Floaters in New York Rivers Mystery of Spring Deaths
The Hudson Harlem and East rivers release drowned bodies as water warms, a yearly macabre New York ritual. Detective Jack Hackett oversees the grisly finds in Manhattan morgue, noting cases by location such as East River Dover Street and East River 108th Street.
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New York
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Hudson
Harlem
East Rivers
San Francisco
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Detroit
Jack Hackett
Hackett
Manhattan
East River
Dover Street
108Th Street
Six Suspects Charged Over Moro Kidnapping and Killing
Rome AP reports the Italian government charged six people with the kidnapping and murder of former Premier Aldo Moro and five bodyguards. The suspects, linked to the Red Brigades, were placed in undisclosed maximum security jails to prevent jailbreaks, following Moro's capture.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Red Brigades
Moro
Italy
Mario Moretti
Enrico Triaca
Teodoro Spadaccini
Giovanni Lugnini
Antonio Marini
Gabriella Mariani
Via Pio
Eduardo di Giovanni
Lugnini
California Tax Cut Drive Dominates Primary Day
Californians vote on Proposition 13 a sweeping anti tax measure led by Howard Jarvis amid opposition from Gov. Brown and labor groups. The initiative would cap property taxes at 1 percent, roll back to 1975 values, and limit annual assessment increases to 2 percent. Bradley seeks Senate via a Democratic primary, facing Leone and others, while Mississippi and Montana primary races feature Finch, Waller, Hatfield, and Baucus among others in tightly watched contests.
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Howard Jarvis
Edmund G. Brown Jr
California
Jarvis
Brown
Evelle Younger
Los Angeles
Ed Davis
Ken Maddy
San Diego
Pete Wilson
Bradley
New York Knickerbocker
U.S Senate
Richard C. Leone
Clifford Case
Case
Senate
Jeffrey Bell
Mississippi
Cliff Finch
William Waller
James O Eastland
Finch
Waller
Charles Sullivan
Maurice Dantin
Thad Cochran
Charles Pickering
Montana
Paul Hatfield
Lee Metcalf
Max Baucus
Baucus
Larry Williams
Bill Osborne
Arson Case At Princeton School Will Be Tried In Williamson
A 13 year old PJHS seventh grader charged with delinquency in connection with the December 15 1977 arson at Princeton Junior High faces trial in Williamson after a change of venue was granted. The hearing delayed until October sets the trial at the Mingo County Courthouse. Attorneys for the youth and prosecutors presented arguments on venue and publicity.
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Daily Telegraph
Mingo County
Princeton
Robert J. Stoker
Williamson
Princeton Junior High
PJHS
William Akers
Charleston
Rudolph DiTrapano
Larry Ellis
Mercer County
Charles Smith
Stoker
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
DiTrapano
Smith
Quality Control, Concrete Flaws Tied to Willow Island Collapse
The Charleston Daily Mail reports that weak quality control and partially cured concrete may be cited as factors in the April 27 Willow Island power plant scaffolding collapse that killed 51. Other reported factors include speed oriented work methods, a foreign patented scaffold, and builder inattention. The OSHA report, headed by Dr. Eula Bingham, is due this week.
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Charleston
W.va
Willow Island
Charleston Daily Mail
The
Daily Mail
Washington
Eula Bingham
Labor Department
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Pleasants
Research-Cottrell, Inc
Bound Brook
HUD Okays Bluefield Bid For CD Grant Funds
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a 645000 Community Development Block Grant for Bluefield to support home rehabilitation downtown redevelopment paving sidewalk drainage fire hydrant installation neighborhood revitalization recreation historic preservation beautification and planning. Year IV funds total 159000 for downtown redevelopment 90000 for street paving 30000 for sidewalks and drainage and 100000 for a neighborhood program with other allocations. Projects begin mainly in spring next year with environmental reviews and paperwork delaying large work until then.
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Daily Telegraph Stett
Bluefield
U.S
Gerwig
Roanoke Street
Ramsey and
Bland Streets
Region One Planning and Development Council
Princeton
Federal State Relations Office
Charleston
HUD
Chamber Forms Committee to Review Piedmont Scheduling
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce forms a new air transportation committee led by Jeff Norconk to study Piedmont Airlines scheduling and connections at Mercer County Airport, with plans to propose improvements to Piedmont and, if needed, to the CAB. The panel will also assess Aeromech and Appalachian Airlines service and broader airport options while focusing on restoring better same day connections and reducing layovers.
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Daily Telegraph
Greater Bluefield
McKenzie
Aeromech
Appalachian Airlines
Piedmont
Piedmont Airlines
Jeff Norconk
The
Bluefield Automobile
Scott Shott
Norconk
Roanoke
Tri-Cities
Bristol
Mercer County
West
Chamber
Mercer
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Barbara Hawkins
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N.J
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OSHA
Justice Department
Meredith Robb
Robert Mollohan
D-W.va
Montoya
Joseph Montoya
D-N.m
Georgetown University Medical Center
By Jim Terry
Atlanta
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