Gas Cut Off At 15 Minutes Past Midnight
In Buckeye Lake Ohio the end of a state moratorium on gas shutoffs led to immediate disconnections. Roy Dreyfus and 39 other households had meters cut after Clintonian Fuel and Oil Co paid a late bill, with 173 dollars due for three months.
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Columbus, Ohio
Roy Dreyfus
Dreyfus
Clintonian Fuel and Oil Co
C. Luther Heckman
PUCO
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Clintonian
Buckeye Lake
Winds Drench North Carolina With Damage From Storm
Strong winds and a winter chill swept across North Carolina causing scattered damage from mountains to the coast. The storm toppled trees and caused power outages affecting Duke Power and Carolina Power and Light customers, while a Beaverdam Creek bridge washout stranded 75 families until a temporary walkway was built. A light plane was overturned at Raleigh Durham Airport with no injuries. A warming trend was forecast for the weekend.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Raleigh
Greensboro
Asheville
Raleigh-Durham
Beaverdam Creek
Buncombe County
Gus Apsigns
Dept. of Transportation Information Officer
Thousands Fleeing Rising Floodwaters In Appalachia
Floodwaters receded in many areas of Appalachia but two southern West Virginia towns faced renewed danger from the Tug Fork. Bridges were washed out and services interrupted as thousands fled. at least nine people were killed across Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia with missing persons reported in Virginia. Rescue efforts by National Guardsmen began in southeast Virginia as residents in Kermit Crum Williamson and Barbourville faced rising waters and evacuations. Rain turned to sleet or snow in higher valleys as the region endured a deadly storm system.
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Associated Press
Appalachia
West Virginia
Tug Fork
Kentucky
Virginia
Alabama
Williamson
W.va
Kermit and Crum
Cumberland
Barbourville
National Guardsmen
City water and sewer bills prompt widow asks Action Line
A widow in High Point complains of high water and sewer charges she cannot justify. The column explains metered usage at 750 gallons per unit, first 33 units cost 0.4840 each, and sewer bills at 110 percent of water. It urges checking for leaks and meter accuracy and suggests city follow up.
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High Point
B.P
Goodwill Aims At Fair Prices For Low Income Shoppers
Langdon executive director of Goodwill Industries says stores offer quality merchandise at prices to aid low and fixed income customers. He notes large drapes may be $15 a pair for premium goods with cheaper worn items available, and proceeds fund rehabilitation programs for the handicapped. Donations earn tax credits and benefit the nonprofit.
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A. Edward Langdon
Goodwill Industries
Langdon
Goodwill
Six Lane Highway Replaces Asheville Tunnel After Open Cut
In Asheville the Beaucatcher Mountain project moves ahead with 9 000 cubic yards removed daily as the 48 year old two lane tunnel gives way to a six lane highway. Blasting may begin later this month while a federal funded plan continues amid lawsuits and local apathy.
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Asheville
Beaucatcher Mountain
Jack Blevins
Asheville Construction Co
Beaucatcher
Beaucatcher Mountain Defense Assn
Vernon Stroupe Jr
Stroupe
Ochsenreiter
Henry Coton
Chamber of Commerce
Beancatcher Association
Veteran questions nuclear test link to leukemia death
Salt Lake City AP report details Paul Cooper the Army veteran from Emmett Idaho who says a 1957 Nevada nuclear test near Yucca Flats caused his acute myelogenous leukemia now killing him. VA disputes the radiation connection and disability pay denial cited.
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Salt Lake City
Paul Cooper
Nevada Desert
Veterans Administration
Cooper
Yucca Flats
Nev
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Ground Zero
Atomic Energy Commission
Emmett
Idaho
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Litter Bill Prompts Critique At Hearing In Raleigh
A measure to tax litter prone goods moves to a subcommittee after a public hearing. Rep. Charles Holt faces criticism that the bill is weak and a council member calls it a bottlers bill. The plan would ban pull-tabs and plastic can rings and impose .015 percent tax on gross proceeds for anti litter campaigns.
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Raleigh
Charles Holt
Dcumberland
Holt
House Water and Air Resources Committee
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Peggy Dreyfus
Duke Power Co
Charlotte
Carolina Power
Eugene Ochsenreiter Jr
Beaucatcher Tunnel
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