May Day Protests Worldwide Highlight Labor, Nukes, and Polities
May Day rallies from Moscow to Tokyo show support for workers while police in Poland Chile and elsewhere crack down on demonstrators. Pope John Paul II praises labor as a dignity source as Solidarity banners fly. In Chile and Poland, authorities suppress marches. in Moscow crowds gather under Andropov’s gaze. in Europe protests denounce nuclear weapons and NATO arms plans.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tokyo
Poland
Chile
John Paul II
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Solidarity
Warsaw
Gdansk
Santiago
Augusto Pinochet
National Labor Coordinate
Patricio Mardones
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Ruhollah Khomeini
Red Square
Yuri V. Andropov
Kremlin
Scandinavian
Europe
Nordic
U.S
Oslo
Norway
Social Democratic Labor Party
NATO
Copenhagen
Denmark
Anker Joergensen
Rahall urges patriotism at Loyalty Day event in Princeton
Congressmen Nick Joe Rahall II led a Loyalty Day program hosted by VFW Post No. 8517 in Princeton. He praised democracy, recalled Beirut embassy killings, and urged unity, freedom, and a strong homefront supported by a fair economy while recognizing local citizens and youth performers.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph Star
Princeton
VFW
Nick Joe Rahall II
4Th District
America
Farmer-Robinson Post
Earl Muse
Voice of Democracy
Princeton Junior High School
VFW Post
Ira
Ike
Southern
Rahall
United States
Beirut
Lebanon
USA
Weather outlook for West Virginia turns cooler midweek
Monday brings cloudy breezy conditions with showers and thunderstorms likely today and tonight. Highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s to 60s. Tuesday cools with scattered showers and highs upper 60s to mid 70s. Wednesday through Friday fair and cooler with afternoon highs in the 60s and upper 60s to mid 70s. Morning lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
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National Weather Service
West Virginia
1984 Budget tops items on Congress agenda
In Washington the Senate prepares to debate a 1984 budget with Republicans seeking to unite behind a Reagan aligned plan while Democrats push for higher taxes and indexing repeal. The week also covers the nuclear freeze, covert Nicaragua actions, and Ruckelshaus EPA confirmation as Baker and Domenici push a near party line path with debates on defense and domestic spending.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Nicaragua
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
William Armstrong
Colorado
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Baker
Domenici
Armstrong
House
Death toll reaches twelve in Navy plane crash
Divers pulled eight bodies from the St Johns River bringing the death toll to 12 from the Navy transport plane crash near Jacksonville. One survivor remains hospitalized as searchers planned to resume with barge cranes to recover the wreckage and locate two missing aboard the C131 F aircraft.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns
Navy
Duval County
R.L. Rich
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Sharon Jeronimo
Naval Air Station
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Guantanamo
Erik Dahl
Thomas Radwanski
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Davao City
Philippines
Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Beckley
Freedom
Theatar
Emory Reaser
Nick J. Rahall II
Farmer-Robinson Vfw
Ira Southern
Randy Bourne
Congress
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