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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1977
Page
1
Police Capt. Leo Keglovic said the second hostage, who had been kept captive, told her captor Cory Moore of Warrensville Heights that all whites should leave Earth within seven days. Moore, 26, demanded a talk with President Carter.
Senate considers wide civil service reform amendments and a public defender system while Public Safety Commissioner Mooney opposes a department reorganization. House actions fund various state offices and approve expanding medical cost disclosures. Some bills aim to curb smoking in elevators, regulate juvenile treatment, and protect caves as tourist sites.
The National Weather Service expects spring like conditions to persist through tomorrow with temperatures dropping from the upper 50s this afternoon to around 40 tonight and rising to the mid 60s tomorrow. Winds will be southwest at about 5 to 15 miles per hour with near zero to ten percent chance of precipitation tonight and tomorrow.
The Register begins a four part series by Bard Lindeman on the rising cost of medical care and what average citizens can do. Lindeman outlines remedies after previously criticizing the medical industry and losing his AMA job. Read part one on the Second News Front.
Photographer Doug Chadwick presents a three part pictorial series on Fayette County schools. The debut piece today features Midland Trail School showcasing its new look, followed by coverage of two additional facilities and an extension to another.
South Beckley moves toward a 50 unit low income complex by Prime Builders Inc. Land is secured and site work begun. HUD must sign off after a feasibility study before sale to the Columbus firm. Cost estimates place land at about 969 000 and construction near 22 000 per unit, with 75 percent HUD funding and 25 percent city funding.
After a month of wildcat action, most of about 1,000 Carbon Fuel Co miners returned to work in Kanawha and Boone Counties. About 450 miners remained out with expectations of returning by 4 p.m. shift. A federal judge fined a United Mine Workers local $8,000 for an unauthorized strike as roving pickets paused in Kanawha County.
The Nation cites mass casualty and genocide warnings in Uganda under Idi Amin. It condemns Western silence and links Amin’s 21 000 strong Soviet equipped army to regional threats. The paper urges UN disarmament and a Ugandan government rebuilt with African leaders.
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