Blurred Vision Struggles With TV in Green Spring West Virginia
In Green Spring, Walter Cronkite visits unrecognized and 60 Minutes prompts puzzled stares as residents cope with wavering signals. The tiny community of retirees endures buzzing static and erratic picture, driving to distant towns for news and entertainment while local attempts at community cable face high costs and limited improvement.
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Green Spring
W.va
America
Walter Cronkite
Albert
Camilla Holland
Mrs. Holland
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Hollands
Harrisonburg
Holland
Ray Crevinson
Green Springs
Bunk Carter
Potomac
Oldtown
Move To Coal May Not Be Possible
As many as a third of oil-fired plants slated for coal conversion under a Carter era plan may be uneconomical or unusable. A congressional survey questions the administration list and outlines facilities lacking storage or transport links. Utilities fear forced conversion could lead to retirements, and 31 utilities are affected mostly in the Northeast.
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Charleston
W.va
Federal Energy Department
Congressional
Andy Athy
Athy
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Consolidated Edison
Long Island Light and Power
Energy and Power Subcommittee
Mike Serpe
Nick Joe Rahall
D-W.va
Serpe
Volcano Lava Continues To Ooze From Mount St Helens
A glowing lava dome kept rising in Mount St Helens crater as authorities evacuated 75 year old Ray Jennings and four dogs from a cabin ten miles away amid ash and danger. Death toll reached 22 with 53 missing as ground searches persisted and scientists observed bright spots forming on the dome. Tim Hall of the USGS described the thick glowing rock and renewed activity while reports noted a 1000 foot steam geyser seen near Spirit Lake.
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Vancouver
Wash
Mount St. Helens
Ray Jennings
Tom McDowell
Yacob
McDowell
Jennings
U.S. Forest Service
Tim Hall
U.S. Geological Survey
Hall
Spirit Lake
Shotts Begin Management of Iowa Station
MASON CITY Iowa Iowa Television Inc whose principals are the Shott family of Bluefield West Virginia began operating KIMT TV here at 12 01 a m today The CBS affiliated station in northern Iowa was purchased from Lee Enterprises Inc in a transaction finalized on Friday Sale price was 9 5 million The Shott family publishes the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and operates WHIS AM and WHAJ FM in Bluefield and WBTW in Florence South Carolina The family formerly owned WHIS TV in Bluefield which was sold to Quincy Newspapers of Quincy Illinois last year under a FCC order The sale prompted WVVA in Bluefield The photo captions name John Shott Richard Belkin Ned Shott and Scott Shott
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Mason City
Iowa
Iowa Television Inc
Shott
Bluefield
W.va
Kimt-Tv
Lee Enterprises Inc
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Whis-Am
Whaj-Fm
WBTW
Florence
S.C
Lloyd G. Schermer
Lee Enterprises
North
Whis-Tv
Quincy Newspapers
Quincy
Ill
Federal Communications Commission
WVVA
Billy Graham Index and Bulletin Board Notes
Reading list and reference items including Billy Graham index entries and bulletin board notes across multiple pages. Mentions of church, county news, letters to the editor, and service personnel sections indicate a mixed local newspaper page with various brief items and notices.
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Billy Graham
Bulletin Board
Giles County News
Mercer County Notebook
Monroe County News
Potemn
SOG
Moti Skcee
Mercer County Board of Education
Sunday Warm Humid With Storms Through Monday
Weather forecast from the National Weather Service calls for warm humid conditions with a chance of thunderstorms through Monday and again into Wednesday. Daytime highs will be in the upper 70s to 80s with lows in the mid 50s. The report notes scattered storm chances and a continuation of muggy nights.
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Tne
National Weather Service
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Washington, D.C
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington
Shotts
John Shott
The
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Richard Belkin
Lee
Carl Eichelman
Mason
Ohio
Joe Stiltner
Bland County
McDowell County
Brushfork Armory
Tazewell
Buddy Young
Daily Telegraph
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