Carter in England greeted by crowds in Newcastle
President Carter began his first foreign trip as leader with a four hour stop in Newcastle where thousands cheered hi jimmy as he pressed hands and accepted a Newcastle Freeman scroll. He boosted human rights while visiting the Washington ancestral home and a local factory before heading to London for NATO talks.
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President Carter
George Washington
Jimmy
Carter
Plaga
Cci
Y'Ang Sen
London
England
Newcastle
Washington
Callaghan
Canada
West Germany
France
Japan
Italy
Geneva
Hafez Assad
NATO
Secret Service Guard
Queen Elizabeth
Corning Glass
Sunderland
Washington Old Hall
Jimmy Carter
Mount Vernon
Washington D.C
County Durham
River
Tyne
Rain Returns as Weather Forecast Improves Tonight
The National Weather Service calls for a 30 percent chance of rain today with higher odds at night and tomorrow 80 percent. Highs near 70s, lows around 60, southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. The Second News Front features two items: a trout-stocking trip with biologists from the Department of Natural Resources and an interview with Brigitte Kovacevich, a 4 year old volunteer in Raleigh County. Page 19.
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National Weather Service
NWS
Raleigh Register
Gaylen Duskey
Department of Natural Resources
Rebecca Clark
Department of Welfare
Raleigh County
Brigitte Kovacevich
Legislature Predicted Quick Action on Revenue Budget
Senate leaders forecast swift action on the Senate's 839 million general revenue budget as the special session nears its Saturday target. the House version remains stalled at 853 million pending Senate action. Both chambers plan to conference on differences, with additional pay raise measures likely to follow.
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Senate
House
Moundsville
Potomac State College
Rockefeller
State Bingo Arrests Spark Controversy in Marshall County
Glen Dale mayor Harold Byard was involved as state police raided a McMechen Catholic high school bingo game amid arrests and a shutdown of a school carnival. Legislators criticized the crackdown as police pressure increases for gambling arrests in Clarksburg Morgantown and across the northern panhandle.
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Glen Dale
Marshall County
Moundsville
McMechen
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Rockefeller
Scott Widmeyer
Harley Mooney
John W Eye Buys Beckley Manufacturing Building
The John W Eye Co purchased the former Beckley Manufacturing building for 500000 dollars. The 40000 square foot facility on Industrial Drive will house warehousing sales and display of furniture appliances and other merchandise. Final payment to General Instruments is due in June.
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John Lester
Bishop Donahue
John W.eye
Beckley Manufacturing
John W. Eye Co
John W. Eye
Beckley Manufacturing Co
General Instruments
Beckley
Industrial Drive
Eye
Play
Valley Drive
Mike Meadows
City Avenue
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Newcastle - Upon - Tyne, England
Civic
Palestine
Charleston
Jay Rockefeller
Lion Highways
John Pat Fanning
D - McDowell
Mines Department
Larry Schifano
D - Monongalia
Dhanawha
Disabled Workers Relief Fund
Tara Gray
Kitsap
In McMechen
iMcMechen
Panhandle
Mooney
Associated Press
Bishop Donahue High School
Meadows
John W. Eye Company
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