Steeles Buried After Willow Island Disaster Tragedy
Ernest Larry Miles and Ronald Steele were laid to rest beside the Willow Island power plant site where 48 workers died in a scaffold collapse. The joint funeral drew about 2,000 mourners in Belmont, as investigators probe the collapse and theories about drying concrete and pin support. Big crowd, family grief, and a church memorial preceded the graves.
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Willow Island
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Ernest
Larry
Miles
Ronald Steele
Willow Island Baptist Church
Lee
Molly Steele
Schultz
Monongahela
Emmett Steele
Belmont Middle School
Ohio River
McVey
Belmont United Methodist Church
Investigators Cite Multiple Factors in Plant Collapse
Federal OSHA head David Rhone leads a six member team probing the 168 foot fall of 51 workers from a cooling tower at a Parkerburg area power plant. Possible factors include concrete quality hoisting method tower design and scaffold movement. Investigators reject a scaffold flaw as the sole cause and aim to eliminate factors over two to five weeks. A consulting firm is sampling cooling tower concrete while memorial services are held for victims.
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W.va
Parkersburg
David Rhone
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Rhone
Jay Rockefeller
Pleasants County
Nixon says tapes were insurance that doomed presidency
In his memoirs Richard Nixon says keeping the White House tapes as insurance against aide defections helped doom his tenure. He notes the disclosure and decision not to destroy them left his presidency with little chance of finishing its term. The RN memoirs discuss Butterfield, Haldeman, and the Watergate coverup, with editions slated for May sale.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
White House
John Dean
Nixon
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Richard Nixon
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Alexander Butterfield
Senate Watergate Committee
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Senate Committee
Butterfield
Dean
Spy Thompson Leaves U.S. Prison For East Germany
Robert G. Thompson, a 43 year old convicted spy born in Leipzig, departed Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary for asylum in East Germany in a complex four country exchange. He said espionage is serious and would do it again, then refused to confirm his true name or rank, planning a flight to Germany with East German attorney Wolf.
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Lewisburg
Robert G. Thompson
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
East Germany
Thompson
Leipzig
Air Force
Jimmy Hoffa
KGB
GOP Senatorial Candidates Dinner Sparks Sharp Exchanges in Richlands
Four Republican hopefuls Linwood Holton John Warner Richard Obenshain and Nathan Miller debated foreign policy and party experience at a Sunday night Tri County dinner in Richlands Virginia. The event drew hundreds from Tazewell Buchanan and Russell Counties with lively exchanges between Obenshain and Warner and Miller underscoring his fresh approach while noting his lack of foreign government experience.
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Evever
Richlands
U. S
Linwood Holton
Secretary of the Navy
John Warner
Richard Obenshain
Nathan Miller
Tri-County
National Guard
Obenshain
Holton
Warner
Tazewell
Buchanan
Russell
Navy
Miller
Senate
Republican Party of
Virginia
Johnny
Obershain
West Virginia gun control opinions split among readers
Telegraph readers weigh in on stricter gun controls with views from Thurman Chapman Conklintown Kerry Davis Athens Andrew Eastone Maybeury Henry Everett Jr Bluefield Jerry Frost Keystone Leon Browning Princeton Charles Hansen Bluefield Jimmy Jennings Village Green Princeton call for registration and access balances. Citizens cite self defense, crime fear, and practical safeguards.
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Ors
Thurman Chapman
Conklintown
West Virginia
Kerry Davis
Athens
Andrew Eastone
Maybeury
Henry Everett, Jr
Bluefield
Jerry Frost
Keystone
Charles C. Hansen
Jimmy Jennings
Village Green
Princeton
Browning
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Jesus
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U.S
Germany
United States
Wolf
Robert Thompson
GOP
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West
Telegraph
Mary Davis
Potomonm
Leon F. Browning
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