Electricity Consumers In for Shock
Washington AP reports rising fuel costs drive utilities to seek higher rates. At least 12 major power firms request about 495 million in rate increases, with Edison Electric Institute warning more to come as conservation measures cut output and shift costs to customers. Con Ed seeks nearly 30 percent rise over two years plus a 6.67 percent conservation adjustment. Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power anticipates at least 15 percent to cover a 45 million revenue loss. Pacific Gas & Electric requests 63.6 million more to offset fuel costs while Tennessee Valley Authority seeks 14 percent homeowner rate hikes over two years due to coal price increases.
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Washington
State Public Utility Commission
Los Angeles
City Department of Water and Power
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
San Francisco
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wildcat strikes condemned in speech to Rotary Club
Charleston labor official urges end to wildcat actions in West Virginia coalfields. Data show 83 percent of lost man hours in 1972 came from coal, with 228,296 days and 2,767,933 tons disrupted in 1973 first nine months. Estimated 13 million in wages and 40 million in coal revenue affected.
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Rotary Club
West Virginia
David B. Johnson
State Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Charleston
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Care Urged In Electrical Installations
Appalachian Power Co urges customers to ensure home wiring is adequate before using electric heating devices. Miller C Porterfield vice president Charleston Division warns of rising sales of portable heaters while offices cut electricity use. Isolated winter outages possible due to storms icy conditions and debris.
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Appalachian Power Co
Miller C. Porterfield
Charleston
Porterfield
Elkview Man Loses $1000 To Capitol Drywall Contractor
A Charleston Consumer Protection office complaint says an Elkview man paid $1000 to Capitol Drywall Co to finish a recreation room for 2500. Richard Copeland allegedly took the lumber funds and disappeared. The complainant requested anonymity.
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Charleston
Man builds organ from scratch in Teays Valley home
Bruffy, 29, an organ technician and electronics expert, designed and built a four rank pipe organ with 292 pipes in his garage. He voiced the pipes himself by shaping mouths and toe holes, noting the instrument will be finished only when placed in its final location. He contrasts pipe organs with electronic ones, calling the latter sterile, and says the hardest part is giving the pipes their voice. Bruffy learned from an organ technician in the West during service and now combines mechanical skill with artistic design.
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George Steele
Iis
John Bruffy Jr
Gan
Bruffy
Teays Valley
Contractor Bond Advice Amid Payment Threats
A man says a lumber company demands payment or the return of materials and threatens a lien on his house. After consulting two lawyers, he learns his protection as a consumer is to require a contractor bond. He admits fault for trusting a contractor named Kirk. Copeland had done work for the complainant’s employer.
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Jane Theiling
Consumer Cen
Copeland
Kirk
West Virginia Cattlemen to Form Association Meeting
Jacksons Mill hosts the first annual meeting of the West Virginia Cattlemen's Association at 1 p.m. on January 23. The group aims to build membership, draft a voluntary livestock branding law for the next state legislature, and distribute information through Noah Perry, secretary-treasurer, Capitol Building, Charleston.
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Jacksons Mill
West Virginia Cattlemen’s Assn
Harry Kesterson
Now
Fumithe
Copeland
Gus R. Douglass
Noah Perry
Capitol Building
Charleston
Raleigh approves 17 million school renovation plan
Raleigh County boards of education wins approval from the State Board for a 17 million plan funded by 9.5 million state share and 7.6 million county bond. The proposal calls for replacing nine frame elementary schools, merging seven high schools into four, adding 16 combined gymnasium cafeterias, and building a new vocational-technical facility. Local officials push comprehensive schools to blend academics with vocational training and seek safety upgrades of 250 thousand.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
State Board of Education
Raleigh County
William H. Baker
Ime
Daniel B. Taylor
Ral
Wallacds
Meetian Tider
New State Livestock Group Seeks Members
Morgantown reports students from Charleston area at West Virginia University judging contests this semester. Dairy cattle team members Jane Carathers Buckhannon and Wanda M. Vande Linde Charleston competed at the Pennsylvan ia All American Dairy Show in Harrisburg and the National Dairy Cattle Show in Columbus. Jewell Gaye Plumley Pineville and Tim King Charleston participated in quarter horse and livestock evaluation teams, competing at the American Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus Keystone International in Harrisburg and the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
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Morgantown
Charleston
West Virginia University
College of Agriculture and Forestry
Jane Carathers
Buckhannon
Wanda M. Vande Linde
Woodvale Dr
Harrisburg
Columbus
Ohio
Jewell Gaye Plumley
Pineville
Tim King
Ridgemont Rd
Chicago
Gasoline pinch hits two Carbide plants in West Virginia
Glenn Kraft, manager at Union Carbide Institute plant, says both Institute and South Charleston plants face gasoline shortages. About 20 percent of the Institute fleet of 350 to 400 vehicles is idle, with short term shutdowns but no current production cuts anticipated. Energy crisis could affect raw materials and power units, which run mainly on coal with some natural gas.
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Glenn Kraft
Union Carbide
Institute
South Charleson
Kraft
Carbide
South Charleston
Board of Education Adopts Low-Key Energy Crisis Plan
West Virginia Board of Education voted to take a restrained approach to the energy crisis. The five paragraph resolution urges energy conservation in schools and classroom instruction, with no specific local guidance. Superintendent Daniel B. Taylor noted conflicting fuel advisories and possible below last year’s bus fuel allocations for some counties.
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Associated Press
West Virginia Board of Education
Washington
Daniel B. Taylor
Gov. Moore
Taylor
Eastern Panhandle
Man Acquitted In Assault Case
In Huntington West Virginia a Cabell Common Pleas Court jury acquitted Arlie Maynard 22 of an assault charge from a March shooting at a local construction site. The trial related to the wounding of Lawrence Perdue 29 in an apparent labor dispute. after verdict the judge dropped murder charges against Maynard’s brother William 26 who had been accused in the same incident.
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Huntington
W.va
Cabell Common Pleas
Arlie Maynard
Wayne County
Lawrence Perdue
Robert Conaty
Maynard
William
William Maynard
William Cremeans
Mishap Kills 2 Monongalia Boys
Two teenage boys from Core died in a Friday car crash that smashed through a bridge abutment on West Virginia 7 near Core. Dennis Warner, 17, died at the scene and Ronald Yeager, 16, died later at University Hospital.
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Morgantown
W. Va
W.va
Owens May Quit Hee Haw Spot
Buck Owens may leave Hee Haw to join a network variety program. He spoke from Bakersfield California saying he has no comment at this time. Owens, 44, cohost with Roy Clark since 1969, grew upset when CBS dropped the show from its network status. Since 1971 the show has thrived as a syndicated program despite CBS’s view of its rural image.
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Nashville
Tenn
Buck Owens
Bakersfield
Calif
Owens
Roy Clark
CBS
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