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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1977
Page
1
A Labor Department report shows 3,780 workers earned unpaid minimum wages totaling over 427 thousand dollars while 2,102 workers received about 417 thousand in overtime. In Huntington Poindexter named Queen Silvia for Mountain State Forest Festival on Oct 29.
House subcommittee chair John Moss postponed AMA Executive VP James Sammons testimony on unnecessary surgery. EPA finds pesticides in milk from mothers across 46 states but says no immediate health threat. long term effects remain uncertain. In Orlando, anti Castro demonstrators call for a three hour work stoppage during a citrus symposium with Cuban delegates.
Russian actress Victoria Fyodorova says her initial loneliness after marrying an American pilot has faded. She describes leaving isolation in a luxury home to emerge as a high fashion model with ambitions to act in American films.
In Red Square crowds of about two million marchers, including gymnasts, schoolchildren, and workers, wave red flags under sunny skies as music and slogans echo from Lenin's tomb reviewing stand. In Addis Ababa, Mengistu declares expulsion of hundreds of Americans ends what he calls slavery to Washington.
The Pentagon views small nuclear plants as a potential way to cut energy costs at bases starting in the 1980s. Radford Arsenal in Virginia could host a pilot plant, with other sites including Norfolk, Philadelphia, San Diego naval yards, Ft. Bragg, Ft. Hood, and Holston arsenal. A decision may come in about three years. environmental and community objections remain hurdles.
The Dallas Morning News reports Oswald wrote an undated IRS letter around November 1 1963 saying he would quit his job at the Texas School Book Depository and noting two children. The note surfaces amid Warren Commission findings, with investigators asked to consider possible links to Jack Ruby and timing around Ruby’s later actions.
National temperatures show mild conditions for the Gulf states and half the Atlantic coast, with a cool overall pattern across much of the country. Showers are expected in the west from the Plains to the mid Atlantic and central Gulf, with extended outlook calling for partly cloudy days in the 70s and near 50 nights. River notes report Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and cloudy with gates open, and Hinton gauge at 2.8 feet.
Frost interview content suggests Nixon privately admitted misusing investigations and acknowledging CIA involvement. Reports detail claims that FBI tracing of funds tied to Nixon committees, and whether hush money discussions exist on tapes. Colson called the transcripts old and distorted, while sources denied leaks.
R D Bailey Lake project faces continued delays as contractor default prompts bids for finish work. Major landowners Norfolk and Western Railway and General Pacific Co. hesitate to sell, weather and relocation of 706 families and 1300 graves add to issues. Bailey villages rise near Justice while routes 80 and 52 strain under tourist growth and road upgrades loom.
Two Superior Court judges held arraignments at a National Guard armory for about 1000 antinuclear demonstrators who occupied the Seabrook site. Bail ranged from 100 to 500 dollars with higher bonds for out of state or prior protesters.
A town resident recalls moving off his father's land after years of flood damage repairs and additions. He notes mixed opinions on a nearby dam's effectiveness while saluting the nocturnal lights and vigilance of neighbors during the flood night.
An 84 year old man, Harry Arthur Henthorne, died in a pre-dawn blaze at their North Fork home Sunday. His 82 year old wife Elka was rescued by a son and treated at Stevens Clinic in Welch. Firefighters from Northfork and Keystone suspect an electrical switchbox started the fire. The body rests at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
Governor Rockefeller outlines plan to reorganize state agencies creating a Department of Culture and History. He seeks 14.5 million to restore flood damage in southern West Virginia plus 5 million more under Title XX, totaling 12.7 million for welfare programs. An additional 1.5 million would finish a new wing at Fairmont Emergency Hospital.
The Beckley Register lists subscription options and prices for daily and Sunday editions including six month and three month rates with West Virginia sales tax figures. Mail service availability depends on established carrier service. tax rules apply to bundles and cross state mailings.
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