Power companies donate relief funds for flood areas
Appalachian Power Co. gave 30000 dollars to the American Red Cross for flood stricken areas in West Virginia and Virginia. Kentucky Power Co. is donating 15000 dollars to Red Cross flood relief in Kentucky. A voluntary flood relief fund may total 15000 dollars. A West Hamlin man shot during a scuffle as deputies served an arrest warrant. William Bias died after a deputy gun discharged during the scuffle outside Biass home. Parkersburg set FMC Corp motion to transfer its civil case to Charleston over carbon tetrachloride discharges into the Kanawha River. Cabell County liability insurance expires today and is not renewable. insurers say the market is in turmoil for government bodies.
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Appalachian Power Co
American Red Cross
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky Power Co
American Electric Power
Red Cross
Kentucky
Appalachian
Kentucky Power
American Electric Power Service Corp
New York
West Hamlin
Lincoln County
William Bias
Roger Harris
Samuel Watson
Bias
Richard Allen Watson
Allen
FMC Corp
Parkersburg
Charleston
U. S. District Court
Charles Haden
FMC
Kanawha River
Cabell
Jack Workman
Thornburg Insurance Agency
Workman
Cabell County
Ballerina Natalia Makarova Stars in Baltimore Romeo and Juliet Benefit
Ballerina Natalia Makarova fulfills a long held wish by performing a Romeo and Juliet ballet tailored for her in Baltimore this Sunday. The charity production supports the Maryland Ballet Company with notable guests including Bob Hope and Italian mayor Elio Gabbagiani.
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Natalia Makarova
Soviet Union
Miss Makarova
Baltimore
Maryland Ballet Company
Trudeau wife Margarets Ottawa trip disrupts plans with children
Margaret Trudeau did not return to Ottawa as planned after a Boston visit with Pierre Trudeau and their three children. The prime minister's office had no information on her location and two of six bags plus a bodyguard arrived separately.
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Pierre Trudeau
Margaret
Ottawa
Boston
Nine New Forest Fires Reported Across Counties
District forester Carl Lucas reported nine forest fires in Raleigh McDowell Mercer Summers and Wyoming counties Thursday. The Rayford Mountain blaze started Tuesday and was controlled by 7 p.m. Thursday after earlier containment. Small fires near Zack's Branch Squire and Lively Fayette totals small acreages while a larger blaze behind Mullens in Wyoming County burned unspecified area. Ten spot fires from a defective train engine were noted in Grant County. Crews patrol and monitor all incidents as weather aids containment.
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Raleigh
McDowell
Mercer
Summers
Wyoming
Carl Lucas
Department of Natural Resource
MacArthur
Rayford Mountain
Lucas
Mullens
Wyoming County
Grant County
Carter to Visit England On May Six with Callaghan
President Carter will make a four hour visit to northeastern England on May six with Prime Minister James Callaghan. They will tour Newcastle and Washington New Town before attending a seven nation economic conference in London. Washington New Town is cited as a postwar development to ease industrial crowding.
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Carter
James Callaghan
Callaghan
10 Downing Street
Tyne and Wear
Newcastle
Washington New Town
London
Northeast
Rebates Stir Mixed Opinions On Local Economy
Local business managers express divided views on rebates. Mike Meadows of John W Eye Co. says extra community money boosts business but warns returns may be modest. Ernest Ions of Hill's Dept Store notes rebates would help the area. Police seek a missing $1000 Sonax amplifier from Mullens High School, while investigators D H Bolyard and J L Molnar pursue leads.
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Mike Meadows
John W. Eye Co
Hill's Department Store
Beckley
Pineville
Golen
Mullens High School
Pri
C. C. Phillips Jr
Fire destroys unoccupied Lillybrook house in morning blaze
Fire at Lillybrook destroyed an eight to ten room house owned by Hurley Thompson. Firefighter Joe Faruggia of the Rhodeil Fire Department said the call came in around 7 a.m. with the home unoccupied and damage estimated at about 6000.
