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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1977
Page
10
The National Weather Service says sunny conditions will continue through Friday with a repeat of today’s weather. Highs around 50 today, near 50 Friday, and mid 30s tonight. Rain chances near zero today and tonight, rising to about 10 percent on Friday.
On Chinese New Year Eve of the Snake year 4675 thousands join festive observances across communities including eight residents in Beckley. Traditional customs and gatherings highlight the night with cultural activities and shared meals as the Creative Living section covers details.
University of Minnesota students Jeanne Sundt and Paul Vaccaro basked in milder winter weather on Wednesday on the campus mall in Minneapolis. The scene captures a brief reprieve from snow as they soak up sun and lightheartedly ignore the remaining snow piles.
Gov. Jay Rockefeller seeks a week recess to assemble the executive budget as Senate President William Brotherton and House Speaker Donald Kopp meet to chart strategy for the 63rd Legislature. Key issues include repealing the 3 per cent sales tax and the statewide prosecutor program.
White House Counsel Robert Lipshutz says senior staff will help repair Carter administration relations with Congress. Carter admits initial days mishandled personnel announcements and not consulting districts. Lipshutz describes a coordinated team with Jordan Powell and Watson using a wheel like system for direct access to Carter.
The National Weather Service warns the New and Guyandotte rivers may flood if ice jams form amid a warming trend. Hydrologist Phil Zinn says this initial warmth limits near-term risk, but residents should move belongings from flood plains as meltwater raises river levels over the next weeks.
In Beckley on February 10, Raleigh County Jaycees keep downtown lights up citing cold and wind risk. Stan Norman of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance says volunteers won’t risk their safety and hope a bucket truck crew will remove them after 5 p.m. If delays persist, they plan for February 19.
Oklahoma would become the first state to execute condemned prisoners by poisonous injection under a bill approved by the Senate. Sen. Bill Dawson said the bill would institute a humane method of capital punishment and requires intravenous administration of a barbiturate with a paralytic agent by a licensed physician. The measure passed 25 to 21 and may be reconsidered. Current law allows gas chamber or electric chair, which needs repairs. last execution was in 1986.
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