Amherstdale man dies in 50-foot plunge wreck on WV 10
Logan County resident Omer Ed Keene, 62, Huntington, dies in Morristown while promoting laetrile. Keene reportedly believed apricot pit extract slowed his pancreatic cancer, but cause of death not determined. Separate reports note a 50-foot vehicle plunge near Lyburn and Rita injuring Mrs. Lusk, and a Terra Alta tornado damaging structures.
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Raymond Lusk
Amherstdale
W. Va
Lyburn
Rita
Lusk
Yornie Lusk
Logan County
Here
Alpine Lake
National Weather Service
Terra Alla
Corinth
SWS
Omer Ed Keene
West Virginia
Keene
Huntington
Mills May Join New York Law Firm As Tax Counsel
Wilbur Mills former House Ways and Means chairman may take a tax counsel post with Shea Gould Climenkos and Casey in their Washington office. A decision is due by July 4. Mills helped draft federal tax laws and has publicly discussed past alcohol problems.
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Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Fanne Fox
New York Daily News
Mills
Shea, Gould, Climenkos, and Casey
Washington
Arkansas Democrat
Ways and Means
Flood Threats Rise in Hunan and Chekiang Provinces
Chinese broadcasts warn of imminent floods in Hunan and Chekiang as heavy rains douse the Yangtze and Yellow rivers. Other provinces also monitor flood risks while Yunnan, Hopeh, Hainan and Shensi push ongoing drought combat efforts amid one of the worst droughts in years.
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China
Hunan
Chekiang
Yangtei
Yellow
Hong Kong
Yunnan
Hopeh
Hainan
Shensi
Brezhnev and Giscard Clash Over Detente at Paris Talks
At Rambouillet, Brezhnev and President Giscard dEstaing traded sharp exchanges amid three days of talks. Soviet spokesman Leonid Zamiatin cited Brezhnev pressing Helsinki principles and warning against turning detente into a new Cold War.
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Rambouillet Castle
Paris
Brezhnev
Giscard
Leonid Zamiatin
Begin Takes Israeli Office Seeks Peace
Right wing leader Menahem Begin was sworn in as Israel's prime minister after a tight 63 to 53 confidence vote. He urged negotiations with Arab states, pledged tobury bloodshed, and aimed to form a coalition while signaling talks with Egypt Syria and Jordan. Begin promised to take in 66 Vietnamese refugees rescued at sea and planned a Washington meeting with President Carter to strengthen US relations.
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Menahem Begin
Israel
Middle East
Begin
Ment
South China Sea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Japan
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Likud
Labor Party
Democratic Movement For Change
Carter
Washington
United States
Moshe Davan
Labor
Shimon Peres
Itmann Man Sues Magistrate Over Alleged Pistol Whipping
John Bennett 77 sues Wyoming County Magistrate Robert L. McKinney seeking 10 000 compensatory and 10 000 punitive damages claiming a pistol whip and a punch in a Mullens grocery store parking lot in January.
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Itmann
Wyoming County
Robert L. McKinney
John Bennnett
Bennett
McKinney
Mullens
District 29 to elect UMW district officers at convention
District 29 of the United Mine Workers will elect a district vice president and district organizer plus other candidates on November 8, following a constitutional convention that created two salaried posts. About 280 delegates from 78 locals voted at the Raleigh County Armory Civic Center in Beckley.
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United Mine Workers
Trict
Raleigh County Armory
Beckley
Weather and price list report from Raleigh Register and regional stations
Weather data from Beckley area shows 24 hour period end at 5 p m with high 73 and low 58 degrees. Airport conditions note clear trends with record highs and lows cited. Extended outlook calls for fair weather Thursday and Friday with some showers Saturday and mild 70s daytime highs. River gauges Greenbrier two feet below normal Lake Bluestone normal with two point four gate openings at Bluestone and Hinton gauge reading two point four feet. Local subscription rates listed include daily and Sunday prices and tax totals for West Virginia readers.
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Greenbrier
Lake Bluestone
Hinton
Secretary Says Dispute Nearing End Over Aviation Rights
Transportation Secretary Brock Adams said the United States and Britain were very close to settling a bitter aviation rights dispute with a deadline looming. If no agreement is reached by 12:01 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Britain would bar U.S. airlines and the United States would cut flight rights, a point Adams emphasized as central to the talks.
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Brock Adams
United States
Britain
Adams
U.S
White House
Amin survives Uganda ambush as reports conflict
U S officials and diplomats offered conflicting accounts of an incident near Entebbe and Kampala. Scripps-Howard cited sources claiming Amin and Vice President Adrisi were ambushed but safe. Observers say coup plotting from within the army is likely, with Baganda arrests and panic noted while details remain unclear.
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Washington
White Hose
Defense and State Departments
Amin
U.S
Scripps-Howard News Service
Mustafa Adrisi
Entebbe
Kampala
Uganda
Baganda
Tragic pedestrian killed by semi on I-80 near hotel
State police reported Haverkamp struck and killed on a rain slick stretch of the turnpike. Trucker Starks, who heard a sought man on a CB, could not avoid the impact and dragged the victim over 100 feet before stopping. Starks was not cited.
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Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Philadelphia
Butz
Donald Laken
Harras
John Preston
Buzz
Spart
Lakens
Johnson
Haverkamp
Starks
Rainslick
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Treasury
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Harry O'Connor
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San Francisco
Rosalynn Carter
Commission On Mental Health
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Valer Gil Estaing
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Cyrus
Vance
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Zamiatin
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Gigeard
Leonid Brechnev
Yigael Yadin
Movement For Change
Menaham
Beckley Municipal Court
Albert Radford
Pe Taylor
Raleigh
Beckley Newspapers Inc
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Clay Communications Inc
Charleston
W.va
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