Red Adair Caps North Sea Oil Well After 72 Days
Dis aster fighter Red Adair and his team capped a runaway North Sea oil well after 72 days of gushing 26,000 barrels daily. The slick polluted 2,100 square miles but is now breaking up with minor biological impact expected. Adair headed home with technicians after celebrating the success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Adair
Texas
Adair
Delaware
North Sea
Ekofisk
Norway
Britain
David Goering
Phillips Petroleum Co
Hans Christian Bugge
Norwegian Pollution Control Board
Bugge
Death notices flood Raleigh County obituaries
Funeral services announced for Herman Doff Allen and Mrs. Ethel Jane Carpenter in Cranberry and Crossnore. multiple survivors listed. Ceremonies at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel and Coal City Community Church with burials in local cemeteries. Other obituaries note Joseph Herbert Chambers and Emile A. Crite with church ties, long careers, and extensive survivor lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Herman Doff Allen
Cranberry
Robert Nichols
Prosperity
Deering Construction Co
New River Co
Joe
Bennie Aliff Allen
Donnie
Gilbert
Vann
Jack
Rex
Beckley
Ethel Milam
Fayetteville
Dolly Sampson
Harper Heights
Jerry Cline
Wayne Lyons
Danny Williams
Gary Kincaid
Danny
David Johnson
Coal City
Ethel Jane Carpenter
Grayson Lilly
Daniels Cemetery
Crossnore
N.C
Morganton
Williams-Blue Ridge
Evelyn Farley
Ridgely
Lincoln Lilly
Farley
Cool Ridge
Jackie
Larry Smith
Gary
Ben Jones
Lake
Roy Farley
Helen
Marie Gagalis
North Oakwood Ave
Friedrich Schilling Jr
Julian Walthall
Sunset Memorial Park
John and
Suzanne Sikora
Beckley Presbyterian Church
American Cancer Society
Raleigh County
Presbyterian Church
National Lpn Association
Nick T. Gagalis
Robert Lynch
Riverview
Mich
Phillip Payne
John Sikora
Beck
Robert Daniels
Albert M. Tieche
Charles Jackson
Robert McClure
Dan McClure
J. Braxton Anderson
Second Baptist Church
Pearl L. Wilson
Fayette Street
J. W. Gowens
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wilson
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
Billy Waddell
Jimmy Shaffer
Charles Clyburn Roger
Charles Wood
Roy Davis
Ray Lester
May Day Violence Across Cities Mar Attendant Holiday Observances
Rival leftists clashed in Istanbul amid a May Day rally leaving at least 37 dead and 66 wounded as police fired on protesters. In San Salvador eight workers died after army troops opened fire during an outlawed demonstration. Other hotspots in Madrid Athens Beirut and elsewhere reported injuries and police actions during May Day events.
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Istanbul
el Salvador
Spain
Lebanon
Greece
Moscow
Red Square
Leningrad
Winter Palace Square
Taksim Square
New
Intercontinental Hotel
San Salvador
Japan
Radio Hanoi
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
China
Mao Tse-tung
Cee
Peking
Gang of Four
Europe
Middle East
Beirut
Kamal Jumblatt
Madrid
Barcelona
Bilbao
Valencia
Athens
Carter Seeks Broad Budget Plan With Cabinet Leaders
President Carter and top officials spent three hours narrowing the gap between federal revenues and expenses aiming for a balanced budget by 1981. The session included Cabinet members congressional leaders and economist Arthur Burns. Carter prepared welfare reform proposals to spark Congress debate.
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Carter
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Burns
Reserve Board
First Baptist Church
Rosalynn Carter
Amy
White House
Six Die In West Virginia Weekend Wrecks
United Press International reports six people died in West Virginia highway crashes over the weekend. In Lincoln County two brothers in law Wayne Sias and Ira Atkins perished in a head on collision on W V 10 at Midkiff. Vernon C McCoy 19 of Ranger died driving alone in the same crash as the Atkins vehicle. Other fatalities included David Wayne Blooi 25 of Pennsboro who wrecked on W V 16 in Ritchie County. Warren Lambert Jr 19 of Hinton died after losing control and colliding with a tree on W V 20 near Brooks Mountain. Hubert Estep 30 of Matewan died when his tandem coal truck was struck by a Norfolk and Western freight train at Lynn Crossing. Cyrus Ellison 42 of Davisville died in a single car accident on Ohio 550 in Washington County near Marietta Ohio.
