Space Shuttle Aloft Open For Business
NASA's shuttle Columbia launched for the fifth time and deployed the first of two communications satellites from its cargo bay amid Veterans Day ceremonies. SBS of McLean, Virginia, owns the satellite deployed, signaling the shuttle's new operational era for NASA and commercial customers.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Columbia
NASA
William Lenoir
Sbs-C
Satellite Business Systems
McLean
Lenoir
Mission Control
Houston
Space Agency
Robert C. Hall
SBS
Tommy Holloway
Lech Walesa to be freed in a few days
Interned Solidarity leader Lech Walesa offered to help find a solution to Poland's problems and will be freed without conditions in a few days, the martial law regime said. Government spokesman Urban cited technical delays while 800 people were arrested during nighttime labor unrest at 24 factories in two cities.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Urban
Walesa
Andropov Seen As Front-Runner To Succeed Brezhnev
Brezhnev's death ushers mourning in Moscow as Yuri Andropov strengths his bid to lead the Soviet Union, with Konstantin Chernenko also named as a top candidate. Funeral planning falls to Andropov while authorities pledge detente continuity and deterrence if attacked.
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Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Communist Party
KGB
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Red Square
Pittston Cuts Work Force
In Virginia the Jewell Ridge division of Pittston Coal cuts about 600 jobs as four mines idle amid weak demand. Union and management staff at Jewell 18 Mine Big Creek Tiller Mine Seaboard No 1 and No 2 will be affected. Three day work week already in place, layoffs likely effective Monday.
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Jewell Ridge
Pittston Coal Group
Buchanan
Tazewell
Pittston
Susan Copeland
Don McCamey
United Mine Workers District 28
Virginia
Copeland
Jewell 18
Big Creek Tiller
Seaboard No.1
Seaboard No. 2
Fire Marshal Threatens To Close Mercer Jail Over Exit Plan
West Virginia Fire Marshal Walter Smittle warned Mercer County to build a second exit from the fourth floor jail or face closure. The inspection praised improvements on health and safety, but outlined required stairwell barriers or sprinklers and an injunction on construction on the first and second floors. The session included county officials, state marshals, and jail inmate representation, and a court hearing on barriers was discussed.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
West Virginia
Mercer County
Walter Smittle
Smittle
Frank Ubeda
Beckley
Wayne Lewis
Carl Cross
Charleston
Mercer County Commission
Ray Bragg
Donald R. Hare
Fred Parker
G. Cameron Hunter
Charles
Chuck”’ Cunningham
Phil Creel
Welch
Appalachian Research Development Fund
U.S. District Court
Mercer County Circuit Court
Cross
Hunter
Reagan Urges Peace as Brezhnev Dies and Talks Tempers
President Reagan framed a hopeful move toward better superpower relations after Brezhnev's death. He called for peace through strength, backed a proposed 5 cent gas tax to fund highways, and said George Bush would lead the delegation to Brezhnev's funeral. He emphasized quiet diplomacy and strength to meet future opportunities.
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Brezhnev
Moscow
Reagan
Washington
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Congress
George Bush
U.S
George
United States
Supervisors Accept Hankins Retirement in Tazewell Va
TAZEWELL Va Bill Hankins the county administrator since 196? will retire Dec 31 The Board of Supervisors accepted the retirement and rescinded a 2 1 vote that had dismissed him The board agreed to three months severance pay for unused vacation and to advertise for a new administrator with salary to be negotiated The board also dropped a weekly newsletter Hankins called for keeping supervisors informed The retirement is described as a retirement not a dismissal by Eastern District Supervisor Charles Gilmore Jr The motion to advertise for a new administrator was led by Joe Peery and supported by Leslie Ballard with Gilmore opposing
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Bill Hankins
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Hankins
Hawkins
Eastern District
Charles Gilmore Jr
Central District
Joe Peery
Leslie Ballard
Western District
Gilmore
Peery
Ballard
Tazewell Board Repeals County Utility Tax
TAZEWELL Va The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors approved an emergency ordinance repealing the utility tax on electrical telephone and gas customers effective immediately for 60 days with a permanent repeal to be voted on at the next meeting. About 300 people attended as residents urged ending the tax citing financial hardship and negative impact on business. The board ordered certified copies of the repeal sent to local utility providers.
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Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Galumbeck
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