New Coal Derived Subsidies Included In Energy Proposal
President Carter pledges a major energy package with subsidies for coal derived fuels and expedited pipelines, stressing production over conservation. Leaders report a White House meeting focused on coal subsidies and speedier Alaska-to-continent pipelines, amid oil market tensions and windfall taxes.
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Carter
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U.S
White House
House
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O'Neill Carter
O'Neill
United States
Jim Wright
Texas
Wright
Alaska
Marijuana Laden Plane Crashes In Charleston
A DC4 cargo plane loaded with about 10 tons of marijuana valued at eight million dollars crashed at Kanawha County Airport near Charleston. Authorities say the aircraft, registered in Nicaragua, may have been stolen, and eight men were arrested on federal drug distribution charges. The crash occurred shortly before 1 a.m. on a hill at the runway end. cause is undetermined.
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W.va
Kanawha County
Nicaragua
U. S
Wayne Rich Jr
Rich
Michael P Flanagan
Boca Raton
Fla
Gregory L. McCafferty
Henry Witthohn
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Shirland Kemp
New York
ANBFN
Kemp
Witthohn
U.S. District Court
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Randolph James
Southern County Illegalities Rise in WV Coal Fraud Probes
FBI Huntington office increases staff from four to ten as investigators probe a nationwide coal fraud scheme centered in West Virginia. The probe involves fake mine reports, forged leases, bank false statements, coal salting, and misrepresented shipments, with several indictments and convictions already secured. The work is coordinated with U S Attorney in Charleston and a senior FBI official.
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Charleston
Francis Will
Knott
U.S
Robert King
Wizard of Oz star Jack Haley dies at 79 at UCLA
Jack Haley, famed for his Tin Woodman role in The Wizard of Oz, died Wednesday at UCLA Medical Center after a heart attack. He was 79, having entered hospital last Saturday after the heart attack and never recovered. Haley, a vaudeville and Broadway veteran and film star, was born in Boston on August 10, 1899.
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Tin Woodman
Ucla Medical Center
Bonnie Whitham
Haley
Boston
Malpractice Verdict Favors Plaintiff in Mercer County Case
An Oakvale man, Robert Carl Brown, won 600000 in a medical malpractice suit against Dr. Steve J. Misak and Bluefield Community Hospital now operated by Hospital Corporation of America. A 124 member jury deliberated over about an hour before delivering the verdict to Judge Howard M. Jarrett.
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Oakvale
Steve J. Misak
Bluefield Building Commission
Bluefield Community Hospital
Howard M. Jarrett
Robert Carl Brown
Mercer County
West Virginia
Brown
Bluefield
American Medicorp
Humana, Inc
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Fred Blue
Robert Coulling
Misak
David Burton
Princeton
Carl E. McAfee
Hugh P. Cline
Norton, Va
FAA grounding DC-10 fleet after safety probe
The FAA suspended the DC-10 certificate and barred all foreign operated DC-10s from U S airspace amid design defect concerns. All 138 jets tied to U S carriers were grounded while McDonnell Douglas proves safety, following the May 25 Chicago crash that killed 275.
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Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
FAA
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Chicago
American Airlines
Weather and incidents mix across calm and crisis day
Thursday brings partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and warm high temperatures in the 80s. Nights and Friday turn humid with more storms likely. Separate reports note two D C policemen killed in a helicopter crash, a West Point cadet class commissioned, Virginia military construction funding, a Norfolk shooting victim, water on Mars claim, and layoff reductions at Smith's Transfer in Charleston and Barbour County schools closure due to fire hazard.
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Mars
University of Massachusetts
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Barbour County
Edward Lutf
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