Rahall Warns Against Natural Gas Decontrol
Rep. Nick Rahall warns that amending the Natural Gas Policy Act could speed deregulation and raise prices. State Senate President Warren McGraw criticizes Congress for the act, while Rahall argues the PSC controls rates, not Congress. He notes Columbia Gas stock held by West Virginians and urges state guidelines to curb rate hikes and promote in state gas supplies.
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Associated Press
Nick Joe Rahall
D-W.va
Senate
Warren McGraw
Wyoming County
Congress
McGraw
West Virginia
Rahall
State Public Service Commission
PSC
State Senate
Columbia Gas Co
Columbia Gas
Columbia
Jury Indicts Christian Couple Over Fatal Spanking
A Jefferson County grand jury indicted Stuart E. Green and Leslie Green on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of 2 year old Joseph Marshall Green after a two hour paddling at Stonegate Christian commune near Kabletown West Virginia. The couple was released on bond as the state seeks a broader probe of the commune.
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Charles Town
W.va
Stuart E. Green
Leslie
Stonegate
Kabletown
Jefferson County
Joseph Marshall Green
State Welfare Department
Green
Tiffany
Martinsburg
Dorothy H. McClellan
John C. Skinner
Skinner
Mineral County
C. Reeves Taylor
State Still Waiting To Buy Mingo Land
Williamson West Virginia AP three years after a circuit judge allowed condemnation of 83 acres in Mingo County for flood victim housing the state still has not taken title. Officials blame delays on Couga Development Corp seeking a higher price and difficulty scheduling meetings. If no settlement is reached a condemnation hearing would occur and a jury trial could follow.
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Williamson
W.va
Mingo County
Anthony Haskins
State Department of Highways
Haskins
Couga Development Corp
Philadelphia
Rodman) Thompson
Couga
Jay Rockefeller
America
U.S
Consol
Baltimore
Consolidation Coal Company
Consol Plaza
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Israeli columnist uses Polish cabinet tale to bypass censors
Israeli columnist Amnon Abramowitz wrote a wartime cabinet debate as history in Poland 1922 to dodge Lebanon offensive censorship. The piece mirrored real events, hinting at Ariel Sharon links, and readers noted the resemblance to Israeli leaders and ministers. Censors declined comment as reporters wrestle with suppression.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Poland
Amnon Abramowitz
Maariv
Lebanon
Abramowitz
Bekaa
Palestine Liberation Organization
Russia
Jozef K. Pilsudsky
Ignacy J. Paderewsky
Padarewsky
Pilsudsky
Joseph
Leon
Ariel Sharon
Lion of God
Begin
Abromowitz
Pattovsky
Gideon Patt
Gen. Motek
Mordechai ‘‘Motke" Zippori
Washington DC man stabs wife and son then kills himself
In Alexandria an apparent triple murder suicide unfolds as Marcos Kusanovic 31 kills his wife Ann Winton 33 and their 5 year old son Alex Kusanovic with a knife before taking his own life in an apartment at 5473 Sheffield Court. Police initially labeled it a triple homicide before confirming the sequence.
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Alexandria, Va
Washington, D.C
Alexandria
Marcos Kusanovic
Ann Winton
Alex Kusanovic
Sheffield Court
James Scott
Kusanovic
Richmond Times-Dispatch Endorses Trible for Senate Seat
In Virginia Senate race for the Byrd vacancy Paul S. Trible Jr. earns an editorial endorsement citing his defense work and tax measures including homemakers retirement accounts. The piece frames Trible as continuing Jeffersonian principles in a “lonely battle against liberal forces.” Big Stone Gap coverage notes Rep. William C. Wampler opposing Reagan plan to fund coal port dredging, urging a 60 percent federal share mix.
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Richmond
Paul S. Trible Jr
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Richard J. Davis
U.S. Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
India
Times-Dispatch
Trible
Virginia
House of Representatives
Big Stone Gap
William C. Wampler
R-9th
Wampler
Wise County
Hampton Roads
C&P Telephone seeks large rate increase in Virginia
Richmond AP reports Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia seeks a 15.3 percent overall rate rise for 1.5 million customers, with some service fees up 50 percent. The SCC will hear the request January 5, amid anticipated controversy over cost-based charges for line connections, service changes, and other processing fees.
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Richmond
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
C&p
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Bluefield
C&p Telephone
Ray Gross
Gross
SCC
David B. Shelton
North and
Woodland
Welch Mcdowell ST
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