Carter Makes Message Clear to Latin America
President Carter told the Organization of American States the United States will back democracies that respect human rights. He urged a new inter American approach, pledged a timely Cuba policy, and called for restraint on arms while keeping nuclear weapons out of Caribbean bases.
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Carter
Latin America
United States
Senate
Costa Rica
Colombia
U.S
Argentina
Brazil
el Salvador
Guatemala
Uruguay
Panama
Cuba
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
The
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal Zone
Flood relief gifts from power companies and a fund drive
Charleston Appalachian Power and Kentucky Power charitable contributions totaling forty five thousand dollars aid Red Cross flood relief in West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky. A voluntary flood relief fund formed by employees may total up to fifteen thousand dollars. A West Hamlin man was shot and killed when a deputy’s gun discharged during a scuffle. FMC Corp civil case transfer hearing set from Parkersburg to Charleston over Kanawha River carbon tetrachloride discharges. Cabell County liability insurance expires today with no renewal likely as insurers pull from government markets.
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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 County
Jack Workman
Thornburg Insurance Agency
Workman
Ballerina Natalia Makarova Stars in Baltimore Romeo and Juliet Benefit
Natalia Makarova fulfils a lifelong dream by performing a Romeo and Juliet ballet choreographed for her in a Baltimore benefit for the Maryland Ballet Company. She trains for the Sunday show as guests include notable figures and civic officials.
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Natalia Makarova
Soviet Union
Miss Makarova
Baltimore
Maryland Ballet Company
Trudeau’s Wife Margaret Trudeau Fails to Return to Ottawa
Margaret Trudeau and her three children did not return to Ottawa as planned after a visit to Boston. Two of her six bags and her bodyguard arrived, but she was not with them. The prime minister’s office said it did not know her whereabouts. Zaire announces aerial offensive in Shaba near Kolwezi, with air power cited but details withheld. Zambia reports Zairean planes crossed border, bombing villages and a hospital, stressing the raid was unintentional.
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Pierre Trudeau
Margaret
Ottawa
Boston
Mrs. Trudeau
Zaire
Shaba
Kolwezi
Zambia
Soviet Ship Back At Sea With Fed Notice On Fish Rules
The Soviet refrigerator ship Antanas Snechkus returned to sea after a civil citation for illegally processing protected fish under the new 200 mile U S fishing limit. Officials said the fine is to be set and noted penalties up to 25000 for a single citation.
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Antanas Snechkus
U.S
National Marine Fisheries Service
Taras Shevchenko
Boston
White House
Fire Destroys House in Lillybrook Morning Fire
A house at Lillybrook owned by Hurley Thompson was destroyed by a morning fire reported by Rhodell Volunteer Fire Department member Joe Faruggia. The unoccupied eight to ten room structure suffered about 6000 dollars in damage.
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Lillybrook
Joe Faruggia
Rhodell Volunteer Fire Department
Faruggia
Rhodell
Hurley Thompson
Faraggia
Carter to Visit England Four Hour Stop in Northeast England
President Carter will make a four hour overseas stop May 6 in northeast England with Prime Minister Callaghan. He will tour Newcastle and Washington New Town before attending a seven nation economic conference in London.
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Carter
England
James Callaghan
Callaghan
10 Downing Street
Tyne and Wear
Newcastle
Washington New Town
London
Northeast
United States
Britain
Downing Street
Callagen
Washington
Newcastle - On - Tyne
Two Mercer Men Sentenced in Kidnapping Case
Two brothers Frankie Lee Bennett Sr. and Otis Scotty Bennett Jr. pleaded guilty in U S District Court to one count of kidnapping. Each received 10 years to be served at a youth corrections facility after a bungled abduction involving Ronald Lee Wood and a gunpoint robbery in 210 dollars. The witness FBI agent Dave Warden testified the Bennetts were arrested by State Police in November and transported the victim from Princeton to Glen Lynn Virginia before the plan collapsed. Scotty Bennett departed before authorities secured the other suspects. The gun was taken by the younger Bennett, leaving the third man unarmed.
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U. S. District Court
Frankie Lee Bennett, Sr
Otis “Scotty” Bennett, Jr
Dave Warden
FBI
Bluefield
Bennetts
Ronald Lee Wood
Tra
Princeton
Glen Lynn
Scotty Bennett
West Virginia
Warden
Bennett
Forecast Calls For Showers Across Large Swath Of U S
A weather forecast shows showers Friday from Texas and northern Alabama and Georgia to the Midwest and upper Great Lakes. Rain targets the Northwest with cooler Atlantic coast conditions. Temperatures reach 70s Sunday and Monday, mid 60s Tuesday, with overnight lows in the 50s and 40s by Tuesday. River notes report Greenbrier at 42 feet, Lake Bluestone normal and muddy with 5.5 gates open, and a new gauge at Hinton at 3.3 feet.
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Texas
Alabama
Georgia
Midwest
Upper Great Lakes
Northwest
Atlantic Coast
Plains
Namantinal
Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
Flood relief centers expand aid reach across counties
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development funds disaster relief through the FDAA, with centers in Raleigh Greenbrier and Wyoming counties. Mason and Summers mapping underway. Centers in Princeton Memorial Building operate 9 am to 7 pm for two days while 11 counties receive continued aid including food stamps and home repair loans. By Thursday night 7974 families had registered across centers, including 244 at Raleigh Armory. centers shift with one-day changes at Wayne Crum and Kermit high schools.
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U. S.department of Tah Srl Finenlitin Insurance Administration
Creek
Whisker
Mason
Summers
FDAA
Raleigh County
Armory
Mercer
Princeton
Memorial Building
Raleigh County Armory
Raleigh
Greenbriergers
Wyoming
Pineville
Wayne
Crum High School
Kermit High School
Beckley to be featured in CTV Carter energy policy series
Canadian TV news crew from CTV will air a four part documentary on President Carter's energy policy. Beckley will be shown as a community benefiting from the policy. Henry Champ reports from Weshington and filmed at Eastern Associated Coal Corp. Affinity mine and lab. Interviews with Mayor John H. McCulloch planned.
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Beckley
Tion Network
CTV
Henry Champ
Carter
Champ
Weshington
D.C
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Affinity
Eastern’s
West Virginia Newspaper Subscription Rates Clarified
The notice outlines subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions with separate totals and a 90.78 percent sales tax, detailing six months and three months options. It states tax applies to WV addresses and not to other states.
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Bea
W.va
West Virginia
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