Congress Pushes 20 Billion Synthetic Fuels Bill Through House
Congress sent President Carter a 20 billion synthetic fuels bill aimed at reducing imports. The measure creates a seven member Synthetic Fuels Corporation to fund coal and shale based fuels, with goals of 500000 bpd by 1987 and 2 million bpd by 1992. A small gasoline price rise is expected due to reserve refilling provisions.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
House of Representatives
White House
New Industry Planned for Rockwell Plant in Princeton
Gov. Rockefeller to announce a new electronic industry at the former Rockwell International Plant on Stafford Drive near Princeton. Richard Preservati, a local businessman, is named to head the venture with state and county officials negotiating for weeks. The project could reopen the plant and employ more than 200 people within a year, with possible training programs for workers.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockwell International
Rockefeller
Charleston
Stafford Drive
Richard Preservati
Mercer County
Rockwell
Preservati
Glenwood
Dustry
IBM
Mercer
Former McDowell Clerk Testifies Boyd Voucher Was Notarized
Former McDowell County deputy clerk Sue Powers testified that Jennings B Boyd mileage voucher was notarized and properly endorsed when presented for July 6 1960 approval. She said checks were issued after commission action and noted minutes may have omitted entries. Other witnesses disputed whether the voucher was presented for approval on that date.
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McDowell
Boyd
Pat Cecil
Daily Telegram
McDowell County
Commission
Jennings B. Boyd
County Commission
Sue Powers
Mrs. Powers
Commission Office For Action
Janet Wood
Chester Matney
Raymond Lawson
Wood
Powers
Lawson
Clark Belcher
Belcher
Toilet tax debate grows as Marksville hikes fees
In Marksville Louisiana the monthly sewerage toilet tax rises from two dollars to 2.35 dollars on July 1. The levy, started 30 years ago to fund a sewerage system, now funds about five thousand dollars monthly amid town growth and a planned long term sewer project. Mayor Dr Richard Michel, a physician, links higher premiums for liability insurance to growth and a looming sewerage construction phase. Hunter Dauzat calls the levy a service charge supporting the sewer system.
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Marksville
Michel
Hunter Dauzat
Rainbow Family gathering near Marlinton clouds by deaths
Two unnamed Rainbow Family members share a moment at the Monongahela National Forest gathering near Marlinton in Pocahontas County as preparations for the annual meeting begin. The outing is shadowed by the shooting deaths of two female members, affecting the scene.
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Monongahela National Forest
Marlinton
Pocahontas County
Democrats Reject GOP Tax Cut Plan
The Democratic-controlled Senate rejected a 36 billion dollar Republican tax cut plan backed by Reagan by a 58 to 38 vote. Democrats said they will develop their own tax reduction proposal by September and pressed Carter for recommendations while planning action after the party’s August nominating convention.
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Washington
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Reagan
Congress
Robert C. Byrd
Bob Dole
Rkan
William Roth
Los Angeles
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Carter Wrapped Europe Trip As Successful And Productive
President Carter returned to Washington from an eight day European tour calling it successful and productive. He criticized the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan as a token with little permanent strategic significance. He noted allied unity on major world problems and said leaders acknowledged painful oil price driven decisions and a need for complete Soviet troop withdrawal.
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Washington
Carter
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
Air Force One
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Lisbon
Portugal
Walter F. Mondale
Rosalynn
Amy
Marine One
Camp David
Europe
Venice
Commission reverses Kendrick order in Mercer Sheriff case
Mercer County Civil Service Commission ruled Sheriff Earl Kendrick acted improperly in reinstating Danny Compton to lieutenant and reassigning two veteran officers to jail commander posts. It ordered Compton to deputy duties and returned Sgt. R. E. Baughman and Deputy Randall Earnest to field assignments. Hearing on a writ of mandamus was postponed to July 3.
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Jim Gilreath
Darly Telegraph
Princeton
Earl G. Kendrick
Danny R. Compton
Mercer County Civil Service Commission
Kendrick
Compton
Sheriff's Department
Sgt
R.E. Baughman
Randall Earnest
Michael Gibson
Baughman
Earnest
Mercer County
Danny
Commission
Keith McKenzie
McKenzie
Bluefield
Norris Kantor
Douglas Hayes
W.L. Warden
Gibson
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U.S
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Robert H. Mollohan
D-W.va
West
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Wena Iaeaulian
National Weather Service
Marksville, la
Richard Michel
NOAA
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