, survived by his wife Betty Lane and two sons. He served with the department since 1958 and had prior posts in Charleston Parkersburg Huntington. Funeral plans include a 11 a.m. Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church Princeton with entombment at Monte Vista Park Mausoleum.
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Harry Schulte
District 10
State Department of Highways
Schulte
Princeton
Glenwood Park
Concord
Princeton Community Hospital
Harry Francis Schulte Jr
Parkersburg
Harry F
Hazel Musette Kaufman Schulte
Parkersburg High School
West Virginia University
West Virginia Department of Highways
Kaiser Construction Company
Department of Highways
Charleston
Huntington
U. S. Army
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Princeton Elks Lodge
Tanglewood
Hillcrest Addition
Betty Lane Schulte
David Alan Schulte
Green Valley
Michael Jay Schulte
JoAnne Schulte
Burl
Janice) Schulte Balderson
Leonard Sudlik
Monte Vista Park
Dominic Luciano
Jim Posey
Bill Lunstrom
Harv Holifield
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Glenn Barker
Kenneth Kiser
Barker
Shirley
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Panama
China
Soviet Union
Tanzania
Benin
Guyana
Libya
Pakistan
Salim A. Salim
Security Council
Idi Amin
Amin
Hitler
Organization of African Unity
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
John Glenn
Frank Church
Idaho
Adlai FE. Stevenson III
Illinois
Henry M. Jackson
Billy Graham
Abby
Dixon
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Smart Shop
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Palestine Guerrilla Command
Jezzin
Jalloud
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