Kennedy Leads in District 28 as Vote Matures
Incumbent John Kennedy leads United Mine Workers District 28 with 2,372 votes to 1,052 for John Burden as about 75 percent of the vote is tallied in southwest Virginia. Sam Church, running as an independent, has 699 votes in the field representative race. A pair of Kennedy allies contend for Subdistrict Two seats with Robins leading Tate late, possible winner to be declared days hence amid campaigning disputes.
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Karen Kaplan
Ally Telegraph
United Mine Workers District 28
John Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Kennedy
Virginia
John Burden
Church
D. Collier
L. Bush
Castlewood Area
Kenneth Holbrook
Joe Tate
Ronnie Robins
Burden
Wise County Coal Lab
Clinchfield Local 1470
Castlewood
Jackie Stump
Stump
Reagan Earns Partial Salvador Funds Victory
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved 20 million dollars in training aid for the Salvadoran army this year while rejecting 60 million requested by Reagan. If adopted, total 76.3 million this year and 76.3 million next year would fund El Salvador’s military effort against guerrillas.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reagan
Senate
House
U.S
el Salvador
Capitol Hill
House Foreign Affairs
Latin America
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Diary salesman defends fake Hitler journals amid probe
Hamburg AP reports Gerd Heidemann says he was gullible and did not suspect the diaries were fake. Stern sues for fraud after paying millions for the alleged diaries said to be taken from a Nazi aircraft that crashed near Boemersdorf in East Germany. Heidemann refuses to name his source, citing ongoing investigations and the other party's possible deception.
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Hamburg
West Germany
Adolf Hitler
Stern Magazine
Gerd Heidemann
Stern
Heidemann
Frankfurt
Egon Geis
Rates to rise up to seventy five percent under deregulation
General Telephone told Bluefield Rotary that rates could increase 50 to 75 percent over six years due to industry deregulation. A new $2 monthly access charge for long distance will start January 1 1984 and rise yearly. The plan promotes measured service with charges based on use and time of day, with customers possibly billed per local call.
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General Telephone
Bluefield
Dennis Williams
General Telephone Company
Swatts
Apco requests 6.82 dollar hike to bill
Appalachian Power Co asked the Virginia State Corporation Commission to approve a 9.7 percent rate increase that would raise the average residential bill by 6.82 dollars and bring in 42.2 million dollars more revenue. The company proposed a 10 million dollar partial increase June 10 with hearings to follow.
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Roanoke
Appalachian Power Co
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
SCC
Apco
Virginia
Wednesday Hospital Patient Faces Realization
Hospital page tease notes a patient confronting a turning point in treatment. References to a poison center Q&A and a WVU gathering at the Armory plus Centennial columns page feature indicate a local newspaper page of brief items and regular column.
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WVU
Armory Sports
Two Coal Miners Dead After Roof Collapse at Kara Mine
In Holden West Virginia two miners Don Smith age 40 and Marty Maynard age 30 were killed when a massive roof fall trapped them at Kara Coal Co. No. 1 mine 2600 feet underground. Rescuers recovered the bodies after hours of effort with 10 miners underground at the time.
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Holden
W.va
Logan County
Kara Coal Co
Bart Lay
Lay
Don Smith
Marty Maynard
Gilbert
Emil Canterbury
United Mine Workers Union
Logan
Carey Cline
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Salvador
Senate Energy Committee
House Interior Committee
Bureau of ‘Reclamation
Don McCamey
UMWA
George Ramey
District 28
Union
Rich Trumka
McCamey
Jason Smith
Dorothy Wilkey
T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital
GenTel
John W. Vaughan
Vaughan
Poison Center
Rair
Atu
Adh
Ves
Blakely
Abby Eer
State Mines Department
Charleston
Logan General Hospital
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