Spanking Law Stalls WV Educators Amid Paddling Debate
In West Virginia a detailed 1983 spanking law aims to regulate corporal punishment but enforcement remains eager to encumber, with 211 paddlings recorded in Kanawha County during 1983 84 and officials arguing for more cumbersome rules while advocates push for bans.
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West Virginia
Sondra Lucht
Berkeley County
Hyman
Kanawha County
Hayes Jr. High School
St. Albans
Roger Parsons
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American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Ms. Beller
South
Federal Office of Civil Rights
West Virginia Supreme Court
Smith
West Virginia Board of Education
Four Finns released as 19 still held in Lebanon
Gen Antoine Lahd of the South Lebanon Army freed four of the 23 Finnish UNIFIL hostages labeling it a goodwill gesture. He kept 11 SLA captives from Amal and warned no deal while tensions over who holds the Finns and how many remain persisted. Nabih Berri offered to swap if Israel frees Shiite militants and pulls SLA from Beirut area.
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Jerusalem
Antoine Laird
U.N
Lebanon
South Lebanon
South Lebanon Army
Amal
Unifil
Beirut
Berri
Israel
Evidence grows in Mengele case in Sao Paulo
Police questioned a Hungarian immigrant who sheltered Josef Mengele for nearly 18 years, bolstering belief the unearthed body near Sao Paulo may be the Nazi war criminal. Nazi hunter Wiesenthal cited new evidence after West German police traced a grave and possible letters. Mengele, dubbed the Angel of Death for Auschwitz atrocities, is accused of sending many to their deaths.
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Brazil
Josef Mengele
Angel of Death
Romeu Tuma
Gita Stammer
Mengele
Simon Wiesenthal
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Weather Outlook with Warm Temps and Scattered Showers
The forecast calls for warm conditions with 80 to 85 degree highs and a 30 percent risk of late afternoon thunderstorms. Tonight remains partly cloudy with 60 to 65 degree lows and a 30 percent storm chance. Monday brings 85 to 90 degree highs and similar rain chances, then a clearing trend for Tuesday and a fair Wednesday with upper 70s to mid 80s highs.
Woman finally earns high school diploma at 79 in Spokane
Neema Hanrahan waited 63 years after dropping out to sew suspenders and marry. In Spokane she donned cap and gown after signing papers urged by Mike Hilborn at the American Indian Community Center. She now teaches knitting and crocheting, reflecting on a life of hard choices and delayed graduation.
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Neema Hanrahan
Hanrahan
Spokane
Wash
Mike Hilborn
Woodward to meet Hurt in East Tennessee finals title clash
East Tennessee State teammates Brian Woodward and Robert Hurt, both former titlists, advance to the Seventh Annual Daily Telegraph Tennis Championship final. Also noted are Chris Evert Lloyd and Martina Navratilova in the French Open final, Yeager comments on the right place, and a Bluefield Supply merger vote set for July 1 at $20 per share in a $22.16 million deal.
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East Tennessee State
Brian Woodward
Robert Hurt
Daily Telegraph
Aktinn
Caanaasiaana
Lloyd
Navratilova
Chris Evert Lloyd
Martina Navratilova
Bluefield Supply
Massey War in Kentucky West Virginia Strike Escalates
Eight months into a selective UMW strike against A T Massey Coal Co violence grows along the Kentucky West Virginia border. Rock throwing dynamiting and sniper fire increase as a truck driver is killed and picket line clashes injure workers near Lobata West Virginia and Sid ney Kentucky.Authorities seek to quell actions amid a 45 million strike fund and Massey plans to shift coal from other mines to offset lost production.
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United Mine Workers Union
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Kentucky-West Virginia
Massey
Lobata
W.va
Kentucky
UMW
West Virginia
Penn
Sylvania
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
E. Morgan Massey
Sidney Coal Co. Inc
Sidney
Strike Toll Mounts in Coalfields Across Two States
The Associated Press reports millions lost in the West Virginia and Kentucky coal strike against non union operators. Toll includes dozens injured, homes damaged, trucks wrecked, and a suspected death. Massey coal company cites over $1 million in strike related costs. UMW estimates 1100 workers unpaid with about $20 million in lost wages over eight months.
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United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Kentucky
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Hayes West
Blankenship
Rawl Sales
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Cessing Co
Mingo County
W.va
Massey
UMW
Joe Corcoran
Corcoran
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