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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1977
Page
2
National Steel Products Co will shutter Thursday affecting about 35 workers in MTEC Huntington. Some employees may transfer to National Mattress Co or retire, others seek new positions as the plant winds down.
Jazz band leader Stan Kenton, 65, remained under treatment at Reading Medical Center recovering from head surgery after a fall last May. A spokeswoman said he is progressing but still feels effects of surgery.
Western delegates report a surprising Soviet shift toward moderation on a human rights issue at Belgrade reviewing the 1975 Helsinki accords. Chief Soviet delegate Yury Vorontsov, after two weeks of a hard line stance, indicated willingness to cooperate and to set a fall agenda with potential compromises.
A Detroit judge was to rule on General Motors request to quash grand jury subpoenas amid a tax fraud probe. The decision was seen as not ending the dispute with the Justice Department and an appeal was expected regardless of the outcome.
Curtis Chandler 18 of Bluefield died today from injuries after a two car collision on U S 52 East River Mountain last Tuesday night. He is the second fatality. earlier, Mark Caudill of Bluefield was killed instantly in the wreck.
The Boeing 747 and Space Shuttle Enterprise prepare for a second test flight with a 6000 foot dive and 19000 foot ascent. Astronauts Engle and Truly will monitor controls as a simulated separation occurs over the Mojave Desert.
Weather report shows high 79 and low 60 for the 24 hour period ending 10 am with a 4 pm high of 79 and 6 am temps and extended outlook predicting showers through the period with highs in the 70s and lows in the 60s. River conditions note Greenbrier and Lake Bluestone as normal and cloudy with gate activity noted. Local notices include names and positions of district board members and mentions of mining industry actions and fund reallocations.
Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez meets with President Carter in Williamsburg to discuss energy trade Panama Canal relations and hemispheric affairs. The visit highlights Venezuela as a major U.S. oil supplier and its stance on human rights nuclear nonproliferation and OPEC dynamics.
The hunt for Gette Hart, 33, accused of three Girl Scout murders, has become a contest between an experienced woodsman and authorities. Heat sensors and National Guard helicopters grid Skunk Mountain while five SWAT teams comb caves and caverns, as doubt remains whether Hart remains at large after a 1973 Pryor escape.
American yachtsman Carl Schuster was buried Monday in the Caribbean near Grenada after a machete and bludgeon attack. A launch lowered his casket three miles offshore as his family watched, while police in St Vincent questioned four people and kept crewman Joseph Delisle in custody amid reports two men boarded the yacht Zig Zag II in Cumberland Bay.
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