Carter seeks universal voter registration and direct election plan
President Carter asks Congress to end almost all voter registration restrictions and fund elections with taxpayer money while abolishing the electoral college. Mondale backs on election day registration and direct presidential election, with bipartisan congressional support and potential penalties for fraud.
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Carter
Congress
Walter Mondale
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Mondale
White House
GOP
William Brock
Weather outlook with gusty winds and cooling temps
The National Weather Service says the snow will end today while winds gust up to 35 mph before diminishing tonight. Partly cloudy through Wednesday with a 20 percent chance of precipitation tonight and tomorrow. tonight's low in the upper 20s and tomorrow's high in the 40s.
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National Weather Service
All Register All Star Basketball Team Named
Greg White of Mullens is captain of the fourth annual All Register team. Other selections are listed in Sports Scene on Page 6 with names of the remaining players chosen by area coaches writers and broadcasters.
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Greg White
Mullens
West Virginians Tapped For Friendship Force Leadership
The Friendship Force headed by Rev. David Wayne Smith plans citizen exchanges with a Iron Curtain country this fall. Former Gov. Hulett Smith of Beckley will chair the advisory council of 24 prominent Americans. The first flight is scheduled for July 4 with 256 participants, linking Georgia and a western European nation.
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Beckley
Smith
Junior
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia Department of Commerce
West Virginia
Friendship Force
Europe
Georgia
Legislature Advances Supplemental Bills in House Action
The House sped a $38.9 million bill for day to day state highway operations to the Senate and eyed a major mental health reform measure. Senate action planned on nine supplementary appropriations totaling $5.2 million and a sex discrimination bill. The Senate rejected the House juvenile code and returned it, while hearings on liquor by the drink and warehouse tax exemptions moved forward.
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State Department of Highways
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Dell
Julia Pitsenberger
Randolph
Joseph Caudle
Berkeley
Psy
Senate Rules Committee
State Police To Accept Toll Free Calls In Future
By late next summer or early fall the Beckley State Police detachment will accept toll-free calls for emergencies. The program is part of a new system for small state police detachments, according to chief radio operator Garnet Murphy.
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Beckley State
Garnet Murphy
Harley F. Mooney
Murphy
Beckley
Charleston
Berkeley Springs
Charles Town
Martinsburg
Keyser
Romney
Parson
Elkins
Buckhannon
Marlinton
Kingwood
Morgantown
Fairmont
Wheeling
Mounds
Welch Fire Explosions After Gasoline Leaks From Station
Firefighters battled two explosions at a residence after fumes from leaking gasoline entered the Tug River and rose via sewage ducts. An earlier downtown Welch apartment fire left 10 families homeless while a regional dispatch expansion aims to speed response across multiple towns with phased completion by spring and summer.
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Tug River
Jimmy Copley
Copeley
Welch
Killer Wind Strikes Eunice Area Fatality and Injuries
Donald Williams recalls a 70 mile per hour wind that overturned his trailer near Eunice. His 18 month old son died under the doorway while his wife and two other children were injured as the mobile home collapsed during a sudden squall. Williams was away at the Bethlehem Steel mine when the wind struck without warning.
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Donald Williams
Williams
WV House Advances Bills Amid Amendments and Budget Talks
The House moved SDH Bill through active calendar after Sen Susman sought an amendment to bar inspection of certain bank records. The body also reconsidered a bill on community colleges and eyed a Wednesday decision. Highway funds of 38.9 million were approved to support maintenance, while a development bill encouraged broader county funding and annual public accounting before Senate confirmation of the director.
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Alan Susman
Raleigh
Joseph Speed Jones
House
Senate
Highways Department
Jay Rockefeller
Office of Economic and Commercial Development
Department of Commerce
Del
Larry Sonis
D - Kanawha
Sonis
Baltimore man hostage incident over utility bill shocks city
Anthony Griffin, 30, armed with two pistols and a machete, seized 35 city workers and nine family members at Metro Plaza in Northwest Baltimore over a $637 gas and electric bill and rent. He surrendered after a three hour standoff and planned a news conference to vent his frustrations. Police Col. James Watkins said the crisis centered on his family’s welfare. Griffin entered the Department of Social Services building aiming to speak to the media. Security guard Alexander Casey described the tense scene as alarms rang and officers were summoned. He released the city employees after about an hour, his stated goal a public appeal rather than continued weapon threat.
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Anthony Griffin
James Watkins
Griffin
Watkins
Plaza
Alexander Casey
Casey
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