Liberty Electro to Open in Princeton With 300 Jobs
West Virginia Governor John D. Rockefeller IV announced the Liberty Electro Corporation will locate in the former Rockwell International plant in Princeton. The firm, owned by Richard Preservati and led by Ike Gillespie, will employ 300 by December 1981 and begin operations in July, backed by a $650,000 EDA loan, a Princeton Bank & Trust loan, and a $165,000 Princeton Area Development Corp loan. A state training grant will retrain workers through the Mercer County school system.
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Jim Gilreath
Rockefeller
Princeton
Liberty Electro Corporation
Rockwell
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Rockwell International
Richard Preservati
Mercer County
Glenwood
Ike Gillespie
Northern Virginia
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller IV
Stafford Drive
Preservati
West Virginia Economic Development Authority
Princeton Bank & Trust Company
Princeton Area Business Development Corporation
Viets Capture Americans along Thai Cambodian border
Thai and International Red Cross officials reported the capture of two American photographers and two Red Cross workers by Vietnamese troops near Nong Chan refugee camp on the Thai Cambodian frontier. Vietnamese forces clashed with Free Khmer guerrillas amid ongoing cross border activity, with no casualty details and claims that Vietnam was largely out of Thai territory.
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Aranyaprathet
Thailand
Red Cross
Nong Chan
Pol Pot
Cambodia
Here
Muskie pledges arms shipments to Thailand next week
Secretary of State Edmund Muskie in Kuala Lumpur promised American transport planes will ferry emergency arms to Thailand next week. ASEAN ministers condemned Vietnamese border operations and suspended talks with Hanoi as Thailand seeks more USA military aid including M 48 tanks to bolster defenses along the Thai Cambodian frontier.
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Thailand
Siddhi Savatsila
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Edmund S. Muskie
U.S
Red Cross
Nong Chan
George Lienamann
Richard Franken
Lienamann
Los Angeles
Calif
Franken
Miami
Fla
Bangkok
U.N. High Commissioner For
Robert Ashe
Pierre Perrin
Muskie
Fiveaember
Anticommunist Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
NATO
Ankara
Turkey
Singapore
Indonesia
Philippines
Hanoi
Vietnam
Pol Pot
Siddhi
United States
Coaster Enthusiasts Ride Thunderbolt at Kennywood Convention
Joseph Barna and his dog Zonker ride the Thunderbolt as 350 enthusiasts gather at Kennywood Park for the American Coaster Enthusiasts convention. Participants praise airless runs and the thrill, with plans to visit every wooden coaster and possibly set endurance aims.
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West Mifflin, Pa
Joseph Barna
Zonker
Barna
Kennywood Park
Pittsburgh
Charles Jacques
Europe
Danshaw
Virginia
Old Country
Cincinnati
Kings Island
Kennywood
Racer
Jack Rabbit
George Siesel
Springfield
N.J
Tulsa heat wave prompts dripping Tulsa World cover art
The Tulsa World marks the Fourth of July with a red white blue nameplate altered by an artist to show dripping sweat amid a near record 102 degree heat. News editor Gene Curtis comments on the extreme heat.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa World
Gene Curtis
Judge Orders Briefs In Impeachment Trial
Judge Jack Marinari in Dar Welch McDowell County ordered attorneys in the Jennings Boyd impeachment case to file briefs due in 10 days with a 5 day rebuttal. He noted the trial may extend beyond three weeks due to lack of depositions and conflicting testimony. The defense rested earlier and witnesses were recalled. a hearing and ruling will follow briefs.
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Dar
Welch
McDowell County
Jack Marinari Friday
Jennings Boyd
Boyd
Marinari
Chester Matney
Raymond Lawson
Matney- Lawson
Matney-Lawson
John Anderson
William Jacobs
Anderson
Jacobs
The
Daily Telegraph
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Phnom Penh
Tom Western
Marineland
Niagara Falls
Ont
Tom
Jacques
Allen Ambrosini
Chicago
Mike Danshaw
New Jersey
National Weather Service
Church News
Mt. State
Old Dominion
Pat Cecil
Telegraph
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