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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1977
Page
1
The National Weather Service predicted a 90 percent chance of rain today, with skies clearing tonight and tomorrow to about a 20 percent chance. Tomorrow should be sunny with highs in the mid 50s.
A 17-year-old boy Vita Rindazzi died and three others were injured when a northbound car hit a southbound mobile home camper on the West Virginia Turnpike near Milepost 25. Ernest Boggs 18 of Nitro survived with injuries. two Pleasants County youths were also hurt. The victims were returning from Myrtle Beach and the cause appeared to be the Rindazzi driver falling asleep. The crash occurred about 7:30 a.m. with both vehicles from different areas.
A new strike in Kanawha County idles 2300 miners after two workers were punished for attendance and a third warned. Pickets spread the stoppage to six companies as miners meet to discuss action. Northern West Virginia sees a federal court appearance over a temporary restraining order and a separate dispute over safety committee actions. Eastern reports all southern mines back in operation. Consolidation Coal returns eight sites while three stay closed with 229 workers.
The Labor Department reports unemployment at 7.5 percent in February as severe winter weather and energy shortages led to thousands of layoffs. Despite the rise, joblessness remains below the recession peak, with 7.2 million out of work and employment up by 400,000 to 89 million.
The House defeated most riders on Gov. Rockefeller's 3 percent sales tax repeal and prepared the measure for a decision vote. A separate nuclear waste bill was amended to limit WV deposits to West Virginia waste. A key junk food exclusion was approved 56 to 41, saving about 32.1 million of the projected 36 million revenue loss.
The House of Delegates voted 61 to 14 to approve a no fault divorce bill aimed at reducing degradation in divorce proceedings. The measure allows couples to declare irreconcilable differences as valid grounds for divorce.
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