Lewis Countians Eye Dam Giveaway
Residents of Lewis County oppose the Stonewall Jackson Dam on West Fork River at an estimated cost of 150 million dollars. Opponents warn it would seize 20 000 acres of farmland displace hundreds of residents and block coal mining valued at 4 billion dollars. Local leaders urge smaller watershed dams as an alternative. The Corps has ruled Tug Valley storage would exceed its benefits though coal interests press for flood protection.
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Parker
Army Corps of Engineers
West Fork
Clarksburg
Tug Valley
Corps
End Of Election Era In Mountain State Tuesday
West Virginia voters head to the polls for primary day as a reform shifts election timing to June. About 300,000 registered voters, led by a few dozen races, weigh U.S. Senate, four House seats, state legislature contests, and county school boards. Rain could damp turnout.
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W.va
West Virginia
U.S. Senate
Senate
House of Delegates
Rahal
Robert Mollohan
Harley O. Staggers
John Slack
US Senate
Jennings
Arch A. Moore Jr
Hustler owner Flynt may begin therapy next week
COLUMBUS Ohio AP Hustler magazine owner Larry Flynt who is paralyzed from the waist down may begin physical therapy in a week to 10 days, says his doctor Larry Carey chairman of Ohio State University surgery. Flynt shot March 6 outside a Georgia courthouse where he faced obscenity charges. He is in satisfactory condition at University Hospital.
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Columbus, Ohio
Larry Flynt
Larry Carey
Ohio State University Department of Surgery
Flynt
Lawrenceville
University Hospital
University Police
Franklin County Sheriff's
Carey
Ernest Johnson
Joann Fairchild
Flynt Publications
Hustler
Chic
Ohio
Althea Flynt
Ms. Fairchild
St Athanasius Junior High Opens In E Las Vegas
In Ercese New Mexico parents form St Athanasius a junior high serving grades six to eight. Dr Jose Lopez y Gaston Highlands University helps lead with 40 students enrolled. Tuition 40 dollars per child rising with family size. Five of twelve teachers work unpaid. Principal earns 350 dollars monthly. Curriculum centers on reading writing and math with etiquette social studies science and bilingual courses in Spanish Latin American culture and Mexican folk dance.
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Las Vegas
N.M
West Las Vegas
St. Athanasius
Jose Lopez Y Gaston
Department of Modern Languages
Highlands University
Ave Fria missile launch delayed by weather at Nellis AFB
At Nellis Air Force Base Nevada the Ave Fria missile launch was postponed due to heavy cloud cover after an earlier cancellation for high winds. A second launch is planned later this month with studies focused on ionospheric irregularities and radio communications effects.
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Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Ave Fria
U.S. Department of Energy
David Jackson
Briscoe Loses In Texas Gubernatorial Primary Runoffs Loom
In Texas Democratic primaries Governor Dolph Briscoe lost to Attorney General John Hill while Dale Milford failed in his bid for re nom in the 22nd District. Bill Clements captured the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Congressman John Young advances to a runoff in the 14th District.
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Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Dale Milford
Texas
John Young
Bill Clements
Dallas
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Ray Hutchison
GOP
Hill
Mondale arrives in Australia for talks on refugees and exports
Vice President Walter Mondale landed in Canberra as two more Vietnamese boats reached Darwin with 70 refugees. Australia seeks U.S. help to manage refugee flow and presses for beef import quotas and uranium policy, noting one third of the world's high grade uranium is found there.
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Malaysia
United States
France
Australia
United Nations High Commission For Refugees
Vietnam
Canberra
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
U.S
Indonesia
Philippines
Thailand
Darwin
Royal Australian Air Force Base
Joan
Ted
Andrew Peacock
Philip H. Alston
Malcolm Fraser
Congress
Wage Gap Persisted For Black Men In Study
Rand Corp economists James P Smith and Finis Welch report that affirmative action raised black women toward parity with white women, while black men still earn about three-fourths as much as white men. Gains largely occurred in the 1960s due to education, with education accounting for 47 percent of black men’s gains and 33 percent for black women.
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Los Angeles
Rand Corp
James P Smith
Finis Welch
Smith and Welch
Utah Population Distribution Amid Elevation Note
The state sits at an average elevation of about 6,100 feet while roughly ninety percent of residents are believed to live in lower-lying areas. A fragmentary report references geographic patterns and demographic concentration, suggesting higher settlements inland and limited highland habitation.
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Utah
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