Gas curtailment shocks Raleigh County businesses
Raleigh County faces varied responses as Columbia Gas curtailment hits area firms. Webb's Florist moves plants to heated greenhouses and considers coal or oil heat. Seven-Up Bottling fights CO2 shortages, may lay off 47 if Marmet plant shuts. Coca-Cola bottling reports no CO2 issue. A Lee Norse plant will run at 45 degrees, affecting 104 workers.
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Columbia Gas Co
Raleigh County
Webb
Crab Orchard
Randey Webb
North Eisenhower Drive
duPont Chemical
Marmet
duPont
Seven - Up
Phill A. McDaniel
McDaniel
Tinue
Coca - Cola
South Oakwood Avenue
H. M. McKinney
Lee Norse Mining Equipment
Industrial Park
Melvin Marshall
Marshall
Wilcox Manufacturing
Raleigh
Snow and cold set January weather records
January ranked as the coldest and snowiest on record per the National Weather Service. The average temperature was 16.5 degrees, 15 degrees below normal, with 42 degrees once on Jan 28 before a blizzard. Snowfall totaled 35.5 inches, matching last winter, and total seasonal snowfall reached 67.5 inches, surpassing the 54.4 inch yearly average.
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National Weather Service
NWS
Weather Update and Education Heads in Two Counties
National Weather Service forecasts sunny warm conditions today and tomorrow with a high in the upper 20s and a low 10 to 15 tonight then low 30s. Precipitation chance is 10 percent as winds of 15 to 25 mph ease tonight. Superintendents in Wyoming and Mercer counties report gas heated schools are constrained and seeking alternatives.
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National Weather Service
Wyoming
Mercer
Boards of Education
Beclley and Shady Spring rematch tests streaks
Beckley and Shady Spring clash to extend or halt their four game winning streaks. Beckley won the earlier meeting 71 to 51. Details appear in the sports section on page seven.
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Beckley
Shady Spring
Emergency Bill Clears Senate to Alleviate Gas Shortage
United Press International reports an emergency bill to ease the winter natural gas shortage passed the Senate nearly unanimously and moves to the House. The measure lets the President order one interstate pipeline to share gas with another and lets pipelines bid for emergency gas, prioritizing homes and hospitals.
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Senate
House
Carter
White House
Students Bide Warm Gym Day After Cold Schoolout
Eccles Junior High School used a gymnasium as a makeshift classroom when coal fire failed to burn and furnaces could not heat the building. Principal Sam Meadows said the problem stemmed from strip mine coal and lack of wood. Students reportedly kept warm by gaming and eating in the gym.
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Eccles Junior High School
Sam Meadows
Raleigh Register
Meadows
James Cox
Harper
Jeny Graves
Sabrena Francis
Eccles
Laronda Smith
Raleigh County Board of Education
Columbia gas asks 18 000 WV customers cut back gas use
Columbia Gas Co. sent about 18 000 commercial customers in West Virginia letters urging voluntary gas reductions and filed with the Public Service Commission to suspend a 100 percent curtailment order for 390 large users. The letter dated Jan 31 warns some may face mandatory cuts later. 1 157 Raleigh County businesses are affected.
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Columbia Gas Co
West Virginia
Columbia
Public Service Commission
Earl Loucks
Melvin Tolle
Beckley
Raleigh County
Clerk Defeats Robber in Princeton Grocery Standby
East End Grocery clerk Marty Whittaker wrestled an 18 or 19 year old would be thief to the floor at about 2:30 a.m. today. The suspect’s pistol discharged but the gun was not loaded, and the robber escaped with a customer’s help. Deputy Bob Baughman investigates.
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Princeton
Marty Whittaker
East End
Whittaker
Bob Baughman
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John Anderson
Register
United Press Internati
Washington
Commerce Committee
Ernest Burleson
Flicka Graves
Michael Emmett
Eccles Junior High
Doug Chadwick
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