Welch Water Rate Hiked 20 Percent
Welch city council approved a 20 percent water rate increase for all Welch Water Department customers effective mid August unless the Public Service Commission blocks it. Outside-city customers face a 25 percent surcharge. North Welch hooks pay $100. A PSC hearing will later allow public comment.
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Daily Telegraph
WELCH
City of Welch Water Department
Public Service Commission
Jim Blair
Blair
Water Board
City of
Harry Harman
North
North Welch
Harman
Bobby Lewis
Lewis
Water Department
Indicted for Coal Threats Tied to Ray-Mac Shutdown
Twenty people were indicted in Pikeville for conspiring to use force and threats to force Ray-Mac Coal Co. to cease mining on John Hall Branch in Floyd County. The indictment cites gunfire, a blown auger, and a burned tipple in February 1982. Edgar Jones of Prestonsburg led meetings urging picket lines and armed miners to halt Ray-Mac operations.
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Pikeville
Phil Tucker
Ray-Mac Coal Co
Ray-Mac
John Hall
Floyd County
U.S
Tom Self
Lexington
Edgar Jones
Prestonsburg
JRM Coal Co
JRM
Jones
United Mine Workers Union
Bryan Coal Co
Calamity Coal Co
A&a Coal Co
Dye Coal Co
UMW
Ways To Reduce Effect Of Contaminants Suggested
WVU extension expert Dr Robert Anderson outlined steps to lessen contaminants in Havaco water at a Havaco Improvement and Community Action meeting. He noted common minerals, advised residents to boil water for expectant mothers and infants, and urged aerator use and chlorine awareness.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Havaco
Robert Anderson
West Virginia University
Havaco Improvement and Community Action Committee
Anderson
McDowell County
Havace
Dr. Anderson
Health Department
County Health Department
Charleston
McDowell County Public Library
Wilbur Dye
Fateful Air Canada pilots recount nightmare landing
Montreal AP report cites Captain Donald Cameron and First Officer Claude Ouimet describing a doomed flight with failed instruments and cockpit smoke. They spoke after reaching Greater Cincinnati Airport during the Dallas to Toronto DC-9 disaster that killed 23 and left 23 survivors, including the five crew members.
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Montreal
Air Canada
Cincinnati
Dallas
Toronto
Claude Ouimet
Donald Cameron
Ouimet
Cameron
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