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Lillybrook
Seta
Joe Faruggia
Eine Fire
Faruggia
Rhodeil Vines
Hurley Thompson
Ramp Dinner at The Best Church of God Saturday
The Best Church of God will host a ramp dinner Saturday starting at 4 p.m. at the church. Menu includes ramps pinto beans scrambled eggs fried potatoes and cornbread.
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Best Church of God
Fire Levels Racetrack in Cherry Hill Go State Park Blaze
A Thursday fire wrecked the Go State Park race track grandstand and clubhouse in Cherry Hill New Jersey forcing 10 000 spectators to flee The blaze killed a fire chief from a heart attack and hospitalized at least 18 for smoke inhalation fractures and cuts Officials estimated 21 million in damage and said the Garden State season may be jeopardized The fire started in the clubhouse and quickly engulfed the grandstand with the public address system failing within 15 minutes
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Go State Park
New York - New Jersey - Connecticut
Garden State
Rahall closes Logan district office aids flood relief
Democratic representative Nick Rahall temporarily closes his Logan district office and assigns staff to Mingo County flood relief. David Riggs and Tim Hensley assist at Williamson High School Library relief center. Beckley Municipal Court collects 1543 dollars in a Thursday session with multiple fines for reckless driving DUI speeding intoxication and minor traffic offenses.
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Logan
Mingo County
Rahall
David Riggs
Williamson High School
Tim Hensley
Beckley Municipal Court
Wesley E. Wiseman
Piney View
Ronald Wayne Hardin
Bobby Hoskins
Simon Slejepveic
John L
Carlton Musick
Ida Hood
National Showers Forecast Across Regions With Cooler Atlantic
Weather outlook calls for widespread Friday showers from Texas and northern Alabama into the Midwest and Great Lakes. Northwest rain possible with cool conditions along most Atlantic coast areas and parts of the Plains. Extended outlook shows 70s daytime highs, mid 60s inland, and overnight lows in the 50s with Sunday and Monday showers clearing by Tuesday. Gauge at Hinton reads 3.3 feet. Greenbrier and Lake Bluestone hints of normal to muddy conditions noted.
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Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Midwest
Upper Great Lakes
Northwest
Atlantic Coast
Plains
Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
West Virginia Disaster Aid Centers Map Incomplete
Flood relief measures expand across 11 counties as disaster centers operate unevenly. 9, or more, thousand families registered. Raleigh County Armory center to close after Monday with Princeton center open for two days. Centers shift to serve affected areas including Greenbrier, Mercer, Wyoming.
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Mason
Summers
West Virginia
FDAA
Raleigh County
Princeton
Armory
Mercer
Selib
Memorial Building
Raleigh
Cem
Canadian TV to Feature Beckley in Carter Energy Policy Segment
Canadian television plans a news documentary on Beckley to air next week. A spokesman for the Canadian Television Nemaery said the segment will show Beckley as a community benefiting from Carter's energy policy. Mayor John H. McCulloch is set to be interviewed, with crew filming around town.
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Beckley
Nema Ery
By . Henry
Carter
Champ
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Affinity
Eastern
Coal
John H. McCulloch
Raleigh Register Publication Details and Rates Notice
The Raleigh Register lists subscription rates and sales tax figures for West Virginia. It notes mailing options, tax components, and that mail service is available only where papers are mailed within West Virginia, with tax applied to in-state mailings.
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Beckley
Raleigh Regster
Tohony
Sonney
W.va
West Viginia Serene
Two Mercer Men Sentenced for Kidnapping Plot
Two Mercer men pleaded guilty in U S District Court to one count of a kidnapping indictment from a bungled incident. Frankie Lee Bennett Sr 21 and Otis Scotty Bennett Jr 20 were sentenced to 10 years at a youth corrections facility. FBI agent Dave Warden testified they robbed Ronald Lee Wood of 210 dollars at gunpoint and transported him from Princeton to Glen Lynn Virginia. Bennett left the others after crossing back into West Virginia. The older Bennett turned the victim over to authorities.
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U. S. District Court
Frankie Lee Bennett, Sr
Otis “Scotty” Bennett, Jr
Dave Warden
FBI
Bluefield
Bennetts
Ronald Lee Wood
Princeton
Glen Lynn
Bennett
West Virginia
Warden
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