Haig resigns UTC post to become secretary of state
ALEXANDER M. HAIG JR. gave up potential income estimated at 1.6 million when he resigned as president of United Technologies Corp to become secretary of state. His 1980 government salary is 69,630, and UTC records show 13 months totaling 1.2 million including stock options and rights. Bees Gees settle suit with manager Robert Stigwood to continue relationship. new album due this fall on RSO. HikaNation walkers near finish in Washington after a 4,000 mile trek across the country with 50 of 80 hikers remaining.
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Alexander M. Haig Jr
Aerospace and Defense
United Technologies Corp
Haig
Securities and Exchange Commission
Hartford Courant
UTC
BEE Gees
Robert Stigwood
Stigwood
RSO Records
Manhattan
RSO
Washington, D.C
Harpers Ferry
Toni Martinazzi
Portland
Ore
Colorado
Jim Kern
American Hiking Society
San Francisco Bay Bridge
Nevada
Lifuka Island Greeting Traditions Embrace Life
On Lifuka in the Tongatapu archipelago island group strangers are welcomed by local women and children with a warm phrase It is good to be alive. The greeting signals hospitality culture and community spirit among residents.
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Lifuka
Tongan Islands
Bugged Conversations Reveal Shy Prince in Ireland
Irish Independent publishes excerpts of allegedly bugged chats between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. They discuss Diana’s wedding plans, Charles’s bald spot, and Fraser’s humorless nature amid Australia speculation. Buckingham Palace calls tapes bogus while Britain and West Germany ban use of the material.
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Dublin
Ireland
Prince Charles
Diana Spencer
Malcolm Fraser
Irish Independent
Buckingham Palace
Charles
Australia
Britain
West Germany
Diana
O.K
Fraser
West Virginia schools faulted for unequal treatment in report
The West Virginia Human Rights Commission released a 50 page report based on nine regional hearings in 26 counties. It cites patterns of unequal treatment by educators and policies, notes desegregation lag, and lists 24 recommendations including task forces and counseling programs. It also highlights disciplinary impacts on minority and low income students. Applications open for UMW District 17 auxiliary relief fund for striking miners and families with life sustaining needs.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State
Human Rights Commission
Women's Auxiliary
United Mine Workers District 17
Consumer Agency May Be Axed
Washington AP Reagan administration seeks abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission as part of regulatory cuts. Budget Director Stockman argues benefits do not exceed costs and that other agencies could assume the commission’s duties. CPSC, created in 1972, tests safety of many consumer items and can order unsafe products removed.
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Washington
Reagan Administration
Consumer Product Safety Commission
David Stockman
Robert W. Kasten Jr
R-Wis
Commission
Stockman
Reagan
CPSC
Ghosts in West Virginia home scare neighbors and intrigue family
In Lockbridge West Virginia Neil Gwinn and his wife live in a century old house named Betsy Ann beneath Hump Mountain. Neighbors fear the spirits while Gwinn and his wife recall nightly noises and overnight awakenings. Gwinn believes several former occupants haunt the site dating back to Civil War era legends.
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Lockbridge
W.va
Neil Gwinn
Hump Mountain
CSX Corp
Gwinn
Betsy Ann
Elizabeth Ann Gwinn
Union
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Macomb
Ill
Rob Burns
Benicia
Calif
John Stout
Seattle, Wash
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Gayle
Gomer
Tisha Butcher
Santa Barbara
Utah
Shenandoah River
Shy Prince
Mountain State Briefs
Ding
Joyce Carter
Goodsyear Service Stores
California
Goodyear
Kerry G. Bartman
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W.va
Superior
Mastercard
VISA
American Express Diners Club
Carte Blanche
Dave Trobaugh
Mercer Street
Princeton, W.va
Consumer Agency
Betty Gay
William Duquasie
Board of Directors
City of
Bluefield
Paul Cole, Jr
Allan
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Is C. Edwin Elliott
Ronnie W. Martin
Paul E. Oliver, Sr
Ben C. Paine
G. R
Dick) Lilbaugh
David P. Stephenson
J. Spencer Thompson
Joe E. Walker
AJ Lee E. Puckett
J. Peter Richardson
Leash Law
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