Mercer County Schools Face August Fire Compliance Hearing
Mercer County school officials expect 90 to 95 percent of the State Fire Marshall's cited violations in educational facilities to be corrected by August ahead of a scheduled August 17 compliance hearing. The prehearing at the Princeton Municipal Building outlined progress since last year’s appeal and noted 200 corrections approved by March with 31 more in April and May.
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Mercer County
State Fire Commission
State Commission
Princeton
Fire Commission
Mercer County Board of Education
Walter
Beckley
Howard Harvey
John M. Hughes
Fife
Mary Anne Kapinos
State Attorney General's Office
Paul E. “Ed” Blackwell
Bluefield
Anderson
J. E. Warner
Unitec, Inc
Harvey
Atlantic Fire Systems Company
Paul Morrison
Atlantic
Board of Education
Davis
Welch Hospital Center to Rise at Present Welch Site
The state Health Department announced plans to build the new Welch Hospital Center at the current Welch Emergency Hospital site. Architect selected soon with construction aimed for late 1979 or early 1980, sizing 60 to 120 beds, replacing the 40-bed facility.
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Welch Hospital
Welch
State Health Department
WEH
John D. Rockefeller IV
Carter Grants Concessions to Truckers Over Diesel Fuel
The Carter administration moves to ease trucker pressure by suspending Rule 9 to prioritize farmers for diesel fuel and asking governors to consider raising weight limits. Independent truckers press for unlimited fuel and lower prices or higher freight rates while violence and blockades flare, with West Virginia mobilizing National Guard to secure supplies.
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Washington
Carter
Federal Highway Administration
William J. Hill
Independent Truckers Unity Coalition
Hill
Pittsburgh
George Grime
Order of Steelhaulers
Associated Press
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller
National Guard
Aone
Monongalia
Marion
Harrison
Rockefeller
Morgantown
U.S. 48
Cheat Lake
Panhandle
America
Interstate 70
Dallas Pike
Roger Cole
Mike Dominguez
Huntington Beach
Calif
Hijacker Sentenced for Yugoslav Diplomat Bomb Plot
Nikola Kavaja, a Serbian nationalist, received a 20 year sentence in Chicago for participating in a conspiracy to bomb Yugoslav diplomats. He and five accomplices were convicted for the 1975 attack on the Yugoslav consul's home and plans to bomb two Yugoslav receptions marking the start of Yugoslavia's Communist regime.
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Chicago
Nikola Kavaja
Kavaja
U.S
Hubert L. Will
Yugoslavia
New York
American Airlines
Shannon
Ireland
Will
Gas Group Ignores Warning Moves Strike Date
West Virginia Gasoline Dealers Association says it may shift the strike to June 28 and will ignore a state warning that the action is illegal. About 40 percent of the state's 1500 stations could join, as talks with officials continue and Pinkerton watchdogs remain skeptical.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Gasoline Dealers Association
White House
Carter
Bill Bell
Bell
Rockefeller
Thomas Goodwin
Marvin Gray
Association
Clarksburg
Pennsylvania
Gray
Charles Brown
Attorney General's Office
Brown
John D. Rockefeller IV
Goodwin
Weekend Weather And News From The Region And World
Weekend forecast shows variable clouds in West Virginia with highs in the 70s and 80s and a slight south thunderstorm risk. Aleppo massacre alleged by interior minister. 32 cadets killed. No vote buying evidence in Matewan elections. Rome symposium on menopause seeks medical social aid for older women. Richard Burton Liz Taylor diamond sale nears 3 million. Kroger deemed to use deceptive pricing by FTC. Florida death row executions set for Wednesday despite appeals.
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Clinton D. Lilly
James Fife
White Sulphur Springs
Casey Mitchell
Wade Spees
Welch Hospital Center
George E. Pickett
Pickett
Gov. Rockefeller
Tom Robinson
Jeremy Thorpe
Britain
Liberal Party
David Holmes
George Deakin
John le Mesurier
London
Old Bailey Court
Norman Scott
Thorpe
Virginia
Syria
Aleppo
Adnan Dabbagh
Secretary of State
William Harrington
Matewan
Mingo County
Rome
Italy
Tina Anselmi
Liz
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Henry L. Lambert
Kroger
The
Kroger Co
Federal Trade Commission
Montgomery K. Hyun
Price Patrol
Florida
Robert A. Sullivan
Charles William Proffit
Florida State
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