Andropov Assumes Soviet Party Leadership in Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov, former KGB chief, takes command of the Communist Party declaring only the invincible might of the Soviet armed forces can preserve peace. Brezhnev lies in state as tens of thousands file past the casket before Monday’s funeral.
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Moscow
KGB
Yuri V. Andropov
Communist Party
Andropov
Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Central Committee
Secret Police
Red Square
Defense
Dmitri F. Ustinov
U.S.S.R
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Ezhnev
Saturday City Center money okayed at meeting
Budget action at City Center meeting approves funds for proposed project. Officials report citywide impact and outline next steps for construction and oversight.
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City Center
Republicans Probe 9th District Election Over Voting Improprieties
The Republican National Committee sent five staffers and lawyers to Virginia's 9th District to investigate alleged voting improprieties after GOP Rep. William C. Wampler trailed Democrat Frederick Boucher by 1,138 votes in unofficial returns. Wampler will seek a recount on November 22 as ballots and affidavits raise questions about multiple voting and discrepancies between machine and counted results.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Virginia
GOP
William C. Wampler
Frederick Boucher
Wampler
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Boucher
National Republican Congressional Committee
RNC
Richard N. Bond
John DiVorio
Thealled
News Election Service
Ron Kaufman
W. Pat Jennings
Mercer County fixes safety violations seek fire code compliance
Mercer County has corrected nine of 24 safety violations and is progressing on 11 more as federal fire health standards are pursued. State Fire Marshal officials lauded the effort during a visit to the Princeton courthouse and jail, noting four jail corrections and nine courthouse fixes with several items still in progress amid objections to new exits and stairwell barriers.
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Barbara Hawkins Daly
Stal
Princeton
Mercer County
Charleston
Walter Smittle
Robert E. Holroyd
Smaittle
Carl Cross
Wayne Lewis
Frank Ubeda
U. S
John Copenhaver
County Commission
Ray Bragg
Don Hare
Fred Parker
G. Cameron Hunter
Charles
Chuck’’ Cunningham
Phil Creel
Appalachian Research Defense Fund
Space shuttle deploys Anik C satellite for Canada
CAPE CANAVERAL AP The crew put business first deploying Anik C a communications satellite for Telesat Canada then eyed a weekend space walk. The mission marked NASA's first commercial shuttle service earning 17 million with four more satellites planned by 1984. Commander Vance Brand noted a spacewalk ambition while Allen Lenoir and Overmyer monitored the mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle
Houston
Joseph Allen
William Lenoir
Canada
Mission Control
Spaceship Columbia
Vance Brand
NASA
Brand
Robert Overmyer
Telesat of Canada
Astronaut Corps
Allen and Lenoir
Columbia
Anika
Pacific
Anik-C
Earth
Bell Canada Telephone
Montreal
John Almond
Telesat
Pittston to Lay Off 1,800 Coal Workers in Region
Pittston Coal Group announced Friday it will add 1,200 West Virginia miners to 600 Virginia workers slated for layoff next week due to a slumping coal market. The reductions bring total Pittston employment to about 3,200, with Virginia's Jewell Ridge division preparing for shutdown and four WV mines affected.
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Lebanon
Pittston Coal Group
West Virginia
Virginia
Pittston Co
Hendrik J. Hartong Jr
Pittston
Susan Copeland
Kentucky
Copeland
Upshur
Nicholas
Wyoming
Elkay Mining Co
Logan County
Jewell Ridge
Buchanan
Tazewell
UMW
Clinchfield Coal Co
Elkay
Richmond
Hartong
South Africa
Poland
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Ohio
Neura
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington, D.C
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Theodore
Robb
Rockefeller
Natonal ‘Oaa
Abby
Dixon Cee Meee
Sree
Dr. Lamb Corr
UC Eececocerr
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Ecosoc
Oocec
National Republican Group
Bristol
State Board of Elections
Dean
Princeton Tigers
Radford
Giles
Gate City
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