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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1977
Page
2
The National Weather Service expects a sunny and warm day with a high in the mid 80s and low 80s tomorrow. A 20 percent chance of rain is forecast for tomorrow and a 40 percent chance of rain is forecast for tonight.
Raleigh Register invites readers to call Ring Register at 253-2441 to give opinions on two questions. Public input on the city fire service fee and hospital rate increases at Raleigh General Hospital and Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital will be published in Friday’s edition.
At Woodrow Wilson High School smoking persists despite laws. Principal Ross Hutchins says he could fill half a garbage can with cigarette butts. Reporter John Anderson covers the Second News Front on Page 19.
The Fly ing Eagles combined strong hitting to defeat Welch 1 to 1 in a regional tournament game. Sports Editor Gaylen Duskey and Sports Writer Dan Resnik report in Sports Scene, Page 25.
The Public Service Commission rejects 82 percent of VEPCO's proposed rate increase, ordering refunds near 2 million dollars to residents in Greenbrier Raleigh Pocahontas Summers and Monroe counties and parts of nearby counties. The average refund is about 70 dollars per customer with interest. The PSC also bars seasonal rates after June 1 and calls VEPCO's request for nearly 1.8 million more per year unjust and unreasonable.
In Raleigh County near Stickney, Eagle Coal and Dock Co. helps repair West Virginia Route 3 berm after residents petitioned for relief from mud dust and rocks. Local signs accuse overweight trucks and air pollution, while officials consider highway widening and company-led repairs continue.
West Virginians take key roles in national coverage as Bob Kittle, 24, will report from Washington for the Charleston Daily Mail and Beckley papers through Clay Communications News Service. He will cover Senator Byrd and other WV leaders, plus Cyrus Vance.
President Carter pledges a workable national health insurance plan during his term as he addresses 6000 United Auto Workers delegates in Los Angeles. He outlines a strategy with an advisory committee and briefs leaders on foreign intelligence surveillance and arms control as drought scenes unfold in the Central Valley with Governor Edmund Brown Jr. beside him.
West Virginia state lawmen won a major salary battle as the state Supreme Court ruled overtime is due for all hours beyond 42 in a week for conservation officers. The decision overturns a 1971 ruling that excluded troopers from wage laws and could cost the state about 650000 in back pay.
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