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West Virginia
Lincoln County
Wayne
Okie” Sias
Ira Atkins
Harts
W.va
Midkiff
Vernon C. McCoy
Ranger
Atkins
David Wayne Blooi
Rt. 2
Pen
Nsboro
Ritchie County
Warren Edward Lambert Jr
Hinton
Brooks Mountain
Summers County
Hubert Estep
Matewan
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Lynn Crossing
Clothing Center to Close in Raleigh County
The Clothing Center at 415 City Ave will shut after the school year ends as Raleigh County shifts ESEA Title I services to the Raleigh County Community Action. Nearly 800 children used the program this year with additional families obtaining clothing through ESEA funds. All clothing will transfer to RCCA’s facility in Teel School basement, open 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily.
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K.C. Gross
Raleigh County
Gross
ESEA
A.W. Jackson
City Avenue
RCCA
Teel School
Fire destroys under construction home in Iroquois
Early morning blaze in Iroquois levelled the home of Mr and Mrs Larry Wrenn. Mullens Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jody Clowers said no damage estimates were available and the house was still under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Wrenn
Mullens Volunteer Fire Department
Jody Clowers
Endangered Species Act Faces Arbitration Talk Over Snail Darter
Conservationists fear Congress may undermine the Endangered Species Act as talks of arbitration emerge to protect the snail darter and furbish lousewort without legal changes. Section 7 has blocked federal projects such as Maine's Dickey-Lincoln hydro and Tellico Dam, with the lousewort and snail darter central to disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Congress
Congress
Maine
Tellico
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Mama
Willie
Lion County Safari
West Palm Beach
Fla
Herman Alien
Ethel Carpenter
Joseph Herbert Chambers
Oak Grove
Cameron
B. B. Chambers
Warry Chambers
Huntington
Jimmie Jarrell
Glen Daniel
Buel Stover
Caffee
Lewis Tolbert
Jim Tolbert
Jack Clay
Ross Curtis
Aubrey Cox
J. B. Helton
Russell
Emile A. Crite
Stanaford
Crite
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Dunloup
William Kyle
Creasy Pack Crite
Warren Estes
Charleston
Basil of
Catherine Venable
Ruby Wooten
Fannie Shepherd
Stamford
Ritchie-Johnson Funeral Parlor
Bessie Marie Green
Pineville
Salem, Va
Caffee Funeral Service
Mrs. Cleo Lindsey
Anderson - Hairston Funeral Home
Montgomery
Cleo Lindsey
Chesapeake
James Burnette
Meadow Haven Memorial Park
Ingram Branch
Billy McNeal
Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
Billy Dennis McNeal
Sunrise Ave
Crab Orchard
Wade Webb
L.C. Calhoun
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Buster Dehart
Charles Clyburn
Charlie Moore
Charles Lacy
Tom Billings
Wayne Jarrett
Howard Burge
Robert Price
James Cox
McNeal
Raleigh Ready Mix and Asphalt Inc
Sprague
John Cleveland
Mae Bonds McNeal
Raleigh Ready Mix
Bethel Free Will Baptist Church
Moose Lodge
Bass Masters Club
Teamsters Local
Jeanette Nary McNeal
Billy Madison
Linda Sue
John H
Bert Eden
Woodbridge
Melton Mortuary
Mrs. Pearl Wilson
Belva Wood
Belva Cotella Wood
Whitestick Street
Mabscott
Dixon County
G. L
Hannah Vance Hill
Cleveland
Ohio
J. T. Wood
Vendie Birchfiled
Norfolk
Janice Webb
Tessie Wood
Lela Clyburn
Cabell Heights
Helen Marie Gagalis
Helen Gagalis
United Press II
Washington
United Press Internati
United Press International
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