Police Training School Opens At Holiday Inn Princeton
A 44 hour training program for law enforcement began Monday at the Holiday Inn on Oakvale Road near Princeton, sponsored by the Princeton Police Department. Instructor Thomas A. Diskin leads the sessions with 23 officers attending the opening, and the course runs through Friday afternoon.
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Holiday Inn
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Princeton Police Department
Thomas A. Diskins
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pittsburgh
Mike Forbes
Princeton Community Hospital
Dave Warden
Beckley
Rebecca Wiant
Bluefield
J.C. Walters
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
G.W. Smith
Princeton Fire Department
J.W. Howell
Diskin
Carter Told Rescue Mission Might Result In Casualties
President Carter was informed there could be moderate casualties in the Iran hostage rescue mission but no specific advance estimate was provided. Pentagon officials said General James Vaught presented a general figure during plan briefing under the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Iran's foreign minister suggested the crisis might be settled in four or five weeks.
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Washington
Carter
Iran
Pentagon
James Vaught
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Fire engulfs Westvaco tower as search for victims continues
A five alarm blaze erupts in the Westvaco Corp building at 299 Park Ave New York trapping potential victims on upper floors. Firefighters evacuate civilians and search floors 32 and above while more than 40 fire companies respond. Debris and smoke force area closures as officials describe the blaze as out of control with flames visible blocks away.
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New York
mid-Manhattan
Westvaco Corp
Park Ave
49Th Street
John Mulligan
Bellevue Hospital
Peter Schectman
Schectman
Robert Ash
Fire Department
47Th
List Streets
Madison
Lexington Avenues
Bob Otley
Mulligan
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
SCM Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Man Injured In Cycle Mishap In Princeton Collision
A 17 year old rider, Greg Angles, was thrown about 30 feet when his Yamaha collided with a car driven by Virginia Farley at Stafford Drive and Trent Street. Police reported the motorcycle totaled, no charges filed, and Angles was in satisfactory condition. In Bland Virginia, inmate Fred Judd, 25, remained at large after escaping Bland Correctional Center during a Monday count. He is 5'10" and 150 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes, serving 21 years for grand larceny robbery and use of a firearm. Also in Princeton, 15 year old Judy York of Thornton Avenue was critically injured when her motorcycle veered onto a porch, she was placed in ICU at Princeton Community Hospital.
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Princeton
Lashmeet
Stafford Drive
Greg Angles
Yamaha
Virginia A. Farley
South Ave
Farley
Trent St
Danny Haulbrook
Bland
Bland Correctional Center
Fred William Judd
Correctional Center
Judd
Virginia Beach
Judy D. York
Thornton Ave
Princeton Community Hospital
Princeton Rescue Squad
T.L. Vance
West Virginia
Liberals Win In Japan Parliamentary Victory
In Tokyo the Liberal Democratic Party won 284 seats in the 511 member lower house and a similar edge in the upper house. The party gains follow sympathy for late Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira and promise continued political stability._internal bickering over policy persists as the LDP prepares to choose a new leader within 30 days. In Charleston, jurors in the long federal trial known as the pot plane case recessed without a verdict.
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Tokyo
Japan
Liberal Democratic Party
Masayoshi Ohira
LDP
Princeton Awards 21 Public Service Positions
Princeton announces 21 Public Service Employment positions under a federal program. Six supervisors earn 4.09 dollars an hour and 15 laborers 3.85, with work including neighborhood clean ups housing restoration and park maintenance through July 22 to September 30.
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Princeton
Public Service
David A. McKinney
McKinney
Governor’s Office of Economic and Community Development
U.S. Department of Labor
West Virginia Employment Security Office
Bluefield
GSYP
Princeton Community Senior Center
Princeton Sanitary Board
Parking Facilities Commission
Parks and Recreation Department
Public Works Department
Carter Kennedy agree on nuclear plant phase-out
After days of heated arguing Carter and Kennedy reached a major platform compromise calling for an eventual phase-out of nuclear power. The plan emphasizes conservation and renewables as future energy priorities without a set timetable.
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Carter
Kennedy
Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Platform
Bland County keeps tax rates. new bank franchise and vehicle ordinances approved
Bland County supervisors keep real estate and personal property tax rates unchanged at 48 cents per 100 and 7.35 per 100 respectively. They approve a Bank Franchise Tax Ordinance based on 80 percent of the state rate and a revised County Vehicle License Ordinance. They also allocate Title I and Title IVC funds for schools and plan to end Title VI CETA while seeking 34 new Title 20 positions.
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Bland
Bland County
Board of Supervisors
James Lucas
Virginia General Assembly
Lucas
Landfill complaints persist in Bland County Virginia
Bland County residents told the county Board of Supervisors the local landfill off Route 608 leaks when it rains, emitting strong odors and risking water pollution. They urged action, discussed lease terms, and potential new sites, including a Bland Correctional Center option, while noting delays from higher Corrections officials. A separate Bluefield Avenue crash injured two, with no charges filed as of Monday.
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Riter Bland
Bland
County Board of Supervisors
State Rt. 608
William Ramsey
Jerry Groseclose
Correctional Center
Ramsey
State Department of Corrections
Virginia General Assembly
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William O. Bivens Jr
Boys Industrial School
Pruntytown
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U.S
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Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Paris
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Liberals
Charleston
W.va
Kaempfert
Palma DE Majorca
Spain
Bert Kaempfert
Blankenship
Corrections Department
Daniel W. Bird Jr
Wytheville
Bluefield Ave
Virginia Line
Linnie Hammonds
Pears St
Shirley Ann Jones
Bramwell Road
Hammonds
Diane Jones
Jones
Eddie Harvey
Aela
Julitalll
Appalachian Power
Appalachian Power Company
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