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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1977
Page
1
The National Weather Service predicted 1 to 3 inches of snow this afternoon with a 10 percent chance of more. Highs near 38 to 40 degrees today, then sunny conditions and temperatures in the low 40s tomorrow.
School day coverage spotlights Beckley Junior High School activities on the Second News Front. Science Fair winners at Crab Orchard and Sophia Elementary Schools are named. Trap Hill High School honors include star farmer and greenhand awards.
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Col Ernesto Claramont, defeated in El Salvador’s presidential race, leaves San Salvador for exile in Costa Rica amid protests. Red Cross workers remove a wounded demonstrator as police clash with protesters. Government declares a state of siege after deadly clashes with officials reporting at least five deaths.
About 10,007 Southern West Virginia coal miners remain off work amid a four week old wildcat strike. Dan Fields of WV Coal Association cites N B C A estimates of 13,000 idle nationwide with regional totals: Eastern Associated Coal 2,100 and Consolidated Coal 2,750 off. A Boone County rally at Scott High School was set for today to discuss a return to work.
The House Finance Committee reversed its earlier straw vote on repealing the 3 percent sales tax on food and sent the measure back with approval. The House endorsed 970 a two million dollar emergency freeze appropriation sought by Gov. Jay Rockefeller and referred it to the Senate after a minor technical change. Del. John Fitzgerald opposed the repeal. Del. Jake Spears criticized the bill as Rockefeller endorsement.
PSC Chairman Brooks Smith testified before the Senate on energy and mining panel to resist reform of the West Virginia Public Service Commission. He called the agency a whipping boy while noting it handled 5 000 complaints plus hundreds from rate cases as a broad utilities bill to overhaul regulation was considered.
A Mabscott man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Clinton Nile Pennington. Donald Mills 26 of MacArthur was to be tried in Raleigh County Circuit Court for the Nov 30 stabbing. Prosecution said the judge imposed the sentence with mercy and dropped abduction and armed robbery charges from a separate case. Mills is undergoing 60 days of testing at Huttonsville.
Uganda President Idi Amin announced Americans were free to travel or leave Uganda in a move aimed at improving relations with the United States. The White House offered no comment while some reports noted the Americans faced no immediate danger. A meeting with about 240 Americans was postponed indefinitely and prior orders requiring possession lists for missionaries were dropped.
A CDC warehouseman aged 49, George Flowers, and a 42 year old custodian in the building housing the Legionnaire's disease lab were stricken with illness. Tests show no link to Legionnaire's disease, though officials note they found a new micro organism and symptoms resemble many infections.
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