Hechler Pushes House Vote On Salary Boost Controversy
Former West Virginia congressman Ken Hechler seeks a direct House vote on the pay raise, delivering a petition with 1500 WV signatures and citizen recordings to Speaker O Neill, amid a last session push before automatic salary increases take effect. A New Jersey man is sentenced to life for slaving a 12 year old girl, after prosecutors sought death, while Henry Gonzalez retains chairmanship amid conflicts in the JFK and MLK assassination inquiry committee.
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Congress
West Virginia
Ken Hechler
House Appropriations Committee
Hechler
House
William O'Neill
West
New Jersey
Arkansas
John Elliott Gruzen
Maplewood
N.J
Henry Gonzalez
Richard Sprague
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Juveniles Tour West Virginia Prison Tries To Change Minds
A bus of Charleston youths visited Moundsville Penitentiary to witness life behind bars and hear inmates describe crime costs. Prisoners spoke of long sentences while guards restrict routines, prompting mixed reactions from the juveniles about future choices and possible reform.
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Massie
Moundsville
Willie
Charleston
Lloyd
Weather and river conditions report extension
The 24 hour airport data show a high of 18 and a low not stated with 2:30 p m reading. record highs and lows for prior years are listed. Extended outlook calls for a chance of rain or snow Saturday through Monday with highs in the 30s to 40s and lows from teens to near 30. River readings show Greenbrier three quarters of a foot above normal with ice, Lake Bluestone two feet above normal with clouds and frozen gates, and a new Hinton gauge at 3.5 feet.
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Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
Housing Director Picked for Coalfield Housing Corp
Deborah Tuck of the United Mine Workers research department in Washington, D C, will be first director of the Coalfield Housing Corporation. The office will open above Foster Hardware on Main Street by mid March. She helped found the Gary Bicentennial Building Association project and will continue involvement. She also helped found Coalfield Housing Corp a coalition of mine operators and UMWA members locating and developing housing in Raleigh County. She serves on the Rural Housing Alliance and Rural America boards.
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Deborah Tuck
United Mine Workers of America
Washington, D.C
Coalfield Housing Corporation
Ms. Tuck
Foster Hardware
Main Street
Gary Bicentennial Building Association
Gary
Coalfield Housing Corp
UMWA
Raleigh County
Rural Housing Alliance
Board of Rural America
From Burglary to Banished Swiping Al End
A quoted speaker vows to abandon major theft and shifts to honest work. The statement rejects big time crime for a simpler, lawful life. It notes a pledge to stop burglaries and stealing household items.
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Wilma Jean Dunlap
Cecil Edward Ball
Jerry Dunlap
Dunlap
Sharples
Linda Garrett
Huntington
U. S. District Court
Tommy
Danville. Ark
Gonzalez
Washington
The
Kong
Hong Kong
London
Britain
CIA
Philip Agee
Mark Hosenball
Hosenbail
Agee
Kampala, Uganda
Idi Amin
Janani Luwam
Uganda
Burundi
Rwanda
Erinayo Oryemna
Oboth Ofumbi
Vance
Middle East
Cairo
Egypt
Cyrus Vance
Sadat
Israel
Ismail Fahmi
Kredit
Enjoy Berman
oDermen ‘Charge
E Bank Americard ¢Master Charge
Thressone
Texas Instruments
C. B. Radio Sale
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Torqueis
Gened Kredit Jewelers
Bayan
Main ST
OAK
Neville ST. Beckley
Tim
Johnson
Kevin
Berkley Newspapers Inc
Prince St
Beckley
W.va
Bai
Clay Communications Inc
Beckley and Hinton
Raleigh Register
Carner
Mullens
Efayetteville
HU Ey VE
David
Neville Sr
Beckley Theatre
Price
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Mullens TV
Ben Franklin
Fayetteville, W. VA
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