Arson Suspected In $750000 Beckley Warehouse Fire
Damage from an early morning blaze guted the Petroleum Products Inc warehouse on Business Street. Beclky Fire Chief Statzer cited high arson suspicion after evidence near a nearby garage. no injuries were reported. Fire involved 55 gallon drums, 15,000 gallon tanks, and Gulf Oil accessories. 26 responders worked as crews battled the flames.
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Petroleum Products Inc
Gulf Oil
Business Street
Harold Statzer
Beckley Fire Department
Statzer
Steve Peelish
Beckley
Oe Appalachian Power Co
Reginald Hardy
Hardy
Weather warmth breaks records amid light rain chances
A warm Tuesday set a 72 degree record at 4 pm. forecasts call for cooler days ahead with mid-50s today and near 60 tomorrow. Rain chances are near zero tonight and about 10 percent tomorrow.
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National Weather Service
Georgia Man Killed, 2 Hurt In Tractor-Trailer Crash
James Alexander Pruitt, 31, of Woodstock Georgia, died on arrival at Beckley ARH after the tractor-trailer driven by Jimmy Anglin, 43, Acworth, struck a cliff at Watermelon Curve on U S 19 near Batoff Mountain. Anglin was treated for injuries. state police investigate.
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Georgia
U.S
Batoff Mountain
James Alexander Pruitt
Wood Stock
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Jimmy Franklin Anglin
Acworth, Ga
Pruitt
D.G. Whisman
R.G. Wilfong
Italian hijacker captured after 43 hour odyssey
An Italian hijacker who took an Iberian Airlines Boeing 727 and led a 43 hour journey across Europe and Africa with 22 hostages was captured in a shootout with Swiss police in Zurich. All hostages evacuated and none injured.
Rockefeller May Ask For New Revenues In WV
Gov. Jay Rockefeller warned a real fiscal crunch could force new revenues. He said he may act within 90 days and warned the belt tightening may include freezes and cutting capital projects. He outlined plans to create a Department of Economic and Community Development and a unified Department of Health and to seek grants and loans for communities.
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Jay Rockefeller
House
Senate
Rockefeller
James Teets
Preston
Teets
Senate Finance Committee
William Brotherton
Department of Health
Commerce Department
Federal
Industrial Development Authority Loan Fund
John Pat Fanning
D-Mcdowell
Brotherton
UPI
Legislaure
Department of Commerce
Governor's Office
Department of Economic and Community Development
Office of
Federal State Relations
Departments of Health
Economic Development Office
Sharia Commerce Department
High Ranking Welcome for Carter Delegation in Hanoi
In Hanoi under cloudy skies the first White House delegation since Vietnam’s 1975 victory received a surprisingly warm reception. Vice Foreign Minister Phan Hien led a small host group and promised personal oversight during the three day visit as talks with U.S. officials proceed alongside arranged tours and dinners.
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Vietnam
White House
Phan Hien
Hanoi
Carter
State Department
Hien
Foreign Ministry
Commission
U.S
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Pham van Dong
Washington
Laos
Government Guest House
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Nancy Stephen
Register
Doug Yarrow
Raleigh Register
William H. Baker
Baker
Board of Education
Ring Register
Creative
Orchard Valley Women's Club
Route 16
Beckley Art Group
Mike Evans
Woodrow Wilson High School
Evans
Parkersburg
Mike
U.S. 19
Batoff
United
Luciano Porcari
Zurich
Switzerland
Europe
Africa
United Press
Charleston
Norwood Bentley
Industrial Development Authority
West Virginia
Hanoi, Vietnam
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