Weather summary with scattered showers and temperatures by zone
A fragmented forecast notes zones 1 25 39 in Northern and Eastern regions mostly cloudy with showers and upper 80s highs while zones 2 4 Charleston area reach mid to upper 80s with showers. Central Mountains zones 6 7 see upper 70s to low 80s with showers and variable cloudiness in zone B northern mountains
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Paohandie
North Central
Panverte
Charleston
Central Mountains
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Gioe Road
Thursda
Wear
Northern Mountains
Eastern Panhandle
Perot Contributions Noted in Campaign Records
Campaign records show Texan Ross Perot made post election contributions to members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees. The donations, legal as individual gifts, totaled thousands to key lawmakers including Ullman, Schneebeli, Long, Harman, Rostekowski, and Packwood among others.
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Williams Washington
Texas
Ross Perot
House “Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
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Electronic¢ Data Processing Information Systemis
Hase
Puerto Rico
Perot
Senate
House Committee
Ways
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and
Herman Schneebeli
Pennsylvania
Finance. Com
Russell Long
Dla
Harman Talmadge
Dga
Dan Rosteknowski
D-Ill
Ways and Means Health
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Joe de “Waggoner
D.la
Bob Packwood
Iven
Sen
Long
Rep
Burleson
Waggoner
Foreign officials study West Virginia roads tour
Transportation officials from 21 nations will spend Monday and Tuesday in West Virginia examining the state's highway system and operations. They travel from Washington, D C on a two month course in Transportation Project Planning and will tour Charleston area interstate projects and the New River Bridge. Countries represented include Algeria Bolivia Brazil Burma India Indonesia Iraq Jordan Korea Mexico Nepal Pakistan Philippines Romania Somalia Syria Tanzania Thailand Yemen and Zambia.
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Strom
West Virginia
Washington,d.c
Char‘Jeston
New River Bridge
Algeria
Bolivia
Brazil
Burma
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Jordan
Korea
Mexico
Nepal
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Romania
Somalia
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Yemen
Zambia
Hereford Awards Program Planned
The West Virginia Hereford Assn sponsors a junior achievement awards program with the American Junior Hereford Assn as cosponsor. It honors state junior members with exceptional ability and effort in Hereford promotion. A junior and senior division winner will be named at the junior Hereford field day on July 26 at Jacksons Mill State 4-H Camp. Winners may advance to the national contest in November in Kansas City Kansas.
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West Virginia Hereford Assn
American Junior Hereford Assn
Jacksons Mill
Kansas City
Kan
Huntington Wins $1.5 Million Storm Sewer Grant
The city of Huntington West Virginia received a 1.518 million dollar grant from the federal Housing and Urban Development Department for storm sewer construction and related urban renewal projects.
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Washington
Huntington
W.va
Federal Departments
Sidestepping Sparks Council Raines Support for Leone Debate
Council President Karl Raines backed remarks by Councilman John McKee accusing Mayor Frank Leone of sidestepping the council in the appointment or reappointment of a Sanita Henne member, tying the issue to late Thursday statements.
Storm Storms Cause Outages and Sanitary Board Scrutiny
A late Thursday thunderstorm in the Charleston area knocked out power and sparked transformer fires while police noted no major storm damage. Beckley reported outages from an earlier storm. Mayor Leone and council discuss the Sanitary Board’s leadership as member Deane Harper’s term ends and reappointment moves forward.
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Charleston
National Weather Service
Kanawha
Beckley
Don Juan de Borbon barred from Spain by government
Spain bans Don Juan de Borbon y Battenberg from returning after renewing his claim to the throne. Europa Press reports government officials refused comment. A staffer said the 62 year old Count of Barcelona learned of the ban via Spain's ambassador to Portugal.
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Don Juan de Borbon Y Battenberg
Spain
Europa Press
Don Juan
Lisbon
Count of
Barcelona
Portugal
Antonio Poch
Estoril
Prince’ Juan Carlos de Borbon
Francisco Franco
Franco
Juan Carlos Ag
Marines Rescue $67,000 Bulldozer From Acid Pit
The 4th Engineer Battalion Marine Corps Reserve saved a $67,000 bulldozer for South Charleston after it sank into an acid pit at the new city landfill. The machine was pulled out overnight with no damage. City council made minor budget changes and approved a $14,000 comprehensive employee insurance policy. Several longtime council members did not seek re-election.
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Marine Corps Reserve
South Charleston
Jay Conklin
Arch Schoonover
H.L. Marwy Andy Gray
Dayton Council
Roy Coen
Conklin
New City
Coen
Dobson Service Saturday Plans Funeral Arrangements
A publican and charter member of Masonic Lodge No. 153 Mr. Dobson will have a graveside service at 11 a.m. Saturday in Roselawn Cemetery Tallahassee. Culley & Sons Funeral Home handles arrangements. The service will be officiated by Rev Ralph H. Norman, nephew, with survivors including Mrs J Robert Wilson of Tallahassee and several siblings living in Indiana California and Texas.
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Masonic Lodge No. 153
Dobson
E P
J. Robert ‘Wilson
Tallahasee
Bert
Chrvis
Oxnard
Calif
J. Re: Surbaugh
Charleston
Herbert, Black
Muniche
Ind
Harry Snell
Victoria
Man Breaks Deep Sea Diving Record in Open Ocean
Panama City Florida report notes diver Joe Burwell surpassing 1010 feet for deepest open sea dive. Burwell, Navy veteran and Chapmanville High School graduate, spent 21 minutes at record depth and spoke of keeping busy with reading and coursework. He and his wife Zola Meade Burwell have two children.
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Panama Ary
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
S.cro
Joe
Burwell
Zola Meade Burwell
Chapmanville, W.a
No arrests in Rand Robbery at Solo Service Station
A Wednesday robbery at Solo Service Station left an attendant robbed of $1,191 by a man with a sawed off shotgun. Kanawha County authorities and the state police are investigating the case as no arrests have been made.
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Shee
Kanawha Y Saris
Civil War TV interruption shocks Yakima viewers
A topless dancer footage interrupted ABC news on KAPP during a Civil War adventure yarn. Station spokesman blamed a technical foulup and said the material came from an ABC news story aired earlier. Viewers telephoned upset by the lewd interruption.
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Yakima
Wash
Nakima
ABC
KAPP
ABC News
Congress Told in Mayaguez Probe Planes Delayed After Mayday
The Mayaguez seizure timeline shows U.S. reconnaissance planes left at 9 57 a m about six hours after the 3 18 am Mayday. Miller testified that Washington was informed at 5 02 am and orders were delayed due to morning official review. First planes identified the ship at 9 15 pm, amid firing and minor damage, as the State Department defended no spy flights and questioned the timing of disclosures to Congress.
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Washington
U.S
Mayaguez
Congress
State Department
House
Robert H. Miller
Miller
Mallee
House International
Donald W.reigle Jr
Dmich
Riegle
Theodian
Peking
Michael Harrington
Dmass
Harrington
Phnom Penh
Mayaguee
United Sates
West Virginia Print Exhibit Opens at The Diamond
An exhibition titled West Virginia Print opens at The Diamond showcasing print artifacts across all seven floors. The kickoff featured a cake cutting at noon with Kristi Wick, Miss West Virginia, and music by Virginia native Billy Edd Wheeler.
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Diamond
Virginis
Kristi Wick
West